Social Ecommerce with Enrico Torres

Sep 23, 2016

Social Ecommerce with Enrico Torres

Social Ecommerce with Enrico Torres

Social Ecommerce

SUMMARY:

In this week’s episode of the Sailing to Success Podcast Show, Lyndsay Phillips interviews Enrico Torres. Enrico is the founder and CEO of AppendMe, a new social ecommerce app.

MAIN QUESTIONS ASKED:

  • How did you go from the restaurant business to the app business?
  • What is AppendMe?
  • How does the chat feature work?
  • What does social ecommerce mean?
  • What do you see in the future?

KEY LESSONS LEARNED:

Building Apps

  • It will probably take longer than you think to develop an app.
  • Do the research beforehand.
  • Be responsive to your user’s feedback.
  • Developing for Android devices is especially difficult.

AppendMe

  • The app is mainly a social platform right now, the ecommerce and live streaming features are coming down the pipe.
  • It allows you to share various forms of media with people even if they don’t have the app.
  • It also allows the user to express themselves in a way they can’t do on other social platforms.
  • Cyber bullying was a major concern when designing the app.
  • AppendMe doesn’t have algorithms that determine what you see.
  • Messaging is built into the app with privacy being a major focus of the app.
  • Monetizing the app will involve the ecommerce portion with fees and membership levels that will be well below the level of other comparable platforms.

Social Ecommerce

  • AppendMe allows small businesses and regular users to buy and sell items within your local environment.
  • Reputation is a key part of the social ecommerce experience.
  • Businesses will be able to advertise on the platform and users will be able to search for items they are looking for.

Final Tips

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LINKS TO RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Enrico on LinkedIn

 

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