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Craftybase
Founded 2011 · Newcastle, AU · no VC
👤 Nicole Pascoe & Nathan Hawes (UX designer (BBC, ASOS) + Rails engineer. Nicole writes the Maker Success blog that feeds sign-ups; 14 yrs of patient niche focus.)🌐 siteLinkedIn

A UX designer kept meeting makers who couldn't answer one question: what does this product actually cost me to make?

Will it work? · our read
Durable niche. 14 yrs bootstrapped and profitable in a pain giants ignore. Switching cost is brutal — your inventory history lives here. Small TAM and hidden revenue cap upside.
01How the money moves
Free COGS/tax/pricing guides rank on Google
Etsy/Shopify maker signs up, imports every order
$99-349/mo · inventory history locks them in
02The numbers
14 yrs
bootstrapped & profitable
About
$99-349
per-month, 2026
pricing
$0
VC raised
Crunchbase
Revenue undisclosed; tiles are first-party facts (founding, pricing, funding), not an ARR estimate.
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Revenue undisclosed — 'bootstrapped and profitable 14 yrs' is first-party (About page), but no dollar figure exists, so revenue is EST/Private, not independently confirmed. Pricing is 2026 Stocksmith (rebrand of Craftybase). 'Own the missing middle' framing and the dies scenario are our read, not founder quotes. We never score you.