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Big Cartel pricing
Big Cartel publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 29 August 2026, Big Cartel pricing is free, then $15/month across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free, then $15/month
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
Big Cartel plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Free | 1 | Entry tier |
| Platinum | $15/month | 6 | +$15/month, 6 more features |
| Diamond | $30/month | 5 | +$15/month, 5 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Gold
FreeThe entry tier. It covers free tier with limited features.
Platinum
$15/monthOver Gold, this tier adds:
- Custom domains
- Physical and digital product sales
- Shipping label printing
- Design customization
- App integrations
- 7-day free trial
Diamond
$30/monthOver Platinum, this tier adds:
- All Platinum features plus abandoned cart recovery
- Product drop scheduling
- Password-protected products
- Zapier integration with 7,000+ apps
- Priority human support
Where Big Cartel stops being free
Gold, Free
- Free tier with limited features
Platinum, $15/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Custom domains
- Physical and digital product sales
- Shipping label printing
- Design customization
- App integrations
- 7-day free trial
How that compares in E-Commerce
Too few e-commerce tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Cartel (this page) | Free, then $15/month | freemium | - | |
| BackToMe | €25/month | subscription | - | vs Big Cartel |
| UnoPIM | Free | open-source | - | vs Big Cartel |
| Instacart | Free | Free to download; item markups plus delivery and service fees per order, optional subscription | - | vs Big Cartel |
| Temu | Free | Free to browse and use; pay per order, heavy promotional discounting | - | vs Big Cartel |
| Vinted | Free | Free for sellers, no commission; buyer pays a variable Buyer Protection fee at checkout | - | vs Big Cartel |
| Shein | Free | Free to browse and use; pay per order, optional paid loyalty tier | - | vs Big Cartel |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Big Cartel badges page.
Before you pay for Big Cartel
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between Free and $30/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Big Cartel runs on not recorded. The full record is on the Big Cartel review, and the rest of the category is under best e-commerce tools.
Big Cartel pricing questions
- How much does Big Cartel cost?
- Big Cartel publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Gold up to $30/month for Diamond. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Big Cartel have a free plan?
- Yes. The Gold tier costs nothing and covers free tier with limited features. Paying starts at $15/month for Platinum.
- What is the difference between Gold and Platinum on Big Cartel?
- Platinum costs $15/month against Free, and adds custom domains, physical and digital product sales, shipping label printing, design customization.
- Is the Diamond plan on Big Cartel worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is all platinum features plus abandoned cart recovery, product drop scheduling, password-protected products, zapier integration with 7,000+ apps. It costs $30/month against $15/month for Platinum. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which e-commerce tools can I use without paying?
- 7 of the 8 e-commerce tools listed alongside Big Cartel have a free tier: UnoPIM, Instacart, Temu, Vinted, Shein.
- What am I actually paying for with Big Cartel?
- The record we hold does not itemise what each tier includes beyond the plan names and prices. The Big Cartel review carries whatever feature detail is available.
- Does Big Cartel charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Big Cartel prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Big Cartel against before paying?
- The closest e-commerce tools in this directory are BackToMe, UnoPIM, Instacart, Temu. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Big Cartel covering price, platforms and features.