Your neighborhood guide to local goods | Los Angeles
 

The Forage Local Collective

Together we are entrepreneurs, creators, innovators, producers, trailblazers… folks that just don’t settle for “good enough.”

 
 

As a member of the Forage Local Collective, your products will be featured on the Forage Local marketplace. Your products will be searchable and populate by the distance between the shopper and where the products are made.

No optimization research or advertising bidding wars here, success shouldn’t be about who has the biggest ad budget. On Forage Local, it’s about the quality of your products and supporting local.

 
 

Benefit Highlights

 

COMMUNITY

You’ll be part of a local group of entrepreneurs like yourself. We’ll host members-only events, both social and educational. Members meet, collaborate, support, and commiserate together.

We also have experienced advisors from top companies to help you navigate taking your business to the level you want.

ADVOCATES

We rise together, we don’t exist if you don’t. This means as much as we advocate for the platform we advocate even more for you.

Efforts include promoting your products and you as an entrepreneur, via PR, paid media promotions, and networked opportunities that small businesses normally couldn’t get on their own.

INVENTORY MANAGEMENT

To make things easier for you and customers we hold inventory at no charge and fulfill customer orders. Why?

  • Order consolidation is environmentally friendly

  • It’s less maintenance for makers (so you can focus on your craft, not fulfillment operations)

  • Ensures quality and speed of products to customers

Our Vibe

Forage Local is for those who don’t wait to be invited to the table.
We make our own damn tables.

We’re the ones who don’t settle for what’s put in front of us.
We say, “this should be better”, then we make it better.

Better for ourselves, families, and our environment.
We’re the creators of things, careers, opportunities, free will, and futures.

We’re inspired by those brave enough to leave the known,
choosing the path they know will feed their soul and those around them.

We give back to the communities that made us (not billionaires).
We think it’s cute when big businesses use “local” as a sales tactic,
but excuse us, while we take “local” back into our own hands.
We believe everyone should have open access to locally made products

Our table is crafted with passion and care.
Come to eat, drink, share stories, and connect with those around you.

Everyone is welcome to Forage Local.

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FOUNDING MEMBERSHIP DETAILS

Membership Benefits & Investment Details:

Local Makers Founding Membership Dues | $24 per month
(waived until February for makers who sign up in December)

  • Upon joining we'll write a Makers article about you as a founder and maker. It will be featured on our homepage, website's news section, monthly newsletter, and social media accounts.

  • Forage Local Storefront

  • Periodic promotion of your Makers Storefront throughout the year over owned channels (Minimum twice a year)

  • Access to monthly social and educational events

  • Access to physical pop-up Forage Local Markets

New Local Makers Page Setup | $149 one time fee
(waived for makers who sign up in December)

  • One-on-one virtual walkthrough of the storefront setup process

  • Includes product positioning strategy and professional copywriting assistance for your Makers Storefront.

  • Includes product photography


Platform Fee | 17.5% per sale

  • The Platform Fee goes directly back to Forage Local Makers support, external marketing, and platform operations.

Credit Card Processing Fee | 2.5%

  • A pass-through cost for credit card processing

Money in the bank! 80% of the sale goes straight to your bank account, no 30 day holds. As soon as there is a sale you get the money!

 WE ACCEPT PRODUCTS THAT MEET THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:

1. Made or Sourced Locally - Currently building inventory for the LA and surrounding areas.
In another region? Sign up to be put on a waiting list and we’ll reach out to you.

2. Commercially Competitive - The quality of your product is as good or more likely better than similar products you see in store.

3. If your product is a food or beverage, it must be “pre-packaged” - We are not accepting unpackaged fresh food and beverage at this time. (Hopefully soon though!)

4. You can stock at least 5-10 orders of each product listing a week - Minimum depends on your production style and estimated sales velocity.
Cannot be one-off or one-of-a-kind offerings,
e.g. One earring design/listing can be represented by one photo, ordered by ten different people in a month, and each will receive nearly identical products. (differences due to being handcrafted are accepted)

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