How KampongBuy works

A group buy. You post what your neighbourhood wants — say, 30 basin taps — and verified suppliers submit competing bids. Everyone who joins pledges how many units they want, and the group votes on which bid wins.

Transparent lets suppliers see the leading price and undercut it, which tends to push the price down fast. Blind hides every bid from other suppliers, so each one has to submit their genuinely best offer up front instead of racing a number they can see.

Yes, freely — right up until bidding closes. After that, suppliers have priced against the total pledged, so your pledge becomes part of the order the winning bid was calculated on.

The Kampong's own members, by vote, once bidding closes. The organiser confirms the result. The lowest price doesn't automatically win — members weigh price against lead time, fulfilment and the supplier's reviews.

A bulk offer is posted by one specific supplier, not requested by households. The supplier sets a price ladder that steps down as more people claim a spot — so claiming into an offer that's short of its next tier is what unlocks the better price for everyone already in.

No. We take no payment, hold no funds, and charge no commission. You arrange payment and delivery directly with the supplier once a tender is awarded or an offer is claimed.

So a pledge means something. Without it, the "units pledged" figure a supplier prices against would include people who can't actually be reached — which is exactly what verification exists to rule out.

Your activity page — /my — tracks current and past tenders you've posted, Kampongs you've joined, and bulk offers you've claimed, all in one place.

Browse open tenders, or wait for a direct invite from an organiser if they've asked you by name.

A bid answers demand a household already posted — you're competing against other suppliers for one specific order. A bulk offer is demand you create yourself: you set the price ladder and let households pool into it on your terms.

It's checked at signup so a bulk-buying platform isn't wide open to anyone claiming to be a business. It doesn't mean we've audited your company beyond that — see our Terms for exactly what we do and don't verify.

Only after a tender is marked completed. A review is about a real, finished dealing, not a promise — that's also why it can only be left by someone from a Kampong you actually delivered to.

Only in reply. An individual can start a conversation with your business; you can't cold-message a household — that would turn the platform into a marketing channel, which is the one thing it's built not to be.