15 Great Etsy Alternatives for Selling Handmade
89Choosing an Online Marketplace
For whatever reason, you may be looking to expand your audience past the realm of Etsy. There are some Etsy great alternatives available around the world for selling your handmade goods. Below we've included some of the top handmade marketplaces, including all the essential seller information that you'll need to consider.
Etsy Fees & Information
Slogan: Your place to buy and sell all things handmade
Monthly Fee: None
Listing Fee: 20 cents
Commission: 3.5%
Unique Vistors: 6,800,000+
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Etsy Alternatives
1. Artfire
Slogan: The Premier Artisan Marketplace
Monthly Fee: Pro Account $12.95/Month
Listing Fee: Free
Commission: None
Unique Visitors Per Month: 675,000+
Additional Details: Artfire provides 40 exclusive tools and options to help manage your shop. With 10 images per listing, global editing, and a customizeable shop template, they definitely offer more to you and your customers. In terms of popularity, this alternative comes second after Etsy.
2. Big Cartel
Slogan: Crafted By Artists, Uniquely Yours
Monthly Fee: Gold (Free - 5 Products), Platinum ($9.99 - 25 Products), Diamond ($19.99 - 100 Products), Titanium ($29.99 - 300 Products)
Listing Fee: None, but limited amount of product listings based on your package
Commission: None
Unique Visitors Per Month: 930,000+
Additional Details: Big Cartel has a great inventory set-up, for the sellers who need multiple sizing, colors, etc. You also have the ability to fully customize your store. Unlike most handmade marketplaces, Big Cartel does not have a social community on their website. Perhaps this is something they may introduce in the future.
3. Bonanza
Slogan: Find everything but the ordinary
Monthly Fee: None
Listing Fee: Free
Commission: 3.5% on items up to $500, $17.50 + 1.5% of items over $500
Unique Visitors Per Month: 930,000+
Additional Details: Bonanzle, an Ebay alternative, recently bought 1000 Markets, renaming it Bonanza. 1000 Markets surpassed their name, and now have 300,000 registered users with over 3.4 Million items for sale.
4. Cargoh
Slogan: A curated marketplace for D.I.Y. Designers
Monthly Fee: None (subject to change)
Listing Fee: None (subject to change)
Commission: 3.5% on all items sold
Unique Visitors Per Month: 6,500+
Additional Details: Sellers must register and submit their application in order to list on Cargoh You have the option to add a Facebook Like Widget for your fan page to your Cargoh store. Cargoh is still in beta, as they continue to test more excellent tools.
5. Coriandr
Slogan: Buy and Sell Handmade Gifts and Supplies
Monthly Fee: None
Listing Fee: 20 pence (approximately 32 cents)
Commission: 2.5% on all items sold
Unique Visitors Per Month: Not Available
Additional Details: Coriandr is a UK based handmade marketplace, but a site that many sellers around the world are now using. They have what they call "seedlings" which are promotional tools to help you build a shop into your webpage or blog. They're very big on promotion, so it will soon be gaining speed.
6. DaWanda
Slogan: Products with Love
Monthly Fee: None
Listing Fee: None
Commission: 5% on all items sold
Unique Visitors Per Month: 25,000+
Additional Details: Germany based DaWanda is slowly gaining momentum in the handmade marketplace. Their homepage looks like a more modern Etsy, with many options for finding the perfect item. Their social community is vast, with forums in English, French, and German. Because this site is available in multiple languages, it opens up a huge scope for sellers.
7. Folksy
Slogan: Products with Love
Monthly Fee: None
Listing Fee: 20 pence (approximately 32 cents)
Commission: 5% on all items sold
Unique Visitors Per Month: 35,000+
Additional Details: All fees are in UK Pounds Sterling, so remember this when listing and selling! The website is very simple and clean, with the usual forums and blogs. They also have a "making" section with handmade tutorials - a great way to bring in traffic.
