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<b><u>The Beginning</u></b>
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People started spree-ing on Forums and blogs.
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As these platforms already have a large communnity of like-minded people, it was easy to gather groups of people to consolidate purchases from a particular merchant.
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People would rally together to buy items from overseas merchant, so the cost of shipping the items to Singapore could be spread over more people, reducing the burden of having to pay a high price to ship items over.
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Now, people could get items that they cannot find locally, or purchase items from overseas merchant online, that cost alot more locally.
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Revision as of 15:28, 11 October 2012

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Project Overview

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Singaporean's Definition of Spree

Consolidation of a mass order for an online merchant, usually by an individual who wishes to purchase some items from a particular merchant, and hopes to reduce the cost of shipping by spreading the cost over more items.

Role of Organizer - Open Sprees to take in orders. When Spree is closed, organizer will make purchase from Merchant, and ship items to their address. After which, organizer will repack items and re-distribute to all participants of the spree.

Role of Participants - Submit orders for a particular merchant in a spree. Make payment to the organizer for items he/she wishes to purchase.



Why People Spree?

  • Merchant do not have a store front in Singapore


  • High Shipping Cost. It is more cost effective to spread the cost of shipping over more items.


  • Merchants do not accept Foreign Credit Cards. People would need to engage concierge services, which charges about 5% of the total cost of the items for every order placed with a particular merchant. It would also be more cost effective to spread the concierge service charges amongst the spree-ers


  • Merchant do not ship directly to Singapore. In order to get the items from the merchant, one would need to engage courier services such as Vpost, Borderlinx and Comgateway which provides you with a US/UK/China address. Afterwhich, one may proceed to place the order with the merchant for the item to be shipped to the given address, which would then be forwarded to your address in Singapore. Since not everybody has an account, they would choose to join sprees to get the items they want from the particular merchant.

Comparison of Current Spree Plateforms

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The Beginning

People started spree-ing on Forums and blogs. As these platforms already have a large communnity of like-minded people, it was easy to gather groups of people to consolidate purchases from a particular merchant. People would rally together to buy items from overseas merchant, so the cost of shipping the items to Singapore could be spread over more people, reducing the burden of having to pay a high price to ship items over. Now, people could get items that they cannot find locally, or purchase items from overseas merchant online, that cost alot more locally. Thus, the era of Spree-ing begins...


The Copycat

Our Motivation

Limited by the brands that are being imported in Singapore, many of us flock to shop online to get our hands on items that cannot be found in Singapore. Also, because prices of many international brands found in Singapore are being marked up greatly, most prefer to purchase these items online to seal the best deals.

However, due to steep shipping costs incurred, it may not be so worthwhile to buy the items online after all. Hence, this motivates people to start sprees where orders are aggregated to one bulk purchase so that the shipping costs are split amongst the involved parties.

However, the current situation for sprees in Singapore is mostly unregulated and disorganized. Managing these sprees is a manual and tedious affair. Also, providing ESCROW service would ease the payment process.

We aim to redesign the online social shopping experience, making it such an easy and simple process that it becomes an extension of yourself. Shopping as a group will be done effortlessly without the hassle, so that the joy of the retail experience can shine through untainted by any unwanted issues. If possible, we would be filling the gap in the current spree market, and adding a social element to spree-ing!