Blink Collective is a marketplace for experiences. We’re a start-up company with investment and already we offer over 600 experiences across the UK.

We are investing heavily to promote our experience marketplace and specifically we are looking to work with Chocolate makers across the country to offer an “Introductory Chocolate Making Experience”.

We are looking to boost awareness of Chocolate Making through key partnership across the UK.  Our key partners, in cities across the UK, will offer the following -

- a 60+ minutes ‘Introduction to Chocolate Making’ course - to help people get a flavour and understanding of chocolate making.
- a £30 price point.

The initial introductory classes will incur no cost, fee or hidden charges for yourselves, it’s 100% free. For intermediate and advanced classes, we do however charge a flat rate of a 10% booking fee. This covers our costs to run the business, including advertising, marketing and day-to-day costs (staff, communications etc.).

The benefits of providing Chocolate making courses:

- Create extra revenue streams from for your business
- Introduce new customers into your shop
- Raise the profile of your shop / brand
- Be part of the Blink Collective community and benefit from future bookings and other host advantages
- Educate and inspire the curious minded, leave them with a great insight into the world of Chocolate making. Open their taste buds, open their scent, open their eyes and open their minds!
- Be part of the campaign to support independent small businesses and promote quality, gourmet chocolate.

Why should I offer a £30 course?

Answer -

We are targeting people looking for an introduction into the world of Chocolate making and whilst we appreciate that £30 is not a lot, this audience is ideally placed for up-selling existing, more expensive and in-depth courses. In addition to spreading the word about your business.

As you know, there is a lot more to making chocolate than the casual consumer might appreciate and this is the ideal way to open their eyes to what gourmet chocolate is really about!

I’m a highly experienced Choclatier and have a good reputation within the Chocolate Community.  Will offering £30 introductory classes cheapen my brand?

Answer -

Blink Collective strongly promote small businesses and the campaign is a great way to boost revenue streams. By being part of the introductory campaign, you’re helping to integrate others into the Chocolate community, they’ll be learning new skills and igniting their passion. We’re also encouraging hosts to list Intermediate and Advanced courses on our marketplace.

I’m worried I could’t teach the my classes in 90 minutes

Answer - 

The courses are purely introductory, they give customers an insight into the chocolate making world. They’ll not be expecting to learn a full range of Chocolate making  skills, but rather a great insight.

Do I have to host the classes on set dates?

Answer -

No.  You’re in control of when you want to host the classes. You’ll receive bookings through Blink Collective and we’ll work in partnership with yourselves to help organise the bookings.