Cliqket vs Etsy
Etsy owns the marketplace. Cliqket lets operators own theirs.
Etsy is a huge, ready-made audience, but it is Etsy's marketplace, not yours. You rent a shop page, follow their rules, and rarely own the customer relationship. Cliqket lets operators own the marketplace itself: the brand, the sellers, and the customer list.
Launch cost
Free to launch. 3.6% at checkout, only when you sell.
Per-listing and per-transaction fees on every sale.
Time to a live market
Private draft in minutes. Public after setup and review.
Open a shop today inside Etsy.
Collector hardware
Soft-close auctions, buylists, price history, and collection tracking built in.
General handmade and vintage marketplace. No collector tooling.
Seller storefronts and white-label sites
White-label seller sites and shop pages included.
An Etsy shop page, not your own site.
Payments and payouts
Stripe Connect payments and payouts from day one.
Etsy Payments, on Etsy's terms.
Operations after launch
A crew of agents for supply research, content, and floor-watching.
Etsy runs the marketplace, not you.
Who owns the market
You do. Your brand, your sellers, your customer list.
Etsy owns the marketplace and the customer.
When Etsy is the right choice.
If you just want to list items into an existing marketplace with built-in traffic and no interest in running your own, Etsy is the faster path. You trade ownership and the customer relationship for that reach.
Start your own marketplace.
Describe it in one sentence. Cliqket builds the market, staffs the crew, and runs checkout. You own the community.
Build a market