Belo Horizonte, 27 de janeiro de 2022 - O Méliuz S.A. (“Companhia” ou “Méliuz”) (B3:CASH3) informa aos seus
acionistas e ao mercado em geral a prévia dos seus dados operacionais referente ao quarto trimestre de 2021
(4T21). As informações divulgadas neste relatório são preliminares, não auditadas e sujeitas a revisão.
Estamos ansiosos para o lançamento do nosso novo App e também dos novos produtos
financeiros, e estamos quase lá! No dia 31 de janeiro nossos usuários começarão a ter
acesso a um App totalmente remodelado que trará uma experiência ainda melhor com a
integração da vertical shopping (marketplace) com a de serviços financeiros. Além disso,
nossa lista de espera para o novo cartão de crédito Méliuz já superou os 700 mil inscritos.
Novos produtos estão por vir e algumas novidades estão a caminho. Estamos próximos do
nosso novo Day One!
BASE DE USUÁRIOS
Finalizamos o 4T21 com um total de 22,4 milhões de contas, um crescimento de 1,6 milhão
em relação ao 3T21, quando fechamos com 20,8 milhões, e de 8,4 milhões em relação ao
mesmo período do ano anterior, quando alcançamos 14,0 milhões. Tivemos um sólido
crescimento na base de usuários mesmo com a pausa das campanhas de marketing para
aquisição de novos clientes para o cartão de crédito co-branded, fruto da estratégia
adotada ao longo de 2021 com objetivo de atrair e reter os usuários, que vão viabilizar o
crescimento sustentável da companhia nos próximos anos.
PRÉVIA OPERACIONAL 4T21
Nosso ritmo médio de abertura de contas no 4T21 foi de 27 mil contas por dia útil, contra
30 mil no 3T21. A desaceleração já era esperada no período por conta do término do
contrato referente ao cartão de crédito co-branded em priorização ao cartão de crédito
próprio do Méliuz, que será lançado em breve.
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SHOPPING
NOVOS COMPRADORES
Os números de novos compradores e de total de compradores contemplam apenas a vertical shopping do Méliuz (sem aquisições).
Reforçamos que a métrica de novos compradores é uma das mais importantes para
consolidarmos a estratégia de longo prazo da companhia. O resultado da adição
consistente de novas safras atrelado a uma retenção efetiva desses usuários na base,
viabiliza o crescimento sustentável da companhia no longo prazo. Esse efeito pode ser
observado nos gráficos abaixo, visto que ao longo dos últimos anos temos adicionado
safras cada vez maiores e, ao mesmo tempo, melhorado a retenção das safras mais
antigas.
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PRÉVIA OPERACIONAL 4T21
Finalizamos 2021 com um GMV total de R$ 5,5 bilhões, sendo R$ 4,5 bilhões referentes ao
Méliuz, R$ 852 milhões referentes a nossa vertical shopping internacional (contemplando a
partir de março de 2021) e R$ 161 milhões à Promobit (contemplando a partir de maio de
2021).
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PRÉVIA OPERACIONAL 4T21
Considera os valores de Picodi a partir de março de 2021 e Promobit a partir de maio de 2021.
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PRÉVIA OPERACIONAL 4T21
SHOPPING INTERNACIONAL
Como se trata de uma feature recém-lançada, essas análises são importantes para
identificarmos melhorias, correções e novas implementações, bem como identificar o porquê
de uma melhor performance em um país frente a outro com o objetivo de analisar as
oportunidades e comportamento de cada mercado. Estamos em processo final de criação
do primeiro aplicativo da Picodi, que será lançado em breve para toda sua base de usuários.
É importante ressaltar que o impacto no GMV virá com o tempo, o qual é necessário para
que a adição e retenção das safras produzam o crescimento significativo no GMV em
relação ao resultado orgânico legado. Quando a base de usuários já estiver criada e retida,
torna-se natural a adição de outros produtos e serviços, sendo o cashback na vertical
shopping apenas um primeiro passo, a exemplo do que fizemos no Brasil a partir do Méliuz.
Até o 4T21 já havíamos recebido notas fiscais de 3.868 diferentes cidades do Brasil, o que
representa uma abrangência de 69% de todas as cidades do Brasil. Neste trimestre o
volume captado de registros de itens vendidos nas notas fiscais foi de 29,8 milhões, um
crescimento de 34% em relação ao 3T21 e 97% contra o 2T21.
