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September 04, 2008

EBay Starts Socially Responsible Retail Site

EBay, the online auction company, has started a Web site to sell goods produced with social and environmental goals in mind, reports the Associated Press.

WorldofGood.com will sell fixed-price products that have a positive effect on suppliers and the planet, such as fair-trade jewelry and housewares made from renewable sources like bamboo. The nonprofit groups Rainforest Alliance and Co-op America will screen sellers and verify items listed on the site, reports the news service.

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Comments

1. What a great idea!

   — Dawn    Sep 4, 02:19 PM    #

2. Today is the first day of rational trading in retail in a long time – stocks that perform are up, and the junk people have been flying into on the “gasoline down 50 cents will drive people into the malls en masse” are being punished. I can enjoy this one day of rationality. That seems to happen whenever facts like this morning’s same store sales figures across the sector are announced.

   — Riya    Sep 5, 08:25 AM    #

3. I would hope that EBays site might consider an EBay grant for ads such as Google Grants offer non-profits an affordable way to get their name and information out to the public. Keep up the Good Work, EBay.

   — Dorothy Kellogg    Sep 5, 09:23 AM    #

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