About Us
Our Founders
Zeb Foggitt - CEO (Chief Executive Officer) and CTO (Chief Technology Officer)
Zeb has worked in IT and Sales for over 12 years with the small and medium business sector, including major waste auditing players, working on successful large scale landfill diversion programs. He has multiple years of experience with the client and self-directed companies developing web and mobile apps. Zeb is passionate about the second-hand economy and food charity.
Luke Owens - CCO (Chief Communications Officer)
Luke is a secondary school humanities teacher and professional musician. He is passionate about providing homelessness assistance, sustainability and waste reduction. Luke is a charity industry veteran and has previously raised $500,000 for homelessness in 12 months. He is the recipient of the 2013 Pride Of Australia Young Leader Medal and was named as a finalist for Young Australian of The Year 2014.
Our Vision
A circular economy, making second-hand first in Australia!
As passionate op shoppers, we understand that the places we visit have the most amazing range of clothing, furniture and household items which, although pre-loved, are high quality, and have stood the test of time.
We believe OpHop is not only going to bring excitement and efficiency, but also make choosing second-hand as a utility for your everyday needs much more accessible to all Aussie's, allowing the consumer to find and navigate to stores using optimised routing, and know which stores have the categories of goods they seek, in addition to assisting those in need to find the stores that offer support, all while allowing you to track where you've been, where you're going, what you bought, and allowing communication with other op shoppers and stores.
There is simply too much waste generated in this country due to cheaply made and imported products, which contain built-in obsolescence. The company manufacturing and distributing them is incentivised to operate this way, so they can maximise their profits. We are beyond thrilled to be bringing you the OpHop app, which will revolutionise the way we op shop, and ultimately drive more funding to the organisations that run the stores, enabling them to provide a greater level of assistance to those individuals and communities in need.
OpHop and Away!
Our Mission
Provide a centralised and full featured directory listing, navigation, and social marketplace platform for charity stores, their organisations, and customers, to help them connect and collaborate more effectively.
By providing a centralised platform for all parties, the stores, and their organisations have a chance to get their message out in a more cohesive and dynamic way, improving the overall experience of learning about those stores, for the customer, making the option to purchase second-hand easier, ultimately helping lead more foot traffic to those stores.