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Quality GPTs - Custom designed GPTs for businesses

QualityGPTs

GPTs, personalized for you.
Agency providing easy to use AI tools to small businesses.

Headout - online travel mobile commerce marketplaces ticketing

Headout

HotelTonight for Tours & Travel Experiences
Headout is an on-demand mobile marketplace that helps travelers discover & book the most incredible tours, activities, events & local experiences in town for the next 24 hours at incredible prices. All it takes is 3 taps and 60 seconds. We combine the convenience ...

HeartThis - e-commerce mobile commerce social commerce online shopping

HeartThis

All your favorite stores in one place
HeartThis shop across all of your favorite stores in one place. Our mission is to create the ideal online shopping experience by letting you shop all of your favorite stores in one place. Products from your favorite stores and categories are presented in a personalized ...

BeCouply - location based services mobile commerce bridging online and offline lifestyle

BeCouply

Epic Social Lives for Couples
When you're single, you tend to have a pretty awesome social life. Then the day comes when you meet that special someone and, as you settle into the comfort of coupledom, you also settle onto the sofa for TV and takeout. BeCouply's here to change that, helping ...

SimplePrints - mobile mobile commerce photography printing

SimplePrints

The Easiest Photo Book You've Ever Made
We take more photos than ever before. In 2014 KPCB estimated that every day more than 1.8B photos are shared on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, etc. However, our most meaningful photos still sit idle on our phones or in the cloud. These include photos of family, ...

Symphony Commerce - e-commerce mobile commerce social commerce e commerce platforms

Symphony Commerce

Commerce as a Service
Symphony is democratizing the commerce industry by providing tools previously unattainable for small and medium sized businesses. Our platform empowers brands to focus on what they love: creating beautiful products. Brands become free to design more, build more, ...

simplehoney - e-commerce mobile commerce social commerce hotels

simplehoney

Wish List Commerce - Where Amazon meets Pinterest
Everyone has a wish list, whether it is places you want to go or things you want to buy. Lists are personal & meaningful to their creators. But none of our lists ever help make our dreams come true. We change that. Our goal is to make your wish lists help you. ...

OpenLabel - e-commerce mobile commerce marketplaces crowdsourcing

OpenLabel

Twitter meets Yelp for billions of barcoded products.
OpenLabel is a consumer-facing mobile platform that puts a public comment space on the barcode of every product in the world. Consumers and organizations can now scan any product with their mobile device and instantly see and share all information we *wish* were ...

Lowcost Email cheap flights alerts

NowBoarding ✈️

Invite-only mailing list.
We search the best weekend and long-haul flight deals so you can book before everyone else.

Scan - mobile social media mobile commerce ibeacon

Scan

QR code, beacon, and other mobile transactions
We have created web and mobile tools which enable both companies and consumers to benefit from mobile transaction technologies (QR codes, beacon, and more). These benefits include mobile commerce, social media, lead generation, analytics, networking, and more. ...

Giftly - e-commerce mobile commerce finance technology gift card

Giftly

Reinventing gift cards so they are thoughtful, interactive and fun gifts to give & receive
Giftly has created a new type of gift card. Through Giftly, consumers can easily give a gift card for any item or experience - like dinner at a favorite restaurant, a sweater at a boutique, or a night at the movies. No up-front merchant sales work is required, ...

Greentoe - e-commerce mobile commerce marketplaces e commerce platforms

Greentoe

Name your price for products (YC S14)
Greentoe is a website that allows consumers to name their "all in" price for a product, including tax and shipping. Retailers then bid for their business. The first retailer to meet the customer's price wins, and every retailer is certified to ensure quality.

Sprig - food and beverages mobile commerce local

Sprig

Eat Well
Sprig is changing the nature of food delivery. With just three taps on your smartphone, you can get dinner delivered in an average of 15 minutes. We provide meals that are not just fast, convenient and affordable but also delicious and healthy. The entire experience ...

Wanelo - e-commerce retail mobile commerce social commerce

Wanelo

An online community for all of the world's shopping.
Wanelo (from Want, Need, Love) is an online community for all of the world's shopping. Get a feed of the latest products from the stores and people you like.

Invitation codes

The referral community
Invitation App is a social network where people post their referral codes and collect rewards on autopilot.

