In A Nutshell 

 

GroupSkoop is a state-of-the-art, niche-focused virtual marketplace. Sophisticated and cloud server-based with high speed internet, it politely introduces producers of unique and handcrafted goods and rarely found personal services with consumers who love shopping for these distinctive products. Meeting purchase parameters to receive discounts is the metaphoric icing on the cake at GroupSkoop, but not the main attraction.

 

We are an old-fashioned, nuts-and-bolts bazaar combining the best of web technology and group discount principles. Our consortium of featured 21st century "Renaissance men" has a keen eye for putting a unique twist on everyday items.

 

Guests and store owners get to talk shop and make friends all day every day like a virtual Madison Avenue for creative small businesses. It’s like Las Vegas without the light shows and roulette tables. You can shop the far reaches of the earth from the comfort of your home without the inconvenience of actually having to travel the globe. GroupSkoop brings the world’s exotic marketplaces to you.

 

Value Proposition

 

General

 

You know your talent is great and everyone else needs to know, too. Internet and eCommerce technological advances remove barriers to entry for you whether you provide goods, consume them or both. GroupSkoop's specialty is spotlighting "mom and pop" items that a majority of the eCommerce establishments fail to. 

Our beauty is in the anti-mass-produced, sell-a-truckload-of-widgets-for-less-than-the-next-guy business model.Our storeowners seek a new experience and opt not to operate in run-of-the-mill markets just as guests prefer not to shop in big retail chains exclusively without a bit of variety.

 

 

Sellers

 

Exposure. Stop, wait. Correct that because exposure comes cheaply these days. We offer exposure to an audience of community guests who support the local economy, thrive on rarities, specialty items, and services produced and provided by creative individuals like yourself trying to grow thier business and become sustainable. Additionally, you benefit from our marketing reach, which includes various mediums from news releases and community blog to a social media presence. We are constantly exploring communication mediums for the greater good of the participants.

 

 

Strength in numbers

 

Statistics suggest consumers are more comfortable buying on the internet from a consortium market as opposed to one small business with its own item catalog, prices and customer satisfaction policy. Mitigate opportunity and overhead costs in time and money. Loading one's metaphoric donkey and heading to market with spices and healing potions or custom jeans, belts, bracelets, and body oils for that matter is costly.These two categories of challenges for small businesses or part-time hobbyists hold back one-man shops. Profit margins, in general, are simply too small to justify the effort involved in setting up shop and hanging out one's shingle.

 

 

Buyers

  

Many people share a love of trinket shopping, frequenting estate and antique sales or scoring goods at a farmers’ market, but not everyone has the time or interest to travel the Japanese countryside in pursuit of a priceless Hattori Hanzo sword. Tracking down these items, however, from far-away places makes for great stories and sentimental gifts. The backstories are fun to learn about as well and often inspire us, too. GroupSkoop makes it easy for Buyers to support the local economy and discover great deals on unique products and services. 

 

GroupSkoop offers a pleasant, comfortable buying experience. Sellers talk features, inspiration and variety. Buyers talk bargains and items not found on retail store shelves or websites selling scores of common items such as running shoes and music.

 

 

Points of Consideration 

 

An escrow system of checks and balances helps protects both parties. Our platform is more supervisory. We're all adults here and, as such, we exercise sound judgment. Furthermore, we encourage guests and sellers to follow suit.

 

GroupSkoop Management comes from a customer service foundation and understands both guests and vendors are our customers. Guests need to feel comfortable ordering an item that makes them smile and excites them to count the days to its arrival. Sellers and creative geniuses want to share their ingenuity and interact with guests while managing a successful business at the same time. These are GroupSkoop's top priorities and we’re pretty good at it.

 

 

The goal

 

At the end of the day, consumer choices are plentiful. We recognize that and strive to bring you small-batch items created by aficionados, artists, and savvy amateurs, which have never been offered by a single venue at discounted prices. Our user-friendly, function-filled platform is as easy to use as the most popular leading virtual marketplaces, but our products are unique. 

We hope you stop by to browse, ask questions, and appreciate a number of wonderful items and personal services from some fantastic, and very interesting folks.

 

 

Michael Novik, Founder and Bazaar Shopper Extraordinaire