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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