the platform
how it works
We understand that there are plenty of free online and offline options for selling your products and services and communicating with the community. What we have experienced in Vilcabamba though is a very disorganized, fragmented and often frustrating experience. Our goal is to organize and improve communication and community commerce efficiency without losing the spontaneous and organic nature that everyone loves about Vilcabamba.
The VilcaVerse Community Hub platform is an online community bulletin board where we offer free contact cards that we call Communit-E-Cards for everyone to promote what they have to offer under the appropriate category so that people can find them easily. Communit-E-Cards feature a WhatsApp link button for instant contact through WhatsApp and they can also be upgraded to include link buttons leading to a full web-page with unlimited text and multi-media options or to download files that could include things like menus or weekly flyers.
The VilcaVerse also features an integrated WhatsApp community that is organized in the same way as the VilcaVerse and Vilca Vende websites. This provides an organized real-time feedback forum, targeted marketing opportunities and a way for the VilcaVerse members to receive community information and weigh in on the direction the community is going. This is a chance for the community to organize and work together to improve life for our residents.
Communit-E-Market
Our Communit-E-Market is located on our Vilca Vende website. The initial version of the Communit-E-Market is simply a place for local product producers, and the tiendas that carry these products to connect with a broader customer base. It is intended to be a centralized place for local producers and craftsmen to introduce their products to the community and also to showcase their products to local tiendas who may wish to carry them in their stores. There is also a "community garage sale" chat forum in the Communit-E-Market where people can post their personal items for free in a Chat format similar to Telegram or whatsapp groups. As Vilca Vende grows we will strive to expand the Communit-E-Market to offer a full online shopping experience for locally crafted products with payment processing and eventually an order fulfillment and delivery service.
The VilcaVerse business club exists to connect conscious community-minded entrepreneurs and program facilitators in Vilcabamba, providing a space to share skills, resources, and knowledge so that local businesses and community initiatives grow stronger together rather than in isolation. Click here for more information.
Community Bulletin Boards
We are not only focusing on online community building. We also feature neat and attractive VilcaVerse branded community bulletin boards scattered throughout the town of Vilcabamba. Advertisers on The VilcaVerse can also choose to advertise with full page and half page ads on our real life bulletin boards. Our bulletin boards will feature glass doors to protect ads from vandalism and being torn down or covered. If you own a business in Vilcabamba and would like to partner with The VilcaVerse to allow us to install a bulletin board on the outside of your business please contact us for more details about compensation.
