We're building one home for the people making things in Egypt — designers, ceramicists, perfumers, printers and painters. One cart. One checkout. Thirty founding brands to start, and more as each aisle opens.
"A marketplace built around Egypt's independent makers, brands and small businesses."
For years, Egypt's best small brands lived on a hundred different Instagram bios, WhatsApp numbers and pop-up calendars. You'd hear about them from a friend, then lose the link.
101 is the doorway we wished existed — one curated marketplace where the ceramicist, the perfumer, the streetwear label and the 3D-printing studio across town are all one cart away.
We take 15% of what sells, and nothing when nothing sells. Makers get a dashboard they run themselves, an audience that earns points at every brand, and a checkout that works. Everything else — the craft, the names, the stories — stays theirs.
Bookmarks. Screenshots. Voice notes. Egypt's best small brands lived everywhere except the one place you could find them again.
One checkout across every brand. A dashboard each maker runs themselves. Points you earn at one brand and spend at any other. Delivery that respects how each maker actually ships.
Five aisles open in November with thirty founding brands. Five more aisles follow in January. One marketplace.
Every aisle is curated by a person, not an algorithm — most of them makers themselves.
Browse the shop ↗Every brand on 101 is made in Egypt. Not "designed here, made elsewhere" — actually made here, by people whose names we know.
We say no a lot. The point isn't "everything for sale" — it's the things you'll be glad you found.
15% on what sells. 2% for card and wallet handling, nothing on cash on delivery. No listing fees, no mystery, no lock-in.
Joining is free and there are no listing fees. We handle the cart, the checkout and the points; you ship with your own courier, at your own rate, on your own lead time. 15% on what sells, nothing on what doesn't.
Follow @the101marketplace on Instagram for the opening, or apply to sell and be inside it.