If you love creating with your hands — jewelry, art, candles, crochet, home dรฉcor, printables, or anything beautifully handmade — this might be the season to let your creativity start paying you back.
The truth is, we’re living in a time where your craft table can become your storefront. Your late-night hobby can become a steady side income. And your unique ideas can reach customers around the world.
Here are 25 of the best places to start selling crafts online, whether you want your own branded store or access to a ready-made marketplace full of buyers.
๐ Build Your Own Branded Online Store
These platforms give you full control over your shop, branding, and marketing.
>Shopify
Shopify is a very popular ecommerce platform used by many major, major companies.
Basically they make it very simple for you to set up your business in an online shop, using your own branding, etc.
You can market your business however you would like. Unlike eBay or Amazon, your products won't show up in any sort of directory. You're basically — as mentioned above — just using their platform and tools to get your shop set up how you want it.
They also have a free trial, and if you like it, it's VERY cheap to keep your store going!
>Etsy
Etsy is probably the biggest craft & handmade item marketplace online. You can find absolutely everything under the sun there that's handmade, including crafts, soaps, vintage items, and so much more.
I personally love Etsy and often check there to find something I want or need before looking anywhere else just because I love having unique, one of a kind things.
Etsy charges you no membership fees. They charge .20 cents to list one item for four months or until it sells, and once your item sells, Etsy takes a 3.5 percent fee from the sale price.
If your item does not sell in four months, it will no longer be listed for sale unless you choose to relist it for another .20 cents.
You must have a valid credit card to sign up as a seller so that they can bill you once a month for whatever listing fees and transaction fees you have accumulated.
From what I can tell, they don't take this automatically out of your account. Once you receive an invoice from them, you have to pay it by the 15th of the next month.
>Handmade by Amazon
Amazon jumps in on everything, and now they're trying to compete with Etsy as well. Their new site for crafters and DIYers, Handmade, will allow you to sell your wares through Amazon.
There is a $39.99 monthly charge plus selling fees, but this will be waived for approved applications after the first month.
>Ebay
Everyone knows about Ebay! Listing this one was kind of a no-brainer, like listing Etsy (above). But it can't be overlooked as a good place to sell your handmade items.
While Ebay is known for having some pretty high fees for sellers, you can't dispute the fact it's a great way to reach a LOT of people with your creations!
Unfortunately, Ebay will take around 10% of your earnings!! That's not nothing.
>Strikingly
This site makes it easy to create a professional looking, mobile friendly website in minutes. And the company claims it's perfect for selling your stuff. You can set up shipping, coupons, member logins, and more.
With Strikingly, you can also get paid via Paypal or Stripe by anyone who purchases your items. It's $8 a month for their most basic plan.
>IndieCart
IndieCart is another big marketplace for handmade items. You can sell earth, child, and family friendly items there. While selling handmade items is encouraged, you can also sell manufactured items that you no longer need or want.
IndieCart doesn't charge for listing items, but you do have to pay $5 a month for your store. However, this fee only applies if your store is active.
IndieCart will not bill you automatically, so if you aren't interested in selling for a month or so, you can just not pay your $5 for that month.
Overall, a very nice, easy to navigate site with lots of items.
>Felt
This is a New Zealand based site. It is a marketplace for goods and gifts direct from New Zealand makers. There are no monthly fees. They say that you can “top up and pay as you go.”
It costs 50 cents to list an item for four months. And then a five percent commission applies when the items sells.
Anyone in the world can buy from felt, but you cannot sign up to sell unless you are from New Zealand.
>Big Cartel
Big Cartel (similar to Shopify above) is a company that many small business owners and crafters/creators use to have an online storefront to showcase their products.
While a base account is completely free, you can always upgrade to one of their paid plans for more features for your store.
>Bonanza
This ecommerce platform has both a marketplace and the option to create your own online store.
You can sign up as a seller for free with zero listing fees or set up costs. Plus, Bonanaza makes it possible for you to import items you may have for sale on other sites like Amazon or eBay to make getting your listings in place a breeze.
>MakerPlace by Michael's
Michael's, the popular retail store known for crafts and home decor items, has a new platform just for sellers!
MakerPlace has three different ways for you to earn money:
Sell your handmade items directly on the platform
Sell seats to online classes you create
Sell how-to's and earn commission on your supply lists
The basic membership option is free, as are product listings! If you ever decide to upgrade, a professional plan is only about $10 a year, with a 6-month free trial so you can be 100% sure it's worth investing in before you make the jump.
>iCraft
This site is 100% for handmade items. Unlike Etsy and some of the other big craft marketplaces, they don't also have food products or vintage items. If it isn't handmade, you can't sell it there. They charge a $25 registration fee and then it's $5 a month (for one of the cheaper plans) for unlimited product postings.
>GoImagine
GoImagine is a “community of makers and artists working together to build a better world through handmade.”
To become a member and start selling your handmade products on the platform, you have to submit an application and get approval. This platform is also only for US-based sellers.
It is not free to open a shop on GoImagine, but it's also not expensive. The cheapest plan is just $2.50 a month and lets you have 20 listings up. The most expensive plan is $10 a month for 1000 listings.
