The Glücksegge project was created to facilitate the location, and sale, of products which are both:
- Made in Switzerland
- Homemade and/or Handmade
We want to reconnect producers and consumers, removing the middle-man as much as possible.
We believe that bringing localism and human relations back into the buying and selling of goods is the most healthy, wholesome and sustainable path forward.
How it works.
Producers on Glücksegge
A Producer on Glücksegge is someone who is producing products at home and/or by hand, in Switzerland. As a Producer you can advertise your products on this platform.
Every Producer on Glücksegge has gone through a vetting process – we take great care in making sure that both Producers and Products on Glücksegge are legitimate.
Producer Registration
- Sign-up to Glücksegge
- This creates a regular user account that allows you to complete online orders.
- Create a new listing
- If you have not already done so, you will be prompted to complete the setup of your account profile. Bear in mind that this will be your Producer profile. Use your real address, as this will be used for address verification (see ‘Producer Vetting Process’ section below).
- After completing the setup of your profile, you will need to create your first listing.
- Note: Even if you do not wish to use product listings, you need to create an initial listing in order to complete the Producer registration process. Simply fill in the title of the listing with something like “Producer registration”, and fill in the rest of the required listing fields with random input. We will delete this listing once the Producer Vetting Process is complete.
- Once the first listing is submitted, we will proceed with the Producer Vetting Process. (see next section for details)
Producer Vetting Process
- Physical Address Verification
- A letter with a 6 character code will be sent to the address which the Producer used to register their Glücksegge account with.
- Upon receiving this letter, the Producer will Email the code to Glücksegge.
- Production Verification
- Make a short video (maximum 1 minute) containing the following:
- Self-introduction (video must show Producer’s face while they are speaking)
- The production area where your main product is made
- Example #1
- Main Product Category: Fashion
- Main Product: Pillowcases
- Show us your sewing area and equipment
- Example #2
- Main Product Category: Household
- Main Product: Kitchen cutting boards
- Show us your carpentry shed and equipment
- Example #1
- We will send you a private link/URL for you to upload the video clip to.
- If preferred, this verification step can also be performed via a video call.
Why ‘Producer’ and not ‘Seller’ or ‘Vendor’?
A ‘seller‘ or ‘vendor‘ is not necessarily the producer. In fact, most sellers these days are not the producers – they only sell what others have produced – many times from thousands of kilometers away.
Producer Profile vs Product Listings on Glücksegge
Glücksegge functions as two services at once:
- An online directory for Producers of Swiss home/hand-made Products
- An online classifieds for the Products made by those Producers
Once you have been approved as a Producer, you can either create individual listings for products, or you can simply publish your Producer profile with general information regarding the types of products you have to offer.
- Producer Profile
- Let’s say, a Producer produces wooden picture frames and would prefer not to create individual listings for their products. In this case the Producer can simply have information about their products in the ‘Profile Info‘ field of their Glücksegge account profile.
- On Glücksegge, Producers are listed and searchable similarly to product listings.
- Product Listings
- If, however, the Producer of wooden picture frames would like to create listings of their products, they can do so in different ways.
- One Listing per product
- This is the most common way to create listings. A Producer would create a separate listing for each type of picture frame they produce. This allows the Producer to present very detailed information about a specific product to the consumer.
- One Listing for multiple products
- Another possibility is to create a listing for multiple products. Let’s say the Producer has picture frames made out of Birch wood, and other frames made out of Oak. They could create one listing for the Birch frames, and another for the Oak frames.
- One Listing per product
- If, however, the Producer of wooden picture frames would like to create listings of their products, they can do so in different ways.
The Benefits of Listings
Even though creating and managing listings takes a bit of time and effort, we think that ultimately it is worth it, as it enriches the consumer’s experience, and gives them a clearer idea of what the products look like and/or what they can expect.
Order Online vs Buy Online
One of the big benefits to creating listings, is the ability for customers to order the product directly from the Producer via the Glücksegge platform.
The process is as follows:
- The Producer creates a listing with
- the ‘Price – for items which can be ordered online’ field filled in
- the ‘Quantity’ field filled in
- the ‘Order Online‘ option set to ‘Yes‘.
- The customer visits the listing, selects their desired method of delivery/pickup, and clicks the ‘Order Now‘ button.
- The Producer is notified of the new order and makes contact with the customer to arrange payment and delivery/pickup.
IMPORTANT: Glücksegge does not handle or manage the financial transactions between Producer and customer – it is all carried out directly between them. This is why we use the word ‘Order‘ and not ‘Buy‘.
Search
Both Producers and Products are searchable by their name and location.
Producer ‘Profile Info’ and Product ‘Description’ are also searchable.