CAUSEBOX Review: It’s All About the Story
CAUSEBOX is all about the story – the story of the people and the products that connect them. They are on a mission to fill every purchase with a history. To create love through transparency so that you will treasure your trinkets for a lifetime. I understand this desire for a deeper connection and understanding, and I applaud the company’s inventive approach to the issue of introduction. But I also think there exists a common pitfall among all the pretty…
Subscription boxes are the most prevalent craze this side of the millennium. After BirchBox was founded in 2010, copycat businesses popped up almost immediately. There is literally a subscription box for every interest and every imaginable market.
Looking through the history of boxes, there is just so much that I absolutely love about them! Many of the products are from environmentally responsible brands that are actively contributing to the communities they affect. Interesting prints from fringe designers often adorn the boxes. And, the chance to touch a product, turn it over in your hands and use it, is not to be dismissed. As someone who does most of my shopping online, I am usually quite surprised by how much better the products are than I had expected from the online images and descriptions.
Do I Truly Need This?
But here is where we have to ask the question, do I need it? Chances are, the answer is no, you don’t need it. The subscription model delivers a new box four times a year, featuring a selection of ethical products. But the company chooses the products, and you the customer cannot customize the contents. So how likely is it that you need all of the items? Exploring the contents of the boxes further, I also came across a few brands that did not meet my own ethical standards. This means I now have a product I don’t need and would also never buy.
CAUSEBOX partners with amazing companies that are into the mission of saving the environment, empowering women, providing safe jobs and sustainable income for local people of developing countries.
Yeah I Need This!
Of course, there are situations in which the CAUSEBOX is the perfect solution. Perhaps you are someone who values having small gifts available for friends or customers. Or maybe you just like to have stocking stuffers ready for Christmas. Buying a single box (yes, they do sell them individually), gives you the chance to learn about new products. Plus, there’s a convenience in having ethical gifts ready and waiting for the right occasion. These gifts give you a pressure-free way to introduce sustainability to the conversation, and hopefully, allow you to open up a broader dialogue without sounding preachy or overbearing.
Welcome Box – CAUSEBOX’s current box
Or maybe you’ve been thinking of starting or joining a book club, but you’d like to jazz it up? Why not have a CAUSEBOX club where you can get together with friends and neighbors? Having a focused conversation about conservation while sipping tea and nibbling on cucumber sandwiches? Now there’s a productive way to affect change.
As long as you remember that it doesn’t matter how beautiful or ethical something is, if it’s only ever hidden in a closet or drawer and left unused. That makes it worthless. Hopefully for subscribers, CAUSEBOX is always a thing of ethical beauty.
