Welcome to Shop1606
Buy from the youth. Sell to the world.
About Us
"Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom" ~Nelson Mandela. That is one of our beliefs at Shop1606, pronounced sixteen o'six, a very important date for us youth of South Africa. We believe that this is the greatest generation ever and this is the generation that will solve poverty. Shop1606 will launch as a platform, an online shop, a market for people to buy from their own youth. The market is filled with products from corporates who don't care about the customer experience, there isn't enough space for youth brands to come in and compete and innovate. We want to give them that space. Shopping is a undeniably a social experience, the current online retailers have missed that crucial point. A space for youth brands to connect with their youth demographic customers and build valuable networks with their fellow youth all in real time thanks to new social shopping. We are not trying to sell any and every product on Shop1606, the content sold is cool and has bravado! Shop1606 is Social Currency. So what if you had a power button on your phone that could introduce you to new innovative products owned by youth with an amazing social shopping experience? Youth brands are the stars and Shop1606 connects all of them to make a beautiful constellation and reveal their true genius.
Why You Should Join Us
As a young entrepreneur, Shop1606 is a platform catered specifically for you to sell to your target market.
Shop1606 gives South Africans and the world at large to exclusively support small business run by the youth of South Africa.
Features
1. Create quick posts of the products that you're selling.
2. Chat live with store owners or with your customers.
3. Polls and Questions:
Create Questions, Multiple Choice Polls, Percentage Polls, and Hot Cold Polls from the web.
4. Events
Bring your customers together online or in the real world with Events.
You can choose an Online Meeting, Live Chat, Live Video, or Local Event.
Comes with RSVP, messaging, and integrations with third-party services like Facebook, YouTube, and Zoom.
5. Ambassador Program
The Ambassador Program rewards community members with badges when they bring new members into the Shop1606 community.
Members will get promoted through Bronze, Silver, and Gold levels. Each level has different rewards.
