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What is 2ndwavers?
An innovative swap system build on top of the old e-commerce system.
Why this approach?
Trading models’ shortcomings:
Classical Selling:
- the buyer might not have enough money. The seller might miss an opportunity of discovering a better deal for his offer.
Bidding:
- in general, transactions are won by the highest bidder (sometimes by a difference of just a few cents) without allowing the seller the chance of deciding if (s)he would rather close the deal with any other than the last cent pusher.
Pure Barter:
- this model suffers from the very low probability of reaching 100% compatibility between offers.
Our Solution
Our system eliminates the above mentioned limitations by combining all these models in a single entity (the bilateral negotiation table), which provides the parties access to all the tools needed in order to safely reach an agreement.
Sharing economy insights
"The problem: many people no longer want to buy stuff. They'd rather rent." Read article.
"In 2013, revenues within the sharing economy were estimated to be $3.5 billion and growing at 25% each year. [...] people are looking for less expensive alternatives to ownership."
Read article.
Retail Prophet
"The millennial generation is the first to not care about ownership — and that's causing a big crisis in retail."
Rachel Botsman
The currency of the new economy is trust
FILMED JUN 2012 • POSTED SEP 2012 • TEDGlobal 2012
There's been an explosion of collaborative consumption -- web-powered sharing of cars, apartments, skills. Rachel Botsman explores the currency that makes systems like Airbnb and Taskrabbit work: trust, influence, and what she calls "reputation capital."
Rachel Botsman writes and speaks on the power of collaboration and sharing through network technologies, and on how it will transform business, consumerism and the way we live.
Watch video on TED
Wingham Rowan
A new kind of job market
FILMED NOV 2012 • POSTED JAN 2013 • TEDSalon London Fall 2012
Plenty of people need jobs with very flexible hours -- but it's difficult for those people to connect with the employers who need them. Wingham Rowan is working on that. He explains how the same technology that powers modern financial markets can help employers book workers for slivers of time.
Wingham Rowan is the founder of social business Slivers-of-Time, which runs online markets for microworking and micro-volunteering.
Watch video on TED
Robin Chase
Excuse me, may I rent your car?
FILMED JUL 2012 • POSTED DEC 2012 • TEDGlobal 2012
A decade ago, Robin Chase founded Zipcar in the US, now the largest car-sharing company in the world. Now she's exploring the next level of car-sharing: Buzzcar, a French startup that lets people rent their own cars to others. The details are fascinating (how does insurance work, exactly?), and the larger vision (she calls it Peers, Inc.) points to a new definition of ownership and entrepreneurship.
Watch video on TED
Rachel Botsman
The case for collaborative consumption
FILMED MAY 2010 • POSTED DEC 2010 • TEDxSydney
In her talk, Rachel Botsman says we're "wired to share" -- and shows how websites like Zipcar and Swaptree are changing the rules of human behavior. (Filmed at TEDxSydney.)
Rachel Botsman writes and speaks on the power of collaboration and sharing through network technologies, and on how it will transform business, consumerism and the way we live.
Watch video on TED
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How it works
Add items to build your shop
and a trader can make you an offer - if the item is negotiable - to swap or buy it.
Place Offer
A swap system, on top of
the old e-commerce system
At this point, things are
no different than a regular checkout.
TRADER REQUESTS
YOUR REQUESTS
Propose Deal
Traderoom is
automatically created
The system is calculating the price difference between offers (requests). Now things are looking like a comparative checkout.
TRADER REQUESTS
YOUR REQUESTS
Propose Deal
You want something from my shop,
I want from yours
If - instead of you - the other trader clicks "Propose deal" button, you'll see "Agree, close deal". If you click it, negotiation is closed and archived as a transaction.
TRADER REQUESTS
YOUR REQUESTS
Agree, close deal
Closing the deal
Both of you can access this transaction to let each-other know when you're sending and receiving items and / or payment.
TRANSACTION
Closed Negotiation No. 1
NEGOTIATION
TRADER REQUESTS
YOUR REQUESTS
Start by adding items
Traderoom with a
finalized negotiation (transaction)
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