Gobann (read: goban a.k.a fifty thousand) has done a soft launch last Tuesday. The site that presents a marketplace for micro jobs with Rp 50.000 service fee is now available in beta.
Gobann is a place where you can promote yourself to do a kangtao (work, or what people abroad called gig) for Rp 50.000. The job is usually a small work but requires special skills such as designing business cards, translations, or other creative things like “heading” a thread at Kaskus.
On the other hand, you can find a freelancer to do something (demand) with the same fee. For entrepreneur, Gobann can be the right place to find a freelancer for a small job with cheap fee. You can also find creative people and those who have certain skills to do something.
Currently, Gobann accepts payments through BCA, PayPal and T-Cash. If you see the introductory video on the front page of its website, Gobann still plans for another payment platform to facilitate users to do transaction.
Gobann is one of the startups selected for Satellite Indonesia organized by e27 some time ago. According to information from e27, Gobann was founded by Michael Luhukay, Teddy Koentjoro and Hyung Gyu Byun. As far as making money goes Goban takes a cut of 20% from the fee. In addition, it also will put an ad and show a feature such as premium kangtao.
A service like what Gobann has to offer is not the first. Abroad, there have been many similar services with the most famous being Fiverr. While in Indonesia, there are Recehan, Serba50Ribu and ApaBoleh (beta).
Since none of the local services have yet to grow significantly, Gobann and other startups with similar services should try to stay creative. Not only the startup that has to be creative but the startup has to be able stimulate users to be creative. Since each kangtao is sold for only Rp 50.000, the user must be smart to create a job so they can get profit from Gobann.
In terms of the cut by Gobann, I feel that Rp 10.000 is too much. If Gobann expects its users to earn a profit with small transactions but in large amounts, I think Gobann should have the same spirit. They earn a small profit per transaction but trying to increase the number of transaction so that it becomes a big advantage. That’s my opinion because to me, 20% is quite big but some people may think it’s reasonable or maybe even small.
Congratulations for Gobann for its soft launch. May the creative spirit can be an inspiration for many others.
