eCommerce Latvia

About eCommerce Latvia Community Meetup #7

eCommerce Latvia Community Meetup #7 was held on Thursday, 28 May 2026, from 17:00 at the Magebit office (Uriekstes iela 2A, Riga). Hosted by Magebit and LATEKA, the Latvian E-commerce Association, it was a talks-and-open-discussion evening on the trends shaping the Latvian and Baltic e-commerce market, for merchants, developers and e-commerce professionals; 84 guests registered. Event details were published on Luma.

Three speakers from different corners of the ecosystem covered B2B commerce inside a large organisation, selling a niche product in a crowded market, and how payments affect conversion.

Magebit at Meetup #7

Magebit hosted the evening at its Riga office together with LATEKA — the association Magebit helped found and whose board is chaired by Magebit CEO Artūrs Krūze. After the talks, the floor opened for a discussion and Q&A, then networking and drinks.

Highlights

• “Even the Big Players Struggle: eCommerce Challenges Inside a Large B2B Organization” — Ivars Klints, Segment Manager (B2C) at Inter Cars, on the operational hurdles, internal complexity and strategic trade-offs of driving digital growth inside an enterprise.
• “Selling a Niche Product in a Saturated Market: How to Stand Out When Everyone Sells the Same Thing” — Marta Šulce, founder of Silmachy, on differentiation, positioning and building a distinct brand that attracts loyal customers.
• “How Payments Impact eCommerce Conversion Across the Baltics” — Valērija Kaskeviča, Senior E-commerce Project Manager at Klix (AS Citadele banka), on how payment methods, checkout experience and customer expectations shape buying behaviour in Baltic markets.
• Open discussion and Q&A — attendees compared notes on the opportunities and challenges facing e-commerce in Latvia and the wider Baltic region.

About eCommerce Latvia Community Meetup #6

eCommerce Latvia Community Meetup #6 was held on Thursday, 26 March 2026, from 17:00 to 21:00 at the Magebit office in Riga, co-hosted by the eCommerce Latvia Community and Magebit. The sixth edition spotlighted niche manufacturing and global sales: four speakers from Erica Synths, JZ Microphones, Trodo and WD Market each took one part of the problem — growth, conversion, trust and buying psychology. In all, 88 guests registered on Luma, where event details were published: eCommerce Latvia Meetup #6 on Luma.

With speakers from Latvia’s music technology scene, the sessions showed how high-quality, specialised products sell in international markets through smart e-commerce execution — not scale for its own sake, but the right combination of product, positioning and buying experience.

Magebit at Meetup #6

Magebit hosted the meetup at its Riga office for founders, operators and growth teams. Each session addressed a point where most stores struggle:

• Evolution — what changes as a brand grows and expands into global markets
• Conversion — what actually moves a visitor from browsing to buying
• Trust — how consistency and small details shape customer confidence over time
• Psychology — what reduces hesitation and drives faster purchase decisions

Highlights

• “The Evolution of Erica Synths E-Commerce: Lessons Learned Along the Way” — Ģirts Ozoliņš, founder of Erica Synths, on how an e-commerce business evolves as it grows: what changes, what breaks, and what has to adapt to support global demand.
• “3 E-commerce Tactics That Turn Strangers into Paying Customers” — Andris Zemmers, CEO of JZ Microphones, broke down three specific, repeatable tactics that convert first-time visitors into buyers.
• “No Detail is Too Small: How Nuance and Consistency Build Customer Trust” — Sandis Romanovskis, Head of Customer Service at Trodo, on how small, consistent customer experience decisions build credibility and long-term trust.
• “One Method That Stimulates Customers’ Buying Decisions” — Thomas Bērziņš, Business Development Team Lead at WD Market, on a focused approach to influencing purchase decisions, reducing friction and speeding up action.

About eCommerce Latvia Community Meetup #5

eCommerce Latvia Community Meetup #5 was held on Thursday, 27 November 2025, from 17:00 to 21:00 at the Magebit office (Uriekstes iela 2A, Riga). The fifth edition looked at how online commerce is changing: SEO’s evolution in the era of AI, the impact of AI-powered teams, and what separates high-performing stores. Three 30-minute talks were followed by networking, and 53 guests registered on Luma, where event details were published: eCommerce Latvia Meetup #5 on Luma.

Magebit at Meetup #5

Magebit hosted the evening at its Riga office, and Raimonds Vizulis, Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Magebit, made the case that a team’s competitive edge now comes from how well it works with AI.

Highlights

• SEO in the age of LLMs — Aigars Cepītis, founder of SEO Latvia, on the shift from keywords to conversations.
• AI-powered teams — Raimonds Vizulis (Magebit) on “Why Your Next Competitive Edge Is AI-Powered Teams”.
• What makes a store win — Valts Feldbergs, Senior Partnership Lead at Printful, shared do’s, don’ts and 7-figure lessons from Printful sellers that apply directly to e-commerce growth.

