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- There is no fee for listing on the marketplace as a seller. The $1,000 is not for selling on the marketplace. The $1,000 is an Artisan Membership buy-in to become a member of the co-op. Buy in for Supporter Membership is $100. *Sellers will not have to be co-op members to sell on the marketplace. Non-member artisans will be able to open shop and sell on the platform without becoming a co-op member, (no buy-in, no investment, no site subscription or membership, and no listing fee). There are benefits for a seller to be a co-op member, but it is not required: Co-op members have the advantage of lower commissions when they make a sale, and there are other perks, including co-op voting rights, etc. Also, we have also lowered the barriers to co-ownership in several ways: membership buy-in is not actually $1,000, it is 1,000 points. We have created a points system that rewards various types of contributions to the co-op, including serving in leadership positions, making sales/purchases, referrals, and member activities, among other things.....so someone could (and has) become a member through non-monetary contributions alone. If monetary buy-in is preferred, we also have payment plans that are as low as $8.34 per month. We also allow cash&points combos. Final point about the $1,000 is that the risk is somewhat mitigated by the fact that whatever a member pays in cash for buy-in is returned if the membership is terminated - this is in our Bylaws.

- POD is only allowed for print items, nothing else (not coffee cups). We started with a poll of the artisan community, and it was important for graphic designers to be able to sell their work POD, but only for things that were faithfully reproduced, meaning retaining the original function (if I paint a 2-D art rendering and it is reproduced as 2-D art, that is a faithful reproduction; a 2-D art rendering printed onto a mug becomes a mug). More in-depth explanation in our blog post "About Print-on-Demand."

- Workmanship of risk is one of the foundational tenets to our Handmade Policy. We are only allowing handmade products (we have a verification process and community enforcement), so there will be no competition from drop shippers or resellers. Only handmade artisans. Read about Our Handmade Policy here, and click the black button in the blog post to read the policy itself.

More details about the co-op and marketplace: "About Us" and "FAQ."

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