Storebeez is

a virtual mall focused on helping small businesses and artisans take their offline business online

It’s been put together by a team at the Oxygen Accelerator tech startup programme at Birmingham Science Park.

It’s just gone live, giving people the option to set up their own online shops. I know there are a few big plans in the works and this is just stage one but, for starters, the option for shoppers to search across all stores (which I always thought was strangely absent from the likes of Big Cartel and Shopify) is there.

If you’re after an online shop then you might want to give this one a look. It’s free to set up a store, instead there’s a 10% transaction cost on sales. Because the team’s local they’re probably very receptive to feedback for improving the service too.