Nov 29

Yoga & e-commerce?

Life is all about timing. We are a decade past the dot com boom; Nine years since the bust.  Why start an e-commerce enterprise now? As some smart friends asked me, why not?

I had already dabbled into the quasi retail world by ordering yoga mats and props wholesale and distributing them from the trunk of my car. A nice service but not very elegant or scaleable. Amazon offers the same products (and much much more) at comparable prices. For argument sake, let’s just assume their distribution process is more refined. As an Amazon Associate, I can now offer a wider variety of products at their very competitive prices (often including free shipping and excluding sales tax) and receive a referral fee for each transaction that originates through yogakeith.com.

Still short of elegant, this first variation of Keith’s Yoga (& MORE) Store offers recommendations for yoga mats, yoga props and books (yoga and other). Yoga music is coming soon, but I wanted to launch this venture in time for holiday shopping (i.e., NOW!)

The beauty is that ANYTHING you buy from Amazon can help support this humble yoga instructor.

How does it work? Any time you want to shop on Amazon, just start by going to yogakeith.com. If you want to see what I have highlighted, click on Keith’s Yoga (& MORE) Store link. Or, if you want to just go directly to Amazon click on the Shop Amazon Now link. You will not notice anything different when you get to Amazon but burried deep in the cyber code Amazon will give me credit for referring you there. Your transactions are still completely secure. I will know what was ordered, but not who ordered it. As the volume of transactions increases, so will my modest referal percentage.

Please give it a try!