Common Online Market Space
Using its website the commononlinemarketspace.com the public will be able to sign up and have access to the common online market page. Businesses will be able to display the products and services they offer online, advertise jobs and tender online. The clients will be able to sign up free of charge and have unlimited access to the common online market page, they will be able to view products and services, download business profiles and registration certificates. Have special opportunities to advertise jobs and tenders as well. To popularize the online market the public will be able to view and download the job advertisement attachments free of charge.
The outbreak COVID-19 resulted into enforcement of measures to prevent the spread of pandemic. The preventive measures require people to maintain social distance and further observe strict measures like lockdown that calls for closedown of shops and avoidance of direct interaction between people. Despite the discovery of vaccine, the need to maintain the preventive measures remains essential. As history has shown pandemics do reoccur one example of this is the EBOLA. To overcome this challenge one of ways to adopt online market that can prevent overcrowding in markets or shopping centers. With increasing access to internet and vehicles, online shopping becomes very easier for clients. During the pandemic more businesses were able to deliver goods to their clients at home and people were able to deliver services such as consulting and training online. This had good for medium and big enterprise and extremely difficult for small enterprises.
The Common Online Market Space is a website for advertising products and services online; it provides a platform for businesses to display their goods and services for public view and links clients or customers with businesses. The Common Online Market Exhibit will generate income from charging little money from businesses that will use the online platform to sell their products and services.
To provide safe and reliable online market space, COMS seeks to deal with legal persons or entities as clients and legally recognized businesses by requiring the people to provide their legal documents when sign up and agree to abide by market space’s safety rules. COMS wish to maintain its position only as an online market space and will not be responsible for risks associated with unfair, unethical and irresponsible engagement between the clients and businesses.
During the pandemic more businesses were able to deliver goods to their clients at home and people were able to deliver services such as consulting and training online. This had good for medium and big enterprise and extremely difficult for small enterprises.
- Scale safe and private digital identity and financial tools to allow people and small businesses to thrive in the digital economy.
During the pandemic more businesses were able to deliver goods to their clients at home and people were able to deliver services such as consulting and training online. This had good for medium and big enterprise and extremely difficult for small enterprises. To have digital inclusion the idea will provide low cost platform for small business to sell their products and services online hence promoting digital inclusion.
- Concept: An idea being explored for its feasibility to build a product, service, or business model based on that idea.
This is an idea that I have written and I am still developing the website.
- A new application of an existing technology
The solution seeks to solve the emerging problem faced by business due to COVID-19 and it seeks to use an existing technology to solve the problem.
- Internet of Things
- Rural
- Urban
- Low-Income
- Middle-Income
- 10. Reduced Inequality
- South Sudan
- South Sudan
The solution is still an idea form.
The impact will be measured by the numbers of the business and customers that will use the platform.
- For-profit, including B-Corp or similar models
There are currently three people I am working with.
We are a team computer science and information technology graduates with over five years experience working in the field of website and system development.
Once the website is setup, we hire a consultant to develop a management structure for us and recruit competent staff for the business.
- Individual consumers or stakeholders (B2C)
The team are new Information and Communication Technologists. The team is looking for financial support to make the idea a reality.
- Financial (e.g. improving accounting practices, pitching to investors)
The team need financial support to enable launching of the website.
The business need financers and other website hosting companies.
- No, I do not wish to be considered for this prize, even if the prize funder is specifically interested in my solution
- No, I do not wish to be considered for this prize, even if the prize funder is specifically interested in my solution
- Yes, I wish to apply for this prize
The price will enable the team to operationalize the business.
- No, I do not wish to be considered for this prize, even if the prize funder is specifically interested in my solution
- No, I do not wish to be considered for this prize, even if the prize funder is specifically interested in my solution
- Yes, I wish to apply for this prize
This price will help us with fund to operationalize the internet based business and scale the business.
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