Getastand is the platform dedicated to fairs and events that simplifies the entire sales process of the exhibition spaces.
Organizers promote their events and exhibitors can book the spaces quickly and securely, saving time and maximizing profits.
Now Getastand is also an e-commerce platform for brand and company of fair industry.
Getastand offers a service to all fair and event organizers and exhibiting companies.
The participation market every year involves over 5 million exhibitors across Europe participating in over 1 million events, paying exhibition spaces worth more than 50 billion euros.
Problem or Opportunity
Thanks to our platform we solve the problems of the two market figures, the event organizers and the exhibiting companies
Companies can use the platform as a reference channel to find events and fairs related to their product, and they can apply it quickly and easily, having already all the information necessary for participation
Event organizers can maximize their sales of exhibition spaces, saving 70% of the time spent managing all applications.
Solution (product or service)
Here you can find a video pitch we did in Rome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8NeUC4ivI0&t=83s
Competitors
There are some types of competitors, such as event aggregation sites, events, and fair list sites and organization agencies, which however does not work in any way the purchase or online request of exhibition space.
These competitors simply took direct contact with the organizer or some background information about the event.
Instead, some competitors make a first online request to participate in the event, they are in USA and China.
Advantages or differentiators
Getastand is the first platform that allows the organizers of registered events and fairs, the sale of the exhibition spaces, directly online, receiving everything within the personal dashboard.
In particular, the great advantage that Getastand offers to the organizers concerns the savings of almost 70% of the management costs for all requests that are received and not profiled but must be analyzed individually.
Finance
Marketplace: the Organizers can create events, the Exhibitors can send the request for participation
Services for exhibitors and organizer: they can make use of our suppliers, such as accommodation, stand construction, hostesses, interpreters.services for the shows or the recruitment of personnel
Online shop: Offers a large catalog of products
White Label: This product has been designed for large trade fair players who have more particular needs.
Business model
Our business model is based on the 15% commission for each participation managed on the platform.
Within the platform, it is possible to acquire services related to participation, such as accommodation, stand set-up, search for specialized personnel and/or interpreters, graphic services, show set-up.
We also have an affiliate shop for products useful to the target of the exhibitors
Money will be spent on
30% Marketing
25% Team
20% R&D
Offer for investor
Our post money valuation is 1.3/1.5 Million, based on the investment we will set the equity
Team or Management
Paolo Castioni
Owner
Risks
During the world pandemic, the fairs stopped, for us it was an opportunity to be part of the digital transformation of the sector, so we opened up online commerce and the possibility of digital events to companies.
Incubation/Acceleration programs accomplishment
Participation to LVenture Group accelerator in Milan for 6 month and raised from them 145000.
Won the competition and other awards
We won the first prize at digital innovation days 2019 as the best startup that solves a real problem, in addition to other mention in the online and paper media.