The core purpose of Plumest is simple - to support small and local businesses. Small businesses are core to the US economy, employing nearly half of all employees in the US and accounting for 99.9% of all business in the States(1).

 

Running a small business requires taking on great risk, including but not limited to - investing hard earned capital, taking on debt, paying to acquire new customers and market products/services, purchasing inventory, investing in equipment, hiring staff, maintaining facilities, so on and so on!!

 

And then, once an entrepreneur has climbed that colossal mountain just to even open their doors, they face a torrent of challenges from corporate behemoths enabled by a byzantine digital infrastructure. Copycat products are sold on mega shopping platforms where search results can be skewed(2), acquiring customers can be much more costly than anticipated(3), large corporations can steal their design ideas (4)(5), and small business are often forced to work with third party services that eat into their profit margins (6)(7).

 

Our dear entrepreneurs are faced with a never-ending list of to-dos, and in these days when delivery speed and convenience trump quality and care, we created Plumest to help promote local businesses and to give them additional visibility.

 

The Plumest model is simple - we source products from niche local businesses and share them with you. Our day-to-day task is to find those hidden gems and share them with the world. Once we find a product we love, we’ll buy inventory to resell on our storefront (which provides income to the local business), and if you find an item you love we encourage you to shop directly with the business in the future (repeat sales for our partner businesses). And, we know you’ll be back in the future to visit our store front to see what new business and products we find!

 

Our end goal is to leverage Plumest to promote local businesses and to give them more visibility and customers. We pledge to work with local entrepreneurs that create products you want. We will work hand in hand to create win-win-win relationships between you the customer, our local business partners, and the Plumest platform.

 

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Much love, and we can’t wait to show you what we find!!