Global Marketplace

We are a Non-profit Grassroots Community Development Organization.
Our purpose is to reduce poverty around the world by selling local village crafts and clothing
at a fair price via this Online Global Marketplace
and to return as much of the sales price as possible to the local artist

Our principle mission is to help Craft Producers in developing nations sell their hand crafts
and in doing so to increase their standard of living above the poverty line.
This is the purpose of the Online Marketplace which will soon have many Producer Groups
from around the world shipping directly to Retailers.

At this time Producers cannot ship small orders to consumers in other parts of the world
in a cost effective way. Therefore Wholesalers purchase these crafts
and market them to retailers who then market them to consumers.
The crafts are marked up 3 to 6 times in the process.

This can make them very expensive.

If Retailers could purchase directly from Producers
they would pay about 1/2 what they are paying now,
and consumers would pay less when they purchase them.

This lower price will result in more sales.
More sales will help these Producers raise their standard of living.

There are many problems facing any business trying to import items from another country.
Import fees, cost effective shipping, insurance,
and the assurance that the Retailer will receive their order on time and in good condition.

If we can help Retailers solve these problems,
we can increase the amount of crafts they will import.

We want this to be a "Global Marketplace" for Retailers;
a place where they can find crafts and receive help from us
in solving any problems that stand in their way so they can import directly from Producers.

We will soon have crafts and jewelry available directly from Producer Groups around the world
for sale on this site. Our job is to find them Retail buyers. We will do the marketing.

Listed below are just some of the search engines and web sites that will carry these items.
Each item when found will have a link to this site where the item can be purchased.
Retailers can use a credit card, or mail in a money order.
We will email the order to the Producer Group and send them the payment.

By using the Internet and high traffic shopping sites like the ones listed below
we will expand the marketplace and exposure of these crafts and jewelry.
That will greatly increase their sales, and help raise the standard of living of these Producer Groups.