Introduction

GetZooks is an e-commerce software development company that successfully launched on September 21, 2009. GetZooks provides individuals, businesses, communities and charities with three online services: the GetZooks Club; the GetZooks WorldMall; and free Fundraising CyberMalls to schools, non-profits, and community and faith associations.

The Club is an international e-commerce business club that empowers its subscribers to indirectly sell affiliate marketing products and services via the Internet through word-of-mouth social networking. The emphasis is on providing useful information to others and “sharing what you love,” without requiring any direct sales activity.

The WorldMall is an international online shopping mall that facilitates shopping anywhere in the world, in the shopper’s preferred language and currency. The WorldMall consists of City Malls that facilitate shopping by location, Specialty Malls that cater to special interests, and Custom Malls created by GetZooks Club Members. A powerful internal search engine allows the online shopper to search by: SKU Number, Product, Category, Featured Stores, Recently Added, and Custom Malls.

The Fundraising CyberMalls are a free version of the Custom Malls provided to Club Members.

The operation of the Club and the WorldMall are made possible by GetZooks own proprietary commerce engine software that tracks sales, bills vendors, and issues payments to affiliate marketers, down to ten levels deep when distributed compensation is employed. The commerce engine is fully integrated with GetZooks online business administration and support to members, merchants, and customers.

GetZooks plans to implement the use of its commerce engine in two phases. Phase I focuses on developing the Club into the world’s largest online sales force, through training and software support. Phase II focuses on growing the WorldMall into the world’s largest online shopping mall, by contracting with every chamber of commerce and small businesses in every city in every country to bring their local businesses online.

The Problems We Address

For Individuals:

Employment opportunities are rapidly shifting from traditional Industrial Age sectors, such as manufacturing and retail sales positions, to the global Internet enabled knowledge market. In order to survive and succeed, workers need to adapt to this trend, here is why.

• On-line sales are increasing every year relative to “brick & mortar” retail store sales.

• Corporations are downsizing staff by closing stores or dealerships, cutting store hours and retail jobs, and hiring fewer people.

• Outsourcing using information technology, & mechanization of jobs by computers allow corporations to spend less and do more, faster, more reliably, and cheaper than human employees.

For Businesses:

With the shift to a more global economy, businesses need to expand into other markets, this means reaching those markets. Traditional advertising, on the Internet and off is no longer effective. It is now estimated the average person is exposed to over 3,000 advertising messages per day  most people hardly notice most of the advertising gimmicks constantly bombarding them, especially on the Internet.   What is most effective is "word of mouth" advertising, in other word honest sharing of of products and services;  which can be monetized through social discussions and networks.

The Solution

GetZooks provides people with user-friendly and inexpensive tools, training, education and relationships to facilitate the successful development of knowledge market businesses. With GetZooks, former “brick & mortar” store owners and sales personnel can compliment current sales by transitioning to selling some products online, through an unlimited number of CyberStores with products in their area of knowledge or interest.

GetZooks CyberStores and CyberMalls offer brand name products, merchant processing, insurance, drop shipping and tracking. These stores can be placed almost anywhere on the Internet, including social networks like MySpace and Facebook. Additionally, GZ Club Members can create and host unique personalized CyberMalls on their own GetZooks webpage.

Background

GetZooks was initially created as a charitable fund raising division of the Eleanor Roberts Educational Fund based on multiple partnerships. Due to the response of individuals during the pre-launch period GetZooks, Inc. was re-filed as a stand-alone corporation. Although the company is now for-profit it retains the charitable, corporate, and non-governmental partners it began with. As part of GetZooks outreach program, we were an official sponsor of the United Nations International Day of Peace Global 24 Hour Multi-Media Broadcast in partnership with Pathways To Peace, Unity Foundation, Culture of Peace, Peace Portal, and others.

GetZooks has relationships with numerous corporate vendors, some of which are interested in becoming more involved as partners. Additionally, Members with corporations or small businesses wishing to have their products distributed through GetZooks CyberStores and CyberMalls are seeking partnerships.

GetZooks also has multiple private partnerships with faith groups of various denominations and beliefs participating in GetZooks Charity Program. Qualified charities receive a Free CyberMall for fundraising from sales to constituents, and an ad free Community Internet Portal through our partner maintaining the Trunity Platform.