Your own web shop in 14 days.
We load your catalogue for you. Buyers pay by card on your site and see shipping rates at checkout. $497 a month, no setup fee.
Kakapo Press, an antiquarian bookseller, opened its own shop like this in August 2026.
Selling only through a marketplace gets expensive
The marketplace brings buyers. It also keeps their details, so the next sale goes through it again.
- The marketplace takes a fee on every single sale.
- The buyers belong to the marketplace, so you can’t write to them again.
- People ask if you have something in stock, and there is nothing to send them.
- Shopify looked cheap until the apps were added up.
How Kakapo Press sells its books today
Kakapo Press sold its books only through AbeBooks. In August 2026 it opened its own shop with 3,011 books, card checkout and live FedEx rates, and the stock is checked against AbeBooks every two hours, so a book sold there comes off the shop.
Front page
Search
A book’s page
Basket
Your shop’s front page, with your name
Press "Add to basket" on a tile. On your shop, that is where your own products and prices go, with card checkout and the shipping rate shown before the buyer pays.
Furniture made to last, delivered to your door
- Chairs
- Tables
- Storage
Your product
Your price
Your product
Your price
Your product
Your price
Your product
Your price
What you get for $497 a month
Your catalogue loaded for you, up to 100 products
Send us a spreadsheet or point us at your listings, and we do the typing.
Card checkout on your own site
The sale and the buyer’s email address are yours.
Shipping rates at checkout
Buyers see what delivery costs before they pay, with no surprise at the last step.
Stock counts
When the last one sells, it comes off the shop.
Built for phones first
Buyers find a product and pay for it on their phone.
Hosting, backups and changes within a working day
A new product or a sale banner is one message to us.
No cut of your sales
A theme-based store from an agency is often quoted at $3,000 to $8,000 before the monthly apps. Here you pay one monthly price, and the care is in it.
When you want the shop and your marketplace listings to share one stock count, with your own carrier accounts, that is our Own-Your-Customers Web Shop, from $9,500 + $250 a month€8,600 + €230 a month, quoted on the call.
$497€450a month
- No setup fee
- 12 months, then month to month
- Up to 100 products loaded for you
- Your domain and your customer list stay yours
Your first month is free if we’re late
Your catalogue is loaded 14 days after we have your product list and your photos. If it is late and the delay is ours, you don’t pay for the first month.
If you need longer to send us something, the date moves by those days. We guarantee the date and the work, and we don’t promise a number of sales or visitors.
Questions sellers ask
Can I keep selling on the marketplace too?
Yes, keep both if you like. When you want the shop and the marketplace to share one stock count, so an item sold in one place comes off the other, that is the next step and we quote it on the call.
Who owns the shop and the customer list?
You do. The domain is in your name, and the orders and the buyers’ details are yours to export whenever you want them.
How do payments reach me?
Through your own payment account, such as Stripe, set up in your name. Money from a sale goes from the buyer to that account; we never hold it.
How fast does it go live?
Your catalogue is loaded 14 days after we receive your product list and photos. The shop goes live the day you approve it.
What does it cost to add more products?
Up to 100 products are in the $497. If you have more, we price the extra loading on the call, before you sign anything.
Who owns the domain, and what happens if I leave?
The domain stays in your name. After the first 12 months the plan runs month to month. Your products and your customer list go with you; what happens to the built shop itself is written into the agreement before we start.
A walk through Kakapo’s shop on a phone
We open the shop, find a book, add it to the basket and show the shipping rate at checkout. The video goes up here once it is recorded.
Video on the wayTell us what you sell, and where
Thirty minutes with us. Bring your product list or a link to your listings; you leave knowing what your shop would carry and when your catalogue would be loaded.