Chapter 9, Problem 1OC

Program Plan Intro

Social computing:

• Social computing is a process where a value gets generated by combining the social behavior and information system.
• It mainly focuses in improving communication among the peoples and will also encourage the contents that are generated by the user.

Teespring’s business model:

• A business model where user themselves are allowed to sell the products with their own creative designs.
• The user themselves set a sales goal and sell the product by setting the product price after creating a design.

Explanation of Solution

Relationship between the social computing and Teespring‘s business model:

The relationship established between the social computing and Teespring’s business models:

• Social computing plays a vital role in the Teespring’s business model because it’s “60” percentage of sale is made through online in the form of advertisements with the help of social media.
• “20” percentage of customers who purchase Teespring’s tees share their purchase experience using the social media such as Facebook.
• Most of the independent designers use social media or network as the business promotion because it is capable of reaching towards the 1.5 billion of user.
• It can be a better platform to the user as well as the designers to obtain wide range of data based on the opinion that is generated based on the product that is portrayed.
• The end-user like and dislike can be easily recognized.