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by madhuri_gb 7y ago
While we are already seeing a lot of mixed carts indicating that a two-sided effect is achievable, our current model assumes that creators will funnel in the majority of traffic to their own stores. The creators we work with have already b
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by madhuri_gb 7y ago
Etsy and Shopify are great e-commerce platforms, but creators still would have to do all the work of understanding what products will work with their audience and that is data that we will be able to provide based on our current and future
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by madhuri_gb 7y ago
Thanks for the contact, will reach out. We would love to learn more about your experience. Kelly in the City is a great example.
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by madhuri_gb 7y ago
Exactly, we leverage Shopify which helps us spin up new stores very quickly. As we further build out the platform and learn more we can always look into a custom build but as you said, our priority is launching many successful stores in a s
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by madhuri_gb 7y ago
To help with the understanding around the name, as we mentioned above, we actually launched Global Belly with a different concept. It was our own food brand, direct to consumer food products to help you make global cuisines at home. We pivo
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by madhuri_gb 7y ago
Influencers is a "broad" term. Right now we work with influencers who are culinary experts and have built a brand using original content in their own field of expertise. Additionally, they represent a gateway to an audience of 50K
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by madhuri_gb 7y ago
Thanks for the feedback on the website - we are working on it right now! Yes - we ship through a 3PL (3rd party logistics company) and we build that cost into our pricing. This actually helps us save money since we don't have to invest
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Launch HN: Global Belly (YC W20) – Helping influencers launch their own products
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