Comparison
Your own shop, or work from a marketplace
A marketplace is not a software rival. It competes with you for the customer. You sell either through someone else's storefront or through your own.
| Question | Work from a marketplace | Your own shop on Forgmatic |
|---|---|---|
| Whose customer is it | The marketplace's. Next time they go back to the marketplace, not to you. | Yours. Your customer list belongs to you and is never shared with another shop. We never send them our marketing emails. |
| Who sets the price | The marketplace. You set capacity, not price. | You do. Rates, markups and quantity discounts are yours. You set your prices with no limits. |
| Where the money lands | With the marketplace first, with you later. | Card payments go through Stripe Connect straight to your account once you have connected it, and the commission is deducted at payment. For bank transfers we bill the commission separately. |
| Whose name is on the invoice | The marketplace invoices the customer; you invoice them. | Your company, from your own billing details. Your shop issues the invoice under your company. Stripe only processes the payment, and we are not a party to the sale. |
| Where the customer sees it | On a marketplace subpage, next to your competitors. | At your shop's own address, with your logo and your colors.A custom domain from Pro upwards. |
| Who holds the data | The marketplace. Leaving means starting over. | You export it yourself, on every plan including the free one. It holds your settings, your business customers and their orders. Orders from customers without a business account are not in it yet. |
And what we take
A commission on each paid order, by plan:
- Free: 2.5%, no cap
- Pro: 1%, capped at CZK 2,000 a month
- Business: 0.3%, capped at CZK 3,500 a month
- Enterprise: no commission
Listing someone else's margin while hiding our own would not be a fair comparison. Work it out on the pricing page
The comparison with working in spreadsheets is on the home page: How your day changes
Try it on a drawing of your own
The demo shop runs on the same platform. Upload a part and see a price.