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The Accel 5 “Mantras” of Ecommerce
in Turkey
Philippe Botteri
Webrazzi Summit
October 4th 2012, Istanbul

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Track record of 225+ exits
• Founded in 1983 • Over 500 companies
- 100+ public offerings
• $9 billion in capital under
- 125+ mergers or sales
management
• Stage agnostic • Added-value partner
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Key trends we are betting on
Big Data
& Cloud Computing
Gaming
Mobile
Social
Next Generation
ecommerce &
marketplaces
Emerging Markets
(Turkey is next!)
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Turkey is next
Strong Macro • 2011 GDP growth 8.1%
Trends • GDP per capita grew from $6k in 2001 to
$14k in 2011
• 5th European country by internet users (38m)
Good
Infrastructure • Mobile penetration rate of 90%+ Large and fast
• Strong logistics and payments infrastructure growing Internet
market, but
• Very high credit card penetration (45M+)
underpenetrated
• 3rd most engaged online audience in Europe
Attractive (hours spent)
Demographics
• Extremely social demographics
(no. 5 country on Facebook, no. 8 on Twitter)
• Young population
(half of the population below 30)
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The Accel Five Mantras of
eCommerce in Turkey
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1 “Me too” is not enough
Stay Away from the “Clone War”
Number of clones created in Turley
• To be successful, you
150 need to be clearly
differentiated:
− Product
− Segment
− User acquisition
70 channels
• Competition drives
margin down: Gross
Margin in Turkey usually
½ of what we see in
EU/US for comparable
1 2 businesses
Source: Forbes
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2 eCommerce is not a cheap
journey: be prepared!
Successful ecommerce companies have
raised $45m+
Institutional capital raised to date, USD
174
Key drivers of cash
consumption:
104 • Working Capital:
building inventory is
79
65 costly
45
• Marketing costs: second
or third baskets are
usually NOT FREE
Source: Accel Analysis, Ventur Source, TechCrunch
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3 Run your business with numbers
eCommerce is all about numbers and doing a 100 small things right
Customer • CAC (Customer Acquisition Cost): by channel, for 1st basket, 2nd
metrics basket…
• CLTV (Customer Lifetime Value): revenue - all direct costs – CAC 1st
basket – CAC 2nd basket…
Website • CPC by channel
metrics • Google Quality score
• Conversion rate: ratio visitors/ buyers
• Traffic sources: evolution of traffic by channel, paid vs. non paid…
Financial • Gross Margin/ Contribution margin
metrics • EBITDA
• Working Capital and Inventory: % of inventory write-off, days payables,
% of sales through inventory/consignment, cost of storage by SKU…
Source: Accel Analysis
• Cash flow
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4 Build your brand by focusing on
user experience
The strength of your brand will
define your profitability
Build your brand by
providing an outstanding
user experience:
More
Stronger
Volume
Brand • Product: choice,
easiness to use, social
features…(measured by
conversion)
• Service: Fast delivery &
Higher Free responsive customer
Profitability Traffic service
• Payment: Variety of
Lower payments and financing
CAC options
Source: Forbes
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5 Mobile will be bigger than you
think
Mobile already a significant share of … and mobile penetration is quite
traffic & transactions in EU/US… high and growing fast
Accel Portfolio Examples % of population
• Blablacar: Mobile phone
• 15% of transactions booked via ~92% penetration expected
mobile app to be >100% by 2014
• 20%+ of trips posted via mobile
app
• US ecommerce: 40%+ of Holiday season
traffic coming from tablets
• EU ecommerce: 20%+ of sales coming
~25%
from mobile app
…and this is just the beginning as
smartphone and tablet sales are still
soaring! 1
Mobile phone 2
Smartphone
Source: ComScore, IPSOS, Google, Informa, Accel Portfolio
penetration penetration
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Accel 5 “Mantras” for ecommerce
in Turkey
1 “Me too” is not enough
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2 eCommerce is not a cheap journey: be prepared!
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3 Run your business with numbers
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4 Build your brand by focusing on user experience
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5 Mobile will be bigger than you think
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Thank you!
Follow me on Twitter @pbotteri
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