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PRÉVIA OPERACIONAL 4T21
SERVIÇOS FINANCEIROS
CARTÃO CO-BRANDED
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PRÉVIA OPERACIONAL 4T21
INVESTIMENTOS
CRIPTOATIVOS
Durante o 4T21, 22,6 mil usuários transacionaram ativos em criptomoedas, contra 3,8 mil
no 4T20 e 26,7 mil no 3T21. Esses usuários possuem aproximadamente R$ 38 milhões sob
custódia e movimentaram aproximadamente R$ 470 milhões no 4T21. Esses indicadores
representam a operação atual da Alter, que em breve estará integrada ao App do Méliuz e
aos outros produtos da companhia.
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PRÉVIA OPERACIONAL 4T21
Usuários ativos contemplam aqueles que efetuaram alguma transação financeira no período.
NOSSO TIME
Finalizamos o ano com 929 pessoas no grupo CASH3. Sem as aquisições, fechamos o ano
com 470 colaboradores no Méliuz, dentre os quais aproximadamente 56% estão
diretamente ligados ao time de tecnologia e produto.
Aquisições: Picodi em fev/21; Acesso Bank (pendente de aprovação do Banco Central), Promobit e Melhor Plano em mai/21; Alter em jul/21.
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GLOSSÁRIO
GMV (Gross Merchandise Value): valor Bruto de Mercadorias, na tradução para português.
Indica o valor total das vendas originadas para nossos parceiros do e-commerce na data
em que os usuários realizaram as compras, ou seja, trata-se do GMV originado no ato da
compra;
GMV Confirmado: GMV reportado após os período em que as lojas precisam para garantir
que a compra foi efetivamente paga, o produto foi devidamente entregue, não houve troca
e/ou devolução pelo comprador, dentre outros fatores que podem resultar no cancelamento
da transação;
Grupo CASH3: inclui os números das seguintes empresas: Méliuz, Picodi, Melhor Plano,
Promobit, Acesso Bank (pendente aprovação do banco central), iDinheiro e Alter.
Retenção de GMV por safra: cada safra é definida pelo ano em que o usuário fez sua
primeira compra na vertical shopping do Méliuz. A retenção de GMV por safra é a razão
entre o GMV gerado por uma dada safra em determinado ano e o GMV que tal conjunto de
usuários gerou no primeiro ano desta safra. Considera apenas GMV de usuários registrados
e logados no Méliuz;
Sellout Datapoints: volume captado de registros de itens vendidos nas notas fiscais;
Usuários Ativos: usuários Ativos são usuários únicos, novos ou recorrentes, que realizaram
ao menos uma das seguintes ações durante o período reportado: (i) compra em algum
parceiro Méliuz iniciada a partir do aplicativo (app), site ou plugin da Méliuz; (ii) alguma
compra utilizando o Cartão de Crédito Méliuz; (iii) ativação de alguma oferta divulgada pela
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PRÉVIA OPERACIONAL 4T21
Méliuz em seu site, aplicativo (app) ou plugin; (iv) instalação ou manutenção de plugin ativo
em seu navegador de internet; (v) instalação ou utilização do aplicativo do Méliuz; (vi)
submissão de proposta solicitando o Cartão de Crédito Méliuz; (vii) solicitação de resgate do
saldo de cashback para sua conta bancária ou poupança e/ou (viii) indicação de novo
usuário para a Méliuz por meio do Programa “Indique e Ganhe”.
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4Q21 OPERATIONAL PREVIEW
Belo Horizonte, January 27, 2022 - Méliuz S.A. ("Company"or "Méliuz") (B3:CASH3) informs its shareholders
and the market in general the preview of its operational results for the fourth quarter of 2021 (4Q21). The
information disclosed in this report is preliminary, unaudited and subject to review.
We look forward to the launch of our new App and our new financial products, and we are
almost there! On January 31st, our users will gain access to a fully refurbished App that will
provide them an even better experience, integrating the shopping (marketplace) and the
financial services verticals. In addition, our waiting list for the new Méliuz credit card already
has more than 700 thousand subscribers. New products are coming and some news is on
the way. We are close to our new Day One!
USER BASE
We ended 4Q21 with a total of 22.4 million accounts, an increase of 1.6 million compared
to 3Q21, when we reached 20.8 million, and 8.4 million compared to the same period of the
previous year, when we reached 14.0 million. Notwithstanding the pause in marketing
campaigns to acquire new customers for the co-branded credit card, we had a solid user
base growth, which comes as a result of the strategy adopted throughout 2021 with the
objective of attracting and retaining users, which will enable the company’s sustainable
growth in the coming years.
