Category: eCommerce
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Bottomless (Product Review)
My summary of Bottomless Coffee before using it? That’s simple; Bottomless Coffee will surely allow me to drink coffee to my heart’s content, no?! I expect a subscription type of product that competes with products like Nespresso and Illy. How does Bottomless Coffee explain itself in the first minute? When I go the Bottomless site […]
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How Rent the Runway is being data driven
In a recent interview with Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder and CEO of Rent the Runway Jennifer Hyman described her business as a ‘discovery platform’. Rent the Runway enables people to rent fashion items, either as part of a subscription or as a one-off. Rent the Runway is a two-sided marketplace with users renting items from specific […]
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Shop Pay (Product Review)
My summary of Shop Pay before using it? Shopify’s new proprietary payment method. How does Shop Pay explain itself in the first minute? If I go to the Shop Pay website the first thing that I notice is that the site doesn’t mention Shop Pay. Instead, it talks about “Shop”: “Set up Shop and turn […]
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Prose (Product Review)
My summary of Prose before using it? I’ve heard some venture capital friends talk admiringly about Prose and their approach to personalisation. All I know is that Prose sells hair products, but being 100% bald myself 🙂 that’s as far as my knowledge goes. How does Prose explain itself in the first minute? When I […]
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Faire (Product Review)
My summary of Faire before using it? I think Faire is a marketplace not too dissimilar to eBay, Depop or Etsy. The biggest difference being that Fairy is a B2B marketplace, so I expect more of a focus on wholesale and product categories geared towards businesses. How does Faire explain itself in the first minute? […]
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