Orchard rows and agave on a hillside in golden evening light
For makers
California · 2027

Your town is the label.

Every product names the town it was made in, and every box ships from the maker.

Sign up as a founding maker

One shelf. Every product on it has an address.

Example: A jar of amber honey with a blank label and black lid
Sebastopol, CAWildflower Honey
Example: Two bars of handmade soap, oat and lavender, with a paper band
Ojai, CAOat and Lavender Soap
Example: A tall green glass bottle of olive oil with a kraft cap
Paso Robles, CAEarly Harvest Olive Oil
Example: A lit candle in a matte black vessel with a kraft label
Arcata, CARedwood Candle

Example products and towns.

Placemade is a map, not a mall. We find people who make things the slow way and send them customers who care where things come from.

A man sits by a woven window shade, looking out at the hills, a cup of coffee beside him

Customers who
read labels.

People come to Placemade looking for makers like you, and they read every ingredient.

A hand lifting kraft pouches of organic chocolate out of a box

What you get.

Keep your stock. Ship from your own kitchen, studio or farm.

  1. 01
    Customers who read labelsPeople come looking for makers like you, and they read every ingredient.
  2. 02
    Your story, told properlyA maker page written with you. Shoot to our photo guide, or send us the product and we shoot it.
  3. 03
    Your stock, your doorKeep your inventory. Orders arrive as boxes to pack, with the label ready to print.
  4. 04
    Paid every two weeksSales less our commission, straight to your bank, with a statement for every box.
“We’d rather carry forty makers we can vouch for than four thousand we can’t.”
  1. OneEvery product names its town.
  2. TwoEvery maker is vetted by hand.
  3. ThreeEvery box ships from the maker.
Black and white portrait of a woman with curly hair resting her head on her arm by a window

A story, not a listing.

We write your maker page with you and shoot your shelf to one standard.

An older woman sorting pears by hand at a wooden bench in a dark shed
Example · Mendocino, CAPears sorted by hand, a tray at a time.Packed in the shed beside the orchard and shipped the week they’re picked.
A woman smoothing a length of raw linen across a table in a plaster-walled studio
Example · Ojai, CALinen cut and finished in one room.A one-woman studio making table linen in small runs.
A farmer walking a misty field carrying a crate of greens

Where this is going.

  1. NowNovember 2026Founding makers sign up.A person reads every application. We reply within ten business days.
  2. WinterJanuary to March 2027The first shelf comes together.15 to 20 makers, at least two in every category. Pages written, products photographed.
  3. April 192027The invited pilot opens.Real orders from an invite list. The first payout goes out April 30.
  4. June 12027Open to the public.Founding makers are on the shelf from the first day.

Planned dates. They may move.

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California makes
good things.
Help us show it.

No upfront cost. California makers only, for now.

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