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Textbook Crawler
Unifying the textbook marketplace

Michael Gendler Varadh Jain Raymond Liu Sean Mashian Krishna Vij

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Product Description Market Sales & Marketing Financials

Publisher or Merchant

Textbook Marketplace

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Textbook Marketplace

!! Time-consuming search !! Difficult to find lowestprice !! Dispersed audience

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Textbook Marketplace

Textbook Marketplace Publisher or Merchant

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Textbook Marketplace

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Textbook Marketplace

Textbook Crawler

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Textbook Marketplace Publisher or Merchant

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Textbook Marketplace

"! Decrease textbook search time "! Increase listing exposure "! Stimulate textbook exchange

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Textbook Crawler
Unifying the textbook marketplace

"! Search Engine "! Posting Engine "! Notification System

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michaelgendler@gmail.com

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Showing Results For

978-14016063 ISBN: 978-14016063

Seller
Bruinwalk PostYourBook Bruinwalk

Condition
Good

Price
$7.00 Go to Listing!

Like New

$9.00

Go to Listing!

Poor

$11.50

Go to Listing!

Textbook Crawler finds the lowest prices in town! Learn more

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978-14016063 $6.50

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Cant Find Your Book?

Well Notify You When It Gets Listed!

ISBN: Max Price: At least: Email:

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Competitive Advantage

Faster search Larger visibility

Cost Efficiency

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Time Efficiency

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Competition
Textbook Crawler hopes for a cooperative relationship with the textbook marketplaces

Increased web traffic

Faster search Larger visibility

Increased web traffic Increased web traffic

Cost Efficiency

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Increased web traffic

Time Efficiency

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Product Description Market Sales & Marketing Financials

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46%

of Students Polled Have Utilized Student-Based Marketplaces

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Who is the Customer?

College-aged students who regularly shop at student-based marketplaces Personally managing textbook funds

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Size of Market
9.1 million Total Adressable Market (US) Immideate Adressable Market (US) 19000 students UCLA Total Adressable Market (UCLA) Immideate Addressable Market (UCLA 19

21 million

U.S.

41000 students

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SALES STRATEGIES
Click through advertisements Permanent advertisers selling site space Transaction partnering with Amazon and Chegg Other services: tutor listings, notes exchange

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Estimated Unique Visits (Year 1)

15000 10000 5000 0 Fall '13 Winter '14 Spring '14 Summer '14 # Summer drop due to fewer students in classes

Unique Visits

Estimated number of visits (Per person per quarter) 15 10 5 0

Fall '13 Winter '14 Spring '14 Summer '14 Number of visits (per person per quarter)

#! Increase in user activity due to addition of tutoring listings and book notification service #! Estimates based on user visiting trends to BruinWalk 22

SALES FORECAST
Type of Sales Year 1 Fall '13 Winter '14 Spring '14
Click through advertising* Permanent advertising Commission from retailer Tutor Listings ! Net Sales 10 250 245 1,750 5,000 1,000 $7,995 632 2,875 12,000 2,000 $17,507

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Summer '14
44 250 800 500 $1,594
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MARKETING STRATEGY
Bruin Plaza Launch Distribution of pamphlets and flyers. Word of mouth is the best way to advertise. Online social media
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Product Description Market & Competition Sales & Marketing Financials

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Year One Financials

Ad Revenue

Administrative expenses Net Loss: -$1,528 Marketing expenses

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Years Two and Three Financials

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TEAM BIOS

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