The best places to sell handmade crafts online

7 Aug

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Want to know where the best places are to buy or sell handmade crafts online?

The Design Trust has done all the hard work for you and selected the best and most popular online market places, portfolio sites and web shops for designers and makers. And we give you our honest opinion about each!

From very small, niche online web shops to the big boys.
From very ethical websites to extremely commercial ones.
From online directories to online portfolio sites or membership organisations.
Including sites selling crafts, design, textiles, stationery, homewares, giftware, art and fashion accessories; and sites promoting the services of designers, makers, and illustrators.

Here you will find our favourite places to buy and sell handmade crafts online.

Many of the online shops you will already know, but we have also included some lovely new and lesser-known gems in here, so check it out and explore. Either to sell your own handmade crafts online - maybe to buy some too!

Promoting or selling your crafts online with an established craft website, online market place or online directory is a fantastic way to increase your profile and generate sales throughout the year. You can find a quick & simple overview of the 5 main options for selling craft & design online here.

Please note that we always suggest that you do your own (thorough) research before you pay any organisation or sign a contract. Check if your product would be suitable for these websites, and check if your price point and ideal client visits and buys from the site. Make sure you understand the contract and how you can stop the contract if necessary.

Is your favourite online website not featured? Got any specific recommendations, updates or warnings (?) about any of the online places to sell handmade crafts, then do let us know in the comments below.

Amazon Handmade

Amazon Handmade is a specialist store area within the main Amazon website for invited artisans to sell their one-of-a-kind, handcrafted goods, home decorations, jewellery, stationery, fashion accessories and more.

Amazon reaches hundreds of millions of clients over the world so can reap many rewards for hand made sellers. Amazon Handmade takes a 15% commission on sales (which includes payment processing, marketing, seller support and fraud protection) but doesn’t charge a a monthly fee. You can list a smany items as you’d like to and only pay when something sells.

Amazon is very strict on selling only handmade items - sellers have to apply, and explain their materials before getting approved.

ArtsThread

ArtsThread is the leading online portfolio site for new design graduates, operating from London but with a strong presence across Europe and the USA. It offers new creatives the opportunity to create an online portfolio for free, with specific keywords so that they can be found easily by potential design clients across the world, as well as recruitment agencies and other partners that ArtsThread works with. They also regularly organise events, competitions and have a creative jobs board. This is an ideal first online showcasing opportunity for new graduates and can help to drive traffic to your own website too.

Association of Illustrators

The AOI website has got a vibrant portfolio site with their illustrator and animation member's work that they actively promote to agents and clients. The portfolios with up to 20 images of emerging and well-established illustrators can be found and searched on criteria such as subject, style, and technique. The potential client then contacts the AOI for further details.

The online portfolio option is part of their membership, which also includes free pricing, accountancy and portfolio advice, as well as exhibition opportunities.

ASOS Marketplace

Launched in 2010 with just 20 sellers by ASOS, Asos Marketplace is now the leading online platform for ambitious independent fashion, jewellery and accessory brands and vintage boutiques representing over 800 businesses from all over the globe. The target market for ASOS Marketplace is the fashion-loving twenty-somethings [their words!]. There is a low monthly charge plus a 20% commission on all sales.

Behance

Behanceis the largest online portfolio website for designers, illustrators, fashion, photographers, and architects. It was launched in 2005 and is now owned by Adobe. It's crucial that you include your specialisms as key words to get noticed by Creative Directors and other potential clients.

Contemporary Glass Society

The CGS website has got one of the largest directories for makers, artists, and organisations working in glass attracting more than 4,000 viewers each month. It has a very eclectic mix of work by members who total more than 1,000 creatives. Makers can be found easily by using search options including name, discipline, glass technique and region.

The site is fairly basic but it is very popular amongst buyers and commissioners of glass. Each member gets their own webpage, which is one of the benefits of the membership. The main purpose is that glass artists and makers can easily be found with visitors then directed straight to the makers' own websites.

