EcoShop Database is your gateway to the consumer markets of Russia and the Russian-speaking communities of the former Soviet Union. The database is designed to bring together Russian buyers/distributors and international suppliers of sustainable goods and services in a wide variety of industries. We invite the producers of “green” technology, goods and services from around the globe to list their products in our database and open up their possibilities of exporting to Russia and other post-Soviet states.  For database packages and subscription plans, please click here.

WHY RUSSIA AND POST-SOVIET STATES?

Russia is considered to be one of the world’s largest consumer markets and despite the current global crisis, Russia had a nine-year run of continuous rapid economic expansion (approximately 7% annually). With over 140 million consumers, highly educated population, and a rapidly growing middle class, Russia is one of the most promising export markets.

A few facts:

•  The population of Russia is 142,000,000 people
•  The population of the post-Soviet states including Russia is over 280,000,000 people
•  There was an estimated 60.5 million internet users in 2009 (Russia accounts for 34.4 million of users) (Euromonitor.com)
• Russia’s consumers rank 8th overall on the 17-country Greendex of environmentally-sustainable behavior (Greendex 2009)
•  Russians rank well on eating local, natural and self-grown foods (Greendex 2009)
•  Russians are concerned about the personal health effects of environmental problems (Greendex 2009)

HOW CAN EcoShop HELP YOUR EXPOSURE TO THE MARKETS OF RUSSIA AND POST-SOVIET STATES?

EcoShop Database is part of the only one comprehensive web portal -- www.OboMnenie.com -- in the Russian-language internet space (“RUnet”) that focuses on lifestyles of health and sustainability. We can put your product in front of the eyes of people in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Georgia, Azerbadjan, Armenia, Belorus, Kyrgyzstan, Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan, and Moldova.

When you list your product in our database, we translate your information into Russian and we make sure the translation is adjusted for local nuances. This is important and essential for several reasons:

•  People buy what they can read -- and most Russian speakers do not read English or any other language. So by posting your product in the language they can understand increases your chances of selling to the Russian-speaking distributor.
•  Search engines use language as one of their criteria when searching, so they will give preference to Russian-language products and sites.
•  Russia has its own popular search engines that focus on Russian-language information.
•  Visitors linger longer at multi-lingual websites and web users are three-times more likely to buy when sold on their own language.

We offer four levels of subscription to the database. Three of those levels include:

•  Culturally-sensitive translation of your listing into Russian with both Russian and English keywords for search optimization;
• Presentations of the database (and its subscribers) at various industry events;
  
• Assistance in facilitating contact with the potential Russian buyers;
  
•  Promotion of your listing via a large number of Russian social networks:

Twitter
VKontakte (Russian equivalent of Facebook)
Professionali.ru (Russian equivalent of LinkedIn)
Life Journal
Facebook
LinkedIn
Ya.ru
My World on mail.ru
RuTvit (Russian equivalent of Twitter)
JuJuJu (Russian equivalent of Twitter)

… and many other features.  When you list your product in our database, it doesn't just sit there.  It gets broadcast far and wide on the Russian-language internet.

About the importance of putting your product onto Russian social networks:

For more information on the levels of subscription and their features please click here.  To order a listing, please click here.  Note: the list of categories in the order form will appear in Russian, however, if you click on it you will see an English translation in the Category Description field below.  If you prefer to send us your listing by e-mail, please download the order form here.

Read terms of use before ordering here.

If you have any questions, please contact us here.