Sustainable urban mobility

The consolidation of
Saba's e-commerce

Saba's e-commerce platforms (Web and Saba App) in Spain, Italy, Portugal and Chile recorded the best year in their history in 2022 with a 53% increase in revenue over 2021. A record figure that is obviously reflected in the growth of transactions, which exceeded 115,000 in 2022 (47% up on 2021).




e-commerce (Web and App) in 2022


2,7
million
visits
+59%
115.200
transactions
+47%
+53%
total revenue
(Spain Italy,
Portugal and Chile)

The increase in revenue in each of the four countries that make up the digital sales platform confirms the Group's commitment to transferring to these channels the transactions that were previously performed in the car park. Since 2020, the catalogue of products offered through the Web and App has gradually increased (in 2021 the sale of online subscriptions was introduced as a result of the pandemic), with an enhanced user experience on both platforms. In 2022, the product with the highest digital sales was Multidía (Diurno and 24 horas), which was redesigned at the end of the pandemic lockdown in order to adapt to the new reality of customers and remote working, providing daytime slots and on alternate days. Half of these were sold through the online channel during 2022.

In 2023 Saba will present a comprehensive redesign of its e-commerce website, adapting it to the different realities of each market, but maintaining consistency at both the functional level and regarding the brand image. This process also includes the integration of the UK website into Saba's digital ecosystem.




Saba's e-commerce recorded the best year in its history in 2022 with a 53% increase in revenue

Saba App gains weight and includes new features

Available in Spain, Italy, Portugal and Chile, the Saba application offers an intuitive, user-friendly experience. Following its total redesign in 2021, which focused on offering maximum usability to its customers, Saba App has grown in terms of revenue, downloads and active users during 2022.

The new “customer-centric” approach was recognised with the award of the prize for the best App at the E-Awards 2022, held during the E-Show Barcelona, a benchmark event for e-commerce and digital marketing. This distinction is the result of Saba's teamwork, commitment and willingness to promote the digitisation of the business.

Saba App in 2022
+139%
revenue
111.400
downloads
+219%
41.200
users
+126%

It is important to highlight how, year after year, sales via App are getting closer and closer to those made via the website. A trend that certifies the strength of the application, which is no longer just an extension of the website, but even facilitates the purchase process.

In addition, in 2022, Saba App users, 41,200 as of December 31 —126% up on a year before—, are, for the most part, recurring customers if we take into account the services they purchase through it (Saba Ticketless, purchase of products or regulated area).

During 2022, the incorporation of the functionality that allows payment in the regulated area via mobile phone has also had a particular impact in Spain. Until 2021, the operation was carried out in another App, which was deleted in order to integrate the process seamlessly within the Saba App service offering. In turn, this new functionality was also introduced in the Portuguese version of the App which, since August of last year, has allowed customers in the regulated area of Viseu to pay for the service from the App. The inclusion of new services and improvements in Saba's digital ecosystem is part of the constant search for customer-oriented improvements.

The company reflects its international
positioning on sabagroup.com

Saba has launched its new corporate website, which also brings with it a great novelty: the company has left behind the name saba.eu to become instead sabagroup.com. A change that demonstrates Saba's international position as a benchmark operator in the mobility sector, in addition to balancing the weight of the different markets in which it operates.