CosDemand.com
Bringing the Community Together
Our Mission
Create an interactive community driven marketplace that allows cosplayers to buy and sell their used costumes, wigs, accessories, and Lolita outfits.
About Us
In October 2013, a small group of friends came together to design, develop, and pitch a community driven effort. Their goal was simple. Target the current Buy/Sell market for the Cosplay & Lolita community and make it even better.
Everybody knows the current system could be better. We'll make it better.
Everyone knows it can get better
After briefly asking cosplayers across North America about the current used cosplay and lolita sales market we brought together some key quotes:
"Waiting forever for the winner of an auction to pay when there's clearly other people waiting in the wings to buy it and ASAP"
"People who want to pay in $20 increments bi-weekly"
"There not being a good way to sell items, and as a result of the uncontrolled environment people being flaky, cheap and even scamming others"
Cosplay is trending!
Fanime Attendance History
AX Attendance History
Sakuracon Attendance History
What does this all mean? Now is the perfect time to get involved!
What are we bringing to the table?
2. Convention panel Q&A. Annually at all conventions that my team and I are able to visit we'd like to hold focus-testing panels. We want to discuss our website, and we want to hear what people like and dislike about it. Then it's back to the drawing boards to continuously adapt. We don't believe there is only one right way, our system is fluid.
3. Reputation system. Our system will implement a series of points and badges for users that can document their purchasing and sales history on CosDemand. We want our system to not only be secure and convenient, we want it to be fun.
4. Cost-efficient. We refuse to take more than we need from the users. Our commission costs will under-cut Ebay's current cost system and charge only 5% per transaction. Using our commission costs, advertisement revenue, and supply transactions we hope to develop and grow our business into a larger and more sustainable organization.
5. Attractive. We're an artistic community. We want something that looks nice.
6. Access to Cosplay Supplies, Accessories, Props, Wigs, Costumes, and Lolita clothing. We want to standardize and centralize access to these materials.
Our commitment to community and transparency:
Ultimately we are asking for aid. And in regards to aid it could be anything such as marketing aid, setting up flyer distributions, network possibilities with individuals who would be interested, anything!
We're a rag-tag team of young entrepreneurs, and all help is good help!
CosDemand.com
Email: mk.hfournier@gmail.com
Website: www.CosDemand.com
Phone: 778-990-6107
Twitter: @CosDemand