Sramana Mitra: Talk to me a bit about the business model, both from what you are doing as well as trends in this kind of marketplace business model. How does this work? How much does the seller get? How much do you get? Philip Rooke: We have a basic charge. Depending on the product, there
Sramana Mitra: This is a concept that is not new. We have seen this concept from a variety of different players. We’ve seen generic ones. We’ve seen specific ones in different categories where various jewelry makers, for instance, come together, in a market place. I’d like to hear from you on what trends you observe
Sramana Mitra: What volume of e-commerce does she do on this platform? Philip Rooke: Unfortunately, that’s confidential information but the top people with us are selling tens of thousands of items per year. Many of my top partners make profits in excess of $100,000 because essentially, they don’t have to do the work. We just
Philip runs Spreadshirt from Berlin, and discusses the trends in global e-commerce that he observes through his company. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start with introducing our audience to yourself as well as Spreadshirt. Philip Rooke: I took over being the CEO of Spreadshirt about five or six years ago. Spreadshirt is an e-commerce platform that allows