Store builds, operations implementations, hosting and custom agents, on open-source apps you can read, change and host. No platform cut in your clients' sales, and a 20% margin on the plans you sell.
20% partner margin
On Growth, the Operations Suite, the no-store plan and managed hosting for the clients you sign. Resell at list price or bundle it into your own retainer.
15% referral fee
Of the first year's fees when a client you introduce buys from us directly and you'd rather not run it.
Commercial licence when you need it
Keep a client's changes private, or white-label it inside your own product, on terms we agree per case.
Why agencies switch
Every sale your client makes pays the platform, and the apps you installed add their own bills.
With Makeships: Flat yearly plans, or free and open source. Nothing taken from your clients' sales, so the margin can be yours.
Stock sync, courier booking, purchase orders, an accounting export: again, for every client.
With Makeships: Store, stock, buying, couriers and accounting already connected, with a documented API, webhooks and MCP servers for the rest.
A client needs one workflow the platform doesn't allow, and the answer is "no".
With Makeships: Open source under the AGPL: read, change and extend every line, and host it where your client needs it.
Clients want AI, and all you can offer is a chatbot add-on.
With Makeships: Agents that do real work inside the client's limits, on the client's own AI keys or model, which you configure and tune.
What you can sell
Move clients off Shopify or WooCommerce onto a store they own, with checkout, shipping, returns and tax set up.
Warehouses, opening stock, suppliers, approval rules and the first full loop from order to restock.
Run each client's private copy in your cloud or theirs, with updates and backups as a monthly retainer.
Client-specific workflows, ERP and marketplace connections, and agents on the same inbox, policies and undo.
On Growth, the Operations Suite, the no-store plan and managed hosting for the clients you sign. Resell at list price or bundle it into your own retainer.
Of the first year's fees when a client you introduce buys from us directly and you'd rather not run it.
Keep a client's changes private, or white-label it inside your own product, on terms we agree per case.
Technical help for your developers, a shared channel, and early access to what's on the roadmap.
In the partner directory on makeships.com once your first client is live.
Starting terms while the programme is new. Partners who join now keep them.
Become a partnerOpen source
All three apps are on GitHub under the GNU AGPL v3. Clone them, run them locally with one command, and see how your clients' work would fit.
Yes. Under the AGPL you can host it for clients, as long as you share any changes you make with the people using them. If you'd rather keep changes private, or include it in a product you sell, a commercial licence covers that.
The apps are yours to theme and brand for each client. Calling your offer "Makeships" isn't allowed, but "built on Makeships" is fine. Fully white-labelled products we cover with a commercial licence.
When you sell Growth, the Operations Suite, the no-store plan or managed hosting to a client, you pay us 20% less than list and keep the difference, or bundle it into your own retainer. If you'd rather just introduce a client who buys from us, you get 15% of their first year's fees.
No. Each client's apps run in their cloud or yours, and data, files and AI calls stay there. Only code and updates come from us.
These are our starting terms while the programme is new. Partners who join now help shape it, and keep these terms as it grows.
Tell us about the work you do and the client you have in mind. We'll agree terms and help you land the first one.