Partnerships

CustomMade is partnering with leading companies from all corners of the industry to help accelerate the custom revolution. From content distribution to artisan supply to online advertising, CustomMade is creating an ecosystem of partners that will help our members in all aspects of their marketing as well as educate the consumer public on how easy it is to buy custom.

We appreciate our partner's support. If your company would like to work with CustomMade, please send a detailed request to mike@custommade.com

THE ROCKLER COMPANIES

After starting from humble beginnings as a catalog company in the 1950s, today The Rockler Companies is one of the largest specialty retailers in the world.   The Company employs over 500 people and operates or partners with over 90 retail locations across the United States.  It also owns and operates numerous magazines, new media properties, and Internet properties.  Rockler is one of the top 100 Internet commerce players in the world, and the top Internet commerce player in the multi-billion dollar woodworking, cabinetry, and specialty hardware business.

Rockler knows the woodworking industry as well anyone, and they have been an amazing help in spreading the CustomMade message and brand throughout their expansive consumer community.   Rockler supports our belief in the resurgence of the woodworker and local artisan.  You can find the Rockler/CustomMade co-branded mini-site here.

THE TAUNTON PRESS

Founded in 1975, The Taunton Press is one of the most respected private media companies in the hobbyist and building trades.  We are thrilled to be working with Taunton’s online and offline publications, which include Fine Woodworking, Fine Homebuilding, Fine Gardening, Fine Cooking, and Green Building Advisor.

Taunton Press and CustomMade have created a partnership that will offer the vast community of Fine Woodworking (FWW) valuable content related to the business of woodworking.  Among other features of our partnership, CustomMade premier members will be able to feature their work in FWW galleries.   FWW members will benefit from educational and informative content that focuses on the sales and marketing aspects of the woodworking industry.

SCRIPPS NETWORK INTERACTIVE

Scripps Network Interactive is a media conglomerate based in Cincinnati, Ohio that owns, besides HGTV and DIY, the Travel Channel, Food Network and Shopzilla. 

As part of CustomMade’s growing Media Network we have partnered with Scripps to distribute our premier members’ unique projects and work across the HGTV and DIY marketplaces.  Never before have local artisans had this much exposure to such a wide audience of potential consumers.

Festival Network Online (FestivalNet ™) publishes the most extensive and comprehensive database of festivals and fairs in North America. FNO is a leader in the festivals and special events industry, publishing detailed event data on 22,000+ festivals, art shows, art and craft shows, music festivals, and other events. Nestled in the mountains of Western North Carolina, FestivalNet ™ is staffed by seven genuine individuals with a combined 45+ years of experience in the music business, the festival/art & craft market and data technology.

DORNOB

Dornob brings you Design Ideas Daily, an interactive design archive that reaches over 400,000 unique visitors per month.  Dornob is also a major part of the CustomMade Media Network, supplying integrated galleries of unique CustomMade artisan content.  CustomMade offers Dornob users the ability to purchase or commission designs that they see.  Dornob offers yet another outlet for our artisans to show their work to an audience of design professionals and savvy consumers.

SNAG

The Society of North American Goldsmiths supports and advances the professional practice of artists, designers, jewelers and metalsmiths. Through education, innovation, and leadership, SNAG provides access to a vibrant and passionate community. SNAG celebrated its Fortieth Anniversary in 2009. SNAG now has more than 3,000 studio artists, educators, students and others working in all metals, alternative materials, and all aspects of contemporary art, design, jewelry and metalsmithing.