What is OCXE
A marketplace of stories. From the artisan to the world+
Um marketplace de histórias
Milhares de produtos são lançados todos os anos. Quantos são feitos por mãos que conhecemos? Quantos carregam uma pessoa?
Nós nos conectamos através de histórias — elas nos unem, nos fazem lembrar quem somos e de onde viemos. Por isso, na OCXE, o produto nunca chega sozinho: chega com a pessoa, o ofício e a história por trás dele.
Aqui você encontra artesãos, inventores e pequenos fabricantes cujos produtos carregam uma marca pessoal. Ajudamos essas pessoas a levar o que fazem para o mundo — riqueza que cresce de baixo para cima.
Cada produto tem uma filosofia
Um objeto bem feito responde a uma pergunta: para que ele existe? Produtos que duram sobrevivem às modas, mantêm a utilidade — e envelhecem ao lado de quem os usa.
Valorizamos materiais honestos, a sabedoria que passa de mestre para aprendiz, a vida simples e o contato humano entre quem faz e quem compra. Prestar atenção em quem fez é uma forma de cuidado — talvez a primeira.
Não prometemos o impossível. Prometemos o que se pode cumprir: produtos verdadeiros, feitos com a alma, apresentados como são.
Somos um povo que conta histórias. As histórias nos unem, nos fazem lembrar quem somos e de onde viemos.
OCXE wasn't born to be just another shop. It was born from something more essential: we are people who need other people. In an era where everything turns anonymous, we chose the opposite path — reconnecting those who make with those who receive, with a name, a face and a story.
No paradise on earth is promised here. What's promised is to stand alongside: doing what's possible, with what we have, so the good, the beautiful and the true have a place — as they are, not as we wish they were.
— Jonathas, aka Yoni · OCXE's creator
Read the full manifesto →OCXE methodology
From the stories that reach us, we use the OCXE methodology to present each product to the world — technique in the service of the person, never the other way around.
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The invitation
No one comes in through ads: you come in by recommendation, invitation, or a story that needs to be told. Each creator's project is the reflection of their reputation.
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The story before the product
We read every story attentively — because paying attention is the first form of care. Curation is human: people deciding whether what arrives is true, useful and made to last.
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The presentation
Photography, an honest fact sheet, a fair price. Beauty is not ornament: it's the truth of the thing showing itself.
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From the artisan to the world+
Your store live, zero commission, a donation to the project chosen by you. The platform takes care of what isn't your craft — so you have more time for what you do best.
The world as it really is
Source: SEBRAE (DataSebrae, handcraft)
Comment — only Yoni answers.
Done! Your comment is kept on your profile — the creator answers there.
Biography
Who am I?
A OCXE nasceu de um olhar sobre o mundo: a vontade de fomentar a economia local para um público global. Observando pequenos negócios, makers e artesãos, vi que nem sempre é possível levar o produto a quem o valoriza — e que quase nada se sabe da pessoa por trás de cada trabalho. Escolhi ajudar quem quer viver do próprio ofício a ter êxito e uma vida digna. Riqueza que cresce de baixo para cima.
OCXE events
Stories that remind us of who we are
Take OCXE with you
What the OCXE store raises funds the events and the curation — zero commission here too.
How to join
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Tell your story
Ask a creator to recommend you — or write to us telling who you are and what you make. Invitation is our way of growing.
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Curation with attention
We read everything that arrives. If what you make is true, useful and made to last, your place is here.
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Your store live
A flat monthly fee of 5 dollars, zero commission on sales and a donation to the project chosen by you. You make; OCXE takes it to the world.
How to help
Always buy local+
Every purchase sustains a craft and a family — wealth that grows from the ground up.
Pass the story on
Share the stories and the products. Every page has its share button — use it freely.
Recommend a creator
Know someone who makes with soul? Introduce OCXE to them — recommendation is the way in.
Be the creator yourself
If what you make carries your mark, your place is here.
We go slowly. But we don't stop.
- 2018The idea: nurture the local economy for a global audience.
- 2018First sketches and conversations with creators.
- 2019Name, brand and the first layouts.
- 2026The platform live, with the founding creators.