“Let’s present our Armenian to the world.” Buyarmenia initiative

Lilit, who lives in Los Angeles, has created a website for selling Armenian products, Buyarmenian.com
 

Lilit Dolkaryan-Odabashyan is one of our enterprising compatriots living abroad, who from the very first day of the 44-day Artsakh war started and subsequently implemented charitable programs and fundraisers to provide financial and material assistance to Armenia. The charity programs, which started in October 2020, however, after some time decided to replace them with another project.

The sellers in the group offer Armenian products with price offers, the potential buyers order them if they like. However, there are some difficulties with relocation and payment over time, which makes Lilit think about developing more systematic mechanisms.

– Initially we used “Haypost” delivery services. For some time it worked effectively. People started ordering Armenian with great enthusiasm. But from the moment that “Haypost” sharply increased the tariffs for its services, we faced serious difficulties. People started canceling their orders, the Armenian sellers were in a panic for a while due to the large cancellations of orders. “I was very impressed and thought, ‘What can I do to keep the people from losing their temper?'” Lilit recalls, explaining, …

More than 600 individual entrepreneurs and organizations with more than 3000 products have already joined the site. The founders intend to increase this number continuously so that any Armenian brand can be found on Buyarmenian.com.

By the way, joining the site and presenting the whole product range is free of charge, in case of sale there are 3.5 and 1.5% deductions for transfers and maintenance of the site.

According to Lilit, Armenian products are of interest to different parts of the world. The most active are the residents of the USA, the Russian Federation, Canada and Australia.
 

Armenian dried fruits and sweets, teas with Armenian herbs, honey took the first place in the most desirable and demanded products…

 
It is noteworthy that the majority of business enterpreneurs registered on the site are women.

Despite the workload and difficulties, Lilit believes that the only way to succeed is to work tirelessly.

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