Our Organizational Transition to Sociocracy
Presenting an exciting update as we transition our co-op from idea to reality and embrace Sociocracy.
About Us
Financial Expectations Survey (5 Min)
Now open, take the survey! We created a survey to learn your expectations on the costs, commissions, and fees you expect on the Artisans Cooperative handmade marketplace. In this post, we’ll talk about why and how we developed a financial expectations survey.
Artisans Cooperative Joins the Start.coop 2023 Spring Accelerator
Artisans Cooperative has been selected as one of 10 start-up cooperatives to receive mentorship, skills, and a $10,000 grant by Start.coop. This spring accelerator was funded by the AARP Foundation.
March Open House Summary
This March, we hosted our second Open House and it went wonderfully! We presented our Marketplace Tech Plan, our Handmade Policy, our Ownership Model, and what our next steps for the co-op are.
Introduction to Our Discord
An introduction and user’s guide to the Artisans Cooperative Discord
Our Handmade Policy
[UPDATED] With a careful checks-and-balances system of accessible onboarding, consistent labeling, incentivized peer verification, and swift action on community reporting. we believe our draft Handmade Policy will stop bad actors and encourage authentic artisans.
Our Ownership Model
In this post, we’re presenting our ownership and governance model and explain how it was developed.
Handmade Survey Results
In this post, we’re sharing the results of our “Handmade Definition Survey” for our handmade cooperative marketplace.
Our Marketplace Tech Plan
In this post, we explain the details of our approach to the marketplace technology, summarize our research, present our plan to use Hosted E-commerce / Shopify, and our next steps going forward.
You’re Invited! Artisans Cooperative Open House #2
Did you miss the Open House? Watch the recording on YouTube!
Join our second Open House March 16 for important information, Q&A and camaraderie.