Stephen Culp, founder of Pricewaiter, discusses the quantitative scale and order volume of the e-commerce price negotiation platform.
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“We've had about a 100,000 orders go through”
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“Versus let's just say a Black Friday sale or a clearance page where they're generally just guessing a discount level that then applies to all all of the products they're selling for that level. And they're probably leaving margin on the table.”
Stephen CulpSep 16, 2019▶ 8:371514 They Gamify Price Negotiations for Consumers, $100m in Sales, They Take 2-6%
AssertionNot checkable as stated
PriceWaiter commissions undercut traditional paid advertising or affiliate fees
“Almost in every case, it's going to be better than what they would have paid had they paid for ads or then some sort of affiliate arrangement or whatever.”
Stephen CulpSep 16, 2019▶ 12:031514 They Gamify Price Negotiations for Consumers, $100m in Sales, They Take 2-6%
AssertionNot checkable as stated
Retailers report PriceWaiter drives incremental revenue without cannibalizing existing sales
“It turned out that the revenue that retailers were earning through the SAS product They themselves classified as accretive or incremental revenue, meaning not cannibalizing their existing sales on top of their existing sales.”
Stephen CulpSep 16, 2019▶ 12:471514 They Gamify Price Negotiations for Consumers, $100m in Sales, They Take 2-6%
Insight
PriceWaiter secures incremental sales at smaller discounts than merchants typically expect
“The retailer gets a sale they wouldn't have had before, most of the time at a discount less than they would have been willing to offer.”
Stephen CulpSep 16, 2019▶ 15:001514 They Gamify Price Negotiations for Consumers, $100m in Sales, They Take 2-6%
Insight
Culp: Online shoppers negotiate prices for the sport of winning
“They like the win. They like the sport.”
Stephen CulpSep 16, 2019▶ 17:581514 They Gamify Price Negotiations for Consumers, $100m in Sales, They Take 2-6%
Disclosure
Culp: Pricewaiter charges zero to consumers and monetizes via retailer commissions
“A revenue model is we take a commission on the sale, so the consumer doesn't pay anything, the retailer pays us, but it's absolutely worth it for them because they have no cost of acquisition whatsoever.”
Stephen CulpSep 16, 2019▶ 1:161514 They Gamify Price Negotiations for Consumers, $100m in Sales, They Take 2-6%
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