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makers

What a maker keeps

A seller should be able to answer "what did I earn on that?" without doing arithmetic we made necessary.

The Metzee team2 min read
shipping

The parcel is part of it

Handmade things are not uniform, and a delivery system that assumes they are will break them.

The Metzee team2 min read
makers

Eleven languages, and why English was not enough

The person with the best work in the room is very often not the person with the best English. Building only in English quietly decides who gets to sell.

The Metzee team2 min read
buyer protection

Why we hold the money

Paying a stranger on the internet for something handmade is an act of trust. The least we can do is not make it a leap of faith.

The Metzee team2 min read
live auctions

The ten seconds after a bid

Everything interesting about an auction happens in the gap between somebody bidding and somebody else deciding whether to.

The Metzee team2 min read
live auctions

Why a show has an ending

A listing waits. A show does not. That difference is most of what makes buying from a maker feel like meeting one.

The Metzee team2 min read
You should know hoe to click and when to click
live auctions

A photograph is not the thing

A listing can show you a bowl. It cannot turn it in the light, or tell you why the glaze pooled thicker on one side.

The Metzee team2 min read

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