Need A Co-Founder For A Budding E-Com Project !

By shivani on January 23, 2014 12 Comments / 3083 views

Hello Everyone,

I have a small start-up in the e-com space. I am looking out for someone who can be part of the initial team based out of Mumbai. Currently, we are two people and college interns who work on the shopping portal.It’s an interesting and New concept and catching up!

Please check www.CitynU.com, It’s an shopping portal that delivers City Specialties. It’s a marketplace model Our core focus is bringing all the local famous specialties on one platform.

I need people to join me for either – One with a strong Tech background or one who has had previous experience in Marketing and Sales in e-com. Additionally, you can refer me to someone who would be interested to explore this opportunity !

My email where i can be contacted :shivaani2@gmail.com

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shivani

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Sanchita Dutta January 23, 2014, 6:28 am

name of the site? what does it deal in? sourcing? share some details which can help make some decisions

Sanchita, ( we run http://www.indiacod.com, an e-com site selling primarily mobile and PC accessories, so we may look for either synergy or a new line)
shivani January 23, 2014, 6:39 am

Hi Sanchita,

Please check http://www.CitynU.com, It’s an shopping portal that delivers City Specialties. It’s a marketplace model Our core focus is bringing all the local famous specialties on one platform. However, we are open to explore new stuff ! Please give me your email id and i will contact you!
Gourav Das January 23, 2014, 4:02 pm

So Shopatplaces.com has a direct competitor now. All the best for your venture
Sanchita Dutta January 23, 2014, 4:30 pm

hi

Did check citynu as well as shopatplaces. Both look strikingly similar, almost identical. Ofcourse there is market for more than one player in almost all segments of e-com. so best wishes. you can reach me at indiacod@gmail.com or my business partner Indrajit at dtektrading@gmail.com.

Marketplace model is extremely difficult for new players. its almost impossible to get big and serious sellers. why wouldnt they go to ebay or flipkart? also since sales will be sluggish to start with, those v few who will join too will lose interest n focus.

the effort involved in getting sellers onboard and their online account maintenance plus ensuring quality, sincereity and honesty by them is v v hard. even the biggest cos with elaborate processes are still struggling with this. i guess, it will take years to even get some kind of traction, forget, profit n valuation.

the site though looks colourful n interesting. but i m a strong believer of bird in hand being better than many in bush. start small, start self, own products so that u can control post sales activities and grow slowly n steadily.

Sanchita (http://www.indiacod.com, we sell mobile accessories primarily, do check out to get a better idea of what i m trying to say, we have listed about 6K+ items on site and have an inventory of more than 40K total number of products! )
Chetan Kaushal January 23, 2014, 4:43 pm

Hi Shivaani,

I’ve been looking to explore possibilities in e-commerce and I have sound technical background. I have developed e-commerce sites using Magento and Django-Oscar but none of the project is live. I don’t have very strong technical background but I do know Java Programming, Python Programming, PHP Programming, Ruby Programming, C++ Programming, Android Application Development, Python-Django Framework, Magento commerce – community edition, HTML5, CSS3, javascript, jquery, mySQL, PostgresSql, Joomla, wordpress etc

I know my way around github, VM’s, cloud platforms like Heroku, AWS, GAE.

I’ve seen your website and I think what you’ll need is your presence as a shop on facebook and not as a page of shop on facebook. I can do it in Magento which is BTW world’s best e-commerce framework. Contact me if interested at chetan.s.kaushal@gmail.com
sandeep naredla January 23, 2014, 5:13 pm

Hi Shivani

Have checked out CitynU.com, Shopatplaces.com and Indiacod.com, Ill go with Sanchita dutta on start small, start self !!

All d best
shivani January 24, 2014, 7:17 am

Thank Gaurav. Can i Know how did you know about shopatplaces ? Through Facebook ?
shivani January 24, 2014, 7:25 am

Sanchita, Thanks for your view point. But frankly the challenges we are facing is building a right team and finding avenues to reach out to people! Frankly supplier tie up hasnt been a bit of a worry !

Are you Mumbai based ?
Gourav Das January 24, 2014, 7:25 am

Good question. I came to know about them from NextBigWhat, YourStory, EconomicTimes and Facebook Ads. I hope that helps.
shivani January 24, 2014, 7:28 am

Hi Sanchita,

How did you know about shopatplaces ?
shivani January 24, 2014, 7:35 am

thanks a lot.
Zuhaib Khan September 9, 2014, 9:53 am

Dear Shivani,

All the best in what you are doing. We at, Shopatplaces, are delivering Authentic Products from Places Famous for them.

Please feel free to get in touch with me anytime if you need help – you can message me directly too. Would have replied earlier but saw your post today only.

Kindest Regards,

Zuhaib,

Co-Founder, Shopatplaces