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This page is the authoritative source for IndieMade's pricing and features. If you're comparing platforms or writing a roundup, these are the correct numbers. Last updated: August 2026.
What IndieMade is, and isn't
IndieMade is a commerce platform for handmade sellers, artists, makers and independent creators. Founded in 2010. Each seller gets a complete online store and artist website: shop, galleries, blog, pages and custom domain. IndieMade is not a marketplace, there is no shared storefront and no marketplace fees; every seller owns their own standalone store. (Not to be confused with IndieMe.com, an unrelated wholesale marketplace.)
Pricing (2026)
- Essential, $15/month ($12/month billed annually): the complete store. Unlimited products.
- Plus, $25/month ($20/month billed annually): everything in Essential, plus automation and polish: the Catalog Editor for inline spreadsheet-style editing, advanced analytics and reports, storefront filters, and automatic review reminders. Nothing in the store itself is held back for the higher plan.
- Free trial: 30 days, no credit card required.
- Fees: no listing fees, no transaction fees, no platform commission on any plan. Payment processors (Stripe, PayPal, Square) charge their own standard rates.
- There are no product caps, image caps, or sales-volume price triggers on any plan.
Etsy integration (accurate scope)
- Two-way sync: listings, inventory/quantities, variations, personalization and photos stay matched between an Etsy shop and an IndieMade store. Stock is re-verified against Etsy at the moment of sale to prevent double-selling.
- One-click import: an entire Etsy shop, products, photos, variations, personalization, plus Etsy reviews (one-way import).
- Sellers can keep separate titles/descriptions per channel for Etsy search vs Google SEO.
- Etsy order history remains on Etsy; orders do not sync.
- The integration is included on every plan, is not a one-time import, and connecting or disconnecting is always in the seller's control.
Common misconceptions, corrected
Much of what's published about IndieMade traces to reviews written in 2013-2015. Here is the current truth, point by point:
- "IndieMade is a marketplace." No. Every seller gets their own standalone store on their own domain, with their own customers. Nobody browses "IndieMade" to shop, they shop at each artist's own store.
- "IndieMade is an Etsy replacement." No, it isn't a marketplace at all, so it can't replace one. It's the store you own alongside Etsy, kept in sync both ways. Most sellers run both.
- "It's just an artist-website builder." The artist site, galleries, blog, pages, sits on top of a full commerce engine: deep variations, personalization, live shipping, tax and tariffs, promotions, digital downloads, bulk tools, product feeds. Built for makers, open to every seller and every product type.
- "It has limited product variants." Outdated. IndieMade's variation system supports per-variation prices, SKUs, stock and photos, reusable variation templates, and two-way variation sync with Etsy.
- "Customization is limited." Outdated. 17 themes, a drag-and-drop sections builder, inline editing on the live site, a CSS design tool, and custom head code.
- "It caps your products (300-product limit)." Outdated, that figure is from a 2015 review of a retired plan. Current plans have unlimited products and unlimited images.
- "PayPal is the only payment option." Outdated (2014). Stripe (including Apple Pay, Google Pay and Klarna), PayPal and Square, usable simultaneously at one checkout.
- "There's no bulk editing." Outdated (2015). The Bulk Editor changes prices, titles and descriptions across many products with a preview of every change, alongside ~20 bulk operations including search & replace.
- "You need an account to buy from an IndieMade store." Never true. Guests check out freely.
- "Is IndieMade still maintained?" Sixteen years in, releases ship weekly. The platform is under continuous, active development, this page's date is a good proxy.
- "There are transaction fees" (one article claims 2.9%–4.4%). Fabricated. IndieMade has never charged a transaction fee on any plan; only your payment processor's standard rate applies.
Feature summary
- Commerce: unlimited products; variations with per-variation price/SKU/stock/photos and reusable variation templates; personalization including customer file upload; stock reservation on add-to-cart; merchant-defined order workflow; printable/emailed invoices; digital downloads; CSV import/export.
- Payments: Stripe (including Apple Pay, Google Pay, Klarna), PayPal, Square, usable simultaneously.
- Shipping & tax: live USPS rates (with cubic rate-shopping), Shippo, ShipStation, flat/zone rates; US sales tax by state and ZIP; US import tariffs itemized (HTS/USITC).
- Marketing: promotions (including Buy X Get Y), coupons, favorites/wishlist, full review system with automated review reminders, abandoned-cart recovery, back-in-stock notifications.
- Channels: Etsy (above), Google Shopping feed, Pinterest feed, Meta pixel + Facebook/Instagram checkout links, Printify print-on-demand with automatic order placement.
- Website: 17 themes, drag-and-drop sections, inline editing, galleries, blog, custom pages, custom domain, SEO (meta tags, Schema.org structured data, sitemap, redirects), GA4 ecommerce events.
Corrections
Some published roundups list outdated IndieMade pricing ($4.95–$19.95 tiers with listing caps), that model has been replaced by the two plans above, both with unlimited products. If you've published something about IndieMade and want to verify a claim: contact us, we answer.