Makeably

Makeably was an online marketplace for custom-made and handmade goods (apparel, jewelry, furniture, household items, wedding and arts products), later pivoting to a "remixes" model that let shoppers request variations of reference products rather than fully bespoke commissions. It raised roughly $650K in seed funding in 2013 from Great Oaks Venture Capital, 500 Startups (now 500 Global) and others. The company appears to be defunct — its domain no longer resolves and no developer or API surface exists. Surfaced as a 500 Global portfolio company and added to the API Evangelist network as a stub.

Makeably is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Marketplace, E-Commerce, Custom Goods, and Handmade.

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6.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyMarketplaceE-CommerceCustom GoodsHandmadeStartup

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: makeably
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/makeably.png
name: Makeably
description: Makeably was an online marketplace for custom-made and handmade goods (apparel, jewelry, furniture, household
  items, wedding and arts products), later pivoting to a "remixes" model that let shoppers request variations of reference
  products rather than fully bespoke commissions. It raised roughly $650K in seed funding in 2013 from Great Oaks Venture
  Capital, 500 Startups (now 500 Global) and others. The company appears to be defunct — its domain no longer resolves and
  no developer or API surface exists. Surfaced as a 500 Global portfolio company and added to the API Evangelist network as
  a stub.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/makeably/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
- great-oaks
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: defunct
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: nochange
  artifacts_added: 0
  pass: local-v1
  note: 'Resolved real identity via WebSearch: Makeably was a custom-goods/"remixes" marketplace ($650K seed 2013, Great Oaks
    + 500 Startups), now defunct — all makeably.* hosts fail to resolve (curl 000). No API surface. Removed prior incorrect
    Website pointer (hatchearlylearning.com was an unrelated company). No fabrication.'
tags:
- Company
- Marketplace
- E-Commerce
- Custom Goods
- Handmade
- Startup
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/makeably
- type: Coverage
  url: https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/05/custom-goods-marketplace-makeably-raises-650k-from-great-oaks-500-startups-others-shifts-focus-to-remixes/