KUNKLETOWN, PA (06.17.26) – 1sixty8 media, inc. announced the upcoming public launch of 1sixty8 Manifold, a unified business operations platform built to replace the tangle of disconnected software that retail and service businesses rely on every day. 1sixty8 Manifold becomes available to the public on July 1, 2026, and is currently in an invite-only beta, with a select group of retailers coming aboard as founding testers.
The platform comes from an unusual place: not a software company, but the sales floor. Founder Mitch Schaffer started Mobile Edge, an award-winning mobile electronics retail store in Lehighton, Pennsylvania, in 1994, and ran it successfully for 29 years before selling the business in June 2023.
“For most of those years I used a well-known, industry-specific point-of-sale system,” said Schaffer. “It was great early on. But as the industry and the technology evolved, I found myself cobbling together more and more disjointed software just to do the things my business needed. 1sixty8 Manifold came out of that frustration.”
That frustration was specific. What began as a search for a quality vehicle check-in solution grew into a hunt for a unified inbox for every inbound and outbound customer conversation, then reputation management, then a way to manage his team. None of those tools talked to one another. The result was constant manual data entry, room for human error, and a tremendous amount of wasted time and energy.
1sixty8 Manifold is built to erase that tax. The platform unifies most aspects of shop management and customer communications in one place where everything talks to one another. Without getting into the technical details, the payoff is simple: more internal efficiency and accuracy, fewer things slipping through the cracks, and countless hours saved every single month.
“1sixty8 Manifold leverages modern technology to create the platform today’s retailers and businesses actually require,” Schaffer said.
While 1sixty8 Manifold has its roots in the automotive aftermarket, the platform is designed to work for nearly any consumer-facing business. Whether it is a bicycle shop, a plumber, or a bookstore, 1sixty8 Manifold streamlines the operations behind the counter.
The First 50
Businesses that join as one of the first 50 subscribers receive founding-customer pricing: 50 percent off for the first six months, and 20 percent off for life.
Interested retailers can request a demo by visiting ManifoldOS.co and completing the form at the bottom of the page.
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