4Q21 OPERATIONAL PREVIEW
Our average account opening rate in 4Q21 was 27 thousand accounts per business day,
vis-à-vis 30 thousand in 3Q21. The slowdown was already expected in the period due to
the termination of the contract related to the co-branded credit card in prioritization to
Méliuz's own credit card, which will be released soon.
In the last 12 months, ending December 31, 2021, we reached a total of 9.4 million active
users. This number remained in line with the previous quarter result (9.5 million) even with
the pause in the marketing campaigns for the acquisition of new users for the co-branded
credit card and represented a growth of 76% compared to 4Q20, when we reached 5.3
million.
The number of visits and installations of the different platforms in which we promote the
shopping vertical for our users continues to show solid growth, especially the app visits,
which amounted to 53 million in 4Q21, a growth of 22% compared to 3Q21 and 97%
compared to the same period of the previous year.
Website visits showed a 5% increase in relation to 3Q21 and 15% in relation to the same
period of the previous year, reaching 25 million visits. In relation to the active Plug-in in the
browser, we reached 862 thousand active plug-ins in the quarter, in contrast with 818
thousand in 3Q21 and 666 thousand in 4Q20.
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SHOPPING
NEW BUYERS
Concerning the new buyers metric, we registered a 33% growth when compared to 3Q21, a
new historical record, and 120% in relation to the same period of the previous year. This
growth was mainly the result of the Black Festival, an event that took place throughout the
month of November, in which we carried out campaigns with historic cashbacks and
numerous actions aimed at attracting new buyers. We also had a historical record in the
total number of buyers, reaching a 27% growth compared to 3Q21 and 77% compared to
4Q20.
The numbers of new buyers and total buyers include Méliuz shopping vertical only (without considering acquisitions)
We emphasize that the metric of new buyers is one of the most important for us to
consolidate the company's long-term strategy. The result of the consistent addition of new
cohorts, tied to an effective retention of these users in the base, enables a sustainable
company growth in the long term. This effect can be observed in the graphs below, as over
the last few years we have been adding more and more cohorts and, at the same time,
improving the retention of older cohorts.
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4Q21 OPERATIONAL PREVIEW
GMV data per cohort includes Méliuz results only (without acquisitions).
¹ Each cohort is defined by the customer's first purchase year at Méliuz Shopping Vertical. It only considers GMV of registered and logged in
Méliuz users.
We achieved the best GMV result in our history. Considering only Méliuz (excluding the other
companies of the group), we reached a GMV of R$ 1.7 billion in 4Q21, a 52% growth in
comparison to 3Q21 and 77% compared to the same period of the previous year. Regarding
the other companies of the group, we had a GMV of R$ 267 million for Picodi and R$ 80
million for Promobit in 4Q21, totaling R$ 2.0 billion of GMV in the consolidated vision in the
quarter. With reference to international shopping, we presented a 14% growth compared to
3Q21 due to seasonality in the period. Promobit had a 62% growth against 3Q21, explained
by the increase in campaigns and actions during the Black Friday period.
We ended 2021 with a total GMV of R$ 5.5 billion, of which R$ 4.5 billion refer to Méliuz, R$
852 million refer to our international vertical shopping (as of March 2021) and R$ 161 million
to Promobit (as of May 2021).
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Consider Picodi values from March 2021 onwards and Promobit from May 2021 onwards.
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INTERNATIONAL SHOPPING
At the end of September we launched the cashback feature for users in 9 countries out of
the 44 where Picodi is present. After three months of the release of this feature, it is already
possible to analyze the first results of this first cohort of users. The results are encouraging
and the users behavior confirms the thesis that traffic activation is transformed into
registration, registrations into buyers and, finally, buyers into retained users.
As this is a recently released feature, these analyses are important for us to identify
improvements, adjustments and new implementations, as well as to understand why some
countries are outperforming the others so as to comprehend the opportunities and behavior
of each market. We are in the final process of creating the first Picodi app, which will be
released soon to its entire user base.
It is important to highlight that the impact on GMV will come with time, which is necessary
for the addition and retention of cohorts to produce significant growth on GMV in relation to
the bequeathed organic result. When the user base is already created and retained, it
becomes natural to add other products and services, with the cashback feature in the
shopping vertical being just a first step as we did in Brazil in Méliuz.
