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VERIFIED MAKERS ONLY
NO DROPSHIPPERS • NO FACTORY RESELLERS

Why pay Etsy 20%+ to advertise other people’s shops on your product page?

You spend hours in the shop making real work, and all weekend at the booth talking to customers—only to send them to an online listing plastered with twenty mass-produced knockoffs. cuplos.com is an independent storefront built strictly for verified makers. No monthly subscription. No listing fees. No rival ads on your page.

$0 / MO • $0 LISTING FEES
12% Flat
Only When You Make a Sale
Covers your public storefront, custom commission engine (7%) + offsite search & AI discovery (5%).
01 / HONEST MATH
12% Flat vs. Etsy’s 20%+ & Shopify’s $39/mo
Etsy stacks a $0.20 listing fee, a 6.5% transaction fee (charged on your shipping too), and a 12%–15% Offsite Ads fee. Shopify charges $39 every month ($468/yr) even when you sell nothing. On cuplos, you pay $0/month and a flat 12% only when an item sells.
02 / REAL CRAFT ONLY
Verified Makers Only. Zero Dropshippers.
We do not allow Alibaba resellers, print-on-demand spam, or regular retail vendors. Every shop on cuplos is a verified independent maker. When a buyer visits your link, they know it came from your hands and your workbench—not a container ship.
03 / YOUR TRAFFIC STAYS YOURS
We Never Advertise Other Sellers on Your Page
Hand a customer your card at a market, and Etsy immediately hijacks them with "Similar items from other shops." On cuplos, your storefront shows only your work. There are zero competitor carousels or promoted listings anywhere on your store.
04 / AEO (ANSWER ENGINE OPTIMIZATION)
Found by ChatGPT, Perplexity & Google AI
Buyers don't dig through ten pages of search results anymore—they ask AI chatbots where to buy handmade work or commission a custom piece. cuplos structures every item for AEO so AI search engines and Google recommend your shop directly.

Side-by-Side: What You Actually Pay & Get

Barely any fine print
Storefront Term cuplos (Maker Storefront) Etsy Shopify (Basic)
Monthly Subscription $0 / month $0/mo (+ $15–$30 setup fee) $39 / month ($468/yr fixed)
Listing & Renewal Fees $0 per item $0.20 per item & renewal $0 (requires $39/mo plan)
Platform & Offsite Ad Cut 12% flat all-in (only when sold) 6.5% + 12%–15% Offsite Ads (18.5%–21.5% total) $39/mo + paid apps + 2% 3rd-party gateway fee
Other Sellers Advertised on Your Page? Never. 100% your work only. Yes — 20+ rival ads on every listing No (but zero built-in discovery)
Who Can Open a Shop? Verified Makers Only (No resellers) Flooded with dropshippers Anyone (mostly retail & dropship)
AI Chatbot & Google Discovery (AEO) Built into every listing automatically Buried unless buying Etsy Ads Requires paid SEO add-ons
Custom Built-to-Order Commissions Built-in deposits & balance billing Manual DMs & custom listing workarounds Requires paid customizer apps
CUSTOM COMMISSIONS & DEPOSITS Take custom built-to-order requests, collect deposits up front, and bill the remaining balance when the piece is finished.
60-SECOND CATALOG IMPORT Already have listings on Etsy, Shopify, or Square? Upload your CSV export and bring your items over in one click.
DIRECT PAYOUTS TO YOUR BANK Connect your own Stripe, Square, or PayPal account in seconds. Your money goes straight to you.