Visitor Numbers for Private Shopping Websites in October by comScore
One Comment by Arda Kutsal on December 19, 2011
Private shopping market has been achieving a steady growth compared to group shopping market, and we thought taking a closer look to this market would be fine. So we requested October data from comScore. The data below reveals that the market is developing steadily. Private shopping market has achieved serious growth in terms of not [...]
Founders of Markafoni Partners with MarkMost
One Comment by Ümit Öncel on December 6, 2011
MarkMost is a service that offers a new structure of group shopping, and we have received a new development on the service, following the new revenue partnership system. It was today confirmed that Markafoni’s founders Ahmet Emre Sarı, Sina Afra and Tolga Tatari have become partners with MarkMost. We know these three names for their [...]
Sina Afra: Our aim is to reach a valuation of 1 Billion Dollars within 3 Years’ Time
One Comment by Ümit Öncel on November 15, 2011
It was quite an interesting moment when it was mentioned during the interview with Arda Kutsal and Hanzade Doğan Boyner at Webrazzi Summit that Doğan Online has been recently interested in Grupfoni but could not reach an agreement with them. As a coincidence, Ms. Boyner was followed by Sina Afra and as you may guess [...]
Markafoni’s Sister Site MissPera Is Online
One Comment by Arda Kutsal on October 7, 2011
In the past weeks, we shared the news on a new website based on hearsay information and our researches, and finally Markafoni’s new sister website MissPera has gone online. As we have said on the article dated 27 September, MissPera is a service that is similar to Zizigo, but it focuses on cosmetics. And as Zizigo does, [...]
Markafoni.pl: Markafoni Continues To Expand Globally with Poland
One Comment by Fırat Demirel on September 29, 2011
After finalizing Naspers investment, Markafoni has been launched in Ploand with its own brand name, following Australia, Ukraine and Greece. Markafoni Poland will be offering services at Markafoni.pl. It is one of the first 3 shopping clubs in Poland and is aiming to be at the top of the list. Naspers subsidiary MIH-Allegro bought nearly 70% [...]
Markafoni Grows by 300% in First Quarter of 2011
One Comment by Fırat Demirel on August 25, 2011
Markafoni, one of the first private shopping services in Turkey, has shared some data regarding the first six months of this year, following the big investment it got. Markafoni has grown by 300 percent in the first six months of 2011 and the number of its monthly visitors has reached 12 million. Markafoni offers textile, [...]
Naspers’s Allegro Group Acquired Markafoni
3 Comments by Ali Altuğ KOCA on July 12, 2011
We heard of the investment from Allegro, one of Naspers’ group companies, for Markafoni about two months ago and shared this news with you last week. Now the investment has been confirmed by a news bulletin we just received. The bulleting says that an approximate of 70 percent of Markafoni stakes have been bought by [...]
Last Lap for Markafoni’s New Round Investment
No Comment by Arda Kutsal on June 2, 2011
We have been hearing that there are negotiations going on for Turkey’s most popular private shopping club Markafoni‘s new round investment, even a sale as a whole or in lots, among leading companies worldwide. Recently, we have been hearing about this more and more. We have also heard that Markafoni has been in touch with Otto [...]
Markafoni’s New Start-Up Zizigo Gets Online
3 Comments by Arda Kutsal on April 19, 2011
Following the success of Markafoni, Sina Afra started his new e-commerce website, Zizigo, as of today. Sina had been long talking about this startup, which is focused on shoes world. The website is ready to bring difference to the market with features including free shipping, 365 days return, 7/24 customer service and it is aiming [...]
Markafoni Is Getting Ready to Carry Its Success in Turkey over To Global Market
No Comment by Arda Kutsal on October 13, 2009
Tolga Tatari, one of the cofounders of Markafoni, the first player of private shopping in, a field of ecommerce that has been growing without much PR in Turkey, has provided Webrazzi with some exclusive information about the company. Markafoni has begun operating outside of Turkey, in Australia and has the leading position in private shopping [...]