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1. What is In Your Dog House Gifts (IYDHG)?
In Your Dog House Gift Shop (IYDHG) is an online marketplace for British designers and producers of dog themed products for dog lovers.  

2. Online Store
The website address is www.inyourdoghousegifts.com. We have used Shopify to build the store.

3. Business Model
In Your Dog House Gifts is a multi-vendor online marketplace, whereby products are uploaded and dispatched by the designers (Drop shipping method). 



 

4. How does it work?
  • We let designers/suppliers know which products we want to feature. 
  • They decide the levels of stock they make available. 
  • Once an order is placed on IYDHG shop, designers/suppliers will automatically be sent an ‘order placed email’ from IYDHG. This will tell them the buyer’s details and the details of the item they have ordered together with postage costs.
  • The Designer/Supplier will then fulfill the order once IYDHG clear the purchase order.
  • Designers/Suppliers are then responsible for shipping the product to IYDHG customer.
5. Timescales
We started the business idea in June 2016 by researching and contacting British designers and building a customer database through a social media plan of action.
The site went live in November 2016. This soft launch has enabled us to evaluate the whole user experience with relatively few customers.  We then reviewed and introduced a fully automated site in 2017.


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