Athletes make money from their jerseys and gear by selling the pieces they have actually competed and trained in to the people who follow them. You do not need a professional contract or an agent for this. You need supporters who know your matches, and a shop that is built for exactly this kind of piece.
A match worn jersey is not a jersey. It is the one you wore in the final, the one with the grass stain from the tackle in the second half, the one your supporters saw in the photos. The same shirt new in a store is a product. Yours is a record of a game.
That logic extends beyond the top leagues. A semi-professional footballer, a regional handball player, a track athlete with a loyal following on social media or a martial artist with a few hundred fans at every fight all have pieces that mean something to the people watching. The size of the audience changes the price. It does not change the principle.
Think about what you go through in a season. Most of it ends up in a drawer or a bag in the garage.
What does not belong in your shop is new merchandise or anything you bought to resell. FanShop is for pieces with your own history in them.
FanShop is a marketplace where creators and athletes sell personal pieces they have worn, used or owned. Joining is free. There is no monthly fee and no follower minimum, so you do not need a professional media profile to start.
You apply in the browser. A person reviews your application and sends you an invitation by email. Before your first sale you verify your identity once. After that, every listing you create is reviewed by a person before it goes live. That protects buyers from fakes and protects you from being mixed up with sellers who do not have the real thing.
You decide the payout you want for each piece and enter it. The shop price is calculated from that, and FanShop keeps 30 percent of the shop price. What you entered is what you receive.
Many athletes do not want their home address circulating among fans. On FanShop the buyer pays shipping at checkout. You pick a parcel shop near you, download a prepaid label and hand the parcel in. The label shows FanShop as the sender and a creator code. Your name and your street are not printed on it.
If a buyer returns a piece, it goes to FanShop, not to you. Shipping is within the EU, so supporters in other European countries can buy as well.
Payouts are made once a month to a bank or Stripe account. A sale is payable 14 days after confirmed delivery, which is the legal return window for buyers in the EU. The minimum payout is 10 euro. Smaller amounts roll over to the following month.
If a piece comes back, the buyer is refunded and nothing is paid out for that sale.
One point to clear with a professional: regular selling for profit may count as a business in your country, and club or federation rules may have a say on what you sell. FanShop gives no legal or tax advice. Ask a tax adviser about your situation.
Match worn jerseys appear on eBay, and sportswear is listed on Vinted and Depop. Those platforms exist and work. The buyer there is a stranger who found the listing through a search and has no way to know it was you in the shirt. On FanShop the buyer is your own supporter, someone who watched the game and came to your shop because they know whose jersey it is.
No. There is no follower minimum and no requirement for a professional contract. A person reviews each application and looks at whether you are a real athlete with people following you.
No. FanShop is for pieces you have worn, used or owned yourself. New merchandise and reselling are not allowed, and each listing is reviewed by a person before it goes live.
You enter the payout you want. The shop price is calculated from that, and FanShop keeps 30 percent of the shop price.
No. The prepaid label shows FanShop as the sender