Tinkerlust Gets Funding from Merah Putih Inc and Danny Oei Wirianto

Startup site developer for buying and selling goods pre-loved women only Tinkerlust recently announced the acquisition of funding from Merah Putih Inc and angel investors Danny Oei Wirianto with an undisclosed value. Tinkerlust was founded by Samira Shihab (CEO) and Aliya Amitra (COO) two years ago, and claims to have seen a 417 percent increase in new user traction.

"With this investment from investors, we hope to accelerate Tinkerlust's development in creating the platform fashion sharing cutting edge. To provide an easy, safe and convenient shopping experience for sellers, buyers and renters, we will focus on investing in IT, products and services. supply chain leaders, said Samira.

Platform Tinkerlust make it easier for someone to sell their goods and have access to personal dashboards to monitor the sales of their goods. On the other hand, buyers can easily search for goods branded quality at competitive prices. because Tinkerlust curates and selects every item received before it appears on the website to ensure the authenticity and quality of the product so that the products sold are only quality goods in good condition and quality.

"We're seeing progress. Changes in consumerism are making women better at managing spending and at the same time staying abreast of the latest trends. Therefore, a platform like Tinkerlust will have the potential to move forward and achieve a strong position in the market. We believe Samira and Aliya has a strong connection and intuition in this industry and community. We support them to make Tinkerlust the number one in their field, "said Antonny Liem as CEO of Merah Putih Inc.

In addition to being a trading platform, preloved fashion items, Tinkerlust also offers designer dress rentals. "As users continue to grow, Tinkerlust realizes that consumers like to search for a wide variety of designer products and brand well known at an affordable price. Therefore, Tinkerlust now provides rental of designer dresses that can be rented at affordable prices," said Samira.

From the data presented by Tinkerlust, every woman can have around 90 fashion items in their closet which can be worth more than Rp. 10 million and almost half of the contents of their closet are no longer used and often end up in the dump. Therefore, Tinkerlust strives to assist in the buying and selling process by providing services for professional product photography, suggesting product selling prices according to market conditions, providing detailed product descriptions, and listing on site.

Through Tinkerlust, Samira also wants every woman in Indonesia to have access to shopping for fashion items branded easily. "Most Indonesians don't have access to shopping for goods branded like Zara or Tory Burch. Tinkerlust is here as a shopping destination for them so they can get access to stuff branded easily at a low price," he explained.

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Disclosure: DailySocial and Tinkerlust both received investment from Merah Putih Inc.