Nicola Junior Vi!o, Alberto D’O!avi, Ma!eo CascinariSeptember 2013
E-commerce made easy as blogging
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Social CommerceA growing market
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Social Commerce
“By 2015, companies will generate 50% of Web sales via social presence and mobile applications”
Blomming in the report“Cool Vendors in E-Commerce, 2012”h!p://bit.ly/gartcvec12
Booz&Co estimates: US$30 BLN 2015
CAGR 2011-2015: +56%
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Mission
Social Commerce is for everybody
Blomming is an E-Commerce platform that allows everybody, individuals and businesses,
to sell on its own website, blog, Facebook Pageas well as from Blomming itself, other sites
or mobiles. In minutes and at a very low cost.
The idea is to be a pervasive E-Commerce system,not only a destination site.
International from day one.
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Target
That already have their own presence on:
Long Tail SMEsIndividuals
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&/or &/or
WebsiteFacebook Bloglunedì 9 settembre 13
On your Blomming.com pages
On your Web properties... ...and on other’s apps
On your website
On your FacebookPage
On Blomming’sSocial
Marketplace
...The Social A"liation
Network
Through Blomming
APIs &...
On Blomming ‘sMobile App
On your blog
On your FacebookPage
With Blomming you can sell...
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User case: Web Shop
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User case: Facebook Shop
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User case: Blomming Shop
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ResultsAnd history
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Results
+65.000 Registered Users(Sellers or Promoter)
+25.o00 Shops (40% on Facebook)+320.000 Products on sale
+55.000 Products sold+6.000 Promoters
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Other achievements
For a complete review please see h!p://www.blomming.com/about
National Innovation Award 2012
“Cool Vendor in E-Commerce 2012” (Apr 2012)“Innovative Niche E-Commerce Providers to Watch” (Aug 2012)
Best E-Tailer - Best Pure Online Player, 2012
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Our path
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Cumulated seller’s growthMoney in
Tech & mktg Team Marketing expend. O!ce
Working on an IdeaFounder & co-founder workingpart-time on the projectNo moneyNo peopleNo o!ces
BootstrapFounder & co-founder + angel investor working full time on the projectNo TeamNo Marketing investmentsCo-working spaces
Launch(1.000 e-mailaddresses)
Mobile app
Bulk upload
Gartner: Cool Vendor in e-commerce
Storefront launch (no SEO until now)
Embeddable Shoplaunch.
Paypal: adaptive payment ("rst in Europe)
Jeckerson (Magento integration)
Portuguese version
Multicurrency
Facebook Store launch: 200 stores opened on FB in 2 weeks
Two months a"er being online with a simple blog widget: Selected by Seedcamp
Vertis sgr: "rst vc funding
25.000sellers!
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Social A!liationA new monetization opportunity
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Mission
The Social A!liation is a new feature that allows everybody, but especially bloggers and online
publishers, to make money online by promotingE-Commerce products created by others.
This can be done with a simple Like, a Tweet,a Pin, etc., or by creating a Shop and pu#ing it
on blogs, websites or Facebook Pages(i.e. using that actual Blomming features).
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Social A!liation
“Are you a Social Media Lover?”
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Target
Social Media LoversEvery Net user can share and earn with a simple
Like, a Tweet, a Pin (etc.).
Bloggers and Online publisherThe Social A!liation can become a new revenue
stream to monetize content. It has no con"ictwith existing Advs as it is in context
and respects the Readers Community.
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Target
Web AgenciesDevelop an E-Commerce for customers and use
the Social A!liation to empower the relationshipswith Bloggers and Social Media Lovers.
DevelopersIntegrate this system in your web or mobile
app and monetize them!
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Founders
Founder: Nicola Jr. Vi!o, 32, 10 in professional IT, most of themin high level fashion (Yoox) and travel (Venere.com) E-Commerce
Co-Founder: Alberto D’O!avi, 48,20 on tech journalism, 7 on Social Media, launched ZDNet and Computer Bild Italy
CEO: Ma!eo Cascinari, 48,20 as manager of Media, Online
and E-Commerce top companies
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Blommingblomming.com
Twi#er.com/BlommingFacebook.com/Blomming
[email protected]@blomming.comma#[email protected]
Thanks!
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