SavySwap provides a secure, innovative platform to get what you want. By allowing users to connect with other trusted users, wish lists are aligned, providing excellent value to reliable traders! Users can save time by knowing exactly what partners have the items they are consistently looking to buy and trade!
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SavySwap Pitch Deck (PDF format) 2013
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“one’s stash is another’s pleasure”
So Pinterest & Airbnb walk into a bar…
….what ensues is a trading bazaar
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Provide a secure, innovative platform to get what you want. By allowing users to connect with
other trusted users, wish lists are aligned, providing excellent value to reliable traders!
Users can save time by knowing exactly what partners have the items they are consistently
looking to buy and trade!
What the hell do we do?
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Who are we anyway?
In Chris’ spare time he likes to compete in laundry
shifting competitions and Pringles stacking
events. His favorite things to do on this planet
are to help others and have fun while doing so –
that’s where his passion lies.
When not on the golf course, Cal spends his
leisure time dancing to 90’s music hoping that the
electronic necktie makes it back to the front of
the music scene. Known for one to have a good
time, Cal finds his passion in helping to solve
others’ problems.
Follow @ccoleman_ Follow @Need4Lead
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Top 3 ecommerce sites by the
numbers…
>50%
Items never viewed
~30%Merchant & Exchange fees
0Knowledge of who you’re transacting with
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Solution?
Users are granted access by verifying themselves via phone, address, & social media accounts.
Ratings and reviews are given as completed deals and trades are made with other users.
High fees are circumvented through guaranteed low exchange costs & alternative payment methods, like bitcoin.
User-driven communities are encouraged and can be formed to build guilds and connections - much like MeetUp.
Wish-lists are aligned automatically with a built-in algorithm that shops for
users even when they aren’t on SavySwap.
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Compliance with gov.
Avoid the nuisance of filing 1099-B forms with the IRS - SavySwap will streamline and make the entire process super easy.
SavySwap will log, stamp, and date each deal its users complete to their account in a “swapfeed” so they can easily file all
tax forms at the end of the year.
SavySwap will also capitalize on additional profit opportunity by filing forms for their users with the IRS!
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Beta already in progress…
Website & Mobile Native App
Developed by ChopDawg Studios
Expected launch date: Jan. 2014
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User acquisition…
Early Adopters
• Target members of current trade & barter groups: IRTA, etc.
• Craigslist Barter: Black-hat marketing to current participants
• LinkedIN small business & barter groups
Already connected with these folks for feedback and research
• Local trade companies & small business owners
• Host swap meets and organize trading events
• Google adwords campagins
• Social Media campaigns
• Strategic partnerships with other companies i.e. below
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• Doesn’t require money
• May be used when money
is limited
• Allows the less
enfranchised to store
wealth in ways less
volatile than money
• Relies on traders having what
the other wants
• Difficult to compare values
• Some goods are indivisible
• May not be easy to store
wealth where goods for
exchange are perishable
Challenges of barter & trade
Pros Cons
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How do we make money???
• SavySwap will start in beta as freemium
• Uber low transaction fees in v. 1.0
• Premium annual membership accounts offered
Similar to Amex: Platinum, Gold
Will target heaviest users: traders and those who want
to swap commodities, yachts, larger items etc.
• Hosting swap meets and events
• Filing tax forms for customers with the IRS
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Seed funding
Raising: $1M
• Expanding solution
Building out algorithms
Hiring developers
Office supplies
Server space & User Security
• Strategic marketing campaigns
Advert & SEO
Promotions: Social media expansion
• Hosting Launch party
• User acquisition