Do you hand-make things that you sell? Do you wish Etsy would *disintegrate* for jacking up fees 30% after a record sales year?

Artisans Coop is on its way to becoming a very real Etsy alternative, a place for handmade goods that is owned by its members, that can put all that "record sales" into the pockets of sellers, not white collar thugs. And i do mean artisans, not assholes who steal designs and get them printed at a sweatshop.

How is that possible? Check it out: https://artisans.coop/blog/join-an-authentic-handmade-marketplace-now-enrolling-members/

Now Enrolling Members! Join An Authentic Handmade Marketplace | Artisans Cooperative

Artisans Cooperative is now accepting its first members! In this post, we'll share all the details about membership.

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@LeoSammallahti Have you seen this #coop under #Oregon law? It's quite similar to what we'd been discussing.
https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_or/211349196

The bylaws make an interesting read.
https://artisans.coop/blog/our-bylaws-board/
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=11jxnsoOZyCveBbCoXT1eCJ57NTbEDVBX

There's no explicit limit to the distribution of profits (or assets upon liquidation). Unless the word "patronage" comes with very specific meanings not mentioned in the law.
https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_62.415
https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_62.702