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Precious Plastic

Precious Plastic Bazar: Recycled Creations & DIY Tools

Customization of a recycling-focused marketplace

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Customer

Precious Plastic, founded by designer Dave Hakkens in 2013, is a global community and open-source platform helping people recycle plastic into furniture, tools, and art. In 2016, they launched their marketplace to empower individuals to establish micro-recycling businesses.

Challenge

  • Simplify vendor onboarding for mostly non-professional users

  • Customize shipping rates for global sellers

  • Ensure payment setup clarity

  • Enhance communication among DIY creators

Solution

To support Precious Plastic's grassroots community, we tailored the CS-Cart platform to be intuitive for new sellers and fit for eco-focused commerce.
 

Key customizations included:
 

  • Etsy-style vendor panel.

    One-page product creation for hassle-free listings

  • Simple shipping logic.

    Flat domestic/international pricing based on country groups

  • Stripe integration.

    Stripe Connect made a mandatory step before listing products

  • Real-time messaging.

    Vendors can now share mockups via image and PDF attachments

  • Transparent listings.

    Vendor name and country are always visible on category and search result pages

solutions

Results

  • A vendor-friendly P2P marketplace with simplified onboarding

  • Reduced support requests due to intuitive workflows

  • Empowered 40,000+ recyclers worldwide to turn plastic waste into products

Website Type:

Marketplace

Task:

Enable eco-conscious P2P commerce for recycled plastic products

Business area:

Equipment & Consumables

Country:

nl

Netherlands

Duration:

Ongoing

Team:

1 Project Manager 1 Systems Analyst 3 Developers 1 QA 1 SysOps Admin

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Uzbekistan

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