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Doing business and investing in the USA 8 September 2014
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2 A Snapshot PartsTrader provides a market-proven, easy-to-use, online, marketplace platform that provides collision repairers with a single source for procurement of parts, connecting repairers with leading Original Equipment Manufactured (“OEM”) dealers, parts recyclers, and alternative parts suppliers PartsTrader has a contract with a large insurer – an exclusive mandate to all metropolitan collision repairers in State Farm’s direct repair network. Mandated repairers must use the PartsTrader platform (7,800 current repairers - 7,000 mandated and 800 opted in) The business has momentum in the US (it is operational in all 48 continental states) and has a proven operating model in New Zealand – PartsTrader New Zealand (sister company and licensee) launched in 2006 and now has around 65% market share of collision parts spend PartsTrader is currently billing and successfully collecting subscription revenue from 7,000+ suppliers – one portion of its revenue model (transaction fees to be launched in 2015) *PartsTrader platform – current monthly marketplace parts procurement, annualised your suppliers your parts your choice
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3 Repairer sends Quote Request to suppliers (or Direct Order) How PartsTrader Works 3 3 Suppliers submit Quotes 4 4 Supplier Confirms OrderRepairer reviews quotes and then Orders parts 5 5 6 6 1 1 2 2 Car owner / Policyholder crashes their vehicle and lodges a claim with their insurance company The insurance company who mandates /endorses the PartsTrader platform advises a repairer in their repairer network to assess the claim and agree to the policyholder’s preference
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4 Progress to Date PartsTrader is live in all 48 continental states in the United States PartsTrader has currently 9,000+ suppliers and 7,800+ repairers registered on the PartsTrader’s platform LIVE active repairer states Top statistics (peak performance to date) Repairer quote requests per day 7,500+ Repairer orders per day 12,000+ Supplier quotes per day 25,000+ Supplier confirmed orders per day 12,000+ Electronic order value per day $4,500,000+ Total number of orders processed 1,800,000+ Confirmed electronic orders $730,000,000+ At present, 10% of US collision repair parts procurement volume is being processed through PartsTrader NATIONAL COVERAGE
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5 Setting up Legal entity Tax Banking Employing staff Lots of very good people Benefits Notice period 2 weeks Property leases straightforward Getting visas takes time
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6 Doing business Big country, geography and economy People work hard and travel a lot Some cultural differences It’s worth doing things properly first time There are many large and powerful organizations It can take longer to get started but then things happen quickly
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7 Be prepared Leverage connections – impressions count Be well capitalized Things may take longer There may be more opportunities Understand that US businesses are used to being number 1 Competition can be strong
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8 Summary Big country, big opportunity Be on your game from the get go Have a clear market entry strategy Employ locals as soon as you can
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