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Show HN: I built a website to buy and sell used clothes in Indonesia

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Re: Show HN: I built a website to buy and sell used clothes in Indonesia

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Nice, well done! Btw, there's a public company in Brazil that does exactly that: https://www.enjoei.com.br/ Their GMV is ~US$ 200 million/year, and their revenues are ~US$ 30 million/year.

Thanks for sharing the website. It's truly inspiring, and I'm loving the clean and intuitive design!

Re: Show HN: I built a website to buy and sell used clothes in Indonesia

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This is awesome, well done!

I use Depop and Vinted here in the UK. We also have one called Preloved, which could be problematic.

I also know some vintage clothes sellers and a lot of stock comes from Indonesia. I'm always on the lookout for specific colours and styles of vintage items.

Could you open up your site Internationally somehow? I can already search using English terms. Currency conversion would be relatively easy. The main thing would be shipping. It might only be sensible to collect packages in Indonesia and ship them in bulk to the buyer (so, like Buyee for things from Japan)

Re: Show HN: I built a website to buy and sell used clothes in Indonesia

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Looks good, how did you get your initial content on there? Did you reach out to some influencers or used your own local network? Are you also tapping into other Indonesian sites like tokopedia or the gojek/grab economy? Edit: It looks as if you are getting data from instagram. Is that correct?

Thank you! All the content is user-submitted, and we rely on Instagram and Twitter for traffic. Some influencers spread the word and it really got things rolling. We're actually competing with Tokopedia and Shopee, but they're not exclusively for second-hand clothing, although it's allowed there. We reached out to some sellers and found the turnover rate to be high, but it requires a lot of effort. For pickup and del…

Thanks for your elaborate answer and good move to build this. I think there are a lot of opportunities there for new digital products like this that fit niches. I think making a basic app out of your website would be a great move.

Re: Show HN: I built a website to buy and sell used clothes in Indonesia

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What's the decimal format of Indonesia, I am seeing price like Rp 4.500.000, how much is that?

Much of the world uses . and , in the opposite way we do in the US. So the dollar store here would have 1.00 prices here, but 1,00 elsewhere. Rp 4.500.000 is 4.5 million rupees, which is currently about $54,865.00.

Re: Show HN: I built a website to buy and sell used clothes in Indonesia

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post #18

What's the decimal format of Indonesia, I am seeing price like Rp 4.500.000, how much is that?

Much of the world uses . and , in the opposite way we do in the US. So the dollar store here would have 1.00 prices here, but 1,00 elsewhere. Rp 4.500.000 is 4.5 million rupees, which is currently about $54,865.00.

4.5 million rupiah is USD300

Re: Show HN: I built a website to buy and sell used clothes in Indonesia

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post #18

What's the decimal format of Indonesia, I am seeing price like Rp 4.500.000, how much is that?

Much of the world uses . and , in the opposite way we do in the US. So the dollar store here would have 1.00 prices here, but 1,00 elsewhere. Rp 4.500.000 is 4.5 million rupees, which is currently about $54,865.00.

You're right about the commas, however, Indonesia uses the Rupiah, which sounds very similar to the Rupee used in India.

Just to clarify, 4500000 rupiah is approximately equivalent to 300 USD.

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