The Federated Marketplace
Your store. Your customers. Your data. A marketplace that puts merchants first — no lock-in, no middlemen, pure transmutation.
You are the merchant of record. You own the customer relationship, the data, the real email addresses. Alkemy is infrastructure, not a landlord.
Discover independent vendors you won't find on Amazon. Every store is a real business, every purchase goes direct.
The Transmutation
Setting up your storefront takes minutes, not months.
Connect your Stripe account, upload your brand assets, and choose your plan tier. We dissolve the complexity.
Build your storefront with our visual site builder. Your brand, your layout, powered by the Alkemy engine.
Go live. Customers discover you through the marketplace. Every sale flows directly to your Stripe account.
The Platform
Every tool you need ships with Alkemy. No app marketplace, no plugin tax, no assembly required.
Storefront
Drag-and-drop blocks, custom domains, mobile-responsive. Your brand, your layout — code optional.
Payments
You are the merchant of record. Direct payouts to your bank. Real customer emails, never masked.
Intelligence
Revenue, orders, conversion rates, customer insights — real-time, no third-party app needed.
Logistics
EasyPost multi-carrier rates. Zonos shows duties and taxes before checkout — zero border surprises.
Quality
AI-powered content moderation. Every listing is scanned for quality, spam, and compliance automatically.
Design System
Production-ready UI components, auto-themed to your brand. Buttons, cards, badges, inputs — drop in and go.
Protection
Chargeflow fights disputes automatically with AI evidence collection. 96% win rate protecting your revenue.
Zero to Selling
Not days. Not hours. One session, six steps, every tool included. No apps to install, no plugins to configure.
from sign-up to first sale
Shopify + apps takes 2–4 hours. Etsy listing setup takes 45–90 min — and you still don't own your storefront.
Everything below is included free
On Shopify, these features cost $300–$500/month in app subscriptions
Transparent Pricing
No upfront costs, no hidden fees. Pay a commission on what you sell — the more you grow, the less you pay.
No lock-in. No exit fees. No masked customer emails. If you leave Alkemy, you take your customer data, your order history, and your store assets with you. We believe in earning your loyalty, not trapping it.
Marketplaces shouldn't own your customers. We built the world's first federated e-commerce platform because we believe merchants deserve sovereignty.
— Illure Design, Edmonton, Alberta
At a Glance
The Real Cost
Every fee below is real, documented, and taken from each platform’s own fee policy. This is what sellers actually pay when the fees stack up.
On a $50 sale, Alkemy (Pro tier) takes $4.25 in total fees — Etsy takes $14.52, Shopify Basic takes $2.92 (plus $189/mo before you sell anything), and Amazon FBA takes $18.07. Every figure below is sourced from each platform’s published fee documentation.
Alkemy shown at Pro tier (best case). Competitors shown with all documented fees that apply to a typical seller.
Begin the Transmutation
Start free. Grow at your pace. Leave whenever you want — and take everything with you.