AllTrails - mobile mobile commerce online reservations outdoors

AllTrails

Discover the outdoors.
AllTrails is the leading digital network focused exclusively on the outdoors and is redefining the way millions of enthusiasts discover, plan, and experience it. Success • #1 Outdoors App on iPhone • #1 Outdoors App on Android • #1 Ski Tracking App on iPhone Traction • ...

Vango - e-commerce mobile commerce art technology

Vango

Spotify for original, accessible art
Vango is a marketplace that connects independent artists and buyers focusing on original paintings at entry level prices (<$2000). Our mission is to make art accessible to those who want original art, but are intimidated by it. We do this in three ways: - Visualization: ...

Zaarly - mobile e-commerce mobile commerce marketplaces

Zaarly

Zaarly helps you discover and hire the most amazing local service providers.
We're building the best place in the world for people to make money doing what they love. We're a two sided marketplace for local services that is fixing what is broken in one of the largest (and most difficult) markets in the world. We hope to redefine what ...

Path - mobile social media mobile commerce local

Path

Personal Networking
Path brings people closer together. Guided by the belief that mobile technology will fundamentally change the cultural, social, and economic landscape, Path focuses on simplicity, quality, and privacy to reinvent how you interact with the people, places, and things ...

Instamotor - automotive mobile commerce marketplaces

Instamotor

The most trusted mobile P2P car marketplace.
INSTAMOTOR IS THE MOST TRUSTED PEER-TO-PEER CAR MARKETPLACE. The private-party car market is broken and full of fraud that cost buyers billions of dollars a year - odometer rollback fraud alone accounts for $1B per year (U.S. DOT). Instamotor is an app that changes ...

Swiftype - mobile e-commerce publishing mobile commerce

Swiftype

Search as a service — for websites and mobile
Search makes the Internet work. Google’s most valuable product (Web search) drives the majority of their revenue. Today each percentage of Web query volume is worth between $500M (1% of bing @ 30% market share) and $5B (1% Google @ 60% market share). Naturally ...

Bento - food and beverages mobile commerce local logistics

Bento

Delicious Asian food delivered in minutes.
We believe that you should not have to choose between eating healthy and conveniently. Bento delivers delicious Asian food in minutes in San Francisco. Using our app, customers start building their Bento by choosing a main dish. We have three options, that ...

URX - mobile digital media advertising mobile commerce

URX

The Deeplink Search Engine, For Developers (YC S13)
URX is building the world's first App Search API, which lets developers find and link users directly to relevant content inside other apps to create a seamless experience across multiple apps.

SpoonRocket - food and beverages mobile commerce local logistics

SpoonRocket

Most Convenient Meal Ever
Imagine a world where you can get delicious food anywhere, anytime, any place almost instantly. SpoonRocket has figured out the magic in delivering delicious meals in 10 minutes, and they're aiming to change the way people think about food. ___________ The YCombinator-backed ...

Karma - mobile mobile commerce social commerce

Karma

In the moment gifting
Karma was founded in 2011 to revolutionize the way our friends, family, and colleagues give to one another. We envision a world in which products and services are gifted from person-to-person via mobile devices in real-time, and we are building the platform to ...

Tagtile - mobile mobile commerce retail technology bridging online and offline

Tagtile

Square for customer management.
Tagtile helps local businesses identify and engage their most loyal customers to increase repeat purchase rates. Its easy, fun and incredibly effective. Tagtile consists of a standalone device, the Tagtile Cube, that merchants place on their cash counter. Users ...

Drive - SaaS e-commerce automotive mobile commerce

Drive

End-to-end ecommerce for new cars
Drive Motors is the only place to directly buy a new car online, and get it delivered in 3 days or less. A lot of places make it seem like you can buy a new car online, but in the end they merely connect you to a dealership or broker, failing to create significant ...

Prompt.ly - mobile mobile commerce social media marketing online scheduling

Prompt.ly

Promotions, invoicing & scheduling for solopreneurs
Prompt.ly is the only mobile-first, scheduling, promotion and payment platform for Soloprenuers, who in the US alone account for over 1 trillion dollars of economic activity each year. Solopreneurs (including chiropractors, tutors, psychologists, photographers, ...

