If you are part of the partner network you will benefit from the following:
GroChick is the integrated poultry subsidiary of GroSpace. GroChick sells fertilebroilereggs at R3 directly to the partner network. GroChick offers a buy-back policy whereby GroChick buys back the day-old chicks at R5.50. You only need to place your egg orders when GroChick places orders with your hatchery.
You can list day old chicks on your GroSite you can peruse the example below for assistance e.g. GroChick – Day old chicks
Receive an order for day-old chicks
Grochick and other vendors in the partner network will purchase day-old chicks from your GroSite – ensuring that your incubators are running at full capacity 24/7.
Order fertile broiler eggs
Go to GroChick and make a purchase of fertile eggs for the number of fertile eggs required to fulfil the orders that you received.
Receive the 1st-grade fertile chicken eggs
Wait for 1 day to allow the albumin in the fertile chicken eggs to settle then place the eggs into your setter trays
Notification on day 18
Prepare your packaging boxes on day 18. Contact GroChick to notify that the chicks will be ready in 3-4 days. If you are managing your own delivery then notify your drivers on GroSpace
Hatch day and delivery
On day 22 load 102 chicks into the packaging boxes and print your waybill. Make sure that every order has a waybill for tracking purposes. Even if the order is being collected from your hatchery you need to make sure that the customer sees the waybill. If one of our drivers in the partner network picks up the package make sure to verify the identity of the driver by doing an ID check either on their ID book or on their Drivers license. Security first.
Order Status
At the point of collection and/or delivery make sure to change the order status to complete for funds to be transferred from escrow to your wallet. If you do not change the order status then the funds will remain in escrow until you take the time to complete the order. Some vendors prefer to complete their orders weekly in bulk, others immediately after each transaction. Either option is acceptable. Allow this function to slot into your sales flow.
Withdrawal
Withdraw funds to your bank account or keep a portion of the funds in your GroBank wallet. Your wallet allows you to store funds in a secure digital form on the GroSpace platform. Use the funds to order products and services on the market. Remember that there is a withdrawal fee. Consider your future purchases when you get paid and note that this is a business wallet which means any withdrawals will look like taxable gains to the taxman. If you purchase livestock the purchase is VAT zero-rated. Keep your purchases and sales on the platform and only withdraw capital gains when you want to declare tax on them.
Growth and expansion
Purchase fertile eggs and or incubators to grow your business and expand your hatchery for larger contracts and higher profits.
Get paid to write and earn a passive income for the rest of your life. Does this sound to good to be true? Let me break it down for you: GroSpace is a place where you can grow online – you can write content about your interests and sell products related to this content.
If you are interested in Potch koekoek chickens and your fluffy little friends are costing you money to feed – consider writing interesting posts around your little friends, promoting products that you sell and sharing your knowledge.
The Potch Koekoek chicken is a South African must-have chicken for any sustainable farming operation or backyard.
The Potchefstroom Koekoek remains the South African favourite for over 70+ years.
The Potchefstroom Koekoek is a local hybrid chicken breed. The Potchefstroom Koekook was bred in the early 1950s at the Potchefstroom Agricultural College in South Africa. The Koekoek chicken is a genetic hybrid cross dual purpose bird. The Black Australorp and White Leghorn were bred to make this wonderful breed along with some Barred Plymouth Rock from the USA. The potch koekoek was bred by Chris Marais. The name Koekoek refers to the barred colour pattern of the birds.
The koekoek breed was intended as a dual-purpose, free-ranging chicken with early laying capabilities as well as a large physical structure for meat production. The koekoek starts laying within 130 days – 18.6 weeks(koekoek sexual maturity). This is one of the fastest sexually mature chickens. Pure Koekoeks have a black-and-white barred appearance. Potchefstroom Koekoeks maintain good egg production even with poor quality or insufficient feeding. Potch koekooks can be bred with White Leghorn chickens to improve egg production and with Black Australorp to improve the stature of their offspring.
The breed is popular amongst South African farmers and farmers in Southern Africa. The potch koekoek is renowned for consistent egg production, meat production, as well as its ability to hatch its own offspring. The koekoek is a great brooder. Put away the incubator and purchase some Koekoek chickens.
If you are living off-grid or are considering going off the grid then you definitely want to farm with the potch koekoek.
