Looking to sell your wares online? Or simply to shop for handmade gifts? After writing about DaWanda today, I thought it would be helpful to pull together some of the current online marketplaces and some online galleries out there aimed at making your life easier when it comes to shopping for high quality handmade. Here are some that come to mind. Please let me know if I’ve left anyone out!

MARKETPLACES

Where products are offered in individual shops and you can purchase them directly from the shop owner via the website.

1. Etsy (USA)

2. DaWanda (Germany)

3. Georgie Love (Australia)

4. 1000 Markets (USA)

5. Leeloo (Australia)

6. NEW! Coriandr (UK)

7. NEW! Folksy (UK)

8. Modamuse (Australia)

9. My eHive (UK & Ireland)

10. Felt (New Zealand)

11. Breslo (Romania)

12. Signerat (Sweden)

13. Fler (Czech Republic)

14. Art Fire (USA)

ONLINE GALLERY SPACES

These websites ‘curate’ stores and link you to the seller. If you want to purchase an item, you will then be directed to an outside website to complete the actual transaction.

1. Trunkt (USA)

2. Indie Fixx Galleria (USA)

3. Poppytalk Handmade (Canada)

4. Modish (USA)

If you know of others that I should add, please comment with the links below. I’ll add them into this post so we can have it to refer to in the future as a complete guide to online markets and galleries online. Weeee! Kiss!

(image from ouma on etsy)

42 Responses to “Round Up: Online Markets and Galleries”

1 lena commented:
December 5th, 2008 at 1:28 pm

thanks for sharing, it’s nice to see that others exist beside etsy, I am a bit sick of hearing about etsy.
2 Laura commented:
December 5th, 2008 at 1:35 pm

http://www.artfire.com/

They seem to be kinda cool, newish, but it’s free to join, they don’t charge a posting fee, and don’t take commission. Pretty cool. Don’t know if it will really take off with all the publicity that dwanda, and etsy get, but maybe one day.
3 Kathryn commented:
December 5th, 2008 at 1:39 pm

This is such a helpful post,it can be confusing at times to remember the different online markets, so thanks for laying it all out for us H, and i have quite a few new links to browse as a result ( :

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4 Pavla commented:
December 5th, 2008 at 1:40 pm

There is ?Fler? in the Czech Republic (http://www.fler.cz) for anything handmade – only in Czech, unfortunately…
5 Aliya commented:
December 5th, 2008 at 1:59 pm

trunkt is my favorite site. I’m the merchandising director at a chain of boutiques in Canada and we’ve found some incredible artisans to wholesale from there.

Today I’m drooling over: http://www.trunkt.org/henryroadhome
6 decor8 commented:
December 5th, 2008 at 2:23 pm

Thank you Pavla, I just added Fler. It looks like such a lovely site. I wish every country had a site for handmade, how amazing would that be?

I found another one in Sweden called Signerat that I just added to this post. I cannot wait to see what else we can all find together.
7 decor8 commented:
December 5th, 2008 at 2:25 pm

Laura I just noticed your comment, thank you. I just added Art Fire to the list. Again, many thanks.

Holly
8 jan commented:
December 5th, 2008 at 2:35 pm

Thank you so much Holly for including Poppytalk Handmade!

I might add too – although we are based in Canada, most of our participants are from the U.S!
9 Dara Enns commented:
December 5th, 2008 at 2:40 pm

Thanks so much for sharing those terrific websites! I had no idea that such a thing existed here in Canada – now I can shop my three fave ways…online, handmade AND local. So terrific.
10 Laura commented:
December 5th, 2008 at 2:52 pm

wow thanks for this post! I didn’t realize there were so many places to shop for handmade goods!

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11 jen commented:
December 5th, 2008 at 4:16 pm

Thanks for including the Indie Fixx Galleria in your list of online galleria spaces. ;)

I might also add Supermarket and Mintd to your list of marketplaces.
12 Andy Mathis commented:
December 5th, 2008 at 4:23 pm

3 rather new ones that also come to mind-

Handmade Fuzion.com
ShopHandmade.com
Lollishops.com

Glad Mr. B was able to defibrilate the blog and save it and all the links.
You should put him the payroll, for sure.

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13 Rikkianne commented:
December 5th, 2008 at 4:34 pm

Hi there,

I wanted add
http://www.supermarkethq.com

I am a bit new to it. It has worked out really well and the support is very welcoming and friendly :)

Have a lovely weekend!

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14 Linda commented:
December 5th, 2008 at 5:48 pm

There is also http://www.madeit.com.au/ – an Aussie site.

Thanks so much for this list – there’s a few there I hadn’t heard of!

Cheers
15 Lexy commented:
December 5th, 2008 at 5:49 pm

Hi Holly!

Thought I’d let you know about another Aussie one: http://www.madeit.com.au
Thanks so much for this list!

I listed to your talk on blogging/Dawanda not too long ago, and I’ve set up a shop there now. Only one item in it so far, but it will be fully stocked by tomorrow!

Glad to hear you’ve got everything back to normal. How stressful! You both did a really good job :)

~Alex.

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16 stephanie commented:
December 5th, 2008 at 6:42 pm

I recently discovered Lollishops.com – the froufrou-friendly marketplace! Isn’t that hilarious?!? There are some great vendors on there. Thanks for the list – it’s nice to see some new-to-me stores!

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17 aprintaday commented:
December 5th, 2008 at 8:03 pm

oh holly you should add big cartel! it has a collection of a LOT of amazing shops. it’s not an umbrella seller like etsy, but they do have a TON of really cool individual shops.

