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Buying Club SoftwareWhy you will want to invest in this application
Bulk Buying Power
We’ve been doing this for a long time
Health Food
Co-operatives of people join together for bulk discounts: Buying Clubs
The Problems
Orders are collected in an off-line manner (Email, Fax, Phone, mail)Coordinators spend so much time doing repeated tasks that they only offer one distributor or vendorCoordinators struggle with accountingMembers cannot consult previous orders
The Solution
Allows members to complete entire order onlineAllows searching of vendors’ productsProvides invoicing & ARIs a single utility to run/manage a buying club in an easy way
Develop a hosted software solution which:
Buying Club Stats
Over 2,000 UNFI buying clubs east of the MississippiOver 1,500 Frontier Buying Clubs Over 1,500 Tree of Life Buying ClubsAverage Buying Clubs have 15-30 membersOver 100 Buying Clubs in Metro Grand Rapids alone
The Competition
UNFI offers an online ordering systemCannot check historical orders/no ARCannot order from another distributor
West Michigan Co-Op SoftwareCannot order from non-local sources (aka national vendors)
Foodclub. org -- not user friendly
Pricing/Revenue Options
$1/member/month 5,000 clubs, avg 25 members =$1.5 million/year
Alternative future revenue sourcesAds targeted based on users’ purchase historySelling sanitized customer information, product preference etc.
The Current Team
Marketing CoordinatorClub CoordinatorAccountantSysAdmin
This Weekend
Code up a working prototypeChoose a nameDevelop a brand
One more thing
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