Whatever you make, this is how you sell it.
Two questions decide how a business gets set up: what you sell, and where you sell it. Both are answered on this page, and each answer has a page of its own behind it.
14-day free trial. No card required.
What can you sell with Crate?
Crate sells physical goods you ship or hand over, handmade and one of a kind work, digital files delivered by a private link, services booked into a calendar, subscriptions and memberships charged on a repeating schedule, and print on demand items a printer makes after the order is paid. The same catalog sells from your own branded store, from a social profile and inside a chat thread, and every order lands in one queue whichever of those it came from. The payment methods a buyer sees follow the market you sell in, and payouts go to your own account in US dollars. Each kind of product below has a page covering the parts that are specific to it.
What do you sell?
Grouped by how they behave rather than by department, because a candle and a bag are the same problem to solve and a course and a photo are not.
Physical goods
Made, bought in or resold, then shipped or collected.- Clothing Sizes and colours on one product, one stock count behind every channel.
- Jewelry High value pieces, made to order lead times, and photography that carries the sale.
- Shoes Deep size runs, half sizes, and the returns that come with both.
- Bags Few variants, high photo dependence, and a strong resale market.
- Skincare Batches, shelf life and restock cadence, handled as part of the product.
- Baked goods Order ahead, cut-off times, and collection windows that spread the queue.
- Groceries Delivery zones, a minimum basket, and paying on delivery where that is normal.
- Furniture Made to order, a deposit then the balance, and delivery you schedule.
- Phone accessories Model compatibility, fast restock, and margins that need stock discipline.
Handmade and craft
Small batches, one of a kind pieces, stock counted in ones.Hair and beauty
Length, texture and colour, sold mostly in a thread.Digital files
Delivered by a private link the moment the payment clears.- Digital downloads A private link the moment the payment clears, with limits you set.
- Ebooks Several file formats in one purchase, so nobody asks which reader they need.
- Online courses Large files, access that lasts, and lessons released when you choose.
- Music Tracks and albums, bundles, and the licence terms attached to each.
Recurring revenue
Charged again on a schedule you set.Print on demand
Printed and shipped by your provider after the sale.Where do you sell it?
Most small businesses were already selling in chat and on social before they had a store of their own. Neither of those has to stop.
What every one of these leans on.
The same platform sits under all of them. These are the parts the pages above refer back to most, and each has a page of its own.
Or start from the business you run.
The pages above are about what you make. These are about the business you are, which is a different question with a different answer.
Start with what you sell.
Set up your store, add your first products and take an order, from your own site, from social and in a chat thread. Free for 14 days, no card required.
Start free