Travelnuts - enterprise software e-commerce online travel mobile commerce

Travelnuts

Comprehensive m-commerce suite for hotel owners to offer extras to their guests
Travelnuts maximizes hotels’ revenues by enabling them to upsell ancillary products and services - such as local activities, dining, shows, transportation, etc. - directly to their guests. Based on a proprietary, mobile-compatible e-commerce platform, Travelnuts’ ...

Tell Market - e-commerce lead generation mobile commerce social commerce

Tell Market

Story + Commerce
Tell Market is online shopping made personal. By using video to capture the personalities and stories of small business owners, Tell creates a virtual shopping experience that lets customers build a personal connection with authentic, specialty products and the ...

Cleanify - location based services mobile commerce marketplaces small and medium businesses

Cleanify

Cleaning Service Marketplace
Cleanify brings every cleaning service on demand. Access real-time pricing & availability of every service provider serving your area. Cleaning partners are offered a new revenue channel, free service management tools and more!

ShopSavvy - mobile commerce mobile advertising retail technology mobile payments

ShopSavvy

The original mobile shopping application.
ShopSavvy changes the way consumers shop by connecting users to price, hyper-targeted offers, and user reviews based on location and interests utilizing unique technologies in social shopping, product search and barcode scans using your mobile phone. ShopSavvy® ...

Shuddle - mobile commerce transportation

Shuddle

Scheduled Transportation for Families and More
Shuddle is the first transportation network that provides scheduled rides for busy families. We are backed by an outstanding group of investors and are building a world-class team that will launch an iconic brand to transform the lifestyle of the modern family.

Buddy Drinks - location based services mobile commerce mobile coupons local search

Buddy Drinks

Mobile Commerce & Gifting Platform
Buddy Drinks allows you to send (or receive) a drink from anyone around the world via your smartphone! Now a mere swipe of your iPhone or Android screen will give your friends the greatest gift of all – beer, cocktail, coffee or whatever your drink of choice is. ...

Glanse - fashion mobile commerce

Glanse

Find an outfit you love in under a minute
Glanse is your feed for items on sale, we bring the best handpicked deals to your phone. Problem: Browsing through different websites looking for items on sale is a pain, that's why we bring it to your phone (Only the best) Glanse offers a smooth mobile user experience ...

Frugalo - mobile commerce coupons social commerce deals

Frugalo

Changing the way consumers discover discounts on product and services (AngelPad 2011S)
Through inbox and Facebook integration, we help friends discover great savings opportunities that have been socially validated and align with their past purchasing behavior. Our initial prototype helps deal buyers manage their daily deal purchases, share them ...

BeThere - mobile mobile commerce mobile advertising local advertising

BeThere

Admob 2.0
How many times have you clicked on a mobile ad? Yes, that's a problem. The first generation of mobile advertising players have simply taken desktop web browser ad formats and adapted them to Mobile. Consequently, advertisers are allocating a mere 1% of their ...

eThor - mobile commerce mobile payments point of sale local commerce

eThor

Right to the point of sale.
eThor is the "Stripe" of POS integration. Our API enables mobile developers to quickly and easily connect their mobile application directly to the POS system at any local merchant, enabling them to both pull information from the POS (menu, inventory, pricing, special ...

Shopsy - e-commerce fashion mobile commerce social commerce

Shopsy

The marketplace to shop for fashion products seen on Instagram.
The Problem Instagram does not allow buy buttons or clickable links • Consumers cannot directly purchase products or find them online • Brands and retailers cannot convert followers into customers and track consumer analytics • Fashion bloggers cannot monetize ...

Blockboard - mobile mobile commerce communities local

Blockboard

Blockboard is building the neighbor graph.
Blockboard lets you connect with your neighbors without having to be friends. There is huge social and economic potential locked inside of local communities, but most people don't know their neighbors. We are unlocking this potential. Our first product is an iPhone ...

Two Tap - e-commerce mobile commerce retail technology

Two Tap

The first e-commerce gateway built to make online shopping experiences seamless
Two Tap is the first e-commerce gateway built to make online shopping experiences seamless across the entire web. Two Tap enables in-app purchasing of any product from 850+ retailers and works on all devices. • Universal shopping cart: Order multiple products ...

