Join Our Founders Circle Before July 31st
We’re offering special perks – including a lower sales commission – for the first 25-100 artisans to join our Founders Circle. Let’s take back control from big marketplaces together!
About Us
Now Enrolling Members! Join an Authentic Handmade Marketplace
Artisans Cooperative is now accepting its first members! In this post, we’ll share all the details about membership.
Our Bylaws & Board
In this post, we’re sharing our rules of engagement: our cooperative bylaws. In enacting the bylaws, we also had to appoint an interim board and create a plan for board elections.
Marketplace Development Plan
In this post, the Tech Team willl break down how we’re going to build the website on Shopify in phases before October launch.
Our Points & Tiers Policy
In this post, we’re presenting the details of our innovative Points & Tiers policy. The purpose of the Points & Tiers system is to incentivize member engagement, equitably value and reward all kinds of contributions (not just cash), and help the co-op be successful.
The Risk of Making Things by Hand
In order to learn more about “the workmanship of risk” from our handmade policy, we spoke to a few artisans from the co-op about their experiences with risk, craftsmanship, and what “handmade” means to them.
We’re Officially Incorporated!
We’re proud to announce that we officially registered as an Oregon Cooperative Corporation – and on May Day / International Workers Day!
Our Funding Plan
We’ve built the tools we need to develop a cooperatively-owned handmade marketplace. In this post, we’ll discuss how we’re going to pay for it all with our 5-stage fundraising plan.
Financial Survey Results
In this post, we’re sharing the results of our “Financial Expectations Survey” for our handmade cooperative marketplace.
Print Our New Zine
Our grassroots team designed and produced a zine about Artisans Co-op. It goes over what the co-op is, some reasons why artisans might want to join, and how folks can learn more.