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Pinkoi - the #1 curated C2C marketplace selling design products in Asia

Peter Yen
May 27, 2014

Pinkoi - the #1 curated C2C marketplace selling design products in Asia

Vision of Pinkoi - Build the largest curated online community and marketplace for designers in Asia. Enable people to live around great designs every day.

Peter Yen

May 27, 2014
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  1. Pinkoi.com   Builds  Design  Ecosystem for  people  to  BUY  /

     SELL  /  SHARE  designs  and  to  be  INSPIRED.
  2. Peter  Yen          CEO  /  Cofounder  

    ! Responsible  for  overall  strategy,  merchandising,  business  operaSons,  partner   relaSonship  &  plaTorm  infrastructure.  Previously  team  lead  at  Yahoo  Social  Search   Group  (Sunnyvale),  senior  engineer  at  TrendMicro  (Cuper=no),  and  Intel  research   lab;  M.S  in  computer  science  from  Carnegie  Mellon  Univ.  &  Na=onal  Taiwan  Univ. Maibelle  Y  Lin          CCO  /  Cofounder   ! Responsible  for  product  roadmap,  UX  /  UI,  markeSng  strategy  &  all  things  design   related.  Previously  work  at  mulSple  startups  in  Silicon  Valley  such  as  Affinity   Circles  (Mt.  View),  Zammee  (Mt.  View)  &  Paper  Culture  (Burlingame);  M.F.A  in   Design  +  Technology  from  Parsons  School  of  Design  &  Na=onal  Chengchi  Univ. Mike  Lee          CTO  /  Cofounder   ! Responsible  for  technology,  operaSon,  mobile  architecture  &  engineering   innovaSon  development.  Previously  a  business  owner  of  bou=que  café  (Taiwan),   self-­‐employed  tech  consultant;  M.S  in  engineering  from  Na=onal  Chiao  Tung  Univ. Team twiKer  @pinkoi  
  3. Problems  &  Challenges Designers CUSTOMERS ? ? ? Designers  lack

     of  experSse  in  business,  markeSng  &   selling.  Even  good  designers  don’t  necessarily  know   how  to  sell  and  where  to  find  their  customers.     twiKer  @pinkoi  
  4. OpportuniSes Global Etsy  1.5+  B/yr   Fab,  Fancy   !

    Selling  design  is  an   emerging,  trendy   and  profitable   business. Asia No  Such  PlaTorm  &   Community.   ! But  there  are  mulS-­‐ ple  new  emerging   design  capitals.
  5. Our  Vision   Build  the  largest  curated  online  community  and

      marketplace  for  designers  in  Asia.  Enable  people     to  live  around  great  designs  every  day.   twiKer  @pinkoi  
  6. 0 27500 55000 82500 110000 2011 2012 2013/11 Products  listed

    8542 41252 105392 We  become  the   leading  curated   design  marketplace,   and  conSnue  growing Now  We  have: 158,548+    
 4000+    
 10000+   designs   brands   indie  designers What  we’ve  delivered
  7. Growth  of  designer  community 412  K Designers Joined 0 1000

    2000 3000 4000 2010 2011 2012 2013 Stores
  8. iOS  app,  Jan  2014   Android,  Apr,  2014   mobile

     web,  Apr  2013   twiKer  @pinkoi  
  9. Japan A.  Mobile  only  strategy ! B.  Seeking  partnership  with

     online   medias,  social  channels,  offline   publicaSons,  brand,  shop/cafe  owners.   ! C.  Seeking  strategic  alliance  and   collaboraSon  on  mobile  commerce. China A.  Launched  Simplified  Chinese  in  2013 ! B.  Partnered  with  Alipay  for  cross   border  payment. ! C.  Working  with  WeChat  to  integrate   mobile  commerce  on  their  plaTorm   and  payment  soluSon. InternaSonal  markets  expansion