The potch koekoek chicken reaches sexual maturity and starts to lay eggs after 130 days – 18.57 weeks – 4.5 months
The potch koekoek is a free ranging chicken and they are great foragers – they can feed themselves if you set them free on open pasture or into a forest
The potch koekoek is a great meat bird – males weight 3kg on average and females weigh 2kg on average
The potch koekoek is a great egg layer +-200 eggs per year or 2 eggs every 3 days
Potchefstroom Koekoek characteristics
Free-ranging, dual-purpose breed adaptable to smallholder or homestead production
Lays brown shelled eggs (+-200 eggs/bird/year) have an average weight of 55.7g
Has sex-specific feather colour and pattern. males are lighter in colour and their combs grow swiftly
Reaches early sexual maturity (130 days)
Reaches an average mass of 3-4kg for males and 2.1kg for females.
Hens get broody well, are good sitters and the eggs have a hatchability rate of 78%.
GroSpace is the Online farmers market. The market works very simply. You can register for a GroSite on the partner network to sell any products related to farming. For example, you can sell day-old chicks, incubators, drinkers and feeders and even bedding so that our sales team can market your products together as a package and drive your revenue up. You will need to get started with a GroSite.
A GroSite is an online shop without any costs. You can choose from the membership packages for paying options. The more you pay the less commission our sales department take. Start off with the FREE account to see how it works. Have a look at GroChick to see an example of what you will get when you register with GroSpace.
GroChick is a subsidiary of GroSpace. GroChick represents a network of hatcheries. GroChick can arrange for you to hatch to contract at a flat rate. This rate is dependent on the volume and quality of the vaccinated chicks. If you are manufacturing chicken drinkers and feeders sell them here.
Dropshipping involves outsourcing the production and shipping of a product directly to a supplier. This means you won’t have to create, store, and ship your product. Instead, you’ll simply offer the product for sale, and work directly with a supplier to coordinate fulfillment.
The dropshipping business model is straightforward and relatively risk-free. First, you register as a dropshipper on GroSpace and make sure to sell specific products, then advertise to your target market. Next, when a customer completes an order, your GroShop automatically passes their information to your supplier, who will package and ship their product. Then all that’s left is for you to do is contact more customers because GroSpace takes care of the fulfilment.
There are several pros and cons to this approach. Let’s take a look at the benefits first. Dropshipping is an excellent way to cut down on overhead costs. For example, you’ll be able to reduce or entirely eliminate the cost of storage and assembly space for your product.
Additionally, even though dropshipping adds a layer to your process, it’s still a pretty simple business model. You’ll simply have to maintain your marketing in order to grow your customer base.
While there are many benefits to outsourcing this aspect of your eCommerce business, there are also downsides to be aware of. Consider for example the fact that you’ll have to spend quite a bit of time communicating with the provider you choose. Of course, this should be less of a problem if you’ve picked a GroSpace which is a reliable company to work with.
However, you might also run into problems with inventory. At times, providers may encounter supply chain issues that you don’t become aware of until a customer does not receive their order. This could also result from failed delivery methods.
In order to minimize these risks, you’ll want to make sure that your stock count is always above 0 which shows your leads and customers that there is stock available.
Contracts with buyers?
The contract story isn’t worth the paper it’s written on unless you are dealing with AAA clients. This is why we work on a per order basis. The lead will order through your GroShop. GroSpace automatically generates invoices. Payments are automated and an order number is required during the checkout process. The ordering process also notifies GroDriver to collect and deliver the goods in a timely manner 👌
Why Use GroSpace for Dropshipping?
It’s no secret that we really like online transactions here at GroSpace. It’s an excellent platform for a wide variety of purposes, including this one. When it comes to dropshipping, GroSpace’s open-source core makes it easy for sales driven people to create sales funnels that can help facilitate the process.
Consequently, GroSpace can provide everything you need to integrate a dropshipping option into your existing eCommerce website (or a new one). Plus, the process is simpler than you might expect.
To start, you will sell only 1 commodity at a time.
To get good at selling anything, you need to understand what exactly it is that you are selling.
The fastest way to learn is to teach.
You should write a 500-word post on your sales account on dried ginger. The heading should read: “5 benefits of dried ginger”
You can then write 5 follow-up posts. Each post can highlight one specific benefit of dried ginger. You will then link each of the subsequent posts to the first post and subsequently link on to each other – meaning that you will have a web of 6 backlinks.