Merchbar - e-commerce mobile commerce marketplaces

Merchbar

The online retailer for music merchandise
Merchbar is the best place to discover and buy music merchandise. Our first product is an iPhone app built to make discovering fun and purchasing a snap. We automatically personalize every customer's experience by creating a custom feed of gear they'll love ...

ShopNear.me - lead generation location based services fashion mobile commerce

ShopNear.me

Social+Local+Mobile for Fashion Retailers
ShopNear.me is a mobile market place for local fashion retailers. With ShopNear.me, local retailers get instant mobile and web storefront as well as the ability to communicate directly with shoppers via mobile push notifications, emails, as well as different social ...

JetMe - mobile commerce aerospace technology travel

JetMe

Name Your Price for Private Jet flights
JetMe - Name Your Price for Private Jet flights JETME.AERO JetMe is the first company in private aviation who is offering transparent pay-2-play model for travellers worldwide. We make our bet on technology, while our competitors are betting on sales teams or ...

Coaster - mobile mobile commerce point of sale lifestyle

Coaster

Order on your phone: four taps & a swipe gets your a drink at your favorite bar!
Dubbed the Uber for bars, Coaster lets you order and pay for drinks from your phone. With just a few taps, you can order a drink. The bartender makes your drinks & sends you a notification letting you know your drinks are ready. Show the bartender your order ID ...

card.io - mobile commerce mobile payments

card.io

Mobile credit card scanning
Typing in credit card info on a mobile keypad is slow, and most consumers don’t have separate hardware to swipe a credit card. card.io is trying to solve both of these problems: you just hold a credit card up to the phone, and card.io automatically reads the card ...

InvoiceASAP - mobile mobile commerce mobile payments

InvoiceASAP

Easy Mobile Invoicing & Payments
We were a finalist at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC 2011. Easy Mobile Invoicing and Payments. Get Paid Faster! Create and send invoices, estimates and sales orders on the go. Attach media files such as pictures and audio recordings. Securely store all documents and ...

PrePay - mobile commerce loyalty programs bridging online and offline mobile payments

PrePay

Prepaid mobile wallet
PrePay is a smartphone app that lets you buy and redeem discounted store credit to your favorite merchants. We give merchants a free mobile payments and customer loyalty solution that requires no hardware or software, and reduces credit card processing costs by ...

Celery - mobile commerce e commerce platforms crowdfunding

Celery

Accept Pre-Orders Easily
Celery is a platform for pre-orders (www.trycelery.com). Disney, Timex, Pebble, Bikini.com and thousands of businesses use Celery to bring their product to life with pre-orders and custom crowdfunding. Celery is founded by a team crowdfunding and e-commerce experts ...

Shoptouch - consumers mobile commerce wine and spirits retail technology

Shoptouch

Mobile shopping and recommendation platform for retailers and brands
Shoptouch is a mobile shopping and recommendation platform for retailers and brands. Shoptouch apps provide personalized product guidance to consumers via mobile apps, while enabling retailers and brands to reach consumers with relevant communications at the point ...

tinyRx - mobile health care mobile commerce health and wellness

tinyRx

the pharmacy in your pocket
The world has changed. Healthcare has not. We are building a product that is every bit as good as what we’ve come to expect from companies like Apple, Uber and AirBnB. We believe that a world-class experience does not have to be attached to premium pricing and ...

Yumbin - mobile commerce mobile payments vending and concessions point of sale

Yumbin

A corner store in every office
Yumbins are mobile POS-powered self-checkout markets that offer a curated mix of the highest quality and healthiest snacks, beverages and essentials to office employees. Think of us as the Square for self-checkout meets on-site mini-Whole Foods. Vending is a ...

Gametime - mobile commerce

Gametime

Gorgeous fully-mobile access to stadiums.
Gametime builds mobile applications that give fans superpowers. A successful Gametime = a happier world. www.gametime.co/app * Gametime lets fans use their phones to buy tickets and enter live entertainment venues. It algorithmically selects great values. Purchasing ...

