About Direct Local
Direct Local is a technology company that focuses on developing and operating platforms that enable customers to reduce the cost of acquiring raw materials, finished goods, and services by leveraging their collective purchasing power. Organizations can use the company's proprietary web-based platform to create opportunities for joint purchasing in real time to maximize their purchasing power. Direct Local utilizes the collective pricing power of 20,000 small and medium-sized businesses by buying and selling within its network. The co-operative model is being used to expand the DREAM, which will make it possible for member-based organizations to work together democratically and achieve purchasing efficiencies for their members that are comparable to those of competitors like big box stores and big platforms. Their project makes use of their platform to connect and unite the purchasing power of members of member-based associations and cooperatives who share common interests and believe in fairness principles.