APEK Projects

APEK provides its members with many specialized projects such as trustmark APEK – Certifikovany obchod (included in Ecommerce Europe Trustmark project), more than 20 members free workshops per year, APEK Terms and Conditions (free download for members or non-members), expert studies (E-payments, E-logistics, yearly Czech E-commerce Survey), basic legal support or yearly conference E-Business Forum.

"I am glad that thanks to my active involvement in APEK I can share mutual experiences with other businessmen in e-commerce. Every year I look forward to the conference E-Business Forum, where I meet with all the important people in our industry."

Ing. Ondřej Fryc,
CEO Netretail Holding, B.V., předseda dozorčí rady Internet Mall, a.s.

"APEK´s studies and researches helped me on many occassions and important business decisions. I appreciate that APEK is a comprehensive platform for sharing information and interesting data."

Martin Kasa,
Předseda předsednictva, zakladatel Pilulka.cz

"APEK is the right place where I can meet other entrepreneurs who want to develop their online business. Even new e-retailers have their place in APEK and they can find a lot of inspiration there."

Jakub Havrlant,
CEO Rockaway

"Our employees attend many APEK workshops and seminars. Also due to those events our company is moving forward. We appreciate a legal information service provided by APEK to all members which helps us to be clear in this area."

Martin Rozhoň,
Místopředseda předsednictva, CEO Vivantis.cz

"Actual and complete news and information from APEK helps me to develop my business. APEK communicate with the government administration on behalf of the e-commerce and provide us as a member with the most important information, so I can save my time."

Tomáš Čupr,
Člen předsednictva, CEO Rohlik.cz

Events and networking

1.Analysis and e-commerce studies 2.Events and networking 3.Legal services
  • E-commerce Survey (yearly) – Over 100 pages full of extremely interesting information prepared in co-operation with MEDIARESEARCH agency. The most important e-questions are answered by more than 1,500 respondents – customers. The study is prepared yearly since 2010.
  • E-payments Study (2015) – actual study of internet payments continues in format of previous versions (2007, 2011 and 2013). It brings all the most important information about what market offers now to the e-shops in category of payment methods and also new trends.
  • E-logistics Study (2014) – updated study published in 2014 describes the current Czech logistics market as helpful document for all e-shop providers. The study reports about traditional logistics possibilities but is also opened for the alternative methods.

We provide our members (and also non-members) with events from one day conference to seminars and workshops. We are proud about our E-Business Forum premium conference, the most important e-commerce event in Czech Republic with more than 300 attendees. We prepare three times per also half-day series E-Business Akademie – focused on actual topics. Finally over 20 seminars and workshops are prepared for APEK members for free. Google Analytics, PPC, SEO, usability or legal news – those are the typical themes of those workshops.

Main APEK Events

  • E-Business Forum
  • E-Business Akademie
  • Seminars and workshops
  • International networking events

APEK provides all members with monthly newsletter with legal specialized themes. As a new project APEK started in cooperation with law office Mašek, Kočí, Aujezdský online advisory for the members with video commentary.

APEK Terms and Conditions

In co-operation with law office Mašek, Kočí, Aujezdský APEK presented free Terms and Conditions prepared for Czech e-shops. These Terms and Conditions are available to download for free at www.apek.cz.

Co-operation with Czech and EU administration

APEK represents Czech e-commerce during meetings with Czech and EU administration such as ČOI, EU Commission etc.