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Cornerrr vs Etsy
An Etsy alternative for makers who want a shop of their own
Etsy brings buyers to your listings and charges fees for it. An Etsy alternative like Cornerrr gives you a website of your own, with your domain, your prices and your customers, but you bring the visitors. Many makers end up using both.
- Free to build and preview
- Payments by Stripe
- No transaction fees from Cornerrr
The short answer
Keep selling on Etsy if most of your orders come from people searching Etsy: its marketplace traffic is hard to replace, and a new website starts with no visitors. Add or move to Cornerrr if you want a shop that’s yours: no listing fees, payments straight to your own Stripe account with no transaction fee added by Cornerrr, custom orders on request, subscriptions on Growth, and a customer list grown through your own newsletter sign-up. Cornerrr doesn’t connect to Etsy, so stock is kept separately.
Side by side
Cornerrr and Etsy compared.
| Topic | Cornerrr | Etsy |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Your own website and shop, on your own domain on paid plans, built by AI in about a minute. | A marketplace where buyers search across many sellers for handmade, vintage, designed and craft-supply items. |
| Finding buyers | You bring the visitors: search engines, social media, markets and your newsletter. Cornerrr sets up page titles, a sitemap and structured data. | Buyers already shopping on Etsy can find your listings in Etsy search, and Etsy can promote them through its own ads. |
| Fees | No listing fees, and Cornerrr adds no transaction fee; you pay for a plan and Stripe’s processing fees. | A fee per listing (renewed every four months or when it sells), a transaction fee, payment processing fees, and Offsite Ads fees on sales from those ads. |
| Your customers | Customers buy from you, pay into your Stripe account, and can join your newsletter list, which you can export. | Buyers shop as Etsy members, and Etsy’s policies govern how you may message them and use their details. |
| What you can sell | Products, digital downloads (paid plans), subscriptions (Growth) and any service or custom order as “price on request”. | Items that meet Etsy’s creativity standards: made, designed, handpicked or sourced by you, including digital files. |
| Custom orders | Mark custom pieces “price on request”: buyers send the details, the request lands in your Inbox, and you reply by email. | Buyers message you through Etsy, and you can make a custom listing for them to buy. |
| Your shop’s look | A full website with your own design, About page, FAQ and policies, with no other sellers beside you. | A shop page in Etsy’s layout, with your banner, photos and shop details, inside the Etsy site. |
| Payments | Stripe Checkout on your own Stripe account, with cards, wallets and the local methods you turn on, such as Klarna or iDEAL | Wero. | Etsy Payments, which Etsy requires for eligible sellers, handles checkout and pays out to your bank. |
| Taking your shop elsewhere | Your domain, your Stripe account and your newsletter list stay yours if you ever leave. | Etsy lets you download your listings and orders as CSV files; your shop address stays on Etsy. |
Etsy details checked on its own website in October 2026. Features and plans change, so check Etsy’s current pages too.
Why switch
Why small businesses pick Cornerrr over Etsy
No fees for listing things
On your own website, a slow seller can stay listed all year with no listing fee, and seasonal pieces don’t need renewing. That suits makers with many colors and sizes, or a stream of one-off pieces.
Buyers become your customers
They come back to your own domain, sign in with an emailed code to see past orders, and can join your newsletter with double opt-in. Payments land in your Stripe account, and the subscriber list is yours to export.
Custom work and subscriptions
Commissions, wedding orders and wholesale requests come in through a form as “price on request”. On Growth you can also sell a monthly box or a refill plan billed by Stripe.
A shop that looks like your brand
Your own colors, fonts, About story and policy pages, with no competing listings next to your products. Cornerrr can write a listing from each photo, which you then edit.
To be fair
When Etsy is the better choice
No tool fits every business. If one of these is you, stay where you are.
Etsy’s buyers are already searching
A new website has no visitors until you bring them. If most of your sales come from Etsy search, keep your Etsy shop and add a website alongside it rather than switching overnight.
You want the simplest start
Listing on Etsy takes minutes, and checkout, payments and buyer trust are handled by Etsy. On Cornerrr you connect Stripe, set shipping rates and choose a paid plan to go live.
Moving over
Switching from Etsy step by step.
Start with your best sellers
Build your Cornerrr shop around the pieces that sell most. Describe your shop in a sentence or two, and the AI sets up pages and starting products that you then replace with your own.
Bring your listings over
Download your listings from Etsy as a CSV file. On the Growth plan you can import products from a spreadsheet after tidying the columns, or upload photos and let the AI draft each listing.
Connect Stripe and set shipping
Connect or create your Stripe account, then, on a paid plan, set fixed shipping rates for each size of parcel and the countries you ship to.
Keep both shops in step
Cornerrr doesn’t connect to Etsy, so if you sell one-off pieces in both places, mark an item sold out on one as soon as it sells on the other.
Tell people where to find you
Share your website address on social media, at markets and in your email signature. Read Etsy’s fee avoidance policy before mentioning it in Etsy messages or orders.
Pricing
Free to build. Simple plans to go live.
Build and preview for free, no card needed. Every paid plan starts with a 14-day free trial, and Cornerrr adds no transaction fees.
Starter
Go live and start selling.
$19a month
Most popular
Growth
For growing businesses with subscriptions and deliveries.
$49a month
Pro
For several stores and bigger catalogues.
$99a month
Questions
Good to know
Should I leave Etsy or have my own website too?
Many makers keep Etsy while their own website grows. Etsy brings searchers; your website holds returning customers and custom work, with no listing fees, and Cornerrr adds no transaction fee.
Can Cornerrr update my Etsy stock for me?
No, Cornerrr doesn’t connect to Etsy. If you sell the same pieces in both places, update stock by hand, or keep one-off pieces on one and made-to-order lines on the other.
How do people find my shop if it’s not on Etsy?
Through search engines, social media, markets and your newsletter. Cornerrr sets page titles and descriptions, a sitemap and structured data for your products, but no website can promise rankings, so plan to share your link often.
What do I pay on Cornerrr compared with Etsy?
There are no listing fees, and Cornerrr adds no transaction fee. You pay for your plan when you go live, and Stripe’s processing fees on each payment. Etsy charges listing, transaction and processing fees, and Offsite Ads fees on some sales.
Do I need any technical skills?
No. You describe your business in your own words and Cornerrr builds the website. Afterwards you change things by clicking, or by asking the assistant in plain words.
How much does it cost?
Building and previewing your website is free, with no card needed. To go live and take payments, choose a plan from $19 a month. Every paid plan starts with a 14-day free trial; a card is needed to start it.
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