Selling on Ateliers d'Art.
Ateliers d'Art de France is the professional union of the French craft trades, and its Empreintes network carries work made by hand in ateliers across France. e-tailize presents your brand to the channel, then runs catalogue, translation, stock and orders from one place.
- Catalogue imported
- Materials and dimensions mapped
- Photography checked piece by piece
- French copy written and reviewed
- Stock and orders in sync
How do you start selling on Ateliers d'Art?
Ateliers d'Art de France has represented the French craft trades since 1868, and its Empreintes network sells work made by hand in ateliers based in France, as unique pieces or small series. Makers ship from their own workshop to buyers anywhere in the world. e-tailize prepares your brand and presents it, then runs catalogue, translation, listing quality, stock and orders, with the same base ready for 200+ marketplaces.
Ateliers d'Art at a glance.
The essentials of the marketplace in one table, before you dive deeper.
| Market | France, with pieces delivered anywhere in the worldThe work leaves French ateliers and reaches buyers abroad. |
|---|---|
| Behind the channel | Ateliers d'Art de France, union of the craft trades since 1868More than 6 000 artisans, material artists and craft manufactures are federated. |
| Who it is for | Professionals of the craft tradesThe only union covering all 16 fields and the 281 recognised occupations. |
| Assortment | Tableware, decoration, jewellery, fashion accessories, furniture, lighting and sculptureExceptional pieces too, and the online selection differs from the store. |
| Production | Made by hand, as a unique piece or a small seriesEvery creation is shaped in the atelier of the maker who signs it. |
| Fulfilment | The maker ships each piece straight from the workshopWhatever carrier you use, orders run through e-tailize. |
| Retail network | Three addresses, Paris 3, Paris 17 and PezenasThe Paris 3 concept store opened in 2016 and shows close to 1 000 pieces at a time. |
| Program | From EUR 249 per month, the fee follows your new revenueFree exploration call first and cancel any month. |
Six reasons to pair Ateliers d'Art with e-tailize.
We know what this channel weighs
Craft channels judge the maker, the material and the workshop before the price. We put your technique, provenance and finish in the language read here.
The piece is sold by its story
No barcode catalogue does the work for you. Photography, material, dimensions and technique carry the sale, and all of it lives in one catalogue.
French is the working language
A French audience buying French craft reads French. Our software writes and translates on the way in, not after the fact.
A unique piece can only sell once
One of a kind work punishes slow stock updates hardest. Central sync pulls the piece off every other channel the moment it sells.
Ship from your own atelier
You keep packing and sending your work yourself, the way this channel expects. Orders land in one queue and connect to fulfilment software.
The same base, 200+ marketplaces
What you build for a craft audience in France becomes the starting point for design channels elsewhere. Expanding turns into a decision, not a project.
Five steps. ~ A few minutes.
- 1
We prepare your brand and present it
We translate your workshop, range and finish into the terms this channel reads.
✓Range reviewed✓Craft story written✓Channel approached - 2
Import your catalogue
Your pieces move into the PIM, the base for this channel and the next.
✓Pieces imported✓Photography loaded✓Categories set - 3
Complete the piece data
Materials, dimensions, technique and French copy get filled and checked.
✓Materials filled✓Dimensions checked✓French copy ready - 4
Go live and sell
Listings, stock and orders run from one screen while you ship from your workshop.
✓Listings prepared✓Stock in sync✓Orders routed - 5
Take the same base further
Read what sells, then point the same catalogue at the next marketplace.
✓Results read✓Margin per channel clear✓Next channel chosen
Sell almost anything. Almost.
What sells here
Contemporary craft made by hand in France: tableware and decoration, jewellery and fashion accessories, furniture, lighting, sculpture and exceptional pieces. Unique work and small series both belong.
What has to be right before you publish
This audience knows material, so a thin listing reads as a thin piece. Photography, material and dimensions have to be complete, the text has to work in French, and the provenance clear.
Questions sellers ask about Ateliers d'Art.
What does selling on Ateliers d'Art cost?
The channel works with a seller account and a preferential rate for members of Ateliers d'Art de France. Its seller pages are being rebuilt and the figures we find disagree, so we print no rate rather than a wrong one. You get the terms in writing first. The e-tailize program is separate, from EUR 249 per month.
Who is this channel meant for?
Professionals of the craft trades. Ateliers d'Art de France federates more than 6 000 artisans, material artists and craft manufactures, and is the only union covering all 16 fields and 281 recognised occupations. Its work is shaped by hand in French ateliers.
Who ships the piece and how far does it travel?
The maker ships. Pieces sold online are shaped in the atelier and sent straight from that workshop, and they reach buyers anywhere in the world. e-tailize routes the order, keeps stock in step across your channels and connects to fulfilment software.
Do I need an EAN to list here?
We do not publish a data requirement we cannot verify. What always carries a handmade listing is complete photography, the material, the dimensions, the technique and the maker behind it. In the PIM that content sits per piece and feeds every other channel.
Can I work with this channel from outside France?
The work sold across this network is shaped in ateliers based in France, so where you produce counts here. Whether your brand belongs on this channel, and whether it would pay off, is exactly what the free exploration call is for.
Why go through e-tailize instead of arranging it alone?
We prepare your brand and present it, then the software does the rest: catalogue, translation, listing quality, stock and order routing from one place. You keep selling under your own name, and the same setup carries over to 200+ other marketplaces.
Ateliers d'Art's setup, in plain English.
This channel and all your others run on one e-tailize program. You pay along with the marketplace revenue we build together, not per product. The channel itself works with a seller account and a preferential rate for members of Ateliers d'Art de France.
The exploration call and the marketplace scan are both free. The program starts at €249 per month, paid at signing, and the fee follows the new marketplace revenue we create together. Cancel any month.
We get you
on Ateliers d'Art.
Book a free exploration call: we review your range, what a craft audience in France would pay for it and what it takes to be ready. The fee follows the new revenue we create together, so we only win when you win. Then 200+ marketplaces.