Allister Malcolm at Contemporary Glass Society. Image by Simon Bruntnell

Crafters Market

Crafter’s Market UKis a marketplace for selling and buying crafts in the UK with low selling fees and no up-front costs. It has been designed and developed by crafters for crafters and aims to create a community of likeminded makers helping each other over discussions with marketing and small business queries, all accompanied by a secure shopping platform for its customers. They also plant a tree for every sale from the website.

Crafts Council Directory

The Crafts Council Directory is a popular online resource for finding the best crafts people in the UK – both the most promising emerging makers as well as very well-known crafts people. It is a selected portfolio site where potential contemporary craft buyers can find makers across the UK based on criteria such as technique, discipline, materials, price, and location. The main purpose is that potential buyers and commissioners will be able to find you and then are directed to your own website.

The site looks beautiful with large images, although the amount of images is limited. The annual membership has two different levels with different benefits.

We would highly recommend the Crafts Council Directory to makers who create top quality contemporary crafts to improve your profile and drive traffic of buyers and collectors to your own website.

Crafty Fox Market Directory

Crafty Fox Market organise regular, very popular handmade craft fairs across London, and in 2016 they created a directory showcasing and selling the work of 100 of their exhibitors. It’s a great online resource for those looking for quirky and original handmade products and is actively promoted to stockists and press. Crafty Fox Market Directorymembers also get a series of membership benefits including an online listings page, exhibitor opportunities and discounts on photography, PR, and accountancy. There is a small one-off membership fee, and a small monthly fee to join.

Design Nation

Design Nation is the sister company of The Design Trust, as both organisations were originally set up by the design journalist Peta Levi MBE.

Design Nation is a membership organisation that selects, promotes, and exhibits the best designer makers in the UK. Their website shows the work of their current members working in ceramics, glass, furniture, lighting, wood, interior products, jewellery, metal, textiles, and paper. They regularly exhibit at interior design trade fair Decorex International and promote members to the press, trade buyers, commissioners and the general public interested in the best designer makers in the UK.

Etsy

Etsy is still the number one online market place for handmade products, with 8.1 million sellers (2026) worldwide with over 88.3 million buyers! It's the best-known global marketplace for unique and creative goods from unique handmade products to vintage treasures. The price point tends to be below £50, and most buyers are still from the USA.

Etsy is not what it used to be, and many handmade sellers feel rightly that the quality control over handmade goods has been diminished.

Joining and starting a shop is free, but there are four additional fees (which can make it rather complicated): a listing fee, a transaction fee, a payment processing fee, and an operating fee. In 2026 these are; approx. £0.15–£0.16 listing fee per item, a 6.5% transaction fee on the total order value (including shipping and gift-wrapping), a UK payment processing fee of 4% plus £0.20, and a regulatory operating fee of 0.48%.

Useful to mention is that Etsy has a great community space where sellers can take part in regular regional meetups to meet other Etsy sellers, can get help selling on Etsy and can also can take part in events, especially the Etsy Made Local events in the run up to Christmas.

Also useful to know is that if you want to sell to the EU, Etsy has build in requirements to help you confirm to rules around information about safety of your products, your packaging and others. Although more complicated than in the past (not Etsy’s fault) it is one of the best places to sell to the EU in line with their new requirements.

Faire

Faire was founded in 2017 on the belief that the future of retail is local. Faire’s mission is to help independent entrepreneurs grow their business by linking with retailers. Faire is an online wholesale marketplace empowering small business owners and independent brands to buy and sell wholesale online. It doesn’t cost anything to join, but Faire takes a percentage from orders placed on the site. First time store orders have a 15% commission plus a $10 fee, while all reorders have just the 15% commission. In addition, there is a payment processing fee ranging from 1.9% to 3.5% + $0.30 per transaction.

Find a maker

Set up by Sarah James from Craft Festival, Find A Maker is a directory of some of the best designer makers, craft galleries and craft organisations established to connect Craft Festival's audience with a carefully curated collection of the finest makers, regardless of where they are based. You can register your interest online at any time, and applications open three times a year.

Benefits include a listing with 200 words and eight images, and a direct link to your website, shop and workshops, Maker of the Week features, inclusion in the newsletter, and access to the Find a Maker Business School.

