06.06.08
eBay and World of Good Partnership
At the Dow Jones Environmental Ventures conference in San Mateo, CA, Robert Chatwani, eBay’s General Manager for WorldofGood.com participated a panel, discussing “Which Technologies Will Get the Green Light?” The panelists recognized that consumer purchases of green products and services are increasing and therefore, I wanted learn more about eBay’s partnership with World Of Good.
World of Good is a mission driven business that engages people in changing the world through commerce that alleviates poverty and benefits the environment. So far, World of Good sells fair traded handicraft through its a network of 1,300 US based stores. The collaboration with eBay will provide World them with an advanced community platform and a marketplace with global reach. By leveraging eBay’s technology, World Of Good will be able to scale it’s business to an extend unheard of in the fair trade community.
I find it fascinating, that sometimes there are partnerships that just make a lot of sense. And without doubt, the collaboration between eBay and World of Good, two companies that seem to share a common vision of creating positive change through commerce, has tremendous potential. To safeguard fair trade practices, the future World Of Good online store will not follow eBay’s traditional auction model.
As you know, Worldsight’s mission is to bring together all stakeholders of mission driven businesses or programs. So no matter whether you are a big corporation, a small startup, a service provider, or an NGO, please let us know how we can help you scale your business or help you create a meaningful partnership.
To learn more about “Robert Chatwani, eBay’s Greenest Rising Star” make sure to read Treehugger’s interview with him from earlier this year.
Worldsight’s Insights » How Social Entrepreneurs are Changing Our World said,
June 7, 2008 at 4:42 pm
[…] supports 5,680 artisans who in turn have nearly 23,000 dependents. 75% of them are women. With the eBay partnership I was writing about in a post yesterday, World of Good will be able to leverage eBay’s […]