Tom Karwatka, 01/02/2016
2015 was full of very interesting eCommerce startups.
Which of them you should pay special attention to in 2016?
eCommerce Startups to watch in 2016
- Wish is a mobile shopping startup that looks like Pinterest but only shows you what you want to buy.
https://www.wish.com - Casper wants to tackle the traditionally convoluted process of buying a mattress and streamline it for the web.
https://casper.com - With Instacar, you can order groceries by phone or online, and have them
delivered to your apartment in less than an hour.
https://www.instacart.com
+ Singapore’s Honestbee – Asia’s version of Instacart. - Jet.com logs more than 1 million customers. Launched in July, it’s growing quickly and it’s reportedly close to completing a $500 million funding round.
https://www.jet.com
New models emerges in eCommerce
- Membership commerce
These companies offer customers a yearly subscription for a fixed price and in return customers get to shop at heavily discounted prices. - Rental commerce
This category was opened up by Rent the Runway but there are other interesting companies in the space as well. - Just in Time
OnDemand Products and Services. Eg. Shyp, Caviar, Doordash.
Sources: http://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/10/ecommerce-start-ups-to-watch-vc-commentary.html + https://www.internetretailer.com/2015/11/04/jetcom-logs-more-1-million-customers
