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Artisans Cooperative: An Etsy alternative, owned and run by artists and makers
(www.shareable.net)
A place to share practical, durable and quality made products that are made to last, with an emphasis on upcycled and sustainable products!
Guidelines:
Things that are well-made and durable (even if they won't last a lifetime) are A-Okay!
Unlike that other BIFL place, Home-made and DIY items are encouraged here, as long as some form of instruction is included in the body of the post.
Videos links are not allowed as post titles, but you may use them in a text post.
A limited amount of self-promotion is accepted, IF the item you are selling aligns with this criteria:
It's an immature platform but with adoption it could be a viable alternative. Sure, it's a 2% increase in margin today with a lot of extra hassle so that's why it's probably going to attract more idealistic and smaller creators in the beginning to try and build a platform free of the Chinese dreck. In a year this could be great and we all know Etsy is not getting any better. So it's for people who have a certain vision for the future. It's much easier to follow trends than set them though, so I can see why it's not a great business proposition for established companies just looking to keep turning a profit.
Yeah but eventually it'll be sold and become Etsy. So whatever benefits it does have, it's temporary.
This has real "why should I shower I'm just gonna get dirty again" energy