VERIFIED MAKERS ONLY • NO DROPSHIPPERSFOR WOODWORKERS, POTTERS, JEWELERS, LEATHERWORKERS & STUDIO ARTISTS
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 is an independent storefront built strictly for verified makers. No monthly subscription. No listing fees. No rival ads on your page.
$0 / MONTH • $0 LISTING FEES
12% Flat
Only When You Make a Sale
7% Storefront & Custom Commission Engine + 5% Offsite Search & AI Discovery. Zero $0.20 listing renewals. Zero surprise 15% penalty fees. You keep 88% of every sale.
01 / HONEST MATH
12% Flat vs. Etsy’s 20%+ Fee Stack & Shopify’s $39/mo
Etsy stacks a $0.20 listing fee, a 6.5% transaction fee (charged on your shipping price too), and a 12%–15% Offsite Ads fee. Shopify charges $39 every month ($468/yr) plus paid apps even during slow months 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, factory dropshippers, 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 Storefront
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 page.
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 listing for AEO so AI search engines and Google recommend your workshop directly.
Side-by-Side: What You Actually Pay & Get
NO 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—without messy DM threads.
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
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