The shops and retailers that published their prices on acombien.com
Between 2012 and 2015, about forty Tunisian retailers ran a storefront on acombien.com. This page keeps a record of them, based on pages preserved by the Internet Archive.
A historical list. The information below describes these retailers as they presented themselves on acombien.com at the time. We have not checked their current status: some have changed names, and others may have closed or changed what they sell. Acombien has no commercial relationship with any of them.
Retailers described in detail
On the March 2012 "Shops" page, each seller had a profile written by the seller itself, along with the number of products and brands it listed on the site. Here is the substance of those profiles, summarised and dated.
Fono Tunisie
Fono described itself as the trading name of the Audio-Com group, a limited liability company under Tunisian law and a subsidiary of the Loukil Group, founded in 2000 with share capital of 4,000,000 DT. It sold landline and mobile phones, desktop and laptop computers, accessories, flat-screen TVs, digital cameras and camcorders to consumers and businesses. In January 2014 it was one of the sellers of the Ever Miracle smartphone at 519 DT.
Scoop Informatique
According to its own profile, the Scoop concept rested on three principles: wide choice, advice and reliable after-sales service. In 2012 it claimed nine stores, in El Menzah 6, Les Berges du Lac, Central Park, La Soukra, Le Bardo, Sousse, Sfax, Bizerte and Nabeul, plus an online shop. At the time it listed 331 products from 23 brands on acombien.com, mainly laptops, desktop PCs and peripherals.
Fatales
Fatales described itself as the pioneer of self-service selective perfumery in Tunisia, with nine stores of around 250 m² in Greater Tunis, Sousse, Sfax and Bizerte, and a market share it put at 40%. It had by far the largest storefront on the site in March 2012: 3,177 products from 58 brands. By 2014, four of its stores had their own pages: Zéphyr, Tunis City, Sousse and Nabeul.
Tunisiana, later Ooredoo
The mobile operator presented its online shop as a range of phones selected by its specialists, web-only offers, secure payment and two delivery options: to your home or to the nearest service centre. In 2012 it listed 34 products from 8 brands. The operator's offers appear under the Ooredoo name from 2014.
Tunisie Telecom
The incumbent operator's profile recalled its creation as a national telecommunications office under Law No. 36 of 17 April 1995, its conversion into a public limited company in 2004, and the sale of 35% of its capital to the Emirati consortium TeCom-DIG in July 2006. Twelve products were listed in 2012. In 2014, Tunisie Telecom listed the BlackBerry Z10 at 99 DT as part of an offer whose terms the archive did not keep.
E-cadeaux.tn
This portal offered a catalogue of gifts for birthdays, year-end holidays, Valentine's Day, Mother's and Father's Day and retirements, with home delivery. It listed 71 products in 2012.
Every retailer on record
The table below lists the sellers in the site's alphabetical directory in January 2014, plus those that appear only in 2012. A category is given only where the archived pages make it clear.
| Retailer | Category shown in the archive | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Ability | Computers, tablets | 2014 |
| Arif Creation | — | 2012 |
| Batam (11 stores: Ariana, Avenue de Paris, Bardo Centre, Central Park, Djerba, Ezzahrouni, Gabès, Hammamet, Kairouan, Mégrine, Tej Marhaba) | Appliances, TVs | 2014 |
| Biome Solar Industry | — | 2014 |
| Blue Island | — | 2012 |
| C'offrez Cado | — | 2014 |
| Cellcom | Phones | 2014 |
| Cristalux | — | 2014 |
| Dagdoug Electronique | — | 2014 |
| E-cadeaux.tn | Gifts | 2012 |
| Elmanhalah | — | 2014 |
| Fatales (Zéphyr, Tunis City, Sousse, Nabeul) | Perfume, cosmetics | 2012–2014 |
| Fono Tunisie | Electronics, phones | 2012–2014 |
| Fram Informatique | Computers, TVs | 2014 |
| Géant | Hypermarket | 2012–2014 |
| GlobalNet | Internet access | 2012 |
| Harol's | — | 2014 |
| Hayet Leather | Leather goods | 2013–2014 |
| Hexabyte | Internet access | 2012 |
| High Street Fashion | Fashion | 2014 |
| Kal Informatique | Computers | 2014 |
| Landscape Design | — | 2012–2014 |
| Laquimco | — | 2012–2014 |
| LCE | — | 2014 |
| Meubles Karray | Furniture | 2014 |
| Passé Présent | — | 2014 |
| Promouv.com | General online retailer | 2013–2014 |
| Scoop Informatique | Computers | 2012–2014 |
| Sline | — | 2014 |
| Topnet | Internet access | 2012–2014 |
| Toutitou | — | 2014 |
| Tuc Tuc | — | 2014 |
| Tunav | — | 2013–2014 |
| Tunisiana / Ooredoo | Mobile operator | 2012–2014 |
| Tunisie Telecom | Telecom operator | 2012–2014 |
| Visperas | — | 2014 |
| Wediscount | — | 2012–2014 |
| World Trade Textile | Textiles | 2014 |
| Zai | — | 2014 |
Why we keep this list
Together, these retailers sketch Tunisian online retail in the early 2010s: telecom operators already selling phones on the web, appliance chains with stores across the country, specialist perfume and leather-goods shops, and the first general online retailers. The prices they listed then are collected in our history of promotions recorded on acombien.com.
When you choose a seller today, appearing on a list is not enough. Check the company's identity, its warranty and returns terms, and whether its after-sales service can actually be reached. Our guide to buying safely online in Tunisia covers those checks.