They're also a small team, busting it around the clock to give you the best that they can, and very approachable if you have any questions for them. Bonus: they are also selling in a couple of other countries so you get further reach than Hello Pretty offered you. They share our vision and values and I feel that our hearts are in the same place. We're really fond of the new online store and marketplace Aya Africa - ! Do you know them? We met with their team and we feel good about recommending them to you. It depends on the way that your business operates. Remember, you might be interested in using only one, or several, of these options. With our love, admiration & our deepest gratitude, South Africa has an amazing community of creatives, which you're part of, and we're looking forward to working on new ventures in the space and maybe crossing paths with you again. Could one of you who sew please make her a hero's cape? □ I've been navigating an inconvenient health blip for the last two years and she stepped up to the plate and took care of pretty much everything so that I could focus on my health. We also thank Porchia, who many of you will have corresponded with. You're really cool cats.Īgain, we extend our grateful thanks to you for working with us in navigating South Africa's blossoming ecommerce sphere. Thank you all for your love and support over the years. We've met many of you personally and made lasting relationships (even attending a wedding or two!). South Africa truly does have talent that belongs on a world stage. Being able to work with your talent that you've shared with us is something we'll be forever grateful for. Having your support over the last ten years has been a dream, a privilege and a joy. We've always rooted for you and always will and we're grateful for the many sellers who have done this for us. Our focus has always been in helping you, our sellers, in whichever ways we can, and this is what gives us the most joy. For this reason we've always kept our prices as low as possible (over 10 years, just 4.2% increase in plan fees) and put as much as possible into marketing, improving the website, and reducing hurdles small businesses face. As a small business ourselves, we understood the hurdles you guys have to overcome to make a go of things. To our sellers, the talented partners we always dreamed of, With love, admiration and our deep gratitude, It's all meant more than you'd imagine to us and the South African small-business economy, which we hope to see thrive. Thank you for your support, your love and your shout-outs. There was a problem, and we solved it! Many, many relationships between our customers and sellers have been formed and everyone has ended up just a little bit more connected. Within South Africa, reaching customers around the country was possible, but expensive and far from easy. With the state of the SA post office, shipping international orders was a challenge. Some solutions existed back then, but they were targeted towards international audiences. In 2012 when we launched, South Africa had a rich environment of creatives & artisans who had no way to expand their customer base nationally. We're calling that the win we went into this for. Besides it meaning a lot to us as Hello Pretty ourselves, this has gone on to the change the lives of thousands of businesses who have even gone on to create employment. Ours and our sellers' time has been so fulfilling and magical because of your support & understanding of the quality and value of South-African made products, and how vital to the economy it is to support these small and growing businesses. To our dear, deeply appreciated customers,Īfter ten fulfilling, magical years beginning in the good old days of 2012, Hello Pretty is retiring and heading off to the beach with a drink with a tiny umbrella.
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