8. iCraft
Slogan: Creativity without Borders
Registration Fee: $25 CAD
Monthly Fee: Free (1 - 5 Products), Starter ($5 CAD - 5-50 Products), Professional ($10 CAD - 5-100 Products), Elite ($15 CAD - Unlimited Products)
Listing Fee: None
Commission: None
Unique Visitors Per Month: 4,000+
Additional Details: All fees are in Canadian Dollars. If you choose to pay your fees upfront, you'll receive a 10% discount. You also have a chance to earn free months through their referral program. All sellers are referred to as "creators", which is a really nice touch.
9. Made It Myself
Slogan: Think it. Make it. Sell it.
Monthly Fee: None
Listing Fee: Listing fees are currently being waived.
Commission: 3%
Unique Visitors Per Month: 4,000+
Additional Details: Made it Myself is still in beta, which is good, because it currently looks a bit clunky. Although all the tools are there, the look isn't as up to scratch as some of the other handmade marketplaces. Time will tell if this one is a definite keeper.
10. Not on the High Street
Slogan: One basket, hundreds of unique shops
One-time Fee: £550
Listing Fee: None
Commission: 25%
Unique Visitors Per Month: 23,000+
Additional Details: The site boats only accepting 10% of sellers who apply to sell with them, guaranteeing that you will sell with a good company. Depending on how high of a price point your products are, this will determine if joining is worth the investment.
11. Silkfair
Slogan: One basket, hundreds of unique shops
Monthly Fee: From Free to $24.99/Month depending on the shop extras, like Google Base submission and using your own domain name.
Listing Fee: None
Commission: 0% with a free Account, 3% otherwise
Unique Visitors Per Month: 10,000+
Additional Details: There is a 14-day trial on their custom stores. Afterwards, fees range from $7.99-24.99 depending on the package you would prefer. They have sections dedicated to wholesale and eco-friendly items, which is very handy. Silkfair's marketplace items are much more in the style of a charming craft fair than an upscale boutique.
12. Storenvy
Slogan: The Social Store Community
Monthly Fee: None
Listing Fee: None
Commission: None
Unique Visitors Per Month: 65,000+
Additional Details: Yes, it really is free, free, free! Everything is fee free, including commission! Storenvy makes money from their printing service and run the site based on the profits. Amazing! This fun and colorful market is very user-friendly. Amongst all the categories available to buyers, they can also sort by "best selling", "newest" and "alphabetical".
13. Supermarket
Slogan: Great design. Straight from designers.
Monthly Fee: None
Listing Fee: None
Commission: There is a commission taken after an item has sold based on the percentage of your sales.
Unique Visitors Per Month: 9,000+
Additional Details: Similar to Not On The High Street, sellers need to apply to sell on Supermarket. Their website is clean and organized, making it easy for buyers to find you. Because the sellers are selected and items are curated, you can avoid your items being lost within the crowd.
14. Yokaboo
Slogan: Your Own Store
Monthly Fee: Ready Free (6 Products), Steady £14.99 - approx. $24 (50 Products), Go! $24.99 - approx. $40 (500 Products)
Listing Fee: None
Commission: None
Unique Visitors Per Month: Not Available
Additional Details: Launched in 2009, Yokaboo is the newbie on the block. They boast that the site is "Granny-proof" whereas any techonophobe can use it! The stock manager easily keeps track of stock, buyers, and payment methods.
15. Zibbet
Slogan: Handmade Artisan Marketplace
Monthly Fee: Basic Free (50 Products), Premium $9.95/Month (Unlimited Products), Premium YEARLY $69.00/Year = $5.75/Month (Unlimited Products)
Listing Fee: None
Commission: None
Unique Visitors Per Month: 35,000+
Additional Details: Zibbet offers a huge range of seller tools, including coupons, gift certificates, Facebook App, Etsy importer, 8 images per listing, Google base and findit listing, and more. This is definitely a big competitor for Etsy, as many existing Etsy sellers are also listing on Zibbet for maximum exposure.
