Benable — create shareable lists of things you recommend!
E.g., products you love, local businesses, travel recs - you can add anything to a Benable list!
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items Tools, tips and resources to help you sell your art, launch a blog, begin freelancing or coaching, open an e-commerce store or sell courses and memberships online
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Launch Your Online Store (Standalone & Marketplaces)
The Freelancer's Toolkit
Courses, Memberships + Subscriptions
Stock Marketplaces
Print On Demand
The Blogger's Toolkit
Launch Your Online Store (Standalone & Marketplaces)
Resources to help you launch a successful e-commerce empire
The biggest (and yes, probably the best) marketplace for creatives to get started selling online. I've sold on Etsy since 2008!
Etsy - Handmade Gift Marketplace
The best e-commerce platform with a ton of integrations.
Shopify
My website hosting of choice! Easy to use, fast, reliable and the ai features are impressive
Hostinger - Launch your dream website with AI site builder
Alternative to Shopify with Wordpress plugin integration
WooCommerce
A solid alternative to Shopify
Build an eCommerce website - Wix.com
Gorgeous templates and easy to use interface
Squarespace: Website Builder - Easily Create Your Own Website
Great solution for digital products with slick interface
Sendowl: Digital Products, Subscriptions, Memberships & More
Similar to Sendowl, a versatile and user-friendly e-com solution for digital downloads or subscriptions. Choose a storefront or integrate with your own website
Sellfy | Sell Your Products Online Hassle-free
Hugely popular. Sell digital products, memberships, and physical goods directly to your audience
Gumroad
Super simple tool for creating embeddable checkout pages and sales funnels for digital products
Checkout Page | Sell digital products, subscriptions and event tickets
Amazon's alternative to Etsy. Requires a vetting and approval for artists.
Amazon Handmade - Sell handcrafted Products Online #ad
The Freelancer's Toolkit
Tools & resources to help you find freelance jobs and gigs
Find freelance gigs across all kind of disciplines
Upwork | The World's Work Marketplace
The go-to marketplace for freelancers in every category imaginable.
Fiverr | Freelance services marketplace | Find top global talent
Offers a tiered commission structure for freelancers
PeoplePerHour.com - Hire Freelancers Online & Find Freelance Work
Under-the-radar US-focused freelance job board for creatives
Harlow Freelance Job Board
Kaitlyn Arford’s ‘Freelance Opportunities newsletter’. Lots of opportunities for journalists, copywriters, social media managers, and more.
Freelance Opportunities!
Large marketplace helping freelancers find work across a variety of disciplines
Freelancer.com | Hire Freelancers & Find Freelance Jobs Online
Vetted opportunities attracting experienced freelancers - no fees (clients pay)!
Toptal - Hire Freelance Talent from the Top 3%
Calling all writers! Get accepted and there's no pitching involved. Just pick the jobs that suit you best!
On-Demand Content Writing — Blogs, Email, Social
Courses, Memberships + Subscriptions
Tools, tips & resources for selling courses, memberships and subscriptions
Very reasonably priced ai-powered course creation tool with slick templates and clean interface. A great choice for Creatives.
LearnWorlds
Hugely popular course creation platform with user-friendly tools
Thinkific: Create & Sell Courses, Memberships, Digital Products, and ...
Powerful solution for selling courses, coaching, digital downloads, memberships etc
Create and Sell Anything with Teachable
AI powered platform for selling memberships, courses and events
Mighty Networks | Community Platform, Courses & Memberships
Fantastic plugin solution for Wordpress users wishing to integrate a membership program into their own website
MemberPress | #1 WordPress Membership Plugin
Pro level course creation platform for when you need to scale
Kajabi | Where Creators Build Businesses
An all-in-one marketing platform with generous free plan (up to 2,000 contacts, unlimited emails, 3 sales funnels, 1 course)
Systeme.io - The only tool you need to launch your online business
Receive recurring payments from fans (patrons) in exchange for exclusive content or benefits
Patreon | start a Patreon account for free
Allows you to accept ‘tips’ from followers and fans
Buy Me a Coffee
Similar to ‘Buy Me A Coffee’ - allows followers and fans to tip you
Ko-fi | Make money doing what you love
My current blogging platform of choice! Membership is optional but means you can earn from the Partner Program
Interested in Writing on Medium? Start Here. | Creators Hub - Medium
A serious contender to Medium (but with more customization options). Create a Substack (a blog) and offer a paid (or free!) subscriptions to loyal followers.
