Register your practice. List your work. Sell through a verified Australian marketplace.
Practitioner Membership is for Australian makers and cultural producers whose work is ready to be seen, sold, and protected. If you weave, spin, dye, stitch, throw, carve, bead, or produce any form of handmade cultural work — this membership gives you the infrastructure to trade professionally, with your provenance verified and your identity protected.
The Southern Cross Registry is Australia’s only national registry of verified cultural practitioners. When you register, you receive a Unique Provenance Identifier (UPI) — a permanent record number that links your identity, your practice, your location, and your work to the Registry. Your UPI is the foundation of everything else: your Marketplace listing, your provenance claims, your Digital Product Passport readiness, and your eligibility for the Southern Cross Mark.
Your first 6 months is free. After that, $39 per month — cancel anytime. A card is required to register, but you won’t be charged anything during your free 6 months.
Registry and identity
— Unique Provenance Identifier (UPI) — your permanent verified identity in the Southern Cross Registry
— Southern Cross Registry listing — publicly searchable by buyers, stockists, designers, and institutional partners
— Registered and Protected Provenance seal — a verified badge you can display on your products, packaging, and website
— EU Digital Product Passport readiness from 2028 — your verified provenance data feeds directly into the international compliance system that will be mandatory for all textiles entering the EU market
Your marketplace
— Your own branded shop page in the Southern Cross Marketplace with your own URL — not a generic listing, your own storefront
— Unlimited product listings — no cap on what you can offer
— You keep 85% of every sale — paid directly to your bank account on a regular cycle
— Access to the Brief Board — where designers, labels, and buyers post paid commissions that verified practitioners can apply for
— Access to the CWA distribution network — a wholesale channel that places your work in art galleries, museum gift shops, tourist centres, airport retail, and cultural institutions across Australia
What makes this different
A general marketplace gives you a place to sell. It doesn’t verify who you are, where your work comes from, or what it’s made of — and it can’t give you a provenance record, a registry listing, or Digital Product Passport readiness.
The Southern Cross Marketplace is built around verification first. That’s what opens doors to wholesale buyers, institutional retail, and international markets where verified provenance is a commercial requirement — not just a place to list a product.
What happens after you register
1. You complete your registration below and receive your login details by email.
2. You complete your Provenance Registration — a detailed record of your practice, your location, your discipline, and your materials. This activates your UPI and your Registry listing.
3. Your shop page in the Southern Cross Marketplace is activated. You add your products, set your prices, and start selling.
4. When your work meets CWA’s production standards, you can apply for the Southern Cross Mark — the certification mark that tells buyers, stockists, and brands that your work is verified, traceable, and genuinely Australian-made.
To register as a Practitioner Member, complete the form below. Your first 6 months is free — a card is required to register, but you won’t be charged until month seven.
If you have any questions before registering, contact us at cwa@creativewomensassociation.org