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Bookit
Second-hand books trading platform
ABOUT
Year Established: 2017
Beneficiaries: Secondary school students from low-income families
| A new life to used textbook |
SOCIAL ISSUES
- There is low incentive for both buyers and sellers to engage in the school secondhand textbooks markets due to inconvenience and inefficiency
- The prices of textbooks from second-hand textbook stores are fluctuated and the information is not transparent
SOCIAL INNOVATION
- Develop and launch an online (web and mobile app) platform for selling and buying intra-school second-hand textbooks by using the in-app chat room
EXCEPTED SOCIAL IMPACT
 | 150 secondary school students will use the platform for second-hand book transaction |
 | 1,500 used textbooks will be transacted through the platform |
 | 3 secondary schools will be partnered with the platform to facilitate intra-school second-hand book transactions |
SERVICE MODEL
Bookit develops and launches an online platform for selling and buying second-hand textbooks
PROGRAMME CONTENT
Launching school-based projects
Developing school-based platform with digital booklists which are tailor-made to meet different needs of schools
Providng user-oriented filtering and instant matching
Providing an easy-to-use and convenient platform to users who want to buy and/or sell secondary textbooks with a higher success rate of transactions