Non-profit marketplace

Artisans express the cultural richness of people all around the world. Sadly however, they and the traditions they embody are disappearing under the social and economic pressures of modernization.

PEOPLink.org is a non-profit organization helping artisans benefit from global e-commerce. Its award winning OpenEntry.com e-commerce platform enables them to promote their beautiful crafts via on-line catalogs. PEOPLink.org also guides them to develop the capability to accept credit card payments and make international shipments.

The OpenEntry platform also makes it easy to aggregate many individual catalogs into a "network market" that can generate the necessary visibility and credibility.

PEOPLink.com is a network market comprised of catalogs of artisan groups that PEOPLink.org certifies are already participating in fair trade channels. Furthermore, central to our commitment to linking people, the individual artisan who created each item is identified with pictures, videos, and contact information.

Buyers start at PEOPLink.com and search by category or key word for desired items from the catalogs of participating artisan groups. These searches take them to the artisan group catalog where they place their order directly. By linking directly to buyers like you all over the world, the artisan group can bypass several layers of middlemen and, even after paying for shipping and other administrative expenses, thereby double their income.

The artisan groups can take care of collecting the credit card payments and shipping the items. However, they will always need help with visibility & credibility and, therefore, are happy to pay a 12% referral commission that can be an excellent fund-raiser for related causes.