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CHEAPCELL
CHEAPCELL South African online store website

Cheapcell or cheapcell.co.za (officially written as one word, all-lowercase; variations: Cheapcell, CHEAPCELL and CHEAPCELL ONLINE ) is an English-language e-commerce website based on an internet auction and online marketplace model allowing individuals and Businesses to buy,sell or trade with each other. Transactions on CHEAPCELL are in South African rands.

Quick Facts Type of business, Founded ... History

CHEAPCELL was first launched by Hakim Adam Kasoma in JULY 2017 at the height of the dotcom boom, in Johannesburg ,South Africa. The initial seed funding and continued support were provided by Through Selling On Gumtree,Facebook Marketplace and WhatsApp Business. Cheapcell was officially launched with a massive marketing campaign in January 2020, led by Hakim Adam kasoma as the managing director, and within months made cheapcell online one of the leading e-businesses and one of the strongest internet brands in South Africa. Cheapcell.co.za soon became the largest online marketplace of its kind in South Africa and Africa. In 2020, cheapcell made an investment into Kasoma investments company. In May 2022 CHEAPCELL invested into the e-commerce online app Basic concept

cheapcell follows the online business model. It is an online store site and marketplace where users, buyers and sellers, transact with each other. Anyone over the age of 18 can transact on the site, providing they respect the site's terms and conditions. The aim of the consumer-to-consumer sites and marketplaces like cheapcell is to supply a trading model that enables small retailers, or even hobby sellers, to be seen by a larger audience of potential customers, who may be geographically distant. For buyers, such sites supply a place to go to buy commodities at discounted prices, second-hand items or difficult to find collectibles. Types of users

Buyers and sellers After registering on the site and activating the account, anyone over the age of 18 can become a buyer on cheapcell. New users can also start selling immediately as basic sellers, with restricted scope of activities. Advanced sellers need to have their bank or credit card details confirmed. Verified users Both sellers and buyers can become verified users after submitting a copy of their ID book, signed indemnity form and paying a fee for having their credit standing checked out. Verified users are identified with a green tick mark next to their user name. Only purchases from verified sellers fall under the cheapcell Buyer Protection Programme, which offers a limited compensation to buyers under specific conditions. Affiliates All registered users may participate in the cheapcell Affiliate Programme. For cheapcell affiliates to earn commission, the newly registered users referred from an affiliate's web site, blog or invitation email message have to bid on an auction, buy an item at a fixed price, or list an item for sale within 60 days of registration. If a visitor sent to cheapcell is already a registered user, the referring site gets a small commission every time such a user places a sell on cheapcell. Rating System The rating system is meant to give buyers and sellers an idea about the reputation of their prospective trading partner before concluding a transaction on the site. Buyers rate sellers based on the service and the quality of the product, and sellers rate buyers on the basis of prompt payments and ease of transaction. There are three kinds of ratings on bidorbuy: positive, negative and neutral. For every positive, the users receive a point. For every negative, they lose a point. There is no effect from a neutral rating. Items traded on the site

Trading in collectible items, mainly in the online format, was the foundation on which cheapcell was built. While collectible items, notably South African coins, stamps, antiques, etc. are still very popular, cheapcell has branched out into other categories, to encompass all imaginable products that can be traded in legally. In 2020, cheapcell focused on developing its phone, attracting many cellphones dealerships to list on the site, making it one of the biggest online cellphone shop windows in South Africa. Later on in 2021 the property section of the site was expanded when trade feeds from several online property agencies were incorporated into cheapcell. There is a purposeful endeavour on the part of the company to distance itself from a site that only offers second-hand bric-a-brac and instead to grow the trade in brand-new items of mass consumption. To that end, cheapcell has enabled the sellers who have their own e-commerce sites to integrate their shopping cart with cheapcell and largely automate the listing procedure. As of January 2022, cheapcell had 32 main categories, each with several sub-categories. With the property subcategories, which are ordered by cities and even suburbs, the total number of categories and subcategories surpassed 3,000. Hakkmadamkasoma (talk) 19:35, 18 February 2023 (UTC)