Your handmade products deserve a website as individual as they are. Glitch Servers UK hosting gives UK makers, crafters, and artisans the platform to sell directly - without Etsy's fees or rules.
About This Hosting
UK makers - ceramicists, jewellers, candle makers, textile artists, woodworkers, leatherworkers, soap makers - increasingly need a web presence that goes beyond a marketplace listing. A dedicated website presents your craft professionally, tells your story, builds your brand, and most importantly routes sales through your own payment gateway rather than paying Etsy or other marketplace platform fees. A handmade products website is also the foundation for wholesale enquiries, press features, stockist relationships, and commissions - all of which are easier to manage via your own site than via a marketplace.
The Problem
These are the issues UK makers run into when the platform isn't up to the job.
Product photos are everything when you sell handmade - and overloaded budget hosting turns a gallery of them into a slow, half-loading page that buyers abandon.
Marketplace fees on every sale, then hosting that doubles at renewal - the costs of selling handmade online quietly stack up against already-thin margins.
When your shop goes down mid-launch or an order email vanishes, offshore ticket queues cost you sales. You need someone who answers - and who can see your whole setup.
How We Help
Glitch Servers UK hosting provides UK makers with a professional platform for their handmade products website. WooCommerce handles product listing, variants (size, colour, material options), stock management for small-batch production, custom order enquiry forms, and direct payment via Stripe.UK-based email hosting on the same account lets you handle wholesale enquiries, custom orders, and customer communication from a professional address. Free migration if you're moving from another platform.
What You Get
Every plan includes these - not as paid add-ons, but as standard.
WooCommerce's product variants, custom product types, and stock management suit handmade sellers perfectly. Mark items as sold individually, limit purchase quantities for one-of-a-kind pieces, and enable pre-orders for made-to-order items.
Showcase your craft with large image galleries, tell your story on About pages, and sell directly - all in one tool without needing separate portfolio and shop platforms.
[email protected] instead of a generic email address. DKIM-signed business email included on all hosting plans - professional for wholesale enquiries, stockist communications, and press contacts.
UK servers in Medway, Kent. UK-based support who understand UK maker businesses, UK craft fair context, and UK payment gateways. Your handmade products website on genuinely UK infrastructure.
One-Click Installs
WooCommerce installs in one click via the one-click installer. For handmade sellers, configure products as variable products with size/colour/material variants. Enable WooCommerce's "sold individually" option for one-of-a-kind pieces. Add Stripe for direct UK card payment.
All Glitch Servers Enhance Panel plans include one-click installation for WordPress, WooCommerce, and Joomla - free with every hosting plan.
Pricing
Two straightforward plans - no hidden fees, no renewal price hikes. Cancel anytime.
For sole traders and individuals
1 CPU core · 1GB RAM · 25 Entry Processes
UK makers launching their first standalone website alongside a marketplace presence.
Get Started →For small businesses with a growing web presence
2 CPU cores · 2GB RAM · 50 Entry Processes
UK craft businesses with an established customer base moving to direct sales to reduce marketplace fees.
Get Started →All plans include Enhance Panel, one-click WordPress/WooCommerce install, free SSL, and UK-based support. Prices exclude VAT.
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