About eCommerce Latvia Community Meetup #4

eCommerce Latvia Community Meetup #4 was held on Thursday, 25 September 2025, from 17:00 at the Magebit office (Uriekstes iela 2A, Riga) — the first edition after the summer break. The free evening for merchants, marketers and technology specialists ran three talks with breaks, on logistics, state support for digitalisation and AI, followed by networking until 21:00; 66 guests registered on Luma, where event details were published: eCommerce Latvia Meetup #4 on Luma.

Magebit at Meetup #4

Magebit hosted the meetup at its Riga office, and Kalvis Ceiziņš, Client Relations Manager at Magebit, explained how Latvian merchants can use LIAA (Investment and Development Agency of Latvia) state support to fund e-commerce digitalisation projects — including how the application process works and its deadlines.

Highlights

• From promise to delivery — Dāvis Cinītis, Head of Business Development & Partnerships at Swotzy, on how e-commerce and logistics work together, from the promise made to the customer to the moment the order is received.
• State support for e-commerce digitalisation — Kalvis Ceiziņš (Magebit) on the LIAA programme and how to apply.
• AI in e-commerce — Sergejs Ponomarjovs, CMO at Debifi and SPR Marketing & AI, on how AI is being put to work in online stores.

About eCommerce Latvia Community Meetup #3

eCommerce Latvia Community Meetup #3 was held on Thursday, 29 May 2025, from 17:00 at the Magebit office (Uriekstes iela 2A, Riga). The third edition of the free community evening, co-hosted by eCommerce Latvia and Magebit, followed the path of an order in four talks — creating demand, delivering it, and using user data and research to make the store itself sell better — with 66 guests registered on Luma. Event details were published on Luma.

Magebit at Meetup #3

Magebit hosted the evening at its Riga office, and Rihards Ratke, Technical Lead and mentor at Magebit, spoke on how user data helps a team find bugs, optimise the user experience and build customer loyalty.

Highlights

• Demand you can’t keep up with — Niks Jansons, founder of sharpify.io and a marketing specialist, on creating such strong demand that a business is forced to expand.
• From promise to delivery — Dāvis Cinītis, Head of Business Development and Partnerships at Swotzy, on how e-commerce and logistics work together after the order is placed.
• User data as a diagnostic tool — Rihards Ratke (Magebit) on using behaviour data to find errors, optimise the user experience and build loyalty.
• UX, the silent salesperson — Edgars Koroņevskis, internet communication and social media expert at Picco.media and visiting lecturer at Rīga Stradiņš University, on how user experience design drives e-commerce performance and which research methods lead to better design decisions.

About eCommerce Latvia Community Meetup #2

eCommerce Latvia Community Meetup #2 was the second gathering of Latvia’s e-commerce community, held on Thursday, 24 April 2025, from 18:00 at the Magebit office (Uriekstes iela 2A, Riga). Co-hosted by eCommerce Latvia and Magebit, the free evening brought three practitioners on stage to cover marketplace selling, paid ads and exporting, followed by networking. Registration sold out, with 70 guests signed up on Luma, where event details were published: eCommerce Latvia Meetup #2 on Luma.

Magebit at Meetup #2

Magebit hosted the meetup at its Riga office and co-organised it with eCommerce Latvia — the speaker screen credited both as organisers.

Highlights

• Marketplace masterclass — Kārlis Ozols, Head of Marketplace Sales at 220.lv, took the room behind one of the Baltics’ largest online marketplaces, with data-driven recommendations and examples of how top-performing listings are built.
• Ads that convert — Miks Brauns, founder of omarketing.lv, used real campaign numbers to show why assumptions mislead in Google and Facebook advertising and how a data-first approach improves return on ad spend.
• From zero to export in six months — Kārlis Priedītis, founder of Provic.lv, told the story of taking a product from concept to international markets in six months and more than €100K in export sales.

About the eCommerce Latvia Community Launch Meetup

The eCommerce Latvia Community Launch Meetup was the first in-person gathering of Latvia’s new e-commerce community, held on Thursday, 6 March 2025, from 18:00 to 21:00 at the Magebit office (Uriekstes iela 2A, Riga). Co-hosted by eCommerce Latvia and Magebit, it was a free evening of two expert talks followed by networking over snacks and drinks, aimed at merchants, marketers and anyone building an online business in Latvia. Event details were published on Luma.

Magebit at the launch meetup

Magebit hosted the evening at its Riga office and opened the programme: co-founder Artūrs Krūze showed the practical AI tools an online store can put to work in its daily operations, and what is new in AI for e-commerce teams.

Highlights

• AI in action — Artūrs Krūze (Magebit) walked through current AI developments and the tools that streamline day-to-day e-commerce work.
• SEO for online stores — Aigars Cepītis, an SEO specialist with 15 years of experience and founder of SEO Latvia, shared proven tactics to grow organic visibility and turn search traffic into customers.
• A community is born — the room filled with merchants, marketers and developers, and the evening closed with a group photo on the stage steps and open networking that set the format for every meetup since.