Flip
Flip is a YC Winter 2015 (W15) company. Based in Los Angeles, CA, USA.
About Flip
Summary
Flip builds a mobile marketplace for rare, limited-edition, and hard-to-find sneakers, connecting buyers and curated sellers through 90-minute auctions. Buyers set their own price and receive instant notifications for drops they follow. Flip replaces informal resale channels and slower listing platforms with a fast, authenticated transaction guaranteed to close.
Business model
A fee on each completed sale, with Flip guaranteeing every approved item sells or purchasing it outright.
Go-to-market
Sneaker collectors and resellers in the U.S. access the platform through a mobile-only app, currently on iOS with Android support added, with sellers going through a verification and approval process before listing.
From the Y Combinator listing
Community-driven marketplace for sneakers.
FLIP is everyone’s sneaker connect — the premier specialty destination where people find and sell hard to find, rare, limited edition sneakers. They have created a community where their members can buy and sell with confidence and ease. Never miss out on an opportunity to place your bid on hard to find sneakers in 90 minutes from a curated list of quality sellers who really care. Their mobile only platform is currently available for your iPhone and coming soon to Android. They strive to keep an open and trusted environment for their community.
Facts
- Consumer / Consumer -> Apparel and Cosmetics
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Active
- Early
Founders (1)
- Kemar Newell
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