Folksy

Folksy.com is one the oldest and friendliest online market places in the UK for handmade or designed work from over 10,000 independent designers and makers based across the UK. It has a fairly small but stable clientele and a very supportive handmade community.

Folksy report that around 85% of their customers are based in the UK with the rest scattered around the world. As of 2026, Folksy charges sellers a £0.18 listing fee, as well as 6% (plus VAT) commission. The site also allows a premium membership tier called Folksy Plus, which charges users £7.50 a month (or £75 if paid annually, which works out at £5 a month). This gives sellers unlimited listings, eliminating selling fees per item.

Handmade in Britain marketplace

Handmade in Britain has been organising fairs and events for many years to support and promote the best contemporary and traditional design and craft talent in the UK. Handmade in Britain also hosts an online marketplace with the work of more than 100 emerging and well-known designer-makers.

Applications are welcomed from UK-based designer makers and visual artists working in furniture, metal, sculpture, jewellery, ceramics, glass, textiles, print, woodwork, paper, print, and mixed media. Costs to join the marketplace in 2026 are £24 inc. VAT per month, £240 inc. VAT per year with a 20%+VAT commission taken on sales.

Lisa Valentine Home

Lisa Valentine Home is the lifestyle website of Lisa Valentine - a curated online store of practical, beautiful & useful homeware. As beautiful as her Instagram time line! Full of gorgeous products and images of bags and baskets, kitchenware, candles, furniture, printed cards, woodware, gift boxes, and even some utility stuff too.

Made It

Made It is Australia's premier online buying and selling destination for handmade and independently created items, with 850+ registered sellers. There are quarterly or annual commission plans depending on the number of items you wish to list. You can only sell with Made It if you live in Australia.

Not On The High Street

Not On The High Street or NOTHS is one of the most well-known online marketplace for gifts and in particular personalised creative products. Set up in 2006 by Holly Tucker and Sophie Cornish, the site now has more than 3m active customers (2026) purchasing innovative-but-affordable-and-trend-driven personalised gifts and homewares, jewellery, prints and art, gifts for babies and pets!

NOTHS suits more commercially-minded creatives who can produce quality and quantities at good prices and who are adaptable to new trends. The new owners have recently caused a bit of a storm by starting to charge monthly fees for those sellers not reaching a minimum amount of sales each month, and many established sellers have left.

In 2026, NOTHS requires a one-time joining fee of £199 plus VAT and a 25% commission plus VAT on every item you sell. NOTHS regularly promotes their 'partners' through weekly emails, beautiful seasonal catalogues, and even a TV campaign.

Numonday

Numonday is a UK online marketplace based in Glasgow hosting the work of thousands of artists, makers and creatives. All products on Numonday have been handmade, designed or created by the seller. It does feel a little less sophisticated compared to larger handmade online marketplaces, but it does offer really good value for money.

Creating an account is easy and costs in 2026 are 0% commission, no listing fees, just a flat £5 per month.

Odissa

Odissais an online marketplace for jewellery designer makers and outlets catering for the growth in fine handmade products. It features the best of thoughtfully curated modern creative workmanship. The platform was created by The Guild of Jewellery Designers as a place for creatives to offer workshops, showcase and sell their products, and help to maintain and grow the handmade industry.

Odissa accepts jewellery designers who are committed to handcrafting products from their own original designs.

Online Ceramics

Online Ceramicsaims to bring the very best of contemporary British studio pottery into one dedicated online marketplace. The site features over 30 ceramicists, including Chris Keenan, Jack Doherty, and Walter Keeler. Every featured maker is visited in their studio to ensure standards are met, and every piece featured has been chosen to provide the best examples of that artist’s work. Potters must have worked professionally in ceramics for at least 10 years - most of those featured have well over 30 years’ experience, and are all members or fellows of the Craft Potters Association.

Pedddle

Pedddle is an online community for designer makers and market organisers. It provides an online listings service for designers, makers, and artists from around the UK with features on markets and selling events. The site enables visitors to discover makers online, with links to websites and where they can be seen and bought from at selling events / markets nearby.

