Big Cartel
Free, easy online stores for artists and small businesses
An ecommerce platform for independent creators to build and sell physical, digital, and membership products online with no transaction fees.
About this launch
Big Cartel is an ecommerce platform built for independent creators, artists, and brands since 2005. It allows users to sell physical, digital, and membership products from their own customizable online shop without any transaction fees.
The platform offers a free Gold plan that requires no credit card, allowing sellers to launch in 30 minutes or less with up to five product listings. Premium plans include Platinum and Diamond tiers with additional features and product limits.
Sellers can customize their stores with templates and launch without coding knowledge. Big Cartel keeps zero percent of sales, allowing creators to keep 100% of every transaction, with only standard payment processing fees from Stripe or PayPal applying.
The company emphasizes real human customer support, easy-install apps for extending functionality, and the ability to sell both online and in-person. It serves entrepreneurs, musicians, designers, illustrators, photographers, and other independent creators worldwide.
What it does
- Customizable store templates
- Physical product sales
- Digital product delivery
- Print on demand integration
- Social media selling
- Discount codes and sales
- Real-time inventory management
- Sales tax automation
- Mobile point of sale app
Shopper questions
What is Big Cartel?
Big Cartel is an ecommerce platform built for independent creators since 2005. It allows you to sell physical, digital, and subscription products from a site that's yours, keep 100% of every sale, and run the whole thing without writing code or handing over a cut to the platform.
What can I sell on Big Cartel?
You can sell just about anything: physical products, digital products, subscriptions, and print on demand items. From vinyl and ceramics to presets and zines, if you make it, you can likely sell it on Big Cartel.
Who is Big Cartel for?
Big Cartel is for independent creators, artists, and brands who want to run their own shop rather than rent a corner of someone else's marketplace. This includes artists, musicians, designers, crafters, and everyone selling what they make and keeping what they earn.
Does Big Cartel take a cut of my sales?
No. You keep 100% of every sale on every plan, with 0% transaction fees. The only fees are the standard payment processing fees from Stripe or PayPal, and those go to them, not to Big Cartel.
Can I customize my shop to look like my brand?
Yes. You can pick a template, add custom fonts, set your colors, and put your work front and center at your own web address. No coding is needed, though you can get into the code if you want to.
Big Cartel has a free listing. The owner can unlock the full profile with a paid launch for $5:
- Founder story (locked)
- Milestones (locked)
- Demo video (locked)
- Dofollow website link (locked)
