Issue No. 02  ·  For Organizers

Run the
community.
We'll run the
software.

A structured platform beneath expat communities — and a network of peers by default.

02 — The problem

Running a community for expats is the same questions, answered a thousand times.

Where to register. Where to find a doctor who speaks your language. When the next meetup happens. Van Der Seller gives you the structure — modules for each recurring topic, an events calendar that stays findable, and a content surface that doesn't vanish into a chat scroll.

03 — The network

No expat community is really an island.

Every community on Van Der Seller is connected to nearby ones by default. A post from Nice surfaces for readers in Cannes. Dutch-diaspora threads reach Düsseldorf. How do I do X here stops being asked for the hundredth time.

04 — Why we built it

We were our own first users.

Expats running communities, tired of rebuilding the same modules in Facebook groups, Discord servers, and WhatsApp threads that vanish every three weeks. We wanted structure and reach. So we made both.

05 — Two routes in
Route A

Host on the network.

Run your community on Van Der Seller and be part of the cross-discovery network. Members of yours see neighbours; members elsewhere see you. Network effects on day one.

Tell us about your community →
Route B

White-label, standalone.

Want your own shingle? Take the platform, host it on your domain, keep everything private. Same tooling, no network.

Ask about white-label →
— Correspondence —

Tell us what
you're building.

partners@vanderseller.com →