BLK is the commodity & raw materials marketplace.

Connect with millions of buyers, sellers and shippers around the world to get the products you need at their spot market price.

BLK was born to address a clear gap that exists in the market: the absence of direct access by small and medium enterprises to worldwide producers of raw materials, commodities and industrial supplies.

Every year, over 9 billions of tons of raw materials are purchased and shipped around the world.

The problem? Before you or I can purchase them, their prices has inflated by x10.

Only a few parties have access to upstream supply chains: mainly banks, traders, brokers. Raw materials pass from hand to hand before reaching their final stage of distribution, with their price continuing to grow until they finally reach the retail shelf.

At BLK, we want to fix this. And we are doing it using the power of the internet, using the well-established approach of e-commerce and applying it to the sale, purchase and shipping of raw materials.

If you are a manufacturing business, a wholesaler, a retailer looking to optimise your supply chain or if you are a producer or a seller of raw materials or industrial supplies, BLK is the platform for you. You can search, filter and choose the materials you need, at their actual market price.

Digitalisation of commodity trading is not a question of if. It’s a question of when. Still wondering who we are? +

BLK is the Online Spot Market.

OUR VISION

At BLK we believe that everyone, regardless of the size of their business, should pay the real value for goods.

We believe in a truly open, transparent and digital market.

Our vision is creating the online spot market. It is enabling small and large businesses alike to be seen, connect and compete, unlocking endless opportunities regardless of who you are or where you are and thus re-distributing wealth around the world.

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to allow everyone, regardless of the size of their business, to pay the real value for goods.

We are doing this through BLK Marketplace, our secure, efficient and reliable platform that enables buyers to connect with sellers and shippers anywhere in the world, buy with a click of a button or with a single tap on their phones.

Our mission is delivering value. At every level of supply chains.

Market Overview

Why? To connect people, enable businesses, create a truly open, worldwide, free online spot market

How? By using the power of the internet and the consolidated approach of e-commerce

What? We have created an e-marketplace, where buyers can connect with sellers all over the world, find the materials they need for their business, order and ship them with the click of a button or a tap on their phones

Every year, over 8.82 billion tons of commodities and raw materials are produced and shipped around the world, for a value of trillions of dollars. This number has been growing consistently over the past years and is expected to continue growing at a rate in excess of 3% per annum. Increasing world population, emerging countries, growing demand for finished products, new and larger energy requirements are the main drivers.

However, there is a clear gap in the market between producers and traders of raw materials and the final users. Commodities, industrial supplies and raw materials are bought, sold and transacted via brokers, investment banks and a number of intermediaries that not only make the market virtually inaccessible for small and medium-sized enterprises, but also contribute to inflate significantly the price of the finished products for the consumers.

BLK Global aims to address this market gap by applying the by-now consolidated and reliable approach of e-commerce. We provide a web-based marketplace, where everyone, from SMEs to large enterprises, can access the primary producers and sellers of commodities and raw materials and benefit of the latest and most competitive prices dictated by the market. In one word, our vision is to create the online spot market. Easy, reliable, accessible to anyone.

By liberalising the market in this way, we create a true opportunity for smaller producers or buyers to be seen and be contacted from anywhere in the world, unlocking endless possibilities, streamlining supply chains and, in the end, benefitting the final consumers of the finished products.

Key opportunities

• Online retail is commonly used and surpassed high street sales, proving to be an effective and reliable way to buy goods. The same approach that works for retail can be applied to the sale of bulk goods and commodities worldwide.

• The global market for bulk commodities and raw material is consistently growing at an annual rate of over 3% and today accounts for over 8.82 billion tons per year - a worth of trillions of dollars.

• Ever-changing trade policies of countries like US and China constitute a significant opportunity.

• There is a continuous need for producers to find new suppliers and source new materials; Brexit constitutes a significant $320 bn opportunity, with British businesses in need of restructuring their supply chains and find new suppliers.

Growth Forecast

We based our sales projection on a number of scenarios, looking not only to the short term, but also to the medium, up to 5 years ahead.

1. Taking the current global demand of commodities and raw materials (excluding containerised cargo) as a baseline and applying the 3% y-o-y growth forecast [1], we have considered the lowest price for a bulk commodity (cement clinker @ $30/MT [2]) and assumed the average order value to be equal to the carrying capacity of a medium-sized vessel (Panamax – 60k DWT). With a target of 0.1% market penetration by 2024 and assuming the first two years of operation not to be profitable, the projected revenue is in excess of $40M for 2024. In order to calculate that figure, we have used the minimum commission fee applicable to each order.

2. Taking into account the overall output related to manufacturing for UK-based businesses in 2017 (£380.75bn [3]) we have looked at the size of the British economy vs the global economy and used the same ratio to determine the overall output linked to the manufacturing sector worldwide. This is a very conservative estimate, as the British economy is mainly based on services and the manufacturing sector accounts for an average of 17% to the nominal GDP [4]. Using that ratio and applying our target of 0.1% market penetration by 2024 as well as using the minimum commission fee applicable to each order, the revenue calculated for 2024 is in excess of $176M. No account has been made to reflect the growth in global economy (currently at 3.15% pa [5]).

3. By taking as a baseline point the current global demand of 8.82 billion tons per year of commodities and without applying any y-o-y growth factor (actual in excess of 3% per annum) [1], we have considered the lowest price for a bulk commodity (cement clinker @ $30/MT [2]). Again, using the target of 0.1% market penetration by 2024, the market size is calculated at $26.5bn (actual size is much larger). Using the minimum commission fee applicable for each order, total revenue is calculated in excess of $315M for 2024.

For the sake of a conservative estimation, we have displayed a chart showing the minimum expected revenue growth. Growth trend is very similar to that observed for the leading e-commerce marketplaces, which gives us an extra assurance on the accuracy of our forecasts and highlights the huge potential for our business’ scalability, which make it ideal for investors at any stage of its life. We are open to discuss with you on how we could cooperate and would be happy to consider your support to help us expand our business even more rapidly. For a full overview and to request BLK Global Business Plan get in touch using the form on this page, email us at info@blk-global.com or call +44 7757630638.

References

[1] UNCTAD Secretariat, "Review of Maritime Transport", Nov. 2017

[2] Clarkson Research, "Cement & Clinker prices 3Q2016: Price Assessment and Trade Price Update", Oct. 2016

[3] Office for National Statistics "UK Manufacturers' Sales by Product", Nov. 2018

[4] International Monetary Fund, "GDP Nominal - Report for Selected Countries and Subjects", Jun. 2019

[5] World Bank "GDP Growth (annual %)" World Bank national accounts data and OECD National Accounts data files, Jun. 2019

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