Diversity, Children’s Products & E-commerce with Peter & May, Berlin Founders of Kidsimply

The Germany Expat Business Show

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In this episode I talk to May and Peter Kamya, the Berlin-based founders of Kidsimply. Peter is originally from the UK and May’s family immigrated to Germany from Thailand when she was five years old.

Kidsimply is an online shop selling diverse and inclusive books and toys. Through the KidSimply brand, and inspired by raising their child, Peter and May want to celebrate cultural diversity, but most importantly send out a message to ALL children that their experiences matter.
In this episode of The Germany Expat Business Show we talked about:

💪 How ‘learning by doing’ is part and parcel of starting a business

📱Working with influencers to spread the word

📦 How Peter and May approach order fulfilment and stocking inventory

💕 Balancing values and mission with brass tacks business outcomes

⬅️ What to outsource and what to keep in house

💁‍♀️ The value of getting to know customers and their community and in-person markets

🏪 Staying online vs. opening a brick and mortar shop

🛒 Their experience using both WooCommerce and Shopify

🫶 How they navigate being partners in both life and business

✏️ Using translation tools in combination with manual translation, writing and editing

📥 Their experiences with founding a Ltd. in the UK and a GmbH in Germany, including impacts on cash flow

🇩🇪Their hope to one day expand to markets in Köln, Hamburg and other cities in Germany.
Visit and follow Kidsimply here:

Kidsimply.de website
Kidsimply on Instagram
Kidsimply on Tiktok

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1. Diversity, Children’s Products & E-commerce with Peter & May, Berlin Founders of Kidsimply (00:00:00)

2. Expats in Germany (00:00:03)

3. Promoting Diversity Through Toy Business (00:08:30)

4. Business Growth and Work-Life Balance (00:12:31)

5. Navigating Business and Communication Challenges (00:21:31)