SENIIKU Market | Creative Market for Artsy Creators in Asia

I once read an article about the struggles of surviving in a gig economy where budding creators have to take on multiple gigs to make ends meet. Also, during my school time, my art friends and I had to stop pursuing our art passion due to lack of resources, knowledge and skills. Now, as a fervent supporter of local art, it got me thinking about ways artists can specialise in the craft that they were passionate about instead of having to diversify for utility’s sake. While there has been increasing acceptance and government support for the art industry throughout SEA, there is still a stigma to art-related professions and a general view of artistic endeavours as impractical, unrealistic, and unprofitable. With these in mind, I was motivated to use my creative knowledge and digital experience to start an initiative to support creative people (especially the young adults) who are in need to make a career out of doing creative works, and also to help grow the creative industry locally. SENIIKU Marketplace is not simply a creative e-commerce platform. It is intended to become a digital multi-platform that aims to share benefits (both monetary or non) within the creative ecosystem. It provides a variety of means for creators to make earnings from art, design and lifestyle experience – from end to end. It targets independent creators and creative small businesses (jewelers, craftsmen, fashionist, illustrators, painters and more) Existing creative marketplaces are focused on providing a platform for people to sell their products, which is useful but insufficient for those making a living through art. Besides selling, there are multiple processes that creators take to produce, develop and deliver their products. SENIIKU aims to save production time for the artists by providing an all-in-one service where artists can just focus on making creative works instead of having to source multiple platforms or services in order to develop their products in time for sale. Share about us if you care about our concept. Thank you! www.seniiku.com