France Tombale
Who would have thought that the funeral sector would also be uberized? And by a Toulousain moreover! This is in any case the bet of the young start-up company France Tombale that launches on the market online funeral marble and its accessories (plates, urns, vases ...). The idea was born from a meeting between Jérémy Dols who is at his third e-commerce company (read box) and Laurent Pradiès, commercial in the funeral marble for twenty years. Two complementary profiles that aim to offer an online offer "at the right price". For Jérémy Dols, "this sector has been evolving for a long time in opacity with price differences ranging from one to five," he confides, pointing to "some" traders who profit "a bit of the misfortune" of customers. The Toulouse start-up ensures prices average 20% cheaper than traditional trade.
Monuments in kit or landscape
The idea is to provide customers with a website that allows you to compose your own future tomb by choosing the model, the material, the shapes ... all with a 3D simulation tool that makes it possible to obtain a rendering very close to reality. As and when the choice, the price appears clearly to avoid any surprise. "The customer navigates, composes his product without commercial pressure, at home behind his computer" describes Jérémy Dols. Because it is the difference between the funeral that is part of an emergency character with the choice of the coffin and the funeral to manage and the choice of the funeral monument that anticipates very often before the death. Moreover, to guide Internet users, France Tombale has published a white paper that answers questions on the subject: purchase and reservation of a concession, formalities, etc. Once the project is finalized, France Tombale accompanies the family via telephone appointments or e-mails to advance on the integration of the monument in the cemetery, the date of the installation, etc. And in good company of Occitanie, France Tombale favors the granite of Sidobre and not Chinese. "90% of our monuments come from the Tarn. We wanted to highlight the French production of better quality "ensures Laurent Pradiès. A network of specialized carriers and installers ensures installation throughout France.
€ 8 million turnover in 2020
Launched in September 2017, the site has already registered the sale of 80 monuments for an average basket of 2000 € HT. Another innovation, France Tombale offers five models in kit (Monukea) to assemble oneself in order to save the laying costs (790 €) and even a landscape version with plants with slow growth (with annual maintenance contract in option ). Of four employees today, the workforce must reach 15 people by 2020 for a turnover target of € 8 million.