Unique Visitor Stats are based on December 2010 via www.compete.com
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Another good one is Bootic
Slogan: Bootic: The free and neutral marketplace
Monthly Fee: Free
Listing Fee: None
Commission: None
Unique Visitors Per Month: Not Available
Additional Details: Very simplistic and easy to use. Create your own store in a few clicks. Sell your products and / or allow others to sell your products for you.
Check them out at http://www.bootic.com
Articents.com lets you list items for free and it does not charge commissions on sales. It's still relatively new, but there's great potential.
Yes, Artfire charges $12.95 every month. Some sellers find it affordable and worthwhile, while others don't.
Here artfire says $12 per month, means I have to pay $12/ month or what?
Dont forget Isupportamerican.com they only allow American made crafts which is very important to me. No listing fees o% commission and $5 a month for 500 products. I've only been on their site a few weeks but they are very proactive in promoting individual products no idea of traffic they get but sold two pieces in my first week which more than covered my subscription for a few months.
There is a very different ecommerce marketplace called Ubokia.com. People Post what they Want and Sellers respond to qualified Buyers. People might want to take a look.
There's also Kurated.com (http://www.kurated.com)
Slogan: We heart Art
Monthly Fee: None
Listing Fee: None
Commission: 10%
Unique Visitors Per Month: Unknown.
I didn't realize there were so many sites for selling handmade creations on the Internet. I plan to check them out as I start my Christmas shopping. Thanks for the suggestions.
Thanks for the hub! Nice tips and I love the list of outlet possibilities!
Signed up for zibbet and storenvy to run a test and see.
So far I'm liking the usability of zibbet from both buyer and seller perspective. http://www.zibbet.com/DesignedByDee
Storenvy seemed a bit more complicated to understand the listing process. http://designedbydee.storenvy.com/
I really have to say great information, I have been searching for a few new paces and your information really helped.
Wow! i had no idea!
a new up-coming one is www.uniimi.com - uniimi - you name it, I make it; this is a group of sellers from etsy who are tired of alchemy being taken down. The site is designed around an alchemy type environment where a buyer can make a custom request (for free) and the sellers bid to make the project. They are also working on a storefront setup so you don't have to go through the customize it process if you find what you love! :D
You might want to mention that Folksy is only for sellers based in the UK. When I saw the list I thought maybe they had changed their mind and opened to all but nope. A bit disappointing as the site is lovely to look at.
i do have an dawanda shop also, becasue i'm original from germany, my writing gets way better in my home language :)
i aslo use the french and english possibility.
listing on dawanda is only free for the out of europe people. germans do pay a listing fee if they sign up on the german site with a german adress.
i also do have an folksy shop, so far, i sold on either of this sites on piece of jewelry to a great price :)
i have to admit that for me the dawanda with german buyers is easier to use, germans dont love credit cards and many dont use paypal. its verry common in germany to just move the money from one bank account to an other and my daughter lives there so i get the money on her bank account. transferring money is quick, save and easy in germany. so thats why.
Another fantastic thing about Zibbet is the Admin presence. It really is unbeatable that emails actually get answered and they are in the forums responding to ideas, questions and giving support!
Julie, you're right! I've made the changes, plus there is a $25 registration fee which has been added. Thanks!
Efreeme is also another alternative. I think it's still in beta as well.
You missed www.craftisart.com , currently running a sale $4.99 per month unlimited listings.
Great list! I just wanted to point out that icraft only has the monthly fee, it doesn't have a listing fee as indicated above.
Thank you for sharing. Whenever I have some down time I do research on more places to sell. I have slowly branched out within the past four years and am glad to see this list.
thanks!
Levi Rosol 2 weeks ago
Full disclosure, I am a co-founder of Goodsmiths, the marketplace for makers.
We went fully live this month, and are getting tons of positive feedback from our shops.
We have NO listing fees, NO monthly fees, and an Etsy importer. Making it a no brainer to cross promote your goods or fully migrate over. The only fee associated with a Goodsmiths storefront is the 2% transaction fee, which was lowered from its regular 5% transaction fee through the rest of 2012 in celebration of our launch.