Shockfruit is for Sports
Are you a sports person? Do you work in the sports industry? Does your business make something for sports? We have built Shockfruit just for you. There are three types of profiles on Shockfruit.com. 1) Corporate – For organizations that are primarily into sports business as organizers, associations, academies etc. 2) Merchandise/Service provider – Companies that sell some kind of product or service to sports community and 3) Professional – For individuals who work in the sports industry in any of it’s infinite domains. We know that finding jobs in sports industry is highly competitive. It needs proper skills and the right opportunity. Let’s see how we can help you out.
Sports Professionals
Shockfruit is for sports. It is for sports professionals. We are a niche social network for sports persons with marketable skills, both on the ground and off it. Players, athletes, gamers, fitness experts, trainers, coaches, instructors, sports marketers, agents, and all those who are active in sports industry can now connect on one platform. Even if you are an amateur sports enthusiast or a fan, you can create your profile and start showcasing your abilities. You can upload your career profile and resumes. The platform is built to facilitate you to get discovered.
Sports Merchandise
Shockfruit is a start up that aims to bring sports merchandising wholesale to the digital arena. While retail merchandising has reached to the heights through eCommerce and social media, very little can be said about the wholesalers in this area. Most wholesalers who deal in sports merchandise either don’t have a brand or they have a hard time finding distribution channels. Large size retailers today already act as wholesalers in many cases. It leaves very little options for the traditional wholesalers who find it hard to secure bulk orders. Wholesalers who want to become retailers have a lot to invest in marketing and the competition in the retail business is tough.
Shockfruit is also conceived to support the manufacturers. We want to give manufacturers an online space for putting up their products at factory prices. Wholesalers, Bulk Buyers and Retailers can approach manufacturers through Shockfruit. Think of it as an online factory outlet. It is intended to benefit medium and small scale manufacturers who are in search of a brand to sell their merchandise through.
Retailers can only purchase orders from manufacturers and wholesalers on Shockfruit. We did not want to make it into an eCommerce site but rather it is an online lead generation platform. Once we receive orders from corporate buyers, retailers and other bulk buyers, we forward those orders to the manufacturers and wholesalers on our list. They can bid on the orders as per their margins and send their quotations directly to those who placed the orders.
Corporate buyers of bulk merchandise may include sports clubs, associations, agencies, training institutions, schools and colleges. We are lucky to be in a world where sports is taken seriously and is given its due encouragement. It is a youthful business and a very positive one too. What most corporate buyers look for is a supplier who can provide quality merchandise at economical costs. Now we can give them options to choose from.
Simplified Tendering of Sports Goods and Services
They say “if you build it, they’ll come”. So we did. We created a platform that allows sellers set up their own business resumes and post their classifieds so that the buyer can choose from many manufactures and service providers. Also buyers can post job requests with details of the kind of products or services they are looking for. Sellers can post their proposals on the jobs. This is akin to submitting your tender proposal for a job order. Let the best proposals secure the projects. All we did is that we created a really simple system which can give you regular sales leads that you never get from listing websites.
We Understand Wholesale
Buying in bulk is a different thing than buying small amounts. It takes significantly more time and efforts in assessing the products in bulk. Pricing is also a critical factor in bulk purchases. A minor 2% discount can lead up to a thousand dollars worth savings if the order is big enough. There is no scope of mistake in the business of bulk transactions. Keeping those things in mind, we tried to find out if we can have an online platform for wholesale in sports merchandising. We quickly figured out that it was not just difficult, but also impractical. You can not click, click, buy when it comes to buying stuff in large quantities. The costs at stake are simply too large! People like to take time in bulk buying. They like to collect quotations from several wholesalers/manufacturers before zeroing down to a vendor. They like to sample the goods and sometimes even go visit the facilities just to make sure that they have the right supplier.