Kuona - retail mobile commerce mobile advertising big data analytics

Kuona

Bringing the Search and Sort buttons to the brick & mortar stores
Kuona empowers grocery store customers and consumer brands with information to take better decisions and save time & money. The Kuona mobile app is the most intelligent shopping list in the world since it leverages our info on prices, deals and actual instore ...

Given Goods Co. - e-commerce mobile commerce marketplaces social commerce

Given Goods Co.

Curated home goods and lifestyle accessories making authentic impact.
Given Goods curates beautiful, high-quality home goods and everyday accessories that make authentic impact—a brand fit for the modern lifestyle. Whole Foods capitalized on a fragmented yet emerging industry with strong, existing demand by creating a brand that ...

Smartsy - social media mobile commerce mobile advertising bridging online and offline

Smartsy

Love it? Snap it. Own it. - Shazam for Objects
If a picture is worth a thousand words, the 21st century is the most eloquent age the world has ever seen. With smartsy, a picture is not just worth a thousand words: it’s a doorway to a whole new dimension of discovery, engagement and interactivity. Our simple, ...

Stylematic - fashion mobile commerce retail technology

Stylematic

A mobile app that helps you shop smarter
Stylematic is a mobile app that provides personalized style recommendations and deals while you are shopping at the store. A Pandora for style recommendations that learns as you shop.

Reserved - mobile mobile commerce wine and spirits nightlife

Reserved

Expedia for Bottle Service
Reserved is a pre-booking & group splitting platform that we're currently deploying in Nightlife, a low-hanging fruit. Bottle Service is a $8.2B U.S. market, and a $19B global market, but it’s handled entirely offline. We're bringing it online with a reservation ...

HauteDay - social media e-commerce fashion mobile commerce

HauteDay

Gaming Meets Fashion!
Haute Day was created to make shopping a lot more fun! Everyday, we invite our community to submit their best new fashion finds, centered around a particular theme or topic. The community spends the next 24 hours voting, sending their favorite item to the top of ...

BottlesTonight - mobile commerce marketplaces nightlife

BottlesTonight

Mobile bottle service booking.
BottlesTonight makes iOS and Android apps for purchasing bottle service and VIP admission tix at top nightclubs. (ticketing currently in beta) Open BottlesTonight and you are presented with a curated list of nightclubs. Select a club, pick your bottles or tickets ...

Memebox - e-commerce mobile commerce beauty

Memebox

Beauty Full Stack E-Commerce
Memebox is a rapidly growing Y Combinator backed full stack beauty eCommerce born in Seoul, headquartered in San Francisco. We are determined to deliver high quality cosmetics, made widely accessible through technology. Memebox is targeting the space between ...

Mobile Captain - mobile mobile commerce mobile advertising

Mobile Captain

Mobile Made Simple | AngelPad 2012S
Mobile Captain simplifies mobile marketing for businesses by providing an integrated platform to launch and monitor campaigns. Mobile Captain take the hassle out of managing multi-channel promotions (Foursquare, Yelp, Google Places, SMS, mobile web) so businesses ...

Easy as Pi - mobile food and beverages mobile commerce

Easy as Pi

Pi - Pizza 2.0
Pi is restaurant-quality pizza baked and delivered to you in 15 minutes.

Bizness Apps - mobile mobile commerce iphone application platforms

Bizness Apps

Mobile apps for businesses made easy.
Bizness Apps and Bizness CRM was created by Bizness Apps, Inc. -- the world's leading mobile app and mobile website platform for small businesses. Bizness Apps, Inc. is a technology company located in San Francisco, CA with a staff of 50+ employees.

House of Mikko - mobile commerce social commerce reviews and recommendations beauty

House of Mikko

We help women find the right products for them based on their physical attributes
We are a social beauty community.We help women find the products and advice that really work for you. We use crowdsourced beauty reviews from women with similar features and preferences to power our personal beauty recommendations. Our 1st mobile app is a peer ...

Ntensify - mobile commerce mobile payments mobile games

Ntensify

In-app branded merchandise platform
Ntensify creates a completely new revenue stream for mobile app developers in addition to in-app digital goods and advertising. We make the pie bigger! Ntensify enables mobile app companies to generate additional revenue and engage their customers by selling ...

