Bonaire Stuff Available On-Line
For several years now it has seemed to me that there’s been a real shopping void on-line. Tough to believe, eh? After all, there are sites dedicated to buying most anything on-line, right? Well, the void I refer to are products from and related to particular Caribbean island destinations.
Considering I live on Bonaire in the southern Caribbean, it was a no-brainer to start with trying to figure out how to get Bonaire originated items on-line. The idea was easy, but the execution was not because selling tangible products requires fulfillment, and shipping stuff directly from Bonaire would make things prohibitively expensive.
So, last summer, my wife and I got together with old friends in New Hampshire and founded Caribbean Stuff, LLC, based in New Boston, New Hampshire, with friends Tracy and Mike Griffin, to provide both the U.S. presence for any future on-line store, as well a distribution point. New Hampshire is one of the few states blessed with no sales tax, and that’s an added bonus.
My wife and I launched http://www.CaribbeanArt.com last fall to test out Caribbean Stuff’s distribution and fulfillment processes, and that worked (and continues to work) great.
I’m pleased to report that approximately one month ago, we successfully launched http://www.BonaireStuff.com with approximately 90 products, and sales have been good. We’re now looking to expand to provide products from other Caribbean islands via a new on-line store to be launch later this year.
As Bonaire is known for its flamingos (presuming you’ve even heard of Bonaire), one my favorite areas of BonaireStuff.com is the flamingo section (just type “flamingo” in the search box at http://www.BonaireStuff.com), where you can get flamingo hats, flamingo sunglasses, and even a “grow-your-own” pet flamingo (just pop it in water and watch it grow). We’re working on further expanding our Bonaire product line as well. If you want to stay abreast of any specials or news from BonaireStuff.com, there’s a place on the BonaireStuff.com home page (near the bottom) where you can subscribe to a newsletter.
