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Founding Artist Application

We are choosing ten founding artists for the launch of Sampo Market. Founding artists get photographed and filmed, get their story written up, get a slot on the front page through launch, and get a founding artist mark on their shop.
This takes about ten minutes.
Selling on Sampo is open to everyone, always. There is no approval queue. This form is for the launch group only, and it is small because a photographer can only be in so many places. If you are not in the ten, you can still open a shop the ordinary way.

You and your work

Your name

Shop or artist name

Email

We ask where you are because founding artists are photographed and filmed, and where you are changes how we arrange that.

City

State or region

Country

Link to where you sell or show your work now

Other links

What do you make?

How long have you been making and selling this?

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B
C
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How you make it

This is what we look at hardest. Be specific.

Walk us through how a piece gets made, from raw materials to finished item

Do you make your work yourself?

A
B
C
Sampo is for work made by the person who lists it. We ask plainly so we do not waste your time or ours.

Are any of your listed items resold, drop-shipped, or produced by a third party you do not work with directly?

A
B
C

For design, illustration, or print work: is the original artwork your own, made without generative AI?

A
B
C

What makes your work yours?

Your audience

Founding artists bring their own people along, so this is part of how we choose. Ranges are fine.

Where do you have an audience, and roughly how big?

Do you currently sell on another marketplace?

A
B

Would you consider moving or expanding to Sampo if selected?

A
B
C

Your story

Your answers here become the first draft of your story. Write the way you talk. A few sentences each is plenty.

Why did you start making this?

What drew you to this craft or material?

What do you want someone to feel when they own a piece of your work?

Logistics

Founding artists are photographed and filmed for launch. Are you up for that?

A
B
C

If we cannot photograph you in person, would you shoot it yourself from a list we send, for a small payment?

A
B
C

Anything else you want us to know?

What happens to what you just wrote.
We collect your name, email, where you are, your links, and your answers above. We use them to choose the founding group and to plan the photography. This form is run by Tally, so your answers are stored there.
If you are not selected, we delete your application 90 days after the window closes. If you are selected, we keep it because you become a seller on Sampo.
We do not sell it and we do not share it.
Want it deleted sooner? Write to privacy@sampo.market and we will do it.