SELL LOUD.
KEEP YOUR CUT.
/ VENDOR
/ MANIFESTO
Etsy sold the handmade scene to shareholders. Amazon drowned it in dropship. Instagram locked your followers behind a pay-to-reach wall. Your shop shouldn’t be a tenant in someone else’s building.
ON A $50 SALE:
Running the math on a plain $50 order on Etsy (no shipping). The platform fee is the only thing that changes and it’s the only thing you can feel at the end of the month. (Calculations in CAD using 1.38 exchange rate).
You can expect to keep 30% more of your transaction on our platform.
01.
THE FEES, naked.
Every platform buries their pricing. Ours is on the marketing page. If it’s ever hidden, we’ve already lost.
ALL FIGURES CAD
PUBLIC AS OF APR ’26
WE THE LOUD
BETA
5%
+ STRIPE 2.9% + $0.30
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Listing$0
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Monthly platform fee$0
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Offsite ads$0
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Payout scheduleMultiple
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Reach per post100%
Etsy
PUBLIC
6.5%
+ PAYMENT + LISTING + ADS + SETUP FEE
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Listing$0.27 EA
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Payment processing3%-4% + $0.25
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Offsite ads (forced)15%
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Payout scheduleWEEKLY
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Currency exchange fee2.5%
Shopify
BASIC
$49/mo
+ PROCESSING + WEBSITE BUILD/THEME
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Monthly platform fee$49
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Payment processing2.9% + $0.30
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MarketingYOU PAY
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Payout schedule1-5 DAYS
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CommunityNONE
TIK TOK SHOP
SELECT COUNTRIES
6%
REFERRAL FEE
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Withdrawal fee$0.05 OR 0.9%
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Marketing (minimum)$20-$50/DAY
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Payout schedule3+ DAYS
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FBT fulfillment fee$3.58+
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FBT storage fee$0.75+
ON A $1,000 MONTH (20 ORDERS @ $50 EA)
ETSY: YOU KEEP ~$869 · WTL: YOU KEEP ~$915 ·
YOU KEEP $46 MORE PER MONTH.
ON A $10K MONTH, THAT’S $460. ON $50K, THAT’S $2,300.
THE GAP GROWS.
Try our Fee Calculator to see how we compare.
Fee Calculator
Your cut.
Naked.
02.
WHAT YOU GET.
Everything you need to run a real shop. None of the extras you don’t.
INCLUDED · BETA TIER
01
YOUR OWN STOREFRONT
A standalone, customizable shop page with your banner, bio, policies, and products. Your URL, your look. Not a lost tile in a 60-million-listing feed.
02
SHOP-TO-FEED LISTINGS
Every product can auto-post to your social feed. New listings go to your followers in order. Chronologically. Always.
03
PAYOUT FLEXIBILITY
Our system pays you direct. We never hold your money. No reserves. No “risk review.” Choose how and when you want to be paid out.
04
FULL ORDER MANAGEMENT
Dashboard, notifications, filters, order notes, shipping tags. Everything syncs to your email. Manual orders for offline sales.
05
VARIABLE PRODUCTS
Sizes, colors, editions, stock. Edit from the storefront. Bulk-update price, status, and discount on a whole category.
06
RMA + ENQUIRIES
Built-in return flow, product questions direct from the page. Built-in customer trust without shipping them off-site.
07
VENDOR ANALYTICS
Real sales data. Real visitor counts. Not a vanity dashboard. Export CSV. We don’t upsell you to see your own numbers.
08
COUPONS + FOLLOWERS
Issue coupons to your shop. Customers can follow your store for new-drop alerts. You own the relationship.
09
HUMAN SUPPORT
Real people answer tickets within 24 hours. Not chatbots. Not a form that vanishes into a spreadsheet.
03.
How it WORKS.
Beta onboarding is four steps. Most vendors are taking orders within 48 hours.
EST. ONBOARD · 2 DAYS
01
Apply
Two-minute form. Tell us what you make, where you’re based, your existing shop (if any).
~ 2 MINS
02
HUMAN REVIEW
A real person reviews your application within 72 hours. We say yes to 9 in 10 applications that match the scene.
≤ 72 HRS
03
SET UP SHOP
Add payment info, upload your banner, bio, shipping zones, return policy. Import from Etsy or Shopify if you want.
~ 30 MIN
04
SELL LOUD
List products, push them to the feed, ship orders, get paid. We take care of the boring parts.
GO!
04.
TIERS & ROADMAP.
Beta is one price. Tiered packages roll out in 2027 for advanced features. Beta vendors grandfather in at the Maker tier rate forever.
COMING 2027
BETA · NOW
FOUNDING MAKER
5%
per sale + Stripe fees
For the first 50 vendors. Lifetime lock on this rate, no matter how big you grow. Includes every feature in Maker + Pro when they launch.
- Storefront + shop-to-feed
- Manual/Scheduled payouts
- Multiple product types
- RMA + coupons + analytics
- Verified "founding" badge
- Direct line to the team
PUBLIC · 2027
MAKER
6%
per sale + Stripe fees
For independent makers and small shops. No monthly fee. Pay only when you sell.
Rate: 6% per sale + Stripe fees. No monthly fee.
- Storefront + shop-to-feed listings
- Unlimited listings
- Bulk product tools
- Manual and scheduled payouts
- Coupons and discount codes
- Vendor analytics dashboard
- Community reviews
- Email support 48h
PUBLIC · 2027
PRO
5%
per sale + Stripe fees + $29/m
For vendors going full time. Every tool, zero surprises.
Rate: 5% per sale + Stripe fees. $29 CAD/month.
- All Maker features
- Service bookings (tattoo, salon, etc)
- Print-on-demand (tees, merch)
- Meetup credits (soon)
- Team / staff seats
- Advanced sales reports and exports
- Meetup and event credits (coming soon)
- Priority support 24h
05.
ASK AWAY.
The real questions from our applications so far.
VENDOR FAQ
What does the transaction fee actually cover?
Marketplace operations: hosting, the marketplace + ecommerce backbone, human support, community moderation, fraud handling, and building the feed that sends customers to you. The 2.9% + $0.30 processing fee is separate — that's the credit card processor, not ours.
Can you really keep fees this low?
Yes, because we keep the company lean and we aren't raising for a $10B exit. The marketplace is one leg of a platform that also runs a social network and a community membership tier. We only need the fee to cover costs, not to pad investor returns.
What about shipping?
Shipping is handled through table-rate zones you control. You set rates per region and weight. In future phases we'll have integrations available for auto-labels. You always print and ship yourself.
Can I bring my existing shop over?
Yes. We'll migrate your listings from Etsy, Shopify, Woo or Big Cartel for free during beta. Usually takes 48-72 hours. You'll review everything before it goes live.
What happens if I break a rule?
A human reviews every moderation action. You'll get a written reason, a 48-hour appeal window, and the chance to fix it. Listings aren't deleted silently. Accounts aren't disabled without warning. Ever.
What about booking, print-on-demand, digital downloads?
Digital downloads are live today. Service bookings (tattoo slots, studio time, hair appointments) and print-on-demand (tees, stickers, zines, merch) launch with the Pro tier in Q1 2027. Founding vendors get early access to both.
06.
FROM THE FOUNDLINGS.
Real words from vendors who claimed a beta slot.
VENDOR QUOTES
"
Etsy's offsite ads took 15% of everything and none of it brought me new customers. Half my shop shut down. We The Loud has zero of that — the fee is printed on the tin.
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My Instagram account got suspended for "sensitive content" — leatherwork. Took 40 days to restore. Losing that audience was losing my business. I'm not building on rented land again.
