Where to sell my handmade creations?

November 19, 2008 By: Kristy Category: Handmade selling venue profile
I thought it might be interesting to compare traffic rankings of available venues for artists, artisan crafters and
designers. It could quite possibly just be my opinion, but it seems as though a myriad of new sites have appeared
over the last several months proclaiming themselves to be the next great selling venue. Are they? Time will tell I
guess.
I used Alexa.com to generate traffic rankings for several dozen handmade goods selling sites. Per Alexa they
“compute traffic rankings by analyzing the Web usage of millions of Alexa Toolbar users and data obtained from
other, diverse traffic data sources. The information is sorted, sifted, anonymized, counted, and computed, until,
finally, we get the traffic rankings shown in the Alexa service. ” So, while not a 100% statistically correct collection
methodology, the number comparisons are interesting to note. There really seems to be a big divide between what I
consider the top tier of selling sites vs. those in the second tiers.
Is traffic the be all end all to guarantee sales to the indie artisan? Not necessarily, as evidenced by my experience on
Ruby Lane (see my experience here) and as also evidenced by the thousands of etsy sellers that are selling little to
nothing.
You need to be able to clearly articulate your intended audience, your expectations of service from the venue you

are considering and do your research.

I’ve sorted the sites in from most to least trafficked. Remember, the LOWER the number the HIGHER the number of
visitors a site receives. LOWER numbers are BETTER.
What others should be added to this list?
UPDATED LIST HERE
Site Name Traffic Ranking Note
ebay 20
etsy 708
cafepress 938
zazzle 1,443
dawanda 5,664
ecrater 5,989
bigcartel 7,410
rubylane 15,850Blog post here
imagekind 17,364
artfire 36,991Site profile here
shopify 51,919$24/month
silkfair 60,218$25/per year spec 14.99 / 6months
hyenacart 61,473Site profile here
yessy 76,773 $59/ a year
Supermarkethq 100,458 Judge
1000markets 110,477Juried site
indiepublic 140,475
elsewares 148,211 Judge
shophandmade 172,891
folksy 175,247
erayo 216,986
artsefest 223,521
winkelf 277,037Site profile here
trunkt 277,660Juried site
smashingdarling 328,506Juried site
ebid 362,080
lollishops 394,061Site profile here Judge
madeitmyself 439,786Site profile here
mintd 461,970
plumdrop 474,245
icraft.ca 523,305Site profile here $25 Free 5 items Canada
seekingdesigners 553,326 $24/per month
misi.uk 615,825Site profile here
lov.li 642,797
handmadecatalog 760,788
handmadefusion 1,382,301Site profile here
girlshopspot 1,211,500Site profile here
youcraft.org 1,908,499Site profile here
Coriandr 1,964,966Site profile here
craftersbuzz 2,044,704
gozabo 4,407,610
fuzzb 7,098,996
crowsoup 10,011,323Inactive?
youcraftylot 11,561,107

Bouf.com 3 months Free

Fromyoo.com Free

Zibbet.com Free

Indiehandmade.com Submit store

Indiemart.com Free

Homemadespark.com Free Basic Listing $12 etsy shop ad

Saponifier.com/lookbook Free no photo no link $30 year for pic link

Artbixin.com Register to see

Cosaverde.com Free first month 3 items free

Renegadehandmade Consignment Judge

Craftisart.com/sell

Crobbies

The prim market List one item free / list 10 items $6/month

Madeit.com 25 cents per item

Handmadefusion

Beetlebird.com

Handmade catalog $40/year $4.95 / month 15% commission

Boticca.com Jewelry

Artbaay.com

Artflock.com Jewelry

Bonanza.com

Bttradespace.com
http://www.bonanzle.com/

https://boticca.com/signup/seller/

http://www.craftisart.com/sell

http://www.crobbies.com

http://www.dreamaid.com/jsp/register.jsp

http://felt.co.nz/

www.funkyfinds.us

www.glcmall.com

http://www.modavore.com/

apply and request info here

https://www.notonthehighstreet.com/join/signup

http://trendyindie.com/index.php?user=login

Gothic Necklace : http://www.velvetgarden.net/selling.html