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Most global marketplaces sell the same mass-produced catalogue sourced from a handful of manufacturing hubs. Velor exists to give traditional artisans and makers -- many in regions overlooked by mainstream e-commerce -- direct access to a global market for authentic, culturally rooted work, at a time when generic, factory-made goods are displacing traditional-craft economies.
Velor's commercial success is tied directly to more real makers earning fair, direct income from their craft -- and more of that craft surviving commercially.
Four things we build for, not just claim.
Every seller is screened to be a genuine artisan, family workshop, or cooperative -- not a reseller of generic goods relabelled as "cultural." Factory, wholesale, and dropship sources are excluded by design.
Who made it, where, and what tradition it comes from -- alongside the item, not buried in an about page. Authenticity is the point of the catalogue, not a marketing claim on top of it.
Sellers set their own prices and keep their own storefront and story. Our commission is a single published rate, the same for everyone -- not a hidden or negotiated number.
Payment sits in escrow until delivery is confirmed, then goes straight to the maker via Stripe or Payoneer -- built specifically so sellers in countries most marketplaces ignore can still get paid.
Velor is a new marketplace. Our payment and escrow pipeline is live and tested -- a real end-to-end transaction has gone through Stripe, from payment to buyer confirmation to payout -- but we haven't opened publicly to buyers yet, and by design we don't fill the shop with filler or placeholder listings while we wait. Buyers arrive on 6 August 2026, once our founding sellers -- real, identity-verified makers -- are onboarded and ready.
Velor Commerce Ltd is accredited by the Good Business Charter (UK), which verifies responsible business practice across 10 components including fair payment, employee wellbeing, environmental responsibility, and ethical sourcing.
Velor Commerce Ltd is also registered with the UK Information Commissioner's Office as a data controller (registration reference ZC204644), as required under UK data protection law. Verify on the ICO register.
Our Founding Seller programme recruits real makers by country and craft tradition, free to join. If that's you, there's an application at the end of this page.
Velor Commerce Ltd (company no. 17268133) is registered in England and Wales, registered office 49 Station Road, Polegate, East Sussex, BN26 6EA.