>eCrater
eCrater is both an online marketplace and a virtual store builder. They have been in existence since 2004. While this company doesn't charge you any listing fees, you may not see as much traffic from them as you would from a more popular marketplace like Etsy or eBay.
>Handmade
Handmade.com is a curated online marketplace dedicated exclusively to non–mass-produced handmade goods, connecting skilled artisans with shoppers who value authenticity and craftsmanship.
Sellers must apply and be approved by a juried panel to ensure products meet the platform’s handmade and quality standards. The site features categories like jewelry, home dรฉcor, clothing, and accessories, with a strong emphasis on ethical, people-first practices.
>Storenvy
Storenvy allows you have to have your own storefront as well as a listing in their marketplace for independent retailers.
They do take a 10 percent cut on any of the sales you gain from the marketplace, but they do not take any commissions from sales that come from your online shop. There are also some fees for having a storefront if you add “extras” to it.
>The British Craft House
This online handmade marketplace is limited to UK artisans and makers only.
The British Craft House does not allow for the sale of vintage items or supplies, just handcrafted items.
It isn't free to sell, but you can list 75 products on their basic plan for £12.00 a month.
>Cratejoy (craft subscription boxes)
An interesting idea for getting your crafts in the hands of others and establishing a name for yourself is by going the popular “subscription box” route.
Unless you've been living under a rock for the last few years, you probably know that subscription boxes have recently become all the rage — allowing people with a wide variety of interests to get “surprise” boxes of samples in the mail every month.
Cratejoy makes it very easy to start and launch a subscription box business based around your brand or products. They provide all the tools you need to get started, including a website builder, free listings in their marketplace, and much more.
>Folksy
If you're in the UK, you can sign up for an account on Folksy and begin selling jewelry, clothing & accessories, art, cards & stationary, and many more handmade items.
They have a “Basic” account where you're charged listing fees for each item, or a “Plus” account with a flat monthly fee allowing you to list unlimited items with no listing fees.
>CraftIsArt
CraftIsArt is an online “artisan” marketplace for handmade items, vintage items, art, and more. On the main selling page, they claim in large letters to charge no listing fees with no contracts.
They also claim to give you unlimited listings. However, if you scroll down, you'll see that you can sign up for either a “Basic” or “Premium” account, with the “Basic” option giving you up to 100 free listings (you're charged 0.15¢ per listing if you go over 100) or the “Premium” option with unlimited listings at $7.99 a month.
>Creative Resale
Creative Resale is an online marketplace designed specifically for buying, selling, trading, or donating used crafts and art supplies. The regular listing cost for a classified ad on their site is 100 percent free.
>Mercari
Mercari is fast becoming a very popular app for buying and selling anything — including crafts and other handmade items. The selling fee on Mercari is 10 percent of the listing price, and they take that right off the top when you make a sale so you don't have to worry about being billed for it later. There are no listing fees at all.
>RebelsMarket
This is a site that specializes in unique, edgy, and rebellious styles. They say you can set up an online store with them in about five minutes. Accepting payments is easy — they make it so you can accept major credit cards through Paypal and Stripe.
There is a $39 one time fee after you sign up, and then after that they charge 15 percent for every sale you make on their site.
>Artisan Marketplace (Reddit)
There is a sub-Reddit called Artisan Marketplace where you can promote and sell crafts you make. Currently there are over 88,000 people who have joined this community, so there's a good chance your item would get seen.
There are no fees of course since this is Reddit, but the rules indicate that you can only put up one listing every seven days. Also, you must have at least 10 karma and an account that is older than 5 days.
>Ravelry
You can sign up as a designer on Ravelry and sell or give away PDF files of patterns you've created. They will allow you to earn up to $30 on their site before they charge any fees for the sales you've made through them.
>Uncommon Goods:
Uncommon Goods is “always on the lookout for interesting products to add to our assortment.” You can submit your designs to them, but there is no guarantee they will approve you to sell there.
>Want To Avoid Listing Fees?
We have a list of 10 crafting sites that don't charge listing fees if you'd prefer to avoid those.
>Tips for Promotion:
If you are already a member of one or more of these sites and just can't seem to get much in the way of sales, consider signing up for Pinterest and becoming active. Follow other people, re-pin their crafts, and be sure to share all of your crafts along with a link going back to where they can be purchased.
Also, be sure to list the prices for your items in the description box.
If you find Pinterest confusing, the e-book Pinterest Savvy: How I Got 1 Million+ Followers (Strategies, Plans, and Tips to Grow Your Business with Pinterest) by Melissa Taylor will really help you understand more how to use it for your business. I have read this one and highly recommend it.
๐ฑFinal Thoughts:
You don’t need a massive investment to start.
You don’t need a warehouse.
You don’t need permission.
You just need to begin.
Pick one platform. Test it. Learn. Improve. Repeat.
Your handmade skill is not “just a hobby.”
It could be your next stream of income — and maybe even your brand.
If you’ve tried any of these platforms, share your experience. Your comment might inspire another maker to finally start.
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Good luck — and keep creating.✨
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