[15]Resources
Learn to sell from where you are
Guides for local shops: opening one, selling to buyers abroad, pricing across borders and getting paid.
[01]Start a shop
- Open your shop on 1VIM in an afternoonAn account, a pin, a name and a few photos. What each step asks of you, and what 1VIM does for you.2 min read
- Good ideas for a first local shopStart from your place, pick things that travel, and begin small. A few ways to choose what your shop sells.1 min read
- Photographs that sell what you makeDaylight, a plain background, one photo in use and one up close. How to photograph a piece with the phone you have.1 min read
- Telling your shop's storyStories is where shops show what they are making, where and how. What to post, how often, and where it goes.1 min read
- Selling worldwide from a one person studioYou do not need a company, a warehouse or an ads budget. You need a pin on the map, a photo of what you make, and a courier within walking distance.1 min read
- You do not have to make itThe map started with makers, but the thing people ask for from another country is often something anyone local can buy. Here is what a shop on 1VIM can be.2 min read
[02]Sell abroad
- Selling to buyers in the United StatesThe largest market for handmade and local goods. What changed at the border in 2025, what American buyers look for, and how 1VIM keeps the price clear.1 min read
- Selling to buyers in JapanJapanese buyers notice the details: the finish, the packing, the words. How to sell into Japan from anywhere.1 min read
- What travels wellA parcel crossing a border spends days in transit and some of it on a shelf nobody controls. Here is how to pick the version of your work that arrives in the condition you sent it.2 min read
- How a parcel clears customs, explained calmlyCustoms is a checklist, not a lottery. What actually happens to your box at the border, why it almost never gets opened, and why on 1VIM there is nothing left to pay when it arrives.1 min read
- What de minimis means, and why your parcel may owe nothingMany countries wave small parcels through customs duty free under a threshold called de minimis. Knowing it changes what buying abroad costs.1 min read
[03]Price and get paid
- How to price for a buyer on another continentStart from what the piece costs you, price it in your own currency, and let the buyer see everything else in the open.1 min read
- What landed cost means when you buy from another countryThe sticker price is not the price. Landed cost is the item, the shipping, the import duties and the taxes, together. Here is how it works and why 1VIM shows it upfront.1 min read
- How 1VIM pays sellers, and whereOne rail, no surprises: every seller is paid through Stripe, weekly, in their own currency, with nothing deducted. Selling is open exactly where Stripe payouts reach.1 min read
- Why buying direct from makers costs less than you thinkThe same object often crosses four companies and doubles in price before it reaches a shop shelf. Direct from the workshop, you pay the maker's price plus real shipping, and nothing invented.1 min read
Ready to open your shop?
Free to open, free to sell. Your pin is on the map the moment you publish.