Buy Coöperative - midwest.social
midwest.social
A community dedicated to financial and consumer decisions that will actually impact the capitalist market most of the world is forced to endure. Primarily for suggestions of coöperative (worker or consumer owned) businesses/services and open-source software/applications (as, when anyone can see the code, anyone can own it). ___ Rules: ::: spoiler Don’t be a dick. The usual rules apply; no - transphobia - racism - ablism - sexism - homophobia - xenophobia - clasism ::: ::: spoiler Don’t suggest non-coöp. businesses If there aren’t any businesses that fill a particular market or need, self-employed creators or traditional business that have a majority of workers belonging to a strong union are acceptable but the goal, here, is to create a real, viable alternative in the market that is accountable to the average person and has incentive to actually serve their community. ::: ::: spoiler Provide more than just a name. All suggestions must have a link to the website of the suggestion, if available; if not, phone numbers, a scan of a brochure of theirs, or something must be provided so members of this sub. can meaningfully do something with your information. If the suggestion only serves a particular location, specify that location or region. Include any other useful information such as accessibility concerns (does the suggestion only have a physical presence/location (is that location wheelchair accessible, if you know)? Does the suggestion deliver? Can you order online or must you call on the phone to place a delivery?). ::: ___ Related Communities: - !cooperatives@lemmy.world [/c/cooperatives@lemmy.world] [https://lemmy.world/c/cooperatives]

After one-too-many “Buy <different hierarchical business/corporation suggestion>” posts and struggling to look up resources for my own needs, I figured there might be use (and an audience) for a hub for people to go to and collect resources at.

I considered just posing questions here but, while definitely a sub-topic, this sublemmy seems more expansive than my more limited scope (which, obviously, is also a good thing); just wanted to share here as, like I mentioned, there’s obviously overlap.

Also, the original thing that kicked me to finally make this is I wanted to make and order stickers for a design I had; I could, of course, use something like Zazzle but that felt like a less good decision. Feel free to let me know if there’s anything cooperatively owned out there, possibly.