One-half of the husband-and-wife team business, Walnut Studiolo and a writer for fun. Walnut Studiolo makes unique designs of leather goods in the categories of interior design, games, and bicycle accessories, as well as a few other fun things.
We share our best tips and resources for supporting genuine handmade artisans: those millions of creative micro-enterprises who rely on craft for their livelihood: how to filter and search with a critical eye on Etsy, and where to shop Etsy alternative marketplaces and handmade store directories.
We’ve compiled a list of alternatives to Etsy for handmade artisans while we build a better option: a cooperative handmade marketplace. This list is a guide to help you find the right match for your business.
Shop artisan-made merchandise and raise funds for the Artisans Cooperative.
Artisans Cooperative is fundraising for basic operating expenses with a unique “mutual-aid” fundraiser. Unlike traditional fundraisers, we are not asking artisans to donate their time and materials. Here’s how it works.
Let us promote your artisan-made goods year-round! Sign up free for our cooperative marketing campaign.
UPDATED 10/19/23.
More than 1 billion people – 1 in 8 of every human on this earth – are members of a cooperative, and yet the co-op business model is not always widely-known or well-understood. In this post, we’ll break down some of the common misconceptions we’ve encountered in building a cooperative marketplace for artisans.
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There are several different types of organizations designed to empower workers. In this post, we’ll explain the differences between unions, guilds, professional associations, cooperatives, and collectives.
A cooperative and inclusive community makes our handmade marketplace different. Learn more about what will give our artisan-owned marketplace an edge.
When it came time to develop the branding for The Artisans Cooperative, the working group of organizers approached the project creatively. In this post, we’ll tell the story of how we came up with our branding, including the intriguing chicken theme.
We are building an online cooperative marketplace for the artisan community. But what does “cooperative” mean? In this post, we give a basic introduction the cooperative business model.