The 1st official Shopify Meetup in Hong Kong! Shopify, TradeGecko and ChicWorkshop have teamed up to host the 1st official Shopify Meetup in Hong Kong! Networking with like-minded SME's in Hong Kong, learning some new tips or tricks for your eCommerce business whilst enjoying some delicious food and drinks on us.

1. Welcome to the first
#ShopifyMeetup in Hong Kong

2. 17%
community
around Shopify
77%
use Shopify

3. Because this is a ‘meetup’...
● Look at the person beside you and say HI!
● Do they sell on Shopify?
● What industry are they in?

4. Agenda
7:10 pm - Namra Deka - Partner Manager, Shopify
7:20 pm - Duncan Tang - CEO, ChicWorkshop
7:30 pm - Akul Dewan - Partner Manager, TradeGecko
7:40 pm - Jessica Yeung - Head of BD, EasyShip
7:45 pm - Fireside chat with Tiny Bitz, Hazel & Hershey Coffee Roasters,
and Herb’s Oil
8:00 pm - Panel with speakers
8:15 pm - Networking drinks

7. Thank you to our sponsors

9. Tweet your questions to
#ShopifyMeetup

10. Tweet your questions to #ShopifyMeetup
TRIVIA TIME!

11. In which year was Shopify founded?
Tweet your questions to #ShopifyMeetup

12. Confidential Customized for Shopify Meetup Hong Kong 2017 Version 1.0
Chic Workshop
Duncan Tang

13. Chic Workshop
Shopify Expert based in Hong Kong

14. Milestone
2006
Founded
By team of designers and developers
passionate about what they do.
2010
Founded beChicLiving
Shopify store selling lifestyle products
2010
Partnered with Shopify
Became Shopify Partner and Shopify Expert
2017
400+ Shopify Deployments
Completed 400+ Shopify projects big and small
with client satisfaction.

15. Services
Setup Design Development

16. We are a Shopify
Merchants Too
beChicLiving is a shopify store that sell lifestyle items.
So we speak the same languages as all shopify
merchants.

17. Shopify
The ecommerce platform made for you

19. Is it in the correct dimension?
Is it in the correct aspect ration?
Does the resolution good enough?
Does the file name SEO friendly?
Does the file size optimised for SEO?
Does alt tag well placed?

20. Get in touch
ChicWorkshop.com

21. #ShopifyMeetup Hong Kong

30. #ShopifyMeetup Hong Kong

31. Enable every commerce entrepreneur to
build the business of their dreams
Akul Dewan
Partnerships, APAC

32. Cloud based inventory and order management software
for brands and distributors

33. Here’s what we’ll cover today
A real merchant’s
growth story
Challenges of a growing
business
Some tips to solve these
challenges

34. ● Carl loved fashion
● Carl was a designer
● Carl had connections in the fashion industry
So… Carl started his label Crowded Elevator with a
B2C and B2B mix
The story of Carl Thompson

35. What Carl did when he started
What Carl loved
● Designing t-shirts
● Building a brand
● Building customer and wholesale
relationships
What Carl ended up doing
● Master of 100s of spreadsheets
● Managing cashflow
● Debt collector

36. He went bankrupt.
What killed him was cash flow.

37. The top 2 priority for business owners
1. Growing sales
2. Managing cashflow

39. Your business
Cashflow

40. eCommerce businesses naturally face cashflow issues
Purchase Order
1
DAY

41. eCommerce businesses naturally face cashflow issues
Purchase Order Comes into
warehouse
1
DAY
45
DAY

42. eCommerce businesses naturally face cashflow issues
Purchase Order Comes into
warehouse
1
DAY
45
DAY
Created a sale
60
DAY

43. eCommerce businesses naturally face cashflow issues
Created a sale Payment comes into
bank account
Purchase Order Comes into
warehouse
75
DAY
60
DAY
1
DAY
45
DAY

44. eCommerce businesses naturally face cashflow issues
Created a sale Payment comes into
bank account
Purchase Order Comes into
warehouse
75
DAY
60
DAY
1
DAY
45
DAY
2.5 months out of cash!

45. 3 simple ways to improve cash flow for eCommerce
● Negotiate (better) terms with your suppliers
○ Ask for better payment terms
○ Ask them for a discount
○ Ask them to ship your stock in batches
● Ask your wholesale customers to pay upfront with their credit card
● Look at short term financing options for your purchase orders or large customer invoices

46. ● Average inventory value
Analyse your inventory and selling patterns

47. ● Average inventory value
● Inventory turnover (bring this number up)
Analyse your inventory and selling patterns

48. Now let’s get back to Carl

49. A modern merchant’s growth story
● Carl loved fashion
● Carl was a designer
● Carl had connections in the fashion industry
So… Carl started his label Crowded Elevator and
grew it with a mix of retail and wholesale
contracts

50. What did he do after
going bankrupt?

51. He started TradeGecko!
Founded by Carl and brothers Cameron
and Bradley from New Zealand

52. TradeGecko is cloud based inventory
and order management software.
● All your business operations in one
place.
● Keep right amount of inventory
across locations
● Better backend Warehousing tools
and 3PL integrations
● Business Intelligence & Reporting
What does TradeGecko do?
That’s Not All….

53. We work well with Shopify
Keep track of stock
across different
locations, including
Shopify POS.
Create purchase orders,
stock takes, track costs
and view complete
finances.
Integrate and manage
multiple stores in
different currencies and
languages.

54. Your business dashboard
and reports

55. Your B2B Payment Gateway
● Say goodbye to lengthy bank transfers
● Get paid faster
We help wholesalers (get paid faster)
With TradeGecko Payments,
half of the invoices are
paid in 1 business day.

56. Thank You
akul@tradegecko.com

57. #ShopifyMeetup Hong Kong

63. #ShopifyMeetup Hong Kong
Tweet your questions at #shopifymeetup

64. Thank you for supporting
#ShopifyMeetup Hong Kong!