Building a new economic engine for culture - Substack
Stock Marketplaces
Websites, tools and tips for selling stock photos, video, audio and graphics
High quality marketplace to buy and sell design assets (and they accept ai generated ones too)
Creative Market: High-quality Stock Photo, Graphics, Fonts ...
Huge marketplace to sell your graphic assets. A top pick for POD buyers
Creative Fabrica - Premium Crafting Fonts, Graphics & More
A fave of designers looking to buy and sell creative assets
Envato — Unlimited creative assets, all in one place.
My fave marketplace for selling stock images and video (and they accept ai-generated content too)
Adobe Stock Contributor
Versatile marketplace to sell all kinds of visual and audio assets (and they accept ai generated ones too)
Enjoy recurring income with your creations - Motion Elements
High quality stock marketplace (no ai-generated assets)
Shutterstock Contributor
High quality OG stock marketplace - only accepts new contributors via the app
Getty Images Contributor Community
Boutique high quality stock marketplace for video, visual and audio assets
Pond5 Contributor Portal: HOME
Slick user interface and incredible generative ai suite of tools (also accepts ai generated assets)
Freepik | Create great designs, faster
Solid option if you're new to stock with slick interface (and accepts generative ai assets)
Vecteezy: Download Free Vectors, Images, Photos & Videos
Print On Demand
Websites, tools, tips & resources to help you set up a POD store
My fave POD seller with global facilities and a ton of online integrations
Printful: Custom Print On Demand & Dropshipping
Hugely popular global POD network of independent suppliers under the Printify umbrella. Tons of online integrations
Printify: Build your eCommerce business in minutes.
Known for superb quality art prints Prodigi has tons of other products too (printed in-house at facilities around the globe)
Prodigi: Global Print On Demand Platform & Print API
Gelato offer stylish products, global in-house manufacturing and a tiered membership system for sellers
Gelato: Global Print On Demand Platform
Sustainable, UK-based (global shipping) high quality POD with slick interface and good online integrations.
Spreadshirt | Sell T-shirts Online in Your Own Free T-shirt Store
Popular POD option with a sustainable focus
Teemill | Sustainable Print on Demand
Huge POD catalogue and strong on homewares you won't find everywhere else
Gooten: Design & Sell 450+ Premium Print-on-Demand Products
High quality, UK-based POD with global shipping and a vast range of stylish products you won't find everywhere else - think leather bags, fabric, clothing and homewares
Contrado: Create, Buy and Sell Products | Print on Demand
An oldie but goodie and the ideal way to dip your toe in POD (royalty-based model)- offers a mind-boggling selection of products and global shipping
Redbubble: Awesome products designed by independent artists
Focusing on quality fabric, wallpaper and homewares - with a swoon-worthy selection of products to choose from with global shipping
Spoonflower – Design & Shop Custom Fabric, Wallpaper, Home Décor
Gorgeous POD stationery, paper goods and art with global shipping
Minted: Premium Wedding Invitations, Stationery, Christmas Cards ...
The Blogger's Toolkit
Started my first blog in 2005 (yes, it was bad). Here are the top tools, tips and resources I've accrued over 20 years to help you hit the ground running and ensure yours isn't.
My tip top fave tool in the entire world. LOVE IT! Crazy generous free plan but 100% worth the upgrade to Pro (get one month free when you sign up with this link)
Canva: Visual Suite for Everyone
OG website framework and the one I use to build websites
WordPress.com: Build a Site, Sell Your Stuff, Start a Blog & More
Free, decentralised and open source core website builder, but offers a super slick, premium all-in-one managed service for (non-techies)
Ghost: The best open source blog & newsletter platform
Slick and easy-to-use Wordpress alternative with gorgeous, modern and minimal templates
Squarespace: Website Builder - Easily Create Your Own Website
Wordpress alternative - popular website builder with tons of great templates
Wix.com: Website Builder - Create a Free Website Today
Hugely popular visual, drag-and-drop page builder plugin for WordPress. Tons of stylish templates to suit all categories.
