Banzena vs Etsy

Your own shop, not a rented stall

Etsy is a marketplace where shoppers browse many sellers at once, which can bring built-in traffic — a real advantage. The trade-off is that your shop lives under the Etsy brand alongside everyone else. Banzena gives you your own branded store on your own domain, where the customers are yours.

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Nothing to pay until you make a sale. Then just 1% of confirmed card orders.

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How they compare

A marketplace and your own store solve different problems. Here is the honest difference.

Banzena
Etsy
Your storefront
BanzenaYour own branded store on your own domain, designed around your products.
EtsyA listing inside the shared Etsy marketplace.
Who owns the customer
BanzenaYour customers and their details are yours.
EtsyThe customer relationship largely belongs to the marketplace.
Fees
BanzenaNo monthly fee — a flat 1% on a confirmed card sale, nothing on cash on delivery.
EtsyListing fees plus transaction and payment-processing fees.
Finding customers
BanzenaYou bring your own audience, helped by SEO and your own domain.
EtsyBuilt-in marketplace traffic — genuinely useful for getting discovered.
Branding
BanzenaYour name, your look, your domain — fully your brand.
EtsyYour shop sits under the Etsy brand and look.

A fair, general comparison — competitor plans and fees change, so check their current terms too.

Why Banzena

What you get with Banzena

The things small shops tell us matter most — all included from day one.

Built for you by AI

Describe what you sell in one sentence and your store is ready in minutes — name, copy, theme, and standard pages all done for you.

Fair, simple pricing

No monthly fee and nothing upfront. Just a flat 1% on a confirmed card sale, and nothing at all on cash-on-delivery orders.

Your shop, your domain

Your own custom domain with free automatic SSL, your customers, and no lock-in — the store stays yours.

Which is right for you?

Honest advice

Both are good tools. Here is the simplest way to choose.

Choose Banzena if…

you want to build your own brand, own your customers, and sell on your own domain rather than inside a marketplace.

Choose Etsy if…

you mainly want the built-in marketplace traffic and are happy selling under the Etsy brand alongside other sellers.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about selling with Banzena.

How much does Banzena cost?
It's free to start with nothing upfront, no monthly fee, and no setup cost. We earn a flat 1% only on a confirmed card sale, so if you don't sell, you don't pay a thing.
How does the AI build my store from a description?
You describe what you sell in one sentence, and our AI builder suggests store names, writes your product and page copy, picks a matching theme, and stands up a real, mobile-ready storefront in minutes. It even creates your standard pages like Privacy Policy, Terms, Refund and Shipping policies, Contact and About.
How can my customers pay?
Shoppers can pay by card at a secure checkout or choose cash on delivery, where they pay when the order arrives. Both are turned on by default the moment your store goes live, and customers pick whichever they prefer.
Can I use my own domain name?
Yes. Every store gets a free yourname.banzena.com address, and you can also connect your own custom domain like shop.yourbrand.com at no extra cost, with free automatic SSL. Your shop, your domain, your customers, with no lock-in.
How do I get paid for my sales?
You connect your own Stripe account, and card payments flow straight into it. Banzena's 1% is taken as a small fee on each card sale, so the rest is yours. For cash on delivery, you collect from the customer directly.
How do I get help if I'm stuck?
Email us anytime at support@banzena.com and you'll always hear back from a real person, never a robot. Our team is around Monday to Friday and usually replies within one working day, often sooner, while the Help centre is open 24/7.
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Describe what you sell and our AI builds your store — on your own domain, with nothing upfront. We earn just 1% when you sell.

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Built on trust

Your store and your customers' data stay safe by default

Every store runs on Cloudflare's global network with HTTPS on by default, card payments handled by Stripe (never stored by us), and each shop's data kept isolated from every other.

Built on CloudflareEncrypted in transitPer-store data isolationStripe-secured checkoutFree automatic SSLBot & spam protection