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= casualsex.store =

Casualsex.store (stylised as casualsex.store) is a South African ('SA') e-commerce company based in Cape Town, South Africa.

As the country's first online artist marketplace, casualsex.store opened the means for SA artists from all social and economic backgrounds to sell and ship their work worldwide, without signup fees or currency conversion fees: artists are paid by the platform in the local currency, ZAR. Particular focus of the platform is accessibility; functioning as a retaliatory response to capitalism just as it functions as a growth enabler for artists on their terms.

Built during South Africa's lockdown and launched in December 2020, the platform currently hosts 200+ local artists from the spheres of visual art and music.

History
Intially styled 'casualsex_', the platform began in 2019 as a small creative collective, producing video content on the South African alternative music scene, which at the time had no other manifest music-interview platforms. Interviews and video content were shot at festivals, in the home of the team, and in a sculpture studio in the Cape Town city bowl.