Reputeka.com: The First Birthday of the Italian Artisans E-Commerce

san francisco, california, November 11, 2015 (Newswire.com) - CRAFTS OF HIGH QUALITY

Just over a year ago Reputeka started to plumb the Italian provinces in search of the best he can give: the creativity of artisans who passionately create unique pieces. For them we have built an international window, studying a special algorithm that rewards merit and reputation of craftsmen.

"Italy's mission is to produce beautiful things that please the world in the shadow of the bell towers » Carlo Cipolla, economist, 1994.

luca cornali, ceo reputeka

MORE THAN 3,000 CREATIONS FOR SALE

The results are noteworthy: over 300 artisans registered on the portal, with a steady growth of 20% per month. The products available are more than 3,000, for a value of stock of over 2 million euro. More than 60% of the creations are sold abroad, thanks to a bilingual website in Italian and English that allows you to purchase from the entire European Union.

DESTINATION UNITED STATES AND JAPAN

And there's more: in a few months it will become operational our American branch, which will allow us to gain the trust of new customers and to reach new markets. The United States, first of all, where the Made in Italy has always been valued and appreciated. But also Japan, the basic starting point to reach the markets of the Far East.

FROM VALLARSA TO THE WORLD

An important goal, for an experience born from the intuition of three guys who chose to enhance the Italian ability of creating beautiful things. Reputeka has grown since then, also welcoming different skills and experiences. We showed that we have the desire to look far, but always keeping our feet firmly on the ground: for this reson, not to forget where we came from, the headquarters of Reputeka is in the  village of Vallarsa, in the province of Trento.

STORIES OF TALENT

To celebrate our first birthday, we chose to tell the stories of three craftsmen who have believed in our project: RICCARDO, Venetian creative who expresses himself designing sartorial shoes; GIOVANNA, bubbly Neapolitan who realizes with stones jewels of unique design; ANDREA, carver from Mocheni Volley who processes ancient wood to create timeless creatures.

RICCARDO FASAN, Floq

(Riviera del Brenta, Venice)

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"Collaborating with Reputeka work is great Indeed, I can focus on creating the product, because it is the Reputeka team which is responsible for commercialization and marketing, taking care of the relationship with customers."

Until a few months ago Riccardo was a software developer. He was born and raised in Riviera del Brenta, the countryside between Venice and Padua which houses the oldest Italian footwear district. It must have been a passion for things done right, or the smell of leather mixed with the smell of the sea: the fact is that at some point in his life Riccardo decided to do what he liked. With the help of a friend and the assistance of a skilled craftsman, he dedicated himself to the studies of footwear design and opened his own workshop. Reputeka has taken care of the rest. It's on our website, in fact, that Riccardo has chosen to commercialize his creations with the brand Floq. Each pair of shoes is made to order, by hand as tradition. The study is very accurate: from the design to the choice of materials, from the cutting of leather to the stitching. And the feedback has been very positive from the beginning, with numerous orders received in just two months of presence on Reputeka.

GIOVANNA SERPICO, GSTONE

(Cicciano, NAPLES)

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"Selling on Reputeka is extremely easy: I can independently manage my personal page, updating the profile and entering the products for sale. I sell a lot abroad, and that is where I get the greatest satisfaction."

Giovanna has had the passion for transforming things and making objects since childhood. She needed just very little: small stones that she found in her garden or the tapes that she could recover around the house. The volcanic Neapolitan imagination did the rest. It's from the warmth of the territory in which she lives that Giovanna takes the ideas and materials which harmoniously blends in her jewelry. In 2009, the passion becomes a firm. GSTONE was born, the brand which now sells its creations on Reputeka. "Every day is a different color to wear" is its motto, and indeed its creations are a riot of shapes, reflections and iridescence. The Internet has given to its work an international perspective, so hard to achieve starting from Cicciano. With Reputeka, the small workshop of Giovanna arrived really far and now more than 50% of her creations are sold abroad.

ANDREA OBEROSLER, Barbel Art

(Fierozzo, Trento)

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"The good thing of Reputeka is that the craftsman can focus 100% on the product. It's all very simple: when I sell something I just have to print the label and wait the courier for shipment. And then, what a satisfaction to sell far away! ".

Fierozzo is a village of 500 souls in the valley of Mòcheni, in eastern Trentino. Andrea looks back on a past of twenty years in the field of porphyry. He Imagined his new life just below his house, in the carving workshop where they comes to life owls, goats and all the creatures that he sells under the brand Barbel Art. The material is zero kilometer, mostly of wood waste that would end up in the fireplace if Andrea would not commit toto transform it into something completely original. Larch, spruce, pine and cimbro laburnum: Andrea carves out the pieces one by one, then assembles them in the right position. The result is unique, because the wood used contains the shades and colors that only nature can offer. Reputeka allowed the work of Andrea to go far beyond the confines of his valley: Piedmont, Tuscany, Puglia ... a pair of goats are over even in England!

CONTACTS

Luca Cornali
Chief Executive Officer
 

Reputeka s.r.l.
fraz. Raossi, 5
38060 Vallarsa (TN)