About Project
Preamble
t@pm3pp3 AfroShops 🛒🧺 is an online marketplace 🛒 connecting the African diaspora in the DACH region with passionate sellers of Afrocentric goods. Thus celebrating the African culture and heritage through authentic products.
We empower our community
- Supporting African Businesses: We connect you directly with passionate retailers of African goods, fostering economic growth and cultural exchange.
- Showcasing Diverse African Products: Discover a treasure trove of unique Afrocentric goods, from fashion and art to homeware and food.
Why an application dedicated to the diaspora?
- Find What Makes You Unique: Express your African identity with a curated selection of authentic products you won’t access anywhere else.
- Connect with Your Community: Discover a vibrant space to connect with fellow members of the African diaspora in the DACH region.
- Made by Us for Us: We use the feedback from our community to tailor our store to better meet their needs.
Why start selling here?
- Increased Reach and Visibility: We expose your products or services to a vast audience of potential customers, who are actively searching for what you offer. This is a significant advantage over traditional stores or individual websites with limited reach.
- Lower Operating Costs: We offer features like inventory management, payment processing, and customer service tools, eliminating the need for you to invest in these infrastructure elements yourself.
- Scalability: As your business grows, we will accommodate an increase in sales volume without requiring significant changes on your end.
- Data and Analytics: We provide retailers with valuable data and analytics about customer behavior and purchasing habits. This data can be used to optimise your product offerings, pricing strategy, and marketing efforts.
- Competitive Landscape: We make it possible for you to compare your products or services to competitors in terms of pricing, features, and customer reviews.
Why start buying here?
- Wider Selection and Competitive Prices: We offer a vast array of products and services from various retailers, allowing for easy comparison while shopping and potentially finding the best deals.
- Increased Accessibility and Convenience: We provide a convenient way to shop from the comfort of your home, 24/7. You can browse products, compare prices, and make purchases all in one place.
- Simplified Payment Options: We offer secure and convenient online payment options, eliminating the need to carry cash or checks.
- Increased Quality: Rely on reviews and ratings from other customers to gain insights into product quality, performance, and value before making a purchase.
- Variety of Sellers and Products: Discover unique products from niche retailers or smaller businesses that you might not find elsewhere.
A dedicated Team
We are all members of the African diaspora, who see this project as the perfect technological challenge, to bridge the distance and improve exchanges within the African community.
Our Values
- Transparency: By ensuring clear communication between retailers, consumers, and our platform, encouraging this way trust within the t@pm3pp3 AfroShops 🛒🧺 community.
- Curated Selection: Focus on high-quality, authentic African products across various categories.
- Community Focus: We foster a welcoming and inclusive space for cultural exchange.
- Empowerment: We support African businesses and cultural artisans.
Honorable mentions
The project is powered with lots of ☕️ by t@pm3pp3 w0rk.
The design is heavily influenced by Bootstrap.
The SVG icons have been provided by Font Awesome and Bootstrap Icons.
With the exception of the project’s icon and logo, all images have been generated by DeepAI.
We are currently looking for an audio visual expert (amination, graphics, sounds and video) to help us with the project’s visual identity. If you are interested, please contact us at afroshops@tapmeppe.work.