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Late arrival to this thread. One of my projects involve working with local female co-operatives in Nepal and help them sell their hand made products around the
by beilabs 9y ago
Late arrival to this thread. One of my projects involve working with local female co-operatives in Nepal and help them sell their hand made products around the world. Paypal doesn't operate here, merchant services for international cards are impossible to get. They don't understand technology in any way and there is a lot of hand holding.
The site is https://www.pasatrade.com https://www.pasatrade.com
We make no money off of this, I operate it at a loss, but each and every sale gets more money back to the women who really need it; a few extra dollars here and there can really make a huge difference in Nepal. The interesting part is they make more money on each sale through us than they do locally or selling through Fair Trade channels.
- jeromegv 9y agoI have a similar website with similar concept (for Filipino products). However, I would strongly suggest you find a way to make it a sustainable business for you as well. It sounds nice that you do not take a profit from it but the reality is that your life will change and one day you won't have time for a project that makes no money/operates at loss. Those women will start to rely more and more on the income from your website and this would be really unfortunate if one day this revenue totally stops because it was just a volunteer project for you. The more sustainable it is for you, the safer it is for them.
- beilabs 9y agoYeah; I need to really put some processes in to make it more sustainable. We're quite strict with who can come on board as we're really only looking for non-profits or co-operatives.
- jeromegv 9y agoThat's awesome it's in the plan. The initiative is great! All the best from Cambio Market.