Become a Vendor!
In a training company, you can practice entrepreneurship safely while you are still a student. Earn some extra money and learn!
Real customers and real euro
Taituri is a learning environment and online store that creates an opportunity to practice online selling in a concrete way, with real money and real customers.
Set up a training company and become a salesperson at Taituri. Any student of Karelia UAS or Riveria can start a training company. Y-Academy cooperatives and businesses taking part in the Draft Program® can also sell their products at Taituri. You can apply as a seller if you have at least one concrete, sales-ready product or service.
Tairuri has been developed as part of the “Entrepreneurial Competence and Skills” project. The project is co-funded by the European Union.
Frequently Asked Questions
To work as a Karelia Store salesperson, you must be a student at Karelia UAS or Riveria (degree or part of a degree).
Taituri is an online store for training companies operated by Karelia University of Applied Sciences. In the Karelia Store online store, students of Karelia UAS and Riveria can practice online store maintenance and operations. At the same time, they can test their own business ideas.
You can sell products and/or services in accordance with good commercial practices. Good products to sell include products you make yourself, such as handicrafts, jewellery, etc. You can also sell services.
You cannot retail food at Taituri, but you can sell, for example, custom-made products. Be in the group and we will look into your situation.
Issues related to adding products and creating product descriptions and images will be discussed together after the contract has been signed. We are here to help you.
First you need to contact the Taituri administrator using this form. Together we will assess your readiness to register as a seller. You may need to sign a trainee contract.
A Taituri salesperson must be a student at Karelia University of Applied Sciences or Riveria. A contract will be signed with the seller and the operation and rules of the online shop will be discussed.
Registration is free of charge and you will also receive credits for being a seller.
A contract will be signed with you and you will register with the Stripe payment broker. Payments will be made directly to the Stripe vendors. You will receive all the proceeds from the products you sell.
Each seller is responsible for the shipping costs and delivery of the products they sell. The seller is bound by Karelia Polytechnic’s contract with the Post Office, so the Post Office’s delivery methods are used.
As an e-commerce seller, you will learn all aspects of running an online shop and, as a seller, you will also be responsible for product returns and any refunds.
There is no charge to join the online shop and no commission is charged for sales. The Stripe broker takes a small percentage of the fees before they are paid to the seller.
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