Shopify, TradeGecko and 360and5 teamed up to host the 1st ever official Shopify Meetup in Singapore! Our special guest and serial entrepreneur Jackson Aw spoke about their multi-million dollar successful brand Mighty Jaxx. Shopify and TradeGecko also provided some practical and insightful tips on how to smoothly scale-up your small business from start-up phase.

1. Welcome to
#ShopifyMeetup Singapore

2. 40%
Sell both online
and offline
37%
Sell online
6%
Sell offline

3. Agenda
6:35 pm - Jackson Aw, Founder of Mighty Jaxx
7:00 pm - Jason Bowman, Team Lead APAC, Shopify Plus
7:15 pm - Cameron Priest, CEO and Co-founder, TradeGecko
7:30 pm - Q&A with the speakers
7:45 pm - Networking drinks
8:30 pm - All done!

5. Thank you to our sponsors
Impact HUB Singapore - Co-working space and business community
Eastern Craft Trading - Craft beer importer and distributor
Le Saint Julien - Caterer and restaurant of fine French food

6. Tweet your questions to
#ShopifyMeetup
WIFI Network - TheHub
PW - BQC7EK

17. #ShopifyMeetup Singapore

18. Jason Bowman
Shopify Plus

19. Better customer
experiences

20. 1. Features
2. Theme editing
3. Partners

21. Shopify Plus

22. Frenzy
Do flash sales that delight customers

23. Rather than waiting in line
at a retail store, missing
out online, or simply
forgetting about a sale –
Frenzy puts the hype of the
best product releases in
your hand.
When you buy from a
retailer on Frenzy, it’s just
like buying from them in
person – but you can do it
anywhere in the world.

24. Launchpad
Automate some of your sales processes

26. Mobile Store
Builder
In Beta testing with select Plus merchants at the moment

28. Theme edits
Our themes are amazing, but your Brand should keep evolving.

30. Example code (simplified)
{% if customer.tags contains 'like-converse' %}
<h2>Since you love Converse shoes:</h2>
{% for product in collections.converse.products %}
{% include 'product-grid-item' %}
{% endfor %}
{% endif %}

32. Apps and Partners
(Including the great teams at TradeGecko and 360and5)

33. Thank you

34. Questions?
Twitter: @freakdesign
https://www.linkedin.com/in/freakdesign/

35. #ShopifyMeetup Singapore

36. Enable every commerce entrepreneur to
build the business of their dreams
Cameron Priest
Co-founder and CEO

37. About the company
Founded by Kiwi brothers Cameron and Bradley Priest
along with fellow entrepreneur Carl Thompson
Moved to Singapore in 2012 and won the JFDI
tech incubator
Secured over USD $12m in funding

38. About the company
13,500
Users
91
Countries

39. The problem we solve

40. The problem we solve
Carl Thompson, co-founder and former CMO of
TradeGecko, founded Crowded Elevator fashion
label in 2009.
• Connections in fashion and retail industry
• Strong retail traction
• Stockists and wholesale deals
Two years later... he went bankrupt.

41. The problem we solve
What Carl loved
● Designing t-shirts
● Building a brand
● Building customer and wholesale
relationships
What Carl ended up doing
● Master of 100s of spreadsheets
● Operations manager
● Debt collector

42. Starting a business is fun

43. Starting a business is fun
Pre-launch
● Coming up with ideas
● Designing logos / branding
● Creating products
● Finding suppliers
● Incorporating the company
● Building an eCommerce site
● Launching!

44. Shipping issues
Stockouts
Manufacturing
defects
Hiring
stockists
Cash flow
issues
Purchasing
efficiently
Hiring
Growing is hard
Pre-launch
● Coming up with ideas
● Designing logos / branding
● Creating products
● Finding suppliers
● Incorporating the company
● Building an eCommerce site
● Launching!

46. The tool that helps
businesses grow

47. TradeGecko is cloud based inventory
and order management software.
● Manage all your business
operations in one place.
● Manage your growing business’
inventory and order handling
complexity.
● Integrate your online and offline
sales.
● Better backend warehousing and
purchasing tools.
TradeGecko

48. Complex inventory features
Sell in batches with
support for expiry dates
Keep track of customer
assigned prices and tax
Keep stock in pack sizes
and composite variants

49. TradeGecko and Shopify
We launched our Shopify integration
in 2012.
TradeGecko has been built from the
ground up to complement Shopify.
This year we were chosen as a
preferred partner for Shopify Plus.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars on the Shopify
App Store.

50. How TradeGecko builds upon Shopify
Keep track of stock
across different
locations, including
Shopify POS.
Create purchase orders,
stock takes, track costs
and view complete
finances.
Integrate and manage
multiple stores in
different currencies and
languages.

51. Eastern Craft - Expert wholesalers
● Singapore based curators of craft beer from around the world.
● Sell online with Shopify.
● Sell wholesale online with TradeGecko.
● Create and receive purchase orders in multiple currencies.
● Manage wholesale terms and unique price lists.
● Real time understanding of margins on every order, SKU,
and wholesale customer.
Our customers

52. Gnome & Bow - International retailers
● Singapore based creator of beautiful bags and wallets.
● Sell online with Shopify.
● TradeGecko helps them manage their stockists.
● Manage many custom price lists.
● Track stock across all consignment locations.
Our customers

53. Our customers
Smoochiezz - Multichannel retailers
● Singapore based cosmetics eCommerce and wholesaler.
● Sell via Shopify.
● Also selling offline to department stores and pharmacies.
● TradeGecko helps them integrate their online and offline sales,
plus manage their price lists.

54. Thank you

55. Questions
#ShopifyMeetup

56. Thank you for supporting
#ShopifyMeetup Singapore!