Etsy – You make the product and dispatch it to the customer. Or you can get a production partner to manufacture and ship the goods for you.
Folksy – You make the product and dispatch it to the customer. For UK sellers only.
Society6 – You design the product and Society6 dispatches it to the customer and handles customer service.
Redbubble – You design the product and Redbubble makes it and dispatches it to the customer.
CafePress – You design the product and CafePress dispatches it to the customer.
NuMonday – You make the product and dispatch it to the customer.
Zazzle – You make the product and dispatch it to the customer.
Spoonflower – For fabric, wallpaper, bedding… You design the product and Spoonflower dispatches it to the customer.
SAAS Stand-Alone Sites
Whenever I write out this list, I have to check the links because sites keep disappearing – such as Selz (which seems to have shut up shop completely) and Kong, which is not accepting new stores on its platform.
You need to be alert to the consequences of putting all your eggs in one basket. What have you got if the platform shuts up shop? Basically, you have the domain name and that’s it. Chances are there is no way to export your setup to another platform.
That said, some of these platforms offer a free tier – and that’s a way to experiment with very little downside.
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