Seller Qualifications
Handmade.com is a curated, highly-selective marketplace. Here are the three principles reflected in our seller community.
HANDMADE
Our name says it all. To sell on Handmade.com, your products must be handmade, high-quality, unique creations.
DO GOOD
All sellers must take our Ethical Pledge. Our goal is to become the standard bearer for doing good, proving that a marketplace community can adopt principles of crafting ethically, taking care of the environment, and doing business responsibly in every way we possibly can.
100% AUTHENTIC
Handmade.com sellers commit to authenticity in all respects. We celebrate a community that tells it like it is, where products are consistent with their pictures and descriptions (unlike other marketplaces) and do not violate the intellectual property of others. This is a sacred tenet in our handmade community as we hold each other to these high standards for the benefit of all.
Seller Benefits
No Mass Produced Goods
Sellers are not buried behind mountains of mass produced goods — which also means our amazing buyers who love authentic handmade creations can more easily find your products.
$50 Welcome Credit
We believe community starts at home. Enjoy $50 in welcome credit to support other artisans selling on Handmade.com after your first sale.
Free listings for your first 50 products
Get started fast with no listing costs, so you can discover which of your products customers are most excited to buy.
Free marketing boost for one of your products
You receive an ongoing free marketing boost for any one of your qualifying products. You choose which one.
Industry Leader Partnership
The team at the prestigious Smithsonian Folklife Festival is involved with the Village Council and will be creating juried collections featuring the best handmade artistry.
Handmade Corps
Volunteer for the Handmade Corps to play an important role in supporting other sellers, upholding handmade values, and shaping our future.
Share-and-Earn Program
Earn an additional 10-15% (compared to only 2-4% on other sites) when your referral links generate sales.
Artist Invite Program
Active sellers can priority-invite up to 5 handmade sellers per month to join the platform, enjoying bonuses when those sellers become successful.
Artisan Insider Group
Artisans may additionally showcase their favorite works to an invite-only seller community — and receive insider gift cards to support one another.
Get started for no cost
Store fees and listing fees are FREE to get you started — that's the core to our philosophy. No cost barrier should stand between a talented seller and the Handmade.com community. Join free, with no pressure.
- Monthly Store Fee — FREE for your first year, $3 per month afterward
- Listing Fees — FREE for your first 50 items; $.15/product after that
Keep your best products LIVE
Products that sell are relisted for FREE for our first year and only $.15 per product after that. This allows our amazing handmade buyers to always find your best items. If an item does not sell within 90 days, you'll receive a notification to review your listing to see if there's something you can tweak – pricing, pictures, description – in order to sell that item.
- Relist Fees - FREE 90-day relist for any item that sells through 12/31/2024 and $.15/product after that date; $.15/product if it hasn't sold in 90 days.
We deliver great buyers and you earn from your own too
Our philosophy is simple – we'll connect you with the best handmade buyers in the world. That's our job. And when you bring in a sale through one of your own shared affiliate links, you deserve a huge win. Unlike other marketplaces, if you bring in the traffic, you earn the rewards (in some cases receiving almost 100% of the value of a sale!).
- Transaction Fees - On the total value of a sale: 9.9% + $1.95 cents
- Credit Card Fees - Standard charges: 3% + .49 cents
- Share-and-Earn Bonus - You receive 10-15% back on the entire sale for any referred customer
Example: If you refer a customer that purchases your $100 tapestry, then you get paid $87.10 minus $2.44 fixed processing fee = $84.66 for the sale. AND you earn back $15 as a Share-and-Earn bonus which equals a total $99.66 payout to you. That's almost 100% of your sale — much higher than any other major marketplace.
The world is your oyster
Around the world, most marketplaces are local. You're welcome to embrace that ethos and ship exclusively within your own country. But if you select the option to sell internationally, which we 100% encourage you to do, then you're able to unlock our international features.
- Optional International Export Fee - amount charged on each sale outside of your country, if seller wishes to sell/ship internationally; 12.5%
Our commitment on rates
You've seen it with your own eyes — as marketplaces grow they tend to INCREASE fees. We want to do the opposite. As Handmade.com grows, we're committed to finding ways to reduce costs for sellers. When we reach the milestone of sending our first $1 billion to artisans through all marketplace platforms managed by NOVICA (which, as we launch Handmade.com, already stands at over $130 million), we pledge to permanently reduce transaction fees by a factor of 10% and we’ll celebrate achieving that first milestone together by having a full weekend of no transaction fees.
globeAre you a wholesaler?
The rates above only apply to individual artists/artisans and artisan groups/cooperatives. If you are a wholesaler committed to ethical fair trade practices, you may apply to our Artisan Facilitator Program (details coming soon) to be considered for inclusion on Handmade.com. Rates are higher for Artisan Facilitators, but of course you'll have the ability to represent many artisan groups (and may also be eligible to sell across NOVICA's other existing marketplace platforms).