INTRODUCTION

Shoppy is an open platform acting as a global online virtual market. Shoppy is a new innovative solution to permit shop owners to expand shops and sell better. Shoppy can be regarded as a market containing many stores/shops. Users can search different products from different shops and compare them, choose the appropriate product, thereafter view full shop contact and location information, pass an order for the product(s), receive a confirmation from the shop owner, then either receive a delivery or go gets it!

THINK OF SOMETHING…

You might have a product which many people like to have but are not aware you sell. You might be in your shop every day but not everybody passing outside knows what you sell inside. A very practical solution is one shoppy brings to you permit even those tens of kilometers away from you to view the products you sell as well as compare them with other shops.

On the other hand, you might be willing to buy a specific type of product; type of shoe (specific color and design), type of drug (which specific dosage of chemical composition), spare part for automobile or electronic devices, electronic devices themselves, home equipment, kitchen equipment, construction equipment, whatever you can think of. Shoppy can help you with that

A LITTLE NOTE BEFORE CONTINUING…

This article gives more information to the shop owner about his/her capabilities on Shoppy, actions, restrictions as well as a brief overview of the importance of this platform

 ADVANTAGES TO THE SHOP OWNER

1)      Larger visibility: With Shoppy, shop owners do not need to worry about customers. The visibility of their products can extend through the national territory.

2)      Easy product management: With Shoppy, clients can pass orders, shop owners verify the availability of these products, thereafter re-contact the client and approve/reject the reservation. It also gives the shop owner with a more practical system to explain the different descriptions and specifications of the products as well as stock management and promotions

3)      Sharing: Shoppy helps shop owners to easily share their products and their shops through social media and other platforms. Permitting users from other platforms to be able to view the products and/or share as well. This increases the visibility of the shops.

4)      Stock Management: Shoppy helps the shop owner to manage stock as well as orders.

5)      The ease of doing all of that: The ease/facility and independence in finding the clients you want. They could be potential clients that can admire the facilities and remain affiliated to you. It will be a wise decision to sit back and relax and let technology to the work.

HOW IT WORKS:

1.       The shop owners will have a form which they will fill to create an account https://shoppyit.com/shop-demand in the form of a request to Shoppy. Shoppy has to study that form, contact the Shop owner to get an appointment for more inspection on the shop.

2.       Thereafter, the arrangement is done for the registering of the products (either you register your products yourself or Shoppy experts do the registering).

                BUT WAIT

                It is to be noted that Shoppy will start freely for shop owners and when it attains its required state of maturity, it will become a paid subscription service. Shop owners should be very well aware of the fact that they will be informed more than 7 days before this change and the amounts are dependent on the categories to which they opt for. The set of possible offers are as follows.

 

At the same time, the following advert spaces on the home page of Shoppy

I.                   Deals Section

This is the section that appears first on the home page. It is the first visible advert section. It is to be sold according to time which it spends visible on Shoppy

300 FCFA/hour.

II.                   Ad Section 1:  This section is the large section that covers the total width of the page. And is attributed according to the period of time which it occupies.

         200 FCFA/hour.

III.                 Ad Section 2:

This section contains three or four sections of different advertisements. As the other ones, they are paid according to the period of time they spend visible on the platform. The unit price is defined below :

50 FCFA/hour. It is found below Ad section 1. The image below just shows one example

IV.                Ad Section 3:

This section is the lowest advert section

100 CFA/hour

 

Now,

When the shop owner is granted access to the platform, he will automatically be given an administration panel with which he can use to create and edit products, view orders, modify shop information, adverts, contact clients, and many other capabilities. This administration panel will serve as the shop owners tool on Shoppy

Shoppy is at the point of putting as well social media robots to help shop owners to administer their products just by message chatting

3.       The product registered by the shop owner for the reasons of public security will not appear directly on the platform. Shoppy has to verify the product information and approve of it for it to be visible on the platform or the platform search.

 

4.       In the case where the shop owner doesn’t have the technical or infrastructural facilities (or know how), Shoppy team members will be able to help the shop owners to register their products ( NB: For now this is free… later on, it will cost  50 FCFA/product registered)