06/26/2024
Calling VENDORS / ARTISTS / ARTISANS / SIDE BUSINESSES
As many of you may or may not know, I have been working on alchemystics.org for a while and have had some success with it, but part of what I was trying to build is a spot that can integrate with everyone and collaborate as artists and businesses and help those that have not had the time to figure out your own online shop presence. There is etsy, but it is overly saturated at this point and this new version of alchemsytics.org will integrate with your current etsy, prestashop, woocommerce, magento, and shopify so you can just synch your products. And if you don't have an online shop already- no problem - just sign up at https://market.alchemystics.org
I will take care of some of the seo and a lot of other downstream integrations with other platforms that will be forthcoming into other marketplaces as well (google products, etc)
This is version 2.0 Alpha and still is requiring some build out still- very early in the process. But you can now register and set up your shop and have your logo and your own little shop link online - without listing fees. I will be moving my products and store into the marketplace as time allows, since version 1.0 was essentially my Meta Zen shop even though the vision was more geared towards what I am building here. Once the migration is complete alchemystics.org will be a landing page for the market and some other art projects I have in mind.
How much does it cost, though? This model is different and we are trying a free to list, but 10% commission of the sale. This takes care of the ~3 - 3.5% fees for payment processing for any type of payment (paypal, venmo, credit cards, etc). And allows us to setup an affiliate program that will pay you back 5% if someone you refer buys another product from the marketplace that was not yours (you have to use the affiliate link- though), which leaves us (I am working with another friend to try to get this all up and running) with 1.5% for infrastructure fees in the worst case scenario. Possibly more, but just practicing full transparency as a business person, which might not be what people are used to.
Hopefully you can see from the screenshot that the proof of concept was successful and will give you some assurance that you are getting in at a very early stage which will likely provide you with some perks for helping me build it out, test, and get things up and running. This is in beta stage, so you will be helping us test and work out a few things and we will be working on the template and design in the next few weeks. Proper launch is likely towards end of summer.
Sign up link in the comments as well. Please tag your vendor, small biz, and artist friends that might be interested. Ok just taking a few minutes at lunch to send out the news. and hope this will help some of my friends so we can all build and come up together. Ok gotta run.