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GoCoop: India’s ‘Amazon of Co-operatives’?

A website in India is aiming to become the country’s ‘Amazon of co-operatives’.

Although India has over 500,000 co-operatives – from food to artisanal products – they are struggling to compete with franchises and large-scale technology.

GoCoop is India’s first online marketplace for artisans and handicraft-makers. It only works with co-operatives, offering a range of support, from set up a shopping cart or payment cycle, to a website listing service where people can buy in bulk. For larger co-ops it can maintain their whole website.

Read the full article at Co-operative News

 

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