You are selling other GroShops’ products, and you earn 10% commission. You do not need to pay anything and you do not see the product. GroSpace fulfils your order through the delivery process.
What are backlinks?
Backlinks help to show the search engines what your content is about and how it is all connected. Potential customers can also spend more time with your content if it is well connected. you need to link your text to other content on the GroSpace.
Structure of a post
Keep your first post simple and almost list-like with the following structure: Heading – (5-7 words) Introduction sentence – (10-15 words) 5x Paragraphs (50-100 words) Summary(<100 words)
500 words should take 1 hour to complete – remember to be original because search engines block copy-paste content.
Register now to get started as a dropshipping agent.
What is a dropshipping agent?
A dropshipping agent is a term to describe the middle man in a deal. Dropshipping agents help farmers to sell their products by selling the farmers product on a separate GroSite that belongs to the drop shipper. For making a sale, drop shippers are paid 1% of the transaction value.
You can start on Facebook – watch this video about dropshipping
How does Dropshipping work on GroSpace?
Our farmers can choose to share their contact details including address if they want to deal directly with the public. A good example is GroChick. GroChick is the integrated poultry arm of GroSpace. GroChick does not deal directly with the public. All interactions are handled by market agents in person or on GroSpace.
GroSpace is the online farmers market – GroSpace is responsible for fulfilling orders on behalf of the farmer. GroChick on the other hand represents a collective of farms. These are two distinct operations that operate in tandem. GroChick purchases eggs and GroSpace is the marketplace where the eggs are sold to the retail and wholesale market buyers. GroSpace distributes unbranded catering boxes as offered on GroSpace after a payment into escrow is made to secure the order. No order will be reserved without payment into escrow
Each box of table eggs contains 12 trays of 30 eggs totalling 360 eggs. A sample box can be purchased on GroSpace.
Share the link to your GroSite Shop so that they can peruse the description of this product or alternatively register for a dropshipping account where you can promote GroChick verified products and earn a 10% commission on sales as a dropship trader.
Unfortunately, we will not be disclosing any locations of our farms as this goes against our customer privacy agreement. GroSpaace runs according to a particularly simple online ordering system with inventory management. Orders are to be placed online with a limited weekly stock count. At the time of writing, there are only 1000 boxes of table eggs available weekly. GroSpace is looking for reliable and consistent distributors of table eggs that can distribute 100 boxes weekly.
GroSpace services whoever pays. GroSpace can not go after your customers like a company can, because GroSpace is a market. Encourage your customers to buy on GroSpace. GroSpace is a safe neutral ground for online transactions. In fact – GroSpace earns when your customers purchase on your GroSite.
Send your product link to buyers if you want to secure your transaction – Dropshipping accounts offer no markup, the price is the same as you see on GroChick – in fact you are selling GroChick product which means you currently earn a 10% commission on transactions. There is a 5% withdrawal fee. The wallet offers a R0 monthly fee to hold your funds in your wallet so as to encourage users to circulate their earnings in the GroSpace market system by buying from other vendors to support the GroSpace market.
Are you looking for a safe place to do a new deal?
If there is no trust then explain how Escrow works. Look below if you need to learn. If your customer still declines, they are time wasters so walk away and sell directly to someone like Charles who is the head buyer from Checkers. If you want to know who to speak with at Food Lovers Market, they can be found in Johannesburg – speak to Felix. He will take care of everything FMCG for Food Lovers.
If you are currently part of a long buyers chain then consider joining GroSpace. When the margins get tight, ask yourself who will be the first to go. The person or organisation that brings the least value to the table will be ousted.
This is the art of war.
Would you like to close your own direct leads – or do you want to fight for second hand deals?
GroSpace – the Online Farmers Market
We require payment upfront into escrow so that you can lock in your order. Here’s an article.
Everyone is welcome here Police clearance should be completed before you arrive preferably with a police clearance certificate in hand upon arrival.
Identity documents are a prerequisite to joining the farm training program. Without identification, applicants will not be allowed entry for security purposes. GroSpace protects the security of the environment surrounding training facilities. GroSpace holds the right to expel any applicant from the program if any form of security is breached by the applicant or the applicant is involved in any way with the security breach in question.
What do applicants need to bring to farm training?
