I have been wanting to start selling merch for a long time, but I don't even know how to start looking for places where it's all organized. I don't visit Finland often and it's not possible to go to such places and look for them on my own. But how do I even start this path? Maybe there is a list of not very popular markets where they give the opportunity to start my path in this? If you have been to such, how does it work? Both from the viewer's side and from the author's side. It's very interesting to listen. Because it's not a problem to buy the equipment, there is money, as well as for printing

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  1. What type of merch are you thinking about? online or irl selling?

  2. So if these are your tables, I think you could try to get on artist alley on different cons.

    [Here](https://conit.fi/) is list of upcoming events

  4. Sorry to be that person telling you that if this is the way you think you would make easily decent living in Finland, it is unfortunately quite or very far from reality.

  5. You might want to check all the different craft fairs (käsityömessut). Here’s a link to the webpage of the biggest one, in Tampere. [https://www.kadentaidot.fi/en/](https://www.kadentaidot.fi/en/)

    Many cities will have their own craft fairs. I don’t know if there is a site which would list them all. But many bigger cities will have their own craft fair at some point. Usually in the autumn. If you google Käsityömessut, you should find quite a few.

  6. Hi. There are some organized such markets, which usually happen a few times a year, organized by different groups, which you can apply to participate. Just do some google research for art craft markets and you will find some. Some of those are difficult to get in, for example, the Aalto University ones, because they are only for students/associated people.
    But I recommend FUN DESIGN (fundesign.fi), as a good place to start, to have some support and info, and get to know people.
    They have an online store, as well as organize market events for their vendors.

  7. Helsingin sarjakuvafestivaali has a pretty big art fair related to comic books, illustration and zines.

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