As the No. 1 e-commerce platform in France, Cdiscount has more than 20 years of experience and has been deeply rooted in the European market, providing sellers with self-delivery and overseas warehouse delivery services. As an indispensable e-commerce platform in the lives of French people, Cdiscount registration conditions must meet certain requirements. The following is a detailed guide to Cdiscount registration to ensure that sellers can smoothly start their e-commerce journey.
Cdiscount Registration Conditions
Before registering with Cdiscount, sellers need to prepare the following materials:
Business license: Make sure that the seller’s company has been registered and obtained a valid business license.
Legal person ID card: Provide a clear photo of the legal person’s ID card, and ensure that the photo quality is high enough to clearly identify the details of the ID card.
Bank collection account: Provide a valid bank collection account, and ensure that the name of the account holder is consistent with the company name on the business license in pinyin.
Cdiscount registration steps
Basic information filling: Fill in basic information, including company name, contact information, email address, etc. It should be noted that Cdiscount does not accept certain domain name email addresses, such as @http://163.com, @http://qq.com, etc. It is recommended to use hotmail, outlook or Gmail email addresses. After filling in the form, the system will send an email to the seller’s registered email address. Click the link in the email to complete the registration process.
Contact information: Fill in the legal person information on the business license and upload a clear photo of the ID card. Make sure the photo is clear, without filters, reflections and shadows, and you can zoom in to see the background of the ID card. If the legal person is a Chinese national and the registered company is an overseas company, you also need to provide a photo of the first page of the legal person’s passport.
Business information: Fill in the company name (in pinyin form, without English words), the abbreviation of the company’s legal form (such as LTD for a limited company), and upload a photo of the business license (do not scan it). If you have a VAT number, you can fill in the VAT number; for sellers who ship from China, the VAT tax number is not required; and for overseas company registration, you need to fill in the VAT tax number of the country where the registered company is located.
Payment information: If the seller’s bank account is a Citibank account, please select “Other” in the bank type and fill in “Citibank” in the bank name section. The name of the account holder must be consistent with the phonetic form of the company name on the business license. In addition, the screenshot of the bank account details needs to include the bank name/logo, bank address, account holder name, IBAN code and SWIFT/BIC code. If the name of the account holder is inconsistent with the phonetic form of the company name on the business license, please provide a letter of explanation issued by the bank or a third-party platform to prove that the bank account belongs to the company on the business license.
Beneficiary information: Fill in the beneficiary information according to the information on the business license. If the registered company is a shareholding of another company, select Add a legal person; if it is a natural person shareholding, select Add a natural person. Fill in the percentage of capital held and the percentage of shares held according to the proportion on the business license to ensure that the percentages are consistent. When adding a natural person, the address should be consistent with the company address on the business license.
Seller’s Octopia store: When filling in the information, the seller needs to fill in the business information, payment information and beneficiary information. When filling in the business information, make sure that the phonetic form of the company name is consistent with the company name on the business license, and do not write it in English words. At the same time, when filling in the legal form of the company, please use the corresponding abbreviation, such as “有限公司” should be written as “LTD”. If the seller has a VAT number, you can fill it in the corresponding field. For sellers who ship from China, VAT tax number is not mandatory, but overseas company registration requires the VAT tax number of the country where it is located.
When filling in the payment information, if the seller’s bank account is a Citibank account, please pay special attention to selecting the bank type as “other” and fill in “Citibank” in the bank name part. The name of the account holder must be consistent with the phonetic form of the company name on the business license. The seller also needs to provide a screenshot of the detailed information of the bank account, including the bank name/logo, bank address, account holder name, IBAN code and SWIFT/BIC code. If the name of the account holder is different from the company name on the business license, please provide a letter of explanation issued by the bank or third-party platform to prove that the bank account belongs to the company on the business license.
Finally, when filling in the beneficiary information, please fill in the corresponding fields according to the information on the business license. If the registered company is owned by another company, choose to add a legal person. If it is a natural person, choose to add a natural person. Make sure to fill in the percentage of capital held and the percentage of shares held according to the proportion on the business license, and be careful not to fill in the percentage sign “%”. When adding a natural person, the address should be consistent with the company address on the business license.
After completing the above steps, a progress bar will be displayed in the upper right corner of the Cdiscount registration page. If the progress bar shows 100%, it means that the seller can submit the registration application. If the progress bar does not reach 100%, it means that some content is not completed and cannot be submitted. Please note that each business license, ID card, phone number and email address can only apply for one Cdiscount account. Reusing will cause the associated registration to fail.
After submitting the registration application, you will usually receive a review response within 1-2 working days. Please check the new emails in the registration mailbox in time. Once the registration is approved, the seller will receive an email containing the initial account and password. Sellers can use this information to log in to the Cdiscount seller backend to start creating products and listing goods.
In summary, Cdiscount is the leading e-commerce platform in France. The registration conditions and procedures are relatively cumbersome, but you only need to prepare the required information according to the guide and fill it out step by step to successfully start the seller’s e-commerce journey. Please patiently complete the entire registration process and pay attention to relevant notifications in the registration mailbox. After successful registration, the seller will have his own store on Cdiscount and enjoy the business opportunities and sales opportunities brought by the platform. I wish sellers success on the Cdiscount platform!