How I Started A $10K/Month Marketplace That Sells Handmade Goods From Independent Artist

April 14th, 2021

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Marcello De Lio

Founder, Just Artisan

$10K

revenue/mo

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Employees

Just Artisan

justartisan.com

from Mississauga

started February 2020

$10,000

revenue/mo

Founders

Employees

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Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?

Hi everyone! My name is Marcello De Lio, I am the founder of Just Artisan. I created Just Artisan in 2020 to help artists and makers sell their creations online.

Our platform provides vendors with an easy-to-use dashboard, a professional shop page, access to customers, and no fees to get started. With large marketplaces making it ever more difficult for artists to sell online, we started seeing strong demand for a handmade-only marketplace.

Our mission is to provide artists with a platform to grow their handmade businesses. There is no fee to get started and vendors only pay a commission once they receive a sale. Also, we have a strict ban on mass-produced goods, so that Just Artisan remains a true handmade marketplace.

Our beta launched in early 2020 and received amazing feedback from our early artists, and vendors. With strong results, we fully launched in June 2020, and have been growing ever since. We had $15000 in sales during December with very little ad-spend and are on track to keep growing through 2021.

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