Personal items for the farm training:
Applicants need to bring blankets, bedding, working clothing or overalls, food and cooking utensils. Basically what they would use to feed themselves at home. Applicants should also bring soap, washing powder and sanitary ware.
Farming items for the farm training:
If finance allows, each applicant should bring along, a hoe, a shovel, a garden fork, a wheelbarrow, a pair of gumboots, 4 pairs of heavy leather gloves, a scythe, an axe or chainsaw and a bush cutter with fuel.
What will the farm training cover?
Farming the GroSpace way is simple and sustainable. Farm training covers broiler chicken production on open pasture along with composting of manures and waste green organic matter. Farm training focuses on organic plant production, compost production and pasture-raised broiler chicken production.
Each trainee Grower will be allocated a working area of 400 square meters of land. Over a 4 month period, this 400 square meter area will be transformed into a fully functioning agriculture zone. We will go through everything from planting seeds, transplanting, cultivating the soil, layout of the planting garden, watering schedule, planting season, harvesting, seed storage. During this time, each trainee Grower will focus on marketing, packaging and logistics along with customer relations online and in person. Learn how to grow popcorn for profit. Learn how no-dig farming is changing the way we farm. Learn how to start a chicken business and how to feed your chickens on compost. Learn about Project Phoenix and also how to start a firewood business
What does farm training cost?
Full seed to harvest training and GroSpace certification costs R20 000. Farm training the GroSpace way should be free which is why we offer the volunteer program.
Volunteer program – farm training
The volunteer program allows volunteers to exchange their time and effort to cover training costs. Volunteer growers can start their training course without any money and walk away with the skills to start their own organic farming business within half a year.
The farm training course stretches across 8 weekend modules. This course is not the volunteer course which lasts for 12 months.
How long can volunteers stay in the farming training program?
Volunteers can stay for a maximum period of 12 months at a time after which they are encouraged to start their own GroSpace. During this time, volunteers will start their own GroSite on GroSpace.
What is a GroSite?
A Grosite is an online website hosted on the GroSpace marketplace. Here you can tell your story, share memories and record data on your experiments and experiences. You can sell your products and offer services. You can receive online payments, ship your products worldwide and all off this is prebuilt so that you can focus on marketing your business.
Do I get certified after the course?
Yes the course is certified by GroSpace. The course is specific for those looking to join the GroSpace Partner Network. GroSpace accredited growers are linked with new jobs and farming opportunities across the GroSpace Network.
Does GroSpace offer farm visits?
Yes, farm visits can be arranged at a nominal fee.
Does GroSpace offer accommodation for the duration of the farm training volunteer program?
Yes, GroSpace offers accommodation for volunteers.
How long is the GroSpace farm training program?
Farm training lasts for 12 months.
When is the next training camp?
Farm training is always open to a limited number of volunteers.
Where is the closest GroSpace farm training ?
We will allocate you to your closest GroSpace farm training facility depending on the address thhat you enter below.
How to apply as a volunteer for the GroSpace farm training course:
Like this, if you are interested in no-dig farming? 👍
No dig is a great way to farm in your garden.
Turn your lawn into a simple no-dig GroSpace – market garden and start earning an extra income when you sell to your local community of residents, restaurants and retailers.
How to sell on GroSpace?
Simply join the partner network when you register for a GroSite. A GroSite is an online shop on GroSpace – the Online Farmers Market
How much does it cost for a GroSite?
It costs nothing to set up and the bonus is that your products are marketed by our sales team. This means that you can focus on growing awesome fruit and veggies whilst we sell for you.
Bonus feature for affiliate marketers
You can earn affiliate income for every person that you refer.
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GroSpace – 3 sisters popcorn
GroSpace – Popcorn seedlings
GroSpace – 3 sisters popcorn 2
Here is how to invest in popcorn:
You invest on a 1:500 basis where the 1 represents each popcorn kernel planted and the 500 represents the number of kernels on each cob of popcorn that is grown.
What does this mean when you grow popcorn for profit?
This means that you get a 500x growth on your investment for each cob that grows. Furthermore if you manage to cultivate well, you fertilise efficiently and your supply of water, pollinators and sunlight is suitable you can walk away with 3 cobs per seed planted. That is up to 1500x return on investment.
What are you waiting for? Start farming popcorn today
