Startup Profile: Clobbit -- locate businesses that are around you

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March 1, 2017
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2 min read
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Clobbit is a platform where individual businesses or services register to be located by potential customers or clients around them.

The platform then utilises the GPS system of a user's device to connect them to products or services they want to consume, starting from the closest location and expanding the scope of the search.

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Asides the geolocated search functionality, Clobbit incorporates features like real-time text, voice and video chat, according to Felix O Ukwueze, the CEO.

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Competitive advantage

Speaking about Clobbit's chances of gaining a stronghold of the market, Felix identifies 3 major competitors: BuyChat, which focuses only on market clusters; Vconnect, which is more web-based than mobile and; Yelp, which lacks a presence in Nigeria since it is based in Silicon Valley. Felix believes his platform thrives on the gaps that these competitors have left, thereby creating a unique opportunity to gain traction and dominate the African market.

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Clobbit is available currently on Android, with an iOS and mobile web in the works. You can find out more on the website.

Featured image: G@ttoGiallo via Compfight cc

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