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A one-page site for makers who take commissions instead of orders
Publish one page that shows the work, explains the wood and the finish, and asks for the dimensions, the room and the deadline before you spend an evening quoting. The deposit is paid into your own account, not a marketplace's.
Free plan forever, no credit card. PRO trial, then 12 USD/month.
Fastpage is a one-page website builder for furniture makers, joiners and workshops that take custom commissions. The page holds your portfolio, your materials and prices, and a commission form that collects photos, dimensions and a deadline in one message. You take the deposit through your own Stripe or PayPal, and Fastpage takes no commission on the piece. PRO costs 12 USD a month.
A made-to-order piece is a long conversation. The page decides whether that conversation starts with the right information or with twenty messages and a phone photo of a tape measure.
Someone loves the oak table on your grid and wants "something similar, but bigger". Twelve messages later you learn the room is 3.4 metres, the doorway is narrow, and the budget was half of what the piece costs. A form asks the three numbers that decide everything, before you draw anything.
An Etsy sale carries a listing fee, a transaction fee on the sale price and a payment fee. On a table that leaves the workshop at two thousand, that is real money, and the buyer still has no idea what your lead time is. Your own page keeps the whole sum and the whole relationship.
A grid of finished pieces does not explain why the joint costs what it costs. Buyers paying for made-to-measure want to see the dovetail, the finish, the board that was rejected. That is a detail photo with a note, not a caption.
The page does the qualifying. You open the workshop and answer one message that already contains the numbers.
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One gallery for finished commissions, one before-and-after block for restoration or a build in progress, and detail photos with hotspots naming the joint, the finish and the timber. Ten good photos beat forty.
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The form has name, email, phone, message and one question you write. Make it the deadline you can hold, for example "when do you need it?" with a list of quarters, and let the message carry the dimensions, the room and a link to two reference photos.
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Add a service block for the commission deposit at the amount you require to order timber. The client pays on your own Stripe or PayPal. You keep the full amount, Fastpage never sits between you and the money.
Each row is a block. Add the ones your workshop actually needs and leave the rest out.
| What it does | The block you use |
|---|---|
| Finished commissions, by room or by type | Image gallery |
| A restoration or a build from rough board to finish | Before and after |
| Dovetail, finish and timber details with a note on each | Image hotspots |
| Commission deposit, paid on your own Stripe or PayPal | Services |
| Dimensions, room and deadline in one request | Form |
| Timber species, finish options and price per linear metre | Content list |
| Lead time, delivery radius, how you handle a warp | FAQ |
| Client quotes and a link to the workshop press | Reviews |
| Workshop address and visiting hours, by appointment | Map, Opening hours |
| Care instructions for oiled and waxed pieces | PDF document |
The page and the commission form work on the free plan, with a monthly limit on what the form collects. PRO is for the domain and for answering while the saw is running.
PRO 12 USD/month, or 120 USD/year. Free plan publishes the page and the form, with a monthly limit on what the form collects.
It will not draw the piece, cut a cutlist, price the board feet or track the timber in the rack. It is the front of the workshop: the portfolio, the terms and the request. Quoting stays with you, where it belongs, because every commission has a detail a form cannot see.
Short answers, no sales pitch.
You add a service block named for the commission, set the amount, and the client pays through your Stripe or PayPal. The money is yours when it clears. Fastpage does not process it, hold it or take a percentage, and there is no marketplace account in the middle.
The form keeps the text: name, email, phone, message and one question you write. Ask clients to paste a link to photos, a drive folder or their Instagram, or to describe the room and the doorway width in the message. Photo uploads exist on the tattoo request block, which is built for a different trade.
Publish what you can hold: a starting price per type, a price per linear metre, a finish surcharge. A content list is the easiest way to keep species and options up to date, because you edit rows instead of rebuilding a block.
No. This is not a store and it has no cart. It answers the questions a buyer has before a commission and takes the deposit, which is what a made-to-order workshop needs. If you also sell small pieces at fixed prices, a product block handles those.
Keep it if it works. Most makers use this page as the link they give at fairs, in the bio and on the QR card, while the old site stays for the archive.
Publish three commissions, one deposit block and the form. The next request arrives with a deadline and a doorway width, and the piece is already half sold.
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