For independent makers and small shops
Bring your work to the Trading Post.
Traditions Trading Post is being built around useful goods, enduring craft, traditional skills, and the people and stories behind what they make.
Apply to Become a Founding SellerA marketplace shaped around makers
We are not trying to become another enormous everything-marketplace. Traditions Trading Post is intended to give independent makers a clear place to present quality physical goods, explain their process, and build a storefront under their own shop identity.
Traditions Trading Post is being built from the ground up. Founding Sellers are joining early and helping establish the collection and community buyers will discover when the marketplace launches. Joining early does not guarantee traffic or sales.
Low early fees
No listing fees and no required monthly seller subscription. Founding Sellers receive a 3% marketplace transaction fee for their first 12 months.
Your shop, your work
Create an individual seller storefront, manage your products and inventory, and tell customers about the skill and story behind your goods.
Freedom to sell elsewhere
There is no exclusivity requirement. Continue selling through Etsy, your own website, craft shows, or any other marketplace you choose.
Help shape what grows
Founding Sellers join while the marketplace is still small and can provide practical feedback as the seller experience develops.
Maker-focused features
As Traditions grows, products and maker stories may be selected for marketplace features. Features are not promised or guaranteed.
You remain in control
Sellers manage their own products, pricing, inventory, fulfillment, shipping, and customer communication.
Founding Seller offer
marketplace transaction fee for your first 12 months
After a Founding Seller’s first 12 months, our currently proposed standard marketplace transaction fee is 5%. The 3% rate is temporary and is not a lifetime or permanently guaranteed rate. Because the marketplace is still being validated, the proposed standard rate may be reviewed in the future.
Customer pays: $100.00
Any applicable sales tax and shipping charge would be added separately at checkout.
$3.00 → Traditions Trading Post
The 3% Founding Seller marketplace fee is paid by the seller and deducted from the seller’s payout.
Estimated $3.20 → payment processor
This example uses an estimated processing rate of 2.9% + $0.30. It is paid by the seller and deducted from the payout.
Estimated $93.80 → seller
This is the estimated payout from the $100 product price after the two fees above, before the seller’s product costs, packaging, shipping expenses, refunds, or tax obligations.
Listing fee: $0
Required monthly seller subscription: $0
The payment processor and final processing rate have not yet been selected. Actual processing fees may differ and may be calculated on the full checkout amount, including tax or shipping.
Who should apply?
We welcome independent makers and small shops producing appropriate physical goods, including woodworking, blacksmithing, leatherwork, pottery, baskets, textiles, quilts, traditional home goods, soaps, candles, heritage crafts, and related work. “Handmade” is not the only defining term; the fit is thoughtful workmanship, honest presentation, useful or lasting goods, and a real maker or small shop behind them.
- Physical goods made or substantially transformed by you or your small shop
- Accurate descriptions of materials, methods, and any production partners
- Original product photography that honestly represents the item
- Reliable inventory, fulfillment, shipping, and customer communication
How the application works
Apply to Become a Founding Seller
Founding Seller FAQ
What does it cost to sell?
There are no listing fees and no required monthly seller subscription. A marketplace transaction fee applies when an item sells, and standard payment-processing fees apply separately.
What is the Founding Seller rate?
Approved Founding Sellers pay a 3% Traditions Trading Post marketplace transaction fee for their first 12 months.
What happens after my 12-month Founding period?
Our currently proposed standard marketplace transaction fee is 5%. The 3% Founding rate is temporary, not lifetime, and not guaranteed forever. Because the business is still being validated, the proposed standard rate may be reviewed in the future.
Are payment-processing fees separate?
Yes. Standard payment-processing fees apply separately from the Traditions marketplace fee. A final processor and exact processing rate have not yet been announced.
Are there listing fees?
No. Traditions Trading Post does not charge a fee simply to list a product.
Is there a monthly seller subscription?
No required monthly seller subscription is planned.
Can I keep selling on Etsy, my website, or elsewhere?
Yes. There is no exclusivity requirement. You remain free to sell through other marketplaces, your own website, craft shows, and other channels.
Who handles shipping?
Each seller manages their own products, inventory, packaging, fulfillment, shipping, and customer communication.
Can anyone become a seller?
No. Seller accounts and stores require review and approval. We are looking for physical goods and shops that fit the marketplace’s focus on workmanship, traditional skills, honest presentation, and goods with stories behind them.
When does Traditions Trading Post launch?
The marketplace is currently preparing for launch. A public launch date has not been announced.
Does joining guarantee sales?
No. No marketplace can guarantee sales, traffic, promotion, search placement, or income. Traditions Trading Post is new, and Founding Sellers are choosing to join at an early stage.
Goods with a story worth keeping.
Not just things. Traditions.
If your work reflects skill, care, and honest craftsmanship, we invite you to apply and help shape the marketplace from the beginning.
Apply to Become a Founding Seller