The new UK Government can help you Shop
Posted on 08. Jun, 2010 by Mike Georgeson in Krowdbuy
Collaboration, Collaboration, Collaboration
That, hopefully, might be the mantra for the recently formed coalition Government, here in the UK. I, for one, am hoping that it ushers in a new way for our political parties to work together in the best interests of our Great nation.
I’m a great believer in collaboartion and, believe it or not, we live in a collaborative world. If we, as humans, had not pulled together over 1000’s of years, we would not have developed into to the dominating species we have. Of course there have been, and continue to be, many saddening and illogical struggles and wars between mankind, but in general we are a collaborative species. We work well together. And long may it continue.
We all collaborate on a daily basis. We work well in teams because we collaborate. We work well in familes because we collaborate. I see collaboration working really well on a daily basis, from businesses collaborating on new products, to individuals coming together online to pool resources and create
On a much more mundane and micro level I am really excited about how technology, and in particular the web, can help us all be even more collaborative. From organising parties, to sharing documents, the web has, and continues to transform the way in which we collaborate with each other. Facebook, Twitter, Skype and LinkedIn make it so much easier to interact with our family, friends, colleagues, customers, suppliers.
We think nothing of organising a family get-together using only Facebook. We collaborate with colleagues on the other side of the world using Skype. We use Twitter to collaborate with customers, suppliers, friends and family. It’s all about collaborating.
What does intrigue me, though, is that so far we have seen little collaboration in the ecommerce space. Apart from Groupon.com (and the hundreds of clones) I have seen very little.
And now for some overt advertising – my company, Crowdbuy.com, is using the web to allow customers (YOU) to get together with your online connections to collaboratively buy stuff from reputable online stores. AND, because there’s a number of you buying, you all get a great discount – sounds good, doesn’t it?
But Crowdbuy.com is YOUR business. You decide who to buy with and what from which stores. These stores may not always be the cheapest – you may decide to buy from a store that you know has great customer service and after-sales care. Or, you may decide to go for the cheapest – it’s up to you.
You and your online connections decide where to buy which products.
So has does this all relate to the new UK Government? Well, I’m hoping that the spirit of cooperation and collaboration as witnessed at the start of this Govt will spark more online ecommerce collaboration where we all benefit
I’ve seen the future – and the future is collaborative…. 
