What is ekriti?
ekriti is an online marketplace that facilitates sale of handmade items supplied by ekriti vendors. Our vendors are social enterprises empowering people to make a living making things. To know more about our partners please see, The ekriti Community.
ekriti encourages a policy of fair trade by connecting makers with the buyers. This ensures that the products are properly marketed and the makers compensated adequately. Our mission is to keep the service simple and make shopping exciting so as to stimulate the demand.
For more on how we operate see,
The ekriti Method
Why ekriti?
“The noblest question in the world is What Good may I do in it?”
Benjamin Franklin
ekriti provides you with a noble way to contribute to the community. The products sold on ekriti are handmade by people belonging to the underprivileged sections of the society. By purchasing a product showcased on ekriti you are directly contributing to the source of income of those people, and help them sustain. Morover, as you buy a product on ekriti a fixed percentage of the sales goes to a development fund. This is used for furthering various community service projects such as Eye-Care camps, and also for funding more micro-enterprises which can provide a living to the underprivileged, and at a later stage become an ekriti vendor.
For more information, see Social Responsibility
What does the term ‘ekriti’ mean?
The term ekriti has been coined by prefixing the English alphabet ‘e’ (from the ‘e’ in e-commerce) to the Sanskrit word ‘kriti’ which means ‘creation’. ekriti thus signifies our intent of providing an online marketplace for selling creative products.
It is a for-profit social enterprise, established by a team of professionals having extensive experience working for the cause in various capacities.