Red Bubble

Started in 2006 in Melbourne, Red Bubble now gives over 400,000 independent artists and designers across the world an online market place to sell their designs and illustrations on a wide variety of products to millions of fans. The idea is that creatives upload their art and designs, and Red Bubble handles all the printing (on over 60 products - think phone cases, tablet covers, t-shirts, face masks and duvet covers) and shipping across the world.

In 2026, and with over 2.8 million artists, Red Bubble now offers tiered rates for its sellers based on volume and how long sellers have been on the site.

Rockett St George

Rockett St George is the favourite online emporium of expressive homewares for interiors designers. Launched in 2007, Rockett St George scours the globe in search of unique, glamorous, eclectic, witty and rock ‘n’ roll home accessories, furniture, lighting, kitchenware, art, and gifts.

Society of Designer Craftsmen

The Voice of Craft since 1887 - the Society of Designer Craftsmen promotes and supports the work of creative thinkers, designers and makers who continue to innovate in the crafts through their exploration of materials and skills. They operate a membership scheme with a fantastic online directory, with opportunities to join at various stages throughout the year.

Whether you are an established designer maker or a student, the Society is a friendly community of like-minded people, who value quality craftsmanship, the importance of learning skills, educating others about craft and working to make craft accessible.

Society6

Society6is a printing-on-demand service for creatives, especially illustrators, photographers and pattern designers, who upload and sell their designs on lifestyle products, from blankets to rug sacks and even shower curtains. Society6 produces and fulfills the order to a world-wide audience.

Society6 pays artists a standard royalty commission of 5% to 10% of the net sale amount on products, depending on the item category.

Spoonflower

Spoonflower is another printing-on-demand marketplace, specialising in custom-printed fabrics for interiors. More than 16,000 creatives sell their pattern designs and illustrations to be printed and turned into interior fabrics, wallpaper, clothes, bags, giftwrap, framed artwork etc.

Spoonflower pays designers a standard base commission (royalty) of 10% on the paid price of fabric, wallpaper, and home decor items.

The Artisan Founder Directory

The Artisan Founderis a relatively new online directory set up by Lyndsey James, a brand consultant with 20 years of experience working alongside artisan businesses and navigating the online business world with her own brands.

Every business featured in TheArtisan Founder Directory has been selected editorially. Lyndsey and her team look for independent brands where skill, originality and meaningful production remain central to what they create. When they discover a business they love, they add them to the directory, linking readers directly to the brand’s website for free. Businesses can get on The Artisan Founder Directory ‘s radar via a suggest a brand form on the website.

The British Craft house

The British Craft House offers a large selection of thoughtful, handmade gift ideas and handcrafted jewellery made by small independent businesses from all over Great Britain. Established in 2019 by Susan Bonnar, TBCH charges 6% commission (7.2% including VAT) on sales.

The Future Kept

The Future Kept was set up by husband-and-wife team Jeska and Dean Hearne, purveyors of well-designed, durable, meticulously chosen items made and carefully sourced from independent designers, makers, artisans and entrepreneurs who are creating products that are better for our world. With beautiful images and stories.

Threadless

Threadlessstarted as a t-shirt company in Chicago in 2000, and is now an on-demand-printing service for creatives. Threadless offers a professional storefront and handles everything from printing to shipping.

Threadless does not charge upfront creation fees or monthly subscription costs to run an Artist Shop. Instead, they use a base cost system where you keep the profit above the base cost, or a fixed 10% royalty rate for general marketplace sales.

Wolf & Badger

Wolf & Badger is B Corp-certified and stocks over 2000 of the world's best independent sustainably and ethically produced jewellery, homeware, accessories, fashion and beauty, without compromising on quality and design.

Creative brands can apply to sell online and 33% to 38% is deducted from the retail sale price before creatives receive their payout.

Yoyo and Flo

Yoyo and Flo is a curated selection of design-led soft and wooden toys, gifts, and nursery decoration. Everything is chosen for its quality, originality, and sense of fun. They work with a small selection of brands, many of them French.

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