Elementor: Website Builder - Create a Website Now
Bluchic was one of the first independent Wordpress themes I purchased and they're still offering tons of dreamy female-focused themes and sales funnel templates
Bluchic Themes - Feminine Wordpress Themes for Female Entreprenuers
Thousands of gorgeous Wordpress templates for every imaginable use-case and category
ThemeForest | WordPress Themes & Website Templates
Elegant Themes run on the massively popular Divi Wordpress framework
Elegant Themes
Astra Wordpress template - powerful, lightweight (and free). I come back to this over and over again.
Astra – Fast, Lightweight & Customizable WordPress Theme ...
Essential. Make this one of the first things you set up for any blog or website.
Google Analytics - Google for Developers
Under-the-radar but super easy to use website analytics tool, with some natty features you just don't find on other tools. A long-time, non-Google fave of mine
Statcounter - Web Analytics Made Easy
Fantastic SEO Wordpress plugin - It's been a staple in my toolkit for years
SEO for everyone • Yoast
Mediavine's ad network for newer websites (requiring lower visitor numbers). The ideal solution when transitioning to paid adverts on your blog
Journey by Mediavine ad network | Monetize your blog
Get paid when people visit your blog and click on ads - Google's powerful ad network is easy to set up and the ideal choice for newer blogs with lower traffic
Google AdSense - Earn Money from Your Website with Monetization
You'll need to be in an English-speaking region with high US traffic and a min of 50,000 views per month, but this high quality ad network is ideal for established creative bloggers looking to scale their ad revenue (and they'll scale up with you as ...
Raptive — ad network: Powering creator independence
Solid ad platform for newer sites with no minimum traffic requirements (previously 10,000) though you'll need to meet certain quality standards
Ezoic Ads | Complete Ad Earning AI Platform
Another solid option for newish blogs (10,000 minimum views p/m minimum) but with the ability to scale up and grow along with you
Monumetric - ad network
Still my go-to for drafting all my docs and articles. Why? It's free, integrates with everything (including Google Gemini - which I love!). It just works!
Google Docs
Affiliate Marketing
The best affiliate marketing networks and programs to join along with a selection of handy affiliate marketing guides for creatives
One of my new fave networks. Quality brands with slick, easy-to-use interface and linking tools. Best of all, once you're accepted you can link to any merchant!
Sovrn Affiliate Programs - Sovrn, Inc.
One of my fave affiliate networks with a wide range of brands to work with. I've been with them for years.
Become An Affiliate Publisher For Major Brands | Awin
Part of the Awin group, another of my faves with tons of brand opportunities for publishers
ShareASale: Trusted Affiliate Marketing Network
One of my new fave affiliate networks. Strong in tech, marketing, ai tools and SaaS brand partnerships
PartnerStack: Partner Ecosystem Platform | Rated #1
Essential affiliate program for influencers and publishers (anyone can join). Super easy to set up and start earning immediately.
Amazon Associates
Huge affiliate network
CJ affiliate | Affiliate marketing network
Another huge network with lots of quality brands
Rakuten | Partner with the #1 Affiliate Marketing Network
High quality brands but can be tricky to get accepted without an established presence/following
FlexOffers affiliate network
Another large network with quality brands
impact.com - The All-in-One Partnership Management Platform
If your content is heavy on fashion, beauty and lifestyle, and you've got an established social media presence, LTK (Like To Know) could be a great fit for you.
Apply to become an LTK Creator - (formally RewardStyle)
Influencer-focused affiliate network with quality brands in similar niches to LTK. Requires 1000 followers minimum to apply.
Creator Marketplace | Aspire
Great guide from Shopify
Affiliate Marketing: How to Earn Passive Income in 2025