How can I contact you?

Sellfy support is available 24/7 via email at support@sellfy.com. You can also use the contact form inside your account by pressing Help in the bottom right corner of your dashboard. Whether you have a question about listing a physical product or setting up shipping rates, the team is there to help.

Immediately. Payments are processed through PayPal or Stripe and land in your account the moment each sale completes. No holding periods, no monthly payout cycles.

How can I sell pottery online?

Create a store on Sellfy, list each piece with high-resolution photos from multiple angles, write descriptions covering glaze technique, dimensions, and intended use, set your stock to one for any unique piece, and configure your shipping rates by region. Sellfy handles payment, order confirmation, and stock management automatically.

Is there a storage limit?

No. Sellfy does not cap the number of products in your store or the size of your product files. List your full range of pieces, upload high-resolution photographs for each listing, and add care guide PDFs without hitting any storage ceiling.

How do I ship ceramics safely?

Use the double-box method. Wrap each piece in bubble wrap and pack it in a snug inner box with two inches of padding on all sides. Place that inside a larger outer box with another two inches of cushioning around it. Label it fragile on every face. This survives standard courier handling from USPS, UPS, and FedEx reliably.

Is selling pottery online profitable?

Yes, and the margins are strong. A mug that takes thirty minutes of studio time plus materials can retail for thirty to sixty dollars. Sculptural pieces command more. The key is pricing on materials, labor at a real hourly rate, and overhead — not on what you think a buyer will pay. Underselling is the most common mistake potters make.

How do I price my pottery?

Use this formula: materials plus labour plus overhead equals cost, then double for wholesale and double again for retail. A potter paying themselves twenty-five to fifty dollars an hour and factoring in clay, glazes, and kiln time quickly lands a mug at thirty to sixty dollars. Compare against potters at a similar stage, then hold the price consistently.

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How to sell pottery online

Here is how to turn your studio into a storefront:

1. Set up your pottery shop
Pick a store theme with the clean gallery aesthetic your work deserves. Drop in your studio name, logo, and branding, and go live before your next kiln load is ready to ship.
2. List each piece properly
Add high-resolution photos from multiple angles, write dimensions, glaze technique, and materials for every piece. Set stock to one for anything unique so it marks sold the moment a buyer checks out.
3. Build an audience between firings
Grow an email list and notify subscribers every time you open a new collection for sale. Run seasonal discount codes ahead of the holiday gifting season and let affiliates spread the word for you.
4. Reach buyers where ceramics sell
Share new pieces on Instagram and Pinterest, where pottery buyers already discover makers they love. One store link routes everyone straight to your checkout without Etsy taking their share.

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The best place to sell pottery online

A store built for ceramics

Start with a clean, image-forward theme and customize it until it looks like your studio wall. Collectors buy with their eyes first. Give them something worth stopping for.

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Mark one-of-a-kind pieces as sold instantly

Set stock to one. The moment someone buys that bowl, it is gone. No double-selling, no apologetic emails, no awkward refunds. It just works.

Create your store

Mark one-of-a-kind pieces as sold instantly

Offer glaze and size variants

Made the same mug in three glazes? List it once and offer each finish as a variant. One listing, three options, zero extra admin. Buyers pick their favourite and check out.

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Ship on your schedule, your way

Set your shipping rates by region, pack orders how you pack them, and add a tracking number when it leaves your studio. Your buyer gets notified. You stay in control.

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Bundle a digital care guide

Attach a PDF care guide or certificate of authenticity to any physical listing. Buyers get it the second they order, before the piece even leaves your studio.

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Every piece your pottery store can hold

One storefront for the full range of what you make, from functional everyday ware to one-of-a-kind collector pieces.

Sell mugs and cups

The bestselling pottery category online, full stop. List every glaze finish as a variant so buyers can browse your full range without leaving the page.

Sell bowls and serving ware

Buyers furnishing a home with pieces that mean something keep coming back. Sell salad bowls, pasta bowls, and ramen sets to customers, building a set they actually care about.

Sell vases and vessels

Interior stylists, plant people, and gift buyers hunt for handmade vases constantly. Offer a range of heights and let your glaze do the talking.

Sell plates and dinnerware

Handmade plates are a go-to wedding and housewarming gift. Strong seasonal spikes, high price points, and buyers who return when they want to complete their set.

Sell planters and ceramic pots

The houseplant boom made handmade planters one of the fastest-moving pottery categories online. Offer drainage and no-drainage variants and watch both sell.

Sell ceramic sculpture and art objects

Collectors and interior designers pay serious money for sculptural work. List limited editions with a stock of one and let scarcity close the sale for you.

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Why selling pottery online works in your favour

Handmade ceramics have structural advantages over mass-produced goods. Here is why building a direct sales channel around your studio makes sense:

1. Handmade is having a genuine moment
Search volume for handmade ceramics has climbed every year since 2020, and buyers who once defaulted to IKEA are actively hunting for something made by a person. That shift is structural, not a trend.
2. You are the brand
A mass-produced mug from a factory costs eight dollars. A mug from a potter whose studio you follow, whose glaze tests you have watched, whose name you know, costs forty. That gap is entirely built on a relationship.
3. Pottery is a great gift product
A handmade bowl hits the sweet spot of gift pricing: personal enough to feel considered, useful enough to be used daily. Christmas, housewarmings, and weddings spike pottery sales in the same predictable pattern every year.
4. Collectors come back to complete the set
A mug buyer in January comes back for the matching bowl in March. A planter buyer returns for two more when propagation season hits. Repeat purchase rates in handmade ceramics are among the highest in craft.
5. Your followers are already warm buyers
A potter with five thousand followers watching every kiln opening already has a hotter sales list than most email marketers build in years. A store link is all that stands between those followers and a sale.

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Where to sell pottery online?

Share your store link on Instagram and Pinterest, where pottery buyers actively discover makers. Sell everywhere with a single link.

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