Every project on Liana Banyan is a Keep—a castle where creators maintain sovereignty over their work. The name comes from the medieval fortification: the innermost, most defensible part of a castle.
Your Keep. Your Rules. Your Castle.
Within your Keep, you control who enters, what gets built, and how value flows.
What Makes a Keep?
Creator Sovereignty
You own your Keep. No platform can take it away or change the rules without your consent.
Defense Claws
Legal protection and community support if your work is threatened or copied.
Fair Economics
Cost + 20%. You keep 83.3% of every dollar. The platform takes only what it needs.
Tribe Building
Recruit founding members, collaborators, and supporters who share in your success.
Common Questions
- Q: Who can create a Keep?
- Anyone. $5 minimum to start. No gatekeepers, no approval process, no algorithms deciding if you're worthy.
- Q: What can I build in a Keep?
- Anything legal. Physical products, digital goods, services, communities, creative works—if you can imagine it and someone wants it, you can build it.
- Q: How do Keeps connect?
- Keeps can form alliances, share resources, and create supply chains together. A furniture Keep might source from a woodworking Keep, who sources from a forestry Keep. Everyone benefits.
- Q: What happens to my Keep if I leave?
- It's yours forever. You can transfer it, sell it, or let it go dormant. The platform can never seize it.
- Q: How is this different from Etsy/Shopify/etc?
- Those platforms can change fees, remove your store, or alter algorithms anytime. Your Keep is sovereign—governed by an operating agreement that can't be changed without member consent.
The Medieval Metaphor
We use castle language intentionally:
- Keep — Your project's fortress
- Tribe — Your founding supporters
- Medallions — Proof of membership and ownership
- Defense Claws — Your legal and community protection
- FOR THE KEEP! — Our rallying cry
In medieval times, a keep was where you made your last stand. It was designed to be defensible even if everything else fell. That's what we're building: economic infrastructure that protects creators even when the market, technology, or regulations shift against them.
Ready to Build Your Keep?
Start with $5. Build something that can't be taken away.
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