This is definitely not just another business directory! The clever bit is that this is a blog first and a directory second – this keeps Mr.Google happy. The main aim of the blog is to showcase creative business across the UK, provide useful information on how to run an art or craft business and much more!

Your shop on WowThankYou is a special bonus that we thought would help you to develop your creative business and give you the opportunity to start selling online. However it is at our discretion who we invite to sell with us. We want to keep the quality and selection of product as high as possible and because of that, automatic shop inclusion is not possible. If you are thinking of becoming a Handmade Business Member because you would like to sell on WowThankYou, please contact us in advance (including link’s where we can see your work) and we can let you know if your business would be accepted or not. Even if you are not accepted to sell with us, our Handmade Business Directory is open to everyone, so you are still welcome to join us and use the resources and support to progress to a point where your business will be ready to showcase your product on our marketplace website. You can apply to sell with us any time during your Handmade Business Listing membership and we are always happy to revisit your application any time. Here are few clues to give you an idea what we base our decision on:

• Clear pictures
• Imaginative products
• Coherent product collection
• Well designed and made products
• Clear business brand
• Professional presentation
• UK based
• Handmade

You don’t need to be an established business or sell elsewhere. What’s more important is that you have a business vision and that you are committed to your creative business, whether that’s 5 hrs a week or full time.

Is there any additional cost involved?

Depending on your level of membership with Handmade Business Directory there is also a one off joining fee. This also depends what offers we have at the time you apply. In the past this varied from £0 to £45. We don’t charge for listing your products (in fact you can have as many products in your shop as you like), but there is currently 10% commission on sale of any product to cover transaction fees and to contribute towards hosting your shop. Out market place – WowThankYou – has it’s own sellers support group, resources and plenty of ways of getting involved in marketing your shop.

Our main aim is to support small creative handmade businesses based in the UK, but the description is here as a guide. You will perfectly fit in if you run a family owned tearoom, sewing workshops or run a small food production. As long as you are not a big corporation with international branches in Dubai (just letting my imagination going wild here… ) then you are very welcome!