For Makers & Homemakers · Klerksdorp

You make it.
We sell it.

If you make something with your hands — food, ceramics, candles, clothing, soap, preserves, woodwork, anything — you already have a listing in the Maker's Market. You just need to put it there. Free to list. No commission on sales. Every buyer is a local.

List your first product Browse the Market first

What listing in the Market gives you

A store that's already built and open.

You don't need a website, a social media following, or a credit card terminal. The infrastructure is here. You bring what you make.

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A real product listing

Photos, description, price, materials, dimensions, shipping options. Your listing sits next to other handmade goods in a market that buyers are already visiting. You don't have to build an audience — the Market has one.

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Sovereign Credits from day one

RESTORE members earn SC by showing up, doing jobs, and participating in the community. Those credits need somewhere to go. The Market is where they go. You get paid in SC that spends locally — at the butcher, the bakery, the studio, anywhere in the network.

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The Maker's Day table

First Saturday of every month, the studio opens its space for in-person selling. Bring what you make, set up a table, and sell direct. The same items you sell in-person get listed online the same day so buyers who couldn't come can still find you.

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Commission requests

Buyers can request something made specifically for them — their measurements, their colors, their occasion. You choose whether to accept. Commission requests come through the Market with the buyer's WhatsApp number so you negotiate directly.

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The Market agent knows your work

The RESTORE Steward Agent knows every listing in the Market. When a member asks "who makes ceramics in Klerksdorp?" or "where can I find homemade preserves?" — your name comes up. No algorithm to game. Just a real recommendation.

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Your prices stay yours

There's no race to the bottom here. The Market is handmade-only. Buyers come because they want something made by a person, not something manufactured. The correct price for handmade work is what it actually costs to make it. Buyers in this market understand that.

Sovereign Credits — plain language

SC is local money. It spends locally.

You've heard about this but let's be direct about what it means for you as a maker.

How SC works for a maker in plain terms

A customer buys your hand-thrown mug for 250 SC. You now have 250 SC in your balance. You can spend that 250 SC at the Friday braai supply run — at the butcher or bakery that accepts SC. You can use it to book a pottery class at the studio for your kids. You can put it in the digital stokvel with neighbors you trust. Or you can let it sit — but it decays 1% every Sunday above your sustenance threshold, so the system gently pushes you to keep it moving.

The decay isn't a penalty. It's the design. A local currency only works when it circulates. Your SC buying from the butcher means the butcher has SC to spend at your Market listing. That loop is the whole point.

You list your handmade goods in the Market

A member buys with SC. You earn that SC immediately.

You spend SC at other participating businesses. It stays local.

What you can list

If it's made by hand, it belongs here.

The only rule is that you made it. No reselling manufactured goods. No dropshipping. Every item in the Market was made by the person listing it.

🏺Ceramics & pottery

🍯Jams & preserves

🕯Candles & wax

🧶Knitting & crochet

🧼Soap & body care

🍞Bread & baked goods

🌿Dried herbs & spice

💍Jewelry & metalwork

🪵Woodwork & carving

🎨Art & prints

🧵Clothing & textiles

🌱Plants & seedlings

🥩Biltong & cured meats

🍷Home ferments & kombucha

🪡Macramé & fiber art

🧺Baskets & weaving

🖼Photography & prints

✂Leather goods

Who this is specifically for

You don't need to be a professional. You don't need a business registration. You need to make something and be willing to price it honestly.

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The homemaker who makes jam from the guava tree in the backyardYou made 40 jars. You can sell 30. List them. Someone in Klerksdorp wants exactly that, and right now they have no way to find you.

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The retiree who crochets every eveningYou've given away most of what you make. List it instead. Someone pays you SC, you spend it at the Friday braai. You just turned your hobby into grocery money.

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The guy in the garage building furniture on weekendsYou have a cutting board you made last Saturday. Photograph it on your kitchen counter. List it for what it's worth. You'll be surprised.

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Anyone who grows more than they eatSeedlings, fresh produce, dried herbs, fruit from the garden — all of it belongs in the Market. List what you have, take what you get.

How to get listed

Three steps. Less than a day.

Fill out the form below

Tell us who you are, what you make, and how you want to be paid. Five minutes.

We set up your seller account

Within 24 hours you get access to the vendor dashboard where you can add photos and descriptions for each product.

Your listings go live

The Market agent knows your products. Orders come in via WhatsApp. You confirm, arrange collection or shipping, and get paid.

Get listed in the Market

Tell us what you make

This takes five minutes. We'll have you set up within 24 hours. If you'd rather talk first, WhatsApp us directly.

Your name *

WhatsApp number *

Orders and confirmations come via WhatsApp.

Your location in Klerksdorp

Main category *

Describe what you make *

How do you want to be paid?

You can change this per listing after you're set up. SC gets you a 10% discount on everything you buy in the network.

Can you ship, or collection only?

Anything else?

Or WhatsApp us: +27 72 480 1712 · [email protected]