Hepsiburada introduced its Drone Delivery for the first time on the first day of the SDN Summit, of which it is the main supporter. Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır visited the area where the test flight took place, received information about the project and expressed his wishes for success. Hepsiburada CEO Nilhan Onal Gökçetekin was also present at the event as one of the main speakers.
Hepsiburada introduced its Drone Delivery for the first time, for which it was one of the main sponsors, at the SDN Summit event held at the Haliç Congress Center on 27-28 April 2024. Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır, who visited the demonstration area where the test flight took place, received information about the project from Hepsiburada CEO Nilhan Onal Gökçetekin.
Kacır expressed his satisfaction with the project and thanked those who contributed. As part of the testing, a trial delivery was also made in the garden of the Haliç Congress Center. When the project is completed, orders placed through Hepsiburada will be delivered to the recipient within minutes by drone.
Hepsiburada CEO Nilhan Onal Gökçetekin also made a speech in the opening part of the event, which attracted great interest from technology lovers. In his speech, Gökçetekin shared his views on technology, innovation and entrepreneurship.
“Hepsiburada’s aim since the first day is to create a positive impact”
Reminding that the e-commerce story in Turkey is parallel to Hepsiburada’s story, Gökçetekin stated that they focus on the constructive, not destructive, power of technology with the vision of digitalizing commerce and aim to create a positive social impact for all their stakeholders.
Describing Hepsiburada as the “school of e-commerce”, Gökçetekin said, thanks to the marketplace model and the ecosystem they created; Stating that they help SMEs, family businesses, women entrepreneurs and cooperatives at every step of their digitalization processes, he said: “To date, we have supported the digitalization of more than 400 thousand companies and contributed to the livelihoods of 5 million people. Thus, we contribute to the inclusive and sustainable growth and prosperity of our country. Hepsiburada’s aim since day one has been to create a positive impact. We offer end-to-end turnkey solutions to businesses with our services such as HepsiJet, Hepsipay and HepsiAd, which we created with our entrepreneurial spirit.” said.
“Turkey’s Largest Domestic E-commerce Player”
Emphasizing that Hepsiburada is the first and only Turkish company to fly the Turkish flag on the world technology stock market NASDAQ and that this representation brings a separate responsibility to them, Gökçetekin stated that it is Turkey’s largest local e-commerce player.
Stating that they are one of the rare companies where both the founder and CEO are women, Gökçetekin said, “Even among the Nasdaq companies, there is no company like us. Just like the ecosystem we have created, the doors of our company are open to everyone. We believe in the power of women and want to recruit and retain world-class talent. 38% of our engineers are women. “This rate is above the world average, we are determined to increase this rate even further,” he said.
Emphasizing that he sees Hepsiburada as the National Team of E-commerce, Gökçetekin said, “We have a great team consisting of thousands of engineers and thousands of talents trained in e-commerce. My goal is to grow the e-commerce ecosystem in Turkey with the Hepsiburada ecosystem. “That’s why I came back to Turkey,” he said.
“The target is to reach 120 thousand women entrepreneurs by 2030”
Hepsiburada CEO Gökçetekin stated that they revived thousands of businesses in the region by providing both physical and technological support with the Trade and Technology Program in the Earthquake Zone, which they implemented after the earthquake disaster that took place on February 6 last year, and said that they will support the region for two years with the program, He stated that they made a Hepsiburada promise to develop the e-commerce ecosystem in the region with their competencies.
Gökçetekin stated that, as Hepsiburada, they supported 50 thousand women with the Technology Power program for Entrepreneurial Women, which will enter its 8th year this year, and that they showed all of Turkey what women can achieve when the necessary support and incentives are provided, and that they will continue to provide support to women entrepreneurs and increase the number of women benefiting from the program by the end of 2030. He stated that they aim to increase the number to 120 thousand.
“1 Billion TL support to the home economy in 2024 with LinkGelir”
Gökçetekin stated that, as Hepsiburada, they wish to grow their earnings by sharing them with their customers, as well as with tens of thousands of sellers, and that they started the Link Income model for this purpose, and emphasized that by renewing the project this year, customers will be able to earn income by sharing the links of the products they like directly with their friends and loved ones, making it easier and faster to earn as they share. .
Stating that female customers have benefited most from this model so far, Gökçetekin stated that they aim to support the home economy by 1 billion TL with our Link Income model in 2024. Emphasizing Hepsiburada’s leading position in consumer electronics, Nilhan Onal Gökçetekin also stated that they are proud to be the number 1 address in Turkey for the latest technologies.
In his speech, Gökçetekin stated that they gathered 200 people who produce content in the field of technology, such as gamers, streamers, and technology editors, who are experts in their fields, under one roof with TechStars, which is a program where people who produce/want to produce content in the field of technology come together, and stated that they want to expand this network further, adding that they want to expand this network even more. He invited everyone who produces/wants to produce content and wants to try themselves to the TechStars program.