Shilp
शिल्पArtisans & craft
The work stays in the village; only the goods travel
Weavers, potters, wood-carvers and craft businesses get a catalogue, a price they set themselves, and a route to a district that could not previously reach them — and later, to buyers well outside it.
How it works
Start to doorstep
- 1
The maker lists the work
Craft, materials, and years of practice are part of the listing, because that is what a buyer is actually purchasing — not just an object with a price.
- 2
The maker sets the price
No reverse auction, no platform undercutting. The number on the listing is the maker's number.
- 3
Ordered from the catalogue
Structured, priced ordering on the same catalogue model Anna's kitchens use — one shared system, not two half-built ones.
- 4
Reachable beyond the district
Today the buyer is in the district. The showroom layer underneath is what lets the same catalogue reach buyers well outside it.
What is different
The part we got wrong first
- The maker sets the price; no reverse auction
- Craft, materials and years of practice are part of the listing
- Reachable from the district today, from outside it next
- No storefront, no rent, no middleman's cut
How we know
An artisan record carries craft materials and years of practice, because that is what a buyer is actually purchasing. The same catalogue model serves kitchens and artisans — one shared thing, not two half-built ones.
For the artisan
The other side of the transaction
A marketplace that only works for the buyer is a subsidy with a logo. Every service was designed from the seller's constraints first — what they can realistically promise, and what they must not be asked to change.
- ✓A catalogue without a website or a storefront
- ✓Price set by the maker, kept by the maker
- ✓Craft and experience shown as part of the product
- ✓A route to buyers outside the village
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