For customers

Karelia Store is a Finnish online store that sells products and services from students and training companies. Karelia Store’s vendors are students from Karelia University of Applied Sciences or North Karelia Consortium of Education (Riveria). All income from Karelia Shop is paid directly to the young entrepreneurs.

In addition to being an online store for purchasing products and services, Karelia Store is also a learning environment for developing the skills needed for entrepreneurship. By purchasing products and services from the Karelia Store, you are also supporting student entrepreneurship. The skills of new entrepreneurs develop with every purchase.

The sellers of products and services work as independent persons or companies. Karelia Store is an e-commerce platform that student entrepreneurs can use for about a year in the early stages of their entrepreneurship.

Karelia Store was created as part of the “Ammatiksi yrittäjä – oppia yrittäjätaitoihin”- project. The project will run from 1.9.2023 to 31.7.2026 and is co-funded by the European Union.