MÉLIUZ INVOICE
Offers activated in 4Q21 amounted to 5.4 million, a 50% increase compared to 3Q21 and
405% compared to 2Q21. The number of users activating Méliuz Invoice offers was 345
thousand, a 17% increase compared to 3Q21 and 77% compared to 2Q21.
By 4Q21, we had already received invoices from 3,868 different cities in Brazil, which
represents a coverage of 69% of all cities in Brazil. In this quarter, the captured volume of
items registered on invoices was 29.8 million, a 34% increase compared to 3Q21 and 97% in
comparison to 2Q21.
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FINANCIAL SERVICES
CO-BRANDED CARD
Despite the end of the co-branded card contract and the pause in user acquisition
campaigns for this vertical, we ended 4Q21 with a total of 7.2 million requests for the card,
which represents a 3% growth compared to 3Q21 and 135% compared to 4Q20.
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We reached a total of R$ 947 million in Total Payment Volume (TPV) in 4Q21. In spite of the
end of the co-branded card contract and the pause in marketing campaigns to generate
new cards, we recorded a 4% increase in TPV compared to 3Q21 due to seasonality in the
period. In the last 12 months ended December 31, 2021, we reached R$ 3.2 billion in TPV, a
16% and 243% increase as opposed to 3Q21 and 4Q20, respectively.
INVESTMENTS
CRYPTOASSETS
During 4Q21, 22,600 users transacted cryptocurrency assets, compared to 3,800 in 4Q20
and 26,700 in 3Q21. These users have approximately R$ 38 million in custody and handled
approximately R$ 470 million in 4Q21. These indicators represent Alter's current operation,
which will soon be integrated into Méliuz App and into the other products of the company.
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Active users include those who carried out a financial transaction in the period.
OUR TEAM
We ended the year with 929 people in the CASH3 group. Excluding the acquisitions, we
ended the year with 470 employees at Méliuz, of which approximately 56% are directly
linked to the technology and product team.
Acquisitions: Picodi on Feb/21; Accesso Bank (pending Central Bank approval), Promobit and Melhor Plano in May/21; Alter in Jul/21.
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2021 was an important year for us to assemble an exceptional team, mainly of software
engineers, product managers, and Business Unit Directors who will be fundamental for the
delivery of what we plan for 2022. At the present moment, we consider that we are
approaching the ideal number of employees to meet our goals for the year and, therefore,
the hiring pace will decrease over the next few quarters.
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GLOSSARY
GMV: Gross Merchandise Value. Indicates the total value of sales originated to our
e-commerce partners on the date the users made purchases, that is, it is the GMV originated
at the time of purchase;
Confirmed GMV: GMV reported after the period the stores need to ensure that the purchase
was effectively paid, the product was properly delivered, there was no exchange and/or
return by the buyer, among other factors that could result in the transaction being canceled;
CASH3 Group: includes the numbers of the following companies: Méliuz, Picodi, Melhor
Plano, Promobit, Acesso Bank (pending approval from the central bank), iDinheiro and Alter.
Active Plug-in in Browser: Average number of active users in the extension (plug-in) in the
analyzed period. Active users in the extension are understood to be those who used their
browser and had the product installed and activated.
GMV Retention per cohort: each cohort is defined by the year in which the user made their
first purchase at Méliuz’s shopping vertical. The GMV retention by cohort is the ratio
between the GMV generated by a given cohort in a given year and the GMV that this group
of users generated in the first year of that cohort. Considers only the GMV generated by
users that were registered and logged in Méliuz;
TPV: Total Payment Volume. It considers the total amount that our users transacted with
their Méliuz Card;
Turnover: employee turnover rate, measures the number of employees who leave an
organization in relation to the total number of employees over a period of time;
Active Users: Active Users are new or existing users that performed at least one of the
following actions in the reporting period: (i) purchased in a Méliuz partner using the Méliuz
app, website or plugin; (ii) used the Méliuz Credit Card in a purchase; (iii) activated an offer
advertised by Méliuz on the website, app or plugin; (iv) installed and performed
maintenance of the active plugin in the internet browser; (v) installed or used the Méliuz app;
(vi) submitted a Méliuz Credit Card application; (vii) redeemed cashback balance to a
checking or savings account and/or (viii) referred Méliuz to a new user using the “Refer and
Win” program.
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