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The Problem

The current GFAVIP membership isn’t giving value to the community - no one is really being a member. They get maybe a better price at CBS and that is it. They don’t login to use courses and they don’t attend the monthly online calls we have.

TLDR: The current GFAVIP membership isn’t valuable to our community.

Hypothesis

Our community is busy and just wants “deals” to services they use, connections, and more opportunities.

Solution

Make an ecosystem of member deals and offers, make their membership a universal login to get deals, see what values they can grab, and connect with others in a secret way.

Mike thought about this so much in August 2025 when he was vibe coding non stop. It is going to get easier and easier to make “front end apps” to do things, but then how about the backend, the data sync, the membership, the unified login.

So imagine this: you have your GFAVIP wallet login, you can get limited free level access to some of the benefits, but to really get value you upgrade to a paid membership which unlocks even more.

As a free member, you can do some things (we can control what free members get).

As a paid member - you get:

  • Lower price tickets to CBS (or first come first serve)
  • Pro level membership to our software (AMZassistant, EcommerceGladiator) and other partner member software.
  • Paid member access to certain “private forum apps” (no more annoying complex forums, we can make a simple BBS ourselves and put the entire thing behind our SSO login and need to be a paid level to access.
  • Just imagine jumping around all our “mini apps” and getting access and special deals.

Service Provider Coupons

Expansion on this from Justin at Easy China Warehouse. It was already in Mike’s mind, but when Mike asked Justin to make a “perk” for GFAVIP members from ECW - he mapped out a monthly recurring coupon that is issued to GFAVIP members and used for ECW each month.

Mike thinks this could be ANOTHER app - such as perks.gfavip.com and then we can have service providers login to that and confirm deals for members (actually Mike already made bonus.crossbordersummit.com to redeem deals for the CBS attendees, but it could expand or connect or redirect to perks.gfavip.com too).

Main Point

An ecosystem of VALUE for being in the GFAVIP circle of trust. We can allow a free level just to get them into the community with limited benefits but the main goal is:

  • Paid members (maybe just yearly fee, no more quarterly)
  • Paid service providers (yearly fee)

And it is a trusted group of experts in cross border ecommerce who help each other and share deals and get special benefits.

Community Ecosystem Details

Briefly explain community ecosystem, and why the value of community will increase - and GFA needs this to adjust to a post AI world and hopefully make money from its 10+ years of work for the community (for mostly free/loss).

Community Ecosystem Diagram: View the diagram here. It describes a connected set of tools and experiences centered around the Community Wallet.

GFAVIP Ecosystem: View the ecosystem details here. The wallet.gfavip.com acts as the central hub integrating various mini apps like checkout, directory, tickets, helpdesk, and analytics.

Different Mini Apps in the GFAVIP Ecosystem: With wallet being the hub - GFAVIP Services. Includes Connect Hub and Personalized Promotion Page.

GFA Gems: Learn about GFA Gems. A points system for earning value through participation, redeemable for perks. At the Cross Border Summit, attendees will receive “real money” notes in the form of GFA Gems.

Money for CBS2025 with Physical Wallet: Teaser on GFA Gems page mentions real money notes at the summit, embodying the physical aspect.