Speciality coffee at your doorstep

Cafebond.com consolidates individual customer orders on a weekly basis and places bulk orders with partner roasters, to save on costs for both parties.

Published Mon, Dec 3, 2018 · 09:50 PM

WE'VE all been there - you want to buy something online, but the shipping costs nearly as much as or more than the product itself. To make the purchase worthwhile, you have to round up a few friends to share an order and split the shipping among yourselves.

The co-founders of Cafebond.com encountered this same problem when they tasted "one of the best cups of coffee in our lives" in a Melbourne cafe serving speciality coffee, and wanted to recreate the experience at home. To their shock, the shipping cost was as much as triple the price of a bag of beans.

"Paying S$40 to S$50 in shipping for something that costs only S$20 doesn't make any sense, no matter how rich I am," said co-founder and CEO Keyis Ng.

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