Do you have a website that sells our products ? Do you write a blog that talks about Fair Trade ? If you do not offer wholesale then you are not in competition to us, why not add a link to your site for Global Crafts – wholesale inquiries , that link can open up [...]
Are you a buyer of wholesale gifts , a store manager or owner ? Why should you consider buying Fair Trade handmade products ?
We could tell you how much good fair trade products do for the artisans and they do, but we think you already know that. Our goal is to show you how [...]
This is probably the biggest question business owners have to answer. The answer of course depends on how effective your marketing is, essentially how much a customer acquisition costs you and what the retention rate for that customer is. In other words what is your life time return for that customer versus the cost of [...]
If you run or post to industry blogs or social media sites that are retail orientated, we should be working together. Global Crafts is now able to offer a 5% referral commission through our affiliate program. Our average order is around $500. If you feel that you target retail store buyers send Kevin an email [...]
If you are still thinking about meta tags and traditional SEO, step back. Over the last six months there have been two releases of Googles latest methodology, nicknamed Panda. Panda doesn’t care about your keywords and meta data, with the exception of the page title. More and more Google is focusing on content and social [...]
We get many questions about the process of drop shipping. Hopefully this will answer many of the questions. Drop Shipping is method where you can put our products on sale on your website without owning the products. Even better, when you sell an item, we will do the hard work of packing and shipping to [...]
Myth – Build it and they will come.
The assumption that with so many internet users shopping online that they will inevitably find your site and spend money is false. Build it and they will come will fast become a drain on your monthly budget as you pay your fixed costs and achieve no [...]
Yesterday we released a brief white paper demonstrating that 20% of our sales comes from less than 1% of our products. These nine products are, for us the difference between profit and loss.
You can download that paper here
The response has been amazing. It has encouraged us to think much [...]
He was staring through the window with a glazed look while we ate dinner of grilled chicken, and two Kenyan staples, ugali and sukuma wiki. I saw him first and felt the familiar disgust flow throughout my body and suppressed the urge to rush from the table, flick the creature from the ornamental lily onto the hard surface of [...]
We were surprised that 2009 was such a good year for Global Crafts. And so were CNN Money.

