Big Cartel in 9 slides
A simple storefront builder for artists and makers, with a free plan for small shops. Sellers keep everything minus payment processing.
- Artist storefront platform
- Store builders
- Based in Salt Lake City, United States
What you do on Big Cartel
How the money is made: selling products
- List your items
- A buyer orders
- Ship it
- Payout after delivery
A simple storefront builder for artists and makers, with a free plan for small shops. Sellers keep everything minus payment processing.
Founded 2005 · next to 9 other store builders
Work and topics
Good for
What Big Cartel takes
Guess first: how much of every $100 you earn does Big Cartel take?
No platform transaction fees, plans $0-30/mo + processor fees
From the published fees above, before payment-processing, currency or withdrawal charges.
How the money reaches you
From sign-up to payout
- Sign upFree
- Start straight away
- Do the work
- Earnings clearFirst Stripe payout up to 14 days, then about 2 to 7 business days, or daily, we…
- First payoutFirst Stripe payout can take up to 14 days
Time to your first payout
2 ways to withdraw
Can you join?
Yes, if you are 13 or older and live almost anywhere.
You can start straight after signing up. First payout: First Stripe payout can take up to 14 days.
What you need
- 13 or olderMinimum age
- Free to joinSign-up cost
- Instant sign-upHow sign-up works
Open in 196 of 200 countries and territories
What people actually earn
Big Cartel says shops on its platform have made more than $5 billion in global sales (gross sales, not seller earnings) across 4 million+ shops worldwide.
Source: bigcartel.com ↗How it scores
Strong on fees and access. Weaker on proof of earnings.
- Fees5.0
- Getting paid3.0
- Access4.8
- Track record4.5
- Proof of earnings2.5
- Open worldwide
- Free to join
- Clear fees
- Low cut
- Fast payouts
- Top 10K website
- 10 years running
- 20 years running
How much we know
We have 9 of the 17 things we track for every platform. Fees, payouts, join rules, countries and real earnings count most.
What we have
- What kind of platform it is
- Year founded
- Headquarters
- Fees
- How fast you get paid
- Withdrawal methods
- Join requirements
- Countries it accepts
- Real earnings figures
Still missing
- Plain-English overview
- Minimum payout
- Payment protection
- Review ratings
- Wikipedia or reference page
- Support channels
- Mobile apps
- Social accounts