Meteorite ecommerce aims to create an integrated e-commerce platform for small and medium businesses. It will function as a business directory, e-commerce site, and CRM. For customers, it will allow easy discovery and purchase of products from various sellers. For sellers, it will provide a turnkey online store and sales/customer relationship tools without complex software setup. The platform seeks to offer a more holistic solution than point products that focus on web pages, payments, or other individual functions. Revenue will come from charging for advanced features, transaction fees, advertising, and paid profiles without ads.
3. Elevator pitch
Currently, there is NOT an integrated e-commerce platform in
the market that allows small and medium businesses promote
their brand on the web, sell their products without major and
manage his relationships with clients without too much
complication or software requirements.
Meteorite ecommerce aims to make this possible through a
web site where companies can be found through a business
directory and their customers can easily purchase their
products.
5. What we want?
Create an web page that serves as a trade directory, ecommerce
platform and CRM for small and medium business.
6. For Customers
• Find business in the web easily ( A specialized business site).
• Access to the basic information of those business.
• Get references of other customers that have bought there.
For Sellers.
• With a few clicks have the opportunity of put their business
online.
• Get contacted by people interested in their products
frequently.
7. For Customers
• Be able to buy the products they want online having a great
number of suppliers options.
For Sellers.
• With a few clicks be able to have a e-commerce platform
ready for selling. (Without the complication of synchronizing
multiple software applications)
8. For Customers
• Better service and communication with the supplier.
For Sellers.
• A tool for establishing and executing price strategies, client
segmentation and control sales pipeline.
• Automated Analytics and Reporting.
10. Why we believe Meteorite is a
good business model?
1. The e-commerce will continue growing in the near future
and there is a necessity for better solutions for the small
companies.
2. The actual solutions focus only in one narrow side of the
problem, web pages, shopping cards, SEO, directories,
international commerce, payment methods. However, the
solutions have to be more effective, less time consuming
and integral.
3. It could bring good earnings with relative small
investment.
11. What are the sources of
revenue?
1. Advanced features of the tool will be charged: Shopping cart
in the own business web site, better interfaces.
2. Transactions: For each transaction in the portal.
3. Publicity: The services offered for free will have publicity on
them.
4. Profile free of publicity: Payments for not have publicity in
his platform.
12. Business Canvas of Meteorite
Key Partners Activities Value Proposition Customer Relationships Customer Segments
Develop code A good technical service
PayPal: Payments and financial
transactions Marketing execution Customer representatives Small companies
Amazon: Hosting Customer satisfaction An Integrated e-business Medium companies
LinkedIn: Promotions directory, e-commerce
Systematec: Security in the web Resources platform and CRM Channels
Twitter: Viral Strategy
Team of developers WWW That need to make
Hosting platform visible
Marketing budget their business in the
web and sell there
Cost structure Revenue Model
Advanced features of the tool will be charged
Team of developers Transactions: For each transaction in the portal
Customer representatives Publicity: The services offered for free will have publicity on them.
Profile free of publicity: payments for not have publicity in his platform.
Infrastructure
13. Home page- Sketch Prototype
In this page, if someone want to search a company, can do it directly
with some key words or could choose the advanced search method. By
default the web page recognize the geographic location of the user.
It is also possible search by product.