Entrepreneurship Class !!

1. My
Website
www.swapurbooks.us
“ I believe in the free
market, competition, and
”
entrepreneurship.
President Barack Obama
The Audacity of Hope

2. Snapshot
Website: www.swapurbooks.us
Mission : To provide students access to
millions of books for free.
Vision: We help students to get books online
by swapping used books.
The Need: Expensive College Textbooks
Free
Membership:
Swap Cost : $5

3. Did you know?
of college students use the Internet
64% of college students
Buy books online

4. Target Market
College Students Book Lovers Book Collectors

5. Market size
15.8 million college students
Swap books anywhere in America

6. How does it work?
Register FREE
List your books in your Wishlist
account
 Search books and find users
 Request for
On confirmation, Print cover label
online with Order number.
 Enclose book in a UPS envelope with
the cover label.
UPS Drop box
Swapurbook.us will ensure the
physical transfer occurs within 3-4
working days.

7. Start Up Cost…$11665…
Domain name registration $15
License Cost $1,000
Software expense $800
GeoTrust True Site Certificate $100
VeriSign Certificate $2,000
Search Engine Registration $100
UPS Security Deposit $5,000
Beta Launch Promotions $500
Computer (2) $1,500
Programming & Site Development $500
Legal Fees $150

8. Operations
st
1 year
$12000
UPS Warehouse Rental:
Advertisement& marketing: $800
Hosting Expenses: $600
Staffing:
$12000
$25,400

9. Technical Expert and Web designer
Salary: $12,000
Financial management &
CEO
Marketing and sales

10. Swaps per month: 500
Swap Transactions + :
*Break Even:16thMonth

11. Digg
Promotion
Blog
Internet
College Representatives
Fliers/Brochures
Twitter
College/High School
newspapers
Registration with all the Reddit
major search engine
Links on related web sites
My Space
Facebook

12. Why are we better than
our Competition?
Secure Transaction
www.Swaptree.com
Customer Data
www.Bookmooch.com
www.paperswap.com
 Guaranteed Swap

13. Donate Books.Help Charities. .

14. What does this
mean to you?
Give books away. Get books you want.

15. Thank you!