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18 Lesley commented:
December 5th, 2008 at 9:50 pm

http://www.shophandmade.com

Handmade goods with an environmental conscious! Love it!

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19 Summer commented:
December 5th, 2008 at 10:17 pm

Fantastic! Thank you! Ooh…lots to check out!

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20 Charlie commented:
December 5th, 2008 at 10:43 pm

Supermarket

http://www.supermarkethq.com

Just brought a fantastic print from there.

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21 Janelle commented:
December 6th, 2008 at 1:01 am

Thanks for sharing all of those websites! Most of them are in my favorites now!
22 vol25 commented:
December 6th, 2008 at 1:47 am

Hi Holly!

Thanks for compiling this list, I am seeing some new places I hadnt heard of before.

One other place I know of is mintd. http://www.mintd.com/ they are based in Australia I believe.

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23 DainaFrances commented:
December 6th, 2008 at 3:47 am

Hi Holly!
Thanks so much for this post! I hadn’t heard of the majority of these sites and its so great to see a Canadian site in the mix.
I’ve had decor8 as my homepage for 6 months and I’ve been meaning to comment for *ages*. I simply adore your sense of style!
Have a good weekend!
24 Leeloo commented:
December 6th, 2008 at 9:22 am

Leeloo is SO grateful and honoured to be part of such a list – thanks for including us Holly!

We’ve recently added a US Dollar (from Australian dollars) conversion tool within each item to the web site too – to give you an idea of how much you’ll pay once the conversion has occurred to your credit card. We’ve also included Euros and Japanese Yen!

Take advantage of the exchange rate – our dollar isn’t doing so well against the greenback right now so grab an Aussie designer bargain!
Yippee!
Lots of love
Leeloo
xxoo
25 Morgan commented:
December 6th, 2008 at 12:19 pm

I’m going to have to check out artfire.

Here’s another one to add to the online gallery:
http://www.papernstitch.com/
26 Sue commented:
December 6th, 2008 at 1:40 pm

Thanks for all this info. http://www.notmassproduced.com/index.htm
i’m not too familiar with this site but what i’ve seen so far seems great, it’s mainly for the UK and European market.

Sues last blog post: Aqua and Hot Pink Card
27 Tara commented:
December 6th, 2008 at 2:59 pm

Great links!! Thanks for sharing these!
28 Rach commented:
December 6th, 2008 at 3:45 pm

Great list! You could add shophandmade.com and lollishops.com.

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29 Allison commented:
December 6th, 2008 at 7:53 pm

Thanks for this useful round-up! In Australia we also have some other great hand-made sites: http://www.madeit.com.au/ and http://www.indie.com.au/

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30 Sheila Bocchine commented:
December 6th, 2008 at 10:16 pm

Thank You! This list is amazing as an artist and a shopper! I’ve been hearing a lot about DaWonda lately too and am eager to check it out.

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31 Jessica Dougherty commented:
December 6th, 2008 at 11:02 pm

The Shops @ Funky Finds
http://funkyfinds.us/theshops

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32 Liz commented:
December 7th, 2008 at 2:43 pm

Thanks for this, awesome! Another one to add to the online gallery list is http://www.papernstitch.com/
I just got picked up for the next month, and they are wonderful, and very easy to work with, lots of great artists/art/photography/craft too.

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33 catherine commented:
December 7th, 2008 at 7:18 pm

What about that new site papernstitch. I think it would fit into the online gallery space? http://www.papernstitch.com
34 jamesb commented:
December 8th, 2008 at 12:25 pm

Hey, nice round up. I never knew there were so many and they seem to be more and more coming all the time. I’d be really interested to know from your audience what they think of the different services (pros and cons etc.) and whether the geographical element is important (as the Folksy community have recently mentioned) or whether it’s other features.

(disclaimer: I’m from Folksy :))

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35 PoorSailor commented:
December 9th, 2008 at 5:16 am

http://www.mycraftycloset.com/

One from Spain! It looks pretty cool for us, spanish speakers

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36 Ann Flowers commented:
December 9th, 2008 at 5:31 pm

thanks for putting together this list. that’s very helpful!

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37 Cindy Ann Ganaden commented:
December 10th, 2008 at 1:35 pm

This list is awesome!! Thank you!
38 red.elk commented:
December 18th, 2008 at 8:15 am

Moose – Art for Living is another gorgeous online store. They are based in Perth, Australia.

http://www.shopmoose.com.au/
39 Sadie Lou commented:
December 19th, 2008 at 11:37 am

As the owner/creator of LolliShops.com, I’d like to say that I don’t feel LolliShops is in the same arena as all those other marketplaces.
We are a juried, niche market. We have a very significant “boutique” feel and we advertise in very specific magazines like
Somerset Studio and Artful Blogging
Not everyone can “try us out” because we are not an alternative to Etsy–we are a community driven venue–
Thanks!
~Sadie Lou
http://lollishops.com
40 decor8 » Blog Archive » New: Udessi {Online Gallery for Art, Craft & Design} commented:
December 23rd, 2008 at 9:51 am

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41 maralina commented:
December 30th, 2008 at 7:24 am

What about BIG CARTEL (http://bigcartel.com/)?
42 Minthis Hills commented:
January 8th, 2009 at 7:45 am

Really thanks for listing these websites and I shall visit each one of them one after the other. Hope to find really good things.

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