Here's a time-saving personal shopper that works via text message. A great example of conversation and commerce working together to provide a better experience for consumers. Got young kids? Try it out for your self and see what you think.
@_jacksmith@sophiasalim Its been a little over a year - we were always in the kids' clothing space and the mission behind Ropazi has always been to make lives of busy parents more convenient. Buying clothes for kids is often a time consuming task and repetitive in nature. Tried multiple models like curated aggregation of big box brands in one spot, a marketplace for kids' independent clothing brands, and now what really started picking up is the messaging based personal shopping service - it hits the sweet spot of convenience and personalization. The focus has been on getting moms to try it out and we'd be looking at unique ways to get to them - a funny story was that we started pushing on Etsy to moms looking for unique clothes. Etsy messages to anyone drop in their inbox (unfiltered) - so we got greedy and wrote a script to automate the thousands of messages... and ooops. Greed got to us and we flew too close to the sun :)
From a fellow mobile commerce founder, awesome job! Since this is focused on childrens clothing, I would imagine a parent will eventually no longer need your service. Having said that, I assume this makes calculating LTV more predictable, has that been the case?
@ghobs91 Thanks Andrew! means a ton. You're right about the LTV's limitation to child's age but thats a good 12 yrs (from birth) + children's ages overlap depending on how many kids you got. Eventually yes it'll cap out but the good thing as you pointed out is the predictability of repeat purchases leading to a higher LTV.
@naumanq@ghobs91 I think having the business focused on all these years is incredibly helpful. Carter's valuation is at $5B. That's a good midterm target :)
Hey Product Hunters,
I'm Nauman, Co-founder of Ropazi, along with @sophiasalim. We’re excited to launch Ropazi exclusively to Product Hunt.
We have an exclusive deal just for this community of makers - take 10% OFF your first order.
Parenthood is changing as we enter a new modern family system in this generation. As busy parents, we wanted to build a way to help us free up some time in the day so that we can spend it with our kids. Ropazi in its first step is helping do just that by taking one of the most time consuming (and often repetitive) tasks in parenthood - keeping your little ones clothed :)
Ropazi aims at helping busy moms and dads with buying amazing clothes for their kids. We partner with many independent brands to bring you the unique and trendy looks often unknown to the masses as well as with big box retailers to get you your kid’s favorite basics. All of the engagement happens over text messaging, the parents - at their own time - can message their dedicated shopper and let them know of their needs. We're making shopping personal again - as it had been for centuries.
If you're a dad, mom, uncle, aunt, grandparent - we got you covered. Come give it a try or share it with someone you know who would benefit from this amazing product.
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@naumanq@sophiasalim I hate shopping, and I'm really busy as well. I generally tend to use Amazon Prime. I don't often go to stores but when I do, I'm in and out.
I have a boy--he's tough on clothes. Most moms I know are using hand-me-downs and stocking up on staples at the local big-box store. Will Ropazi be able to save me time compared to Amazon? I'm interested in value, ease of shopping, and selection. Also, I'm terrible with sizing and can't compare whether he's bigger or smaller than his peers. Will an online personal shopper be able to guide someone like me toward a very low return rate?
@runningdmc@sophiasalim Yes indeed! Ropazi quickly identifies your preferences and parameters (kind of like what you just mentioned) and then remains in that domain. We've had parents often tell us that when compared to Amazon - we're more personalized and aspirational, not to mention convenient as well. However, our shipping isn't as fast as Prime and it isn't free :( As for sizing, we've mapped out a lot of sizes of brands and how they relate to each other, you just need to tell us a brand and size your child currently fits in and we'll suggest which size of other brands you should buy. Sign up and give it a try
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@naumanq@sophiasalim Looking forward to it:) Just throw Minecraft or zombies on anything and he'll be thrilled:)
Great idea. As a new dad, I have no clue how to shop for kids or how kids sizing works. This will be a great help.
Two questions:
1) Is there a particular price point / brand level that you focus on?
2) Can I shop a complete outfit?
@aliabuhassan the service is extremely personalized, once we know what your price point is we start showing you products within that range. We partner with a range of brands which have different price points - we always focus on a high bar for quality and will not take upon brands which are just dirt cheap and with bad quality. And yes, you can totally shop for complete outfits - dads in particular love this as its quick and fast! :) Give it a spin - would love your feedback
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I've had a few friends use this service and its worked very well!! They found some adorable Easter outfits in no time....but on their time :)
@adamqureshi You're right! Kids who are 6+ in age start to build their own preferences which with Ropazi is very easy to communicate b/w parents and kids. We often have moms and dads saying - let me show this to my kid and get back to you. Such a strong generation coming up soon :)
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