2020
Startup – My Own Project
Gamesbandy: Gaming Marketplace
First 1000 custmors in 78 days at 0% Burn Rate!
I started Gamesbandy during the covid quarantine as a side hustle then after organic growth decided to turn it from a simple gaming store into a marketplace.
Responsibilities:
- Managing the marketing activities from social media design and community engagement to partnerships and outreach
- Establish, manage and optimize web servers
- Create, manage and optimize webpages using WordPress and other tools
- Manage the development activities
- Hiring new talents to help in growth, marketing, customer support and vendor onboarding
Achievements:
- Launched in 3 days using a Whitelabel solution
- Onboarded organically 20 sellers within the first month
- Reached $1000 in sales in three weeks
- Spent $0 on marketing for the first 6 months
- Reached $100K in GMV within 14 months
- Joined a well-known startup accelerator and raised small round. More Details here.
- Launched an organic PR campaign and Featured in many startup magazines.
- Featured in Bloomberg TV Twice as the second-funded gaming startup in the MENA region. TV Interview Video.
GamesBandy, an Egyptian Gaming startup, has secured an undisclosed Seed fundraise from @Flat6Labs Bahrain and @TamkeenBahrain 💰 https://t.co/G9ht8uCvN6
— MAGNiTT (@MAGNITT) May 30, 2021
Connect with GamesBandy on MAGNiTT 💼https://t.co/rsOb22O0Tu
Meet GamesBandy
— Flat6Labs (@Flat6Labs) November 7, 2021
Gamesbandy is a peer-to-peer platform that allows gamers to trade gaming accounts and in-game items with ease.
Watch them pitch at our Fall 2021 Demo Day in Bahrain 🇧🇭🙌
Link to RSVP 🔗: https://t.co/XhBE5LrXUU#F6LDemoDay #DigitalExperience pic.twitter.com/0wXEN2SGKq
GamesBandy seeks to address the inherent insecurities and lack of protection of in-game trades between players.https://t.co/CDfbAyUv6m#Entrepreneurship #Startup #Egypt
— Startup Scene ME (@startupsceneme) July 31, 2021
Marketing Materials, Results and Dashboard
2022
Startup – Digital Project Management
Furniture Hub: Furniture E-commerce
Migrated to a scalable technology under $2K
Furniture Hub is a local store for home decor and appliances. They started with an MVP-level technology which wasn’t suitable for growth.
Situation:
They asked me to enhance their technology within a very limited budget.
Activities:
- Conducted deep research and carefully selected a starting point
- Purchased a marketplace e-commerce script
- Put together a plan for customization and optmization
- Hired a developer and sent a detailed scope of work
Achievements:
- Launched the new website in 45 days
- Introduced a completely new UI/UX design that perfectly fit their business
- Fixed all on-page SEO issue and slightly enhance its ranking