Why haven't "buying clubs" become more common with internet?

For example, 100 cat owners could join together, approach different cat food providers and bargain a discount through joint-purchasing.

My guess is that the venture capital model makes us only think in terms of what works as a capitalist firm.

Ventures like buying clubs make more sense as #coops or mutuals. The largest hardware store chain (Ace Hardware) and carpet flooring firm (CCA Global) in the US are both purchasing coops.


@LeoSammallahti I'd actually guess that it's more inertia than anything else. Starting up something like that is hard. You need to organize it, set up infrastructure, set up security etc.

Informal ones are probably more common among people who know each other in person.

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