Jamaica Post
The Post and Telecommunications Department (Jamaica Post) has about 500Post Offices. A second postal entity was created; the Postal Corporation of Jamaica (Post Corp.) back in 2000 in order to assist in the transformation of the Post. Eventually the 2 entities proceeded to a fusion into a final entity currently known as “Jamaica Post ”.
| Gov. Authority | Ministry of Science, Energy & Technology |
| Regulator | NA |
| Designated Operator | The Post and Telecommunications Department (Jamaica Post) |
| Monopoly/reserved services | To be completed |
| National Addressing | To be completed |
| Participation UPU Prog. | To be completed |
Local E-Commerce Champions
| Name | World Rank | Technology | Main Target | Export | Business Type | E-Payment |
| Jm.Global Classifieds | 19,870 | Custom PHP | B2C | No | Classifieds | No |
| JamaicaObserver | 39,925 | Custom ASP | B2C | No | Classifieds | No |
| Yello | 195,360 | Custom PHP (Cake) | B2B | No | Directory | No |
| Jacars.net | 235,465 | Custom JavaScript | B2C | No | Classifieds | No |
| The Gleaner | 655,454 | Custom PHP | B2C | No | Classifieds | No |
| Coolmarket.com | 917,557 | Magento (Open Source) | B2C | No | Marketplace | Yes |
| Singer Jamaica | 945,812 | Magento (Open Source) | B2C | No | Marketplace | Yes |
| Jadeals.com | 1,278,023 | WordPress (Open Source) | B2C | No | Marketplace | Yes |
| shopsampars.com | 1,335,725 | WordPress (Open Source) | B2C | No | Marketplace | Yes |
| CPG Market | 3,732,560 | Shopify (SAAS) | B2C | No | Marketplace | Yes |
Global E-Marketplaces Presence of local sellers (Benchmark with Thailand)
| Name | Jamaica | Thailand | Number of | Query to reproduce results |
| Alibaba.com | NA | 8,021 | Seller | Search keyword: Jamaica + Filter Supplier Country: Jamaica |
| EuroPages.com | 1 | 67 | Seller | Search keyword: Jamaica + Country: Jamaica |
| eBay.com | 3,136 | 1,067,011 | Listings | Search keyword: Jamaica + Advanced search filter location: Jamaica |
| Etsy.com | 200 | 14,081 | Dress Listings | Search keyword: Dress + All Filters > Shop Location: Jamaica |
Post Ecom Ecosystem
SSL Certificate
Track & Trace
Ecom Regulations
Consumer Protection
Cyber Crime Laws
Data Protection
E-transaction Law
Payment Solutions
National Commercial Bank
PayPal
SLA Agreements
No Public Data
EDI Messages
ITMATT
PRECON
RESCON
Addressing
No Public Data
Location
World Indexes (country performance)
B2C Index (previous):
53
% Delivery Staff:
17
GSMA Index (previous):
58
GSMA Index (current):
59
NRI Index (previous):
78
NRI Index (current):
70
LPI Index (previous):
70
LPI Index (current):
119
OECD TF (previous):
0
OECD TF (current):
0
ITU Security (previous):
84
ITU Security (current):
94
UPU Index (previous):
61
UPU Index (current):
72
Country Performance
Postal Statistics & Performance
Full Time Employees:
1,949
% MGMT Staff:
55
% Delivery Staff:
17
Post Offices / inhabitant:
498
Office of Exchanges:
0
Sorting Centers:
0
Rapid Post Offices:
0
Post Office Boxes:
21,063
E-Merchants (PSP):
0
Remote E-MGMT Sys:
0
Home Delivery Coverage:
1
Network Connected Offices:
70
Parcel Lockers/PUDO/CMBs:
0
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