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Join the batch
Pre-order with your size. Your card is authorized — not captured — while the run fills.
Lockstitch
Seed the batch.
Prove demand before the cut. Hold payment until it's real. Join a run — don't race a drop.
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The real competitor
Instagram. Venmo. Spreadsheets. Midnight refunds.
Most indie makers already have an audience. What they don't have is a calm way to run a sewing batch — prove demand, hold payment, cut when it's real, and update the people who seeded it. Lockstitch replaces that stack, not another always-on store.
For makers
Pay when your batch locks.
Not before.
Platforms that charge for existence, force ads, or freeze your payouts punish the wrong moment. Lockstitch earns only when the run is real — and funds production when you need fabric, not when a marketplace feels like holding cash.
First batch free
Then 3–5% at lock, capped. Failed or closed batches: $0. About four percent when it’s real — not twenty-five percent always.
Fabric money on lock day
Production budget releases when the batch locks so you can pay Mood, CMT, and hardware — without floating the whole run yourself.
Closed, not failed
If the threshold doesn’t clear, everyone refunds automatically. Vault the piece, retry later — no public graveyard of half-filled bars.
One run, one tool
Threshold math, payment hold, cut list, buyer updates — built for soft goods, not bolted onto an inventory cart.
For shoppers
Help make it happen.
Get charged only if it does.
Drop culture turns buying into a race. Lockstitch turns it into participation — you seed a batch with the maker, watch honest progress, and only pay when production is real.
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Watch it grow
Real progress toward a real MOQ. No fake countdowns. No “only 2 left” theater.
03
Lock or refund
If it locks, production starts and you’re charged. If it doesn’t, the hold releases automatically.
Honest pricing
We don't charge you to experiment.
If the batch doesn't happen, neither does the contribution.
| Open | Maker | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | Free | $9 |
| First locked batch | 0% | 0% |
| When a batch locks | 4% (cap $125) | 3% (cap $200) |
| If it doesn't lock | $0 | $0 |
Don't catch the drop.
Seed the batch.
For sewers who'd rather cut fabric than perform scarcity — and for shoppers who want the piece, not the adrenaline.