Breacing Copyright Law is a serious Business

We expect all of our sellers to take full responsibility for the legal aspects of their business. Breaching copyright law can get

Super Helpful info for Small Businesses

The UK Government website is the best place to gain information regarding the current copyright laws.

Items breaching copyright will be removed from the Silk Purse Guild, without warning.

Question 2

How do I open a store?

Accepted Answer

The Silk Purse Guild is exclusively for small, Handmade Businesses based in the UK.

In order to be succesful you must provide the following details -

You will need to open a Stripe Account, so that you can conect it to the Silk urse Guild

We aim to process applications within 5 working days and you will be informed by email.

To speed up your application, we suggest that you head over to out private Facebook Group

Sign up on the website, by completing the registration for and joining the Facebook group
Open a Stripe Account
Have 5 killer products, with 4 photos of each and product descriptions written
Work through the shipping tutorials and find your perfect formulas. If you struggle with this, do step 1 and 2 and I will set your formulas for you. You can find the tutorial in the ACADEMY on the website. These formulas will ensure that the site can calculate multiples, and are unique for ever seller. We are all there to help in the Facebook Group if you get stuck.
Let me know when you are at this stage and I turn your store on – Whoooopie :)
All products will be in a pending state, until you have been approved to post directly, due to a fair few instances of “winging it” with the shipping set up lol
YOU ARE LIVE!

Question 3

Documents are Password Protected

Accepted Answer

As you work towards opening your shop, you may run into documents and trainings that are password protected.

The password for these documents can be located in the Academy, just look for Harry ;)

Question 4

Can I change the email address on my account?

Accepted Answer

The Silk Purse is an ecommerce website, dealing with financial transactions. As such, we use a heavy level of

One of the most common things bad people and bots do online is try to hack accounts. If you attempt to change your email address