PocketMath - mobile commerce real time mobile advertising advertising platforms

PocketMath

A self-serve buying platform for programmatic mobile ad inventory.
PocketMath is the world’s largest self-serve mobile advertising platform for buying programmatic (real-time bidding / RTB) mobile ad inventory across games, apps, and mobile websites, all in real-time. Offering 30 billion+ ad opportunities every day around the ...

SixDoors - mobile commerce marketplaces small and medium businesses bridging online and offline

SixDoors

Anti-Amazon For Local
*Company is now shut down* Independent retailers ($60B in sales in top 25 US cities) are for the most part not equipped to thrive in the post Amazon Prime era. However, many consumers still love shopping local. After talking to tens of store owners and working ...

MartMobi Technologies - mobile SaaS mobile commerce e commerce platforms

MartMobi Technologies

Shopify for Mobile
With at least half of online shopping happening on mobile devices, it is imperative for online retailers to serve mobile shoppers. These mobile shoppers are picky, impatient and demanding - if they are not gratified in the first 4 seconds, they will leave. Forever. MartMobi ...

WishPlz - e-commerce machine learning mobile commerce big data

WishPlz

Pocket + Evernote for Shopping
WishPlz is a smart personal shopping assistant that alerts you when the price drops on any product, from any website. Just email or bookmark a product and we'll track it, check websites for better prices, and tell you when to buy.

Leap - mobile commerce social commerce retail technology big data analytics

Leap

Social recommendation and discovery platform leverages power of word-of-mouth
We live in an online age where understanding the needs of the individual customer at scale is becoming evermore paramount for a successful business, and where consumers increasingly rely on customer reviews and word-of-mouth recommendations to make purchase decisions. ...

Capillary Technologies - analytics CRM mobile commerce social media platforms

Capillary Technologies

Intelligent Customer Engagement
Capillary is a leading provider of cloud-based software solutions that help businesses to intelligently engage with customers through mobile, social and in-store channels. Capillary powers Customer Engagement, Clienteling, Loyalty and Social CRM solutions for more ...

Briefly - fashion mobile commerce social news

Briefly

Mobile concierge for fashion
Briefly is a mobile fashion concierge service focused on helping busy shoppers conquer their choice fatigue. We use behavioral data to match shoppers with stylists who share their taste, for a customized feed of ready-to-buy looks mixed from top brands.

Yomama Ventures - music mobile commerce transportation space travel

Yomama Ventures

Small Investment Adventures
We're futurists at heart. We're Time Travel Researchers. It turns out that great entrepreneurs are interested in the future too, and we'd like to work with them to get there. One of the top reasons you should let us invest? You can tell everyone else "Yomama invested ...

AppSmyth - retail mobile commerce loyalty programs restaurants

AppSmyth

Branded Mobile App
AppSmyth’s cloud-based SaaS platform allows retailers to quickly launch a mobile presence to extend the client’s brand and deepen its relationship with its customers. Clients can choose from a range of configurable features including rewards and loyalty programs, ...

KaChing - consumer goods mobile commerce coupons retail technology

KaChing

KaChing! enables seamless and instant redemption of mobile coupons at the point-of-sale.
KaChing! is a marketing platform that delivers manufacturer and retailer coupons to consumers via mobile phones, and enables fast and easy redemption at the point-of-sale. KaChing! makes coupon marketing more efficient and economical through rich analytics, targeting, ...

Sutro - clean technology consumer goods mobile commerce internet of things

Sutro

Sensor-driven Data Analytics for Water
Sutro is a water testing and data analytics company. Our first product, the Sutro Pool, is a sensor-driven, connected, learning device to right-size your water chemistry. It automates testing - keeping you and your family safe, and saving you time and money. Sutro ...

SnapUp - mobile commerce apps

SnapUp

The ultimate mobile shopping tool
SnapUp allows a you to save, organize, and track products from any retailer website or mobile app by simply taking screenshots. Check out how it works here: http://bit.ly/TN0Jp2

Rewinery - e-commerce food and beverages mobile commerce wine and spirits

Rewinery

Simply the best way to purchase beverages
Rewinery is simply the best way to purchase alcoholic beverages. We select special products and deliver to our customers within the hour. We started with wine and will soon be selling beer and liquor. With Rewinery, our goal is to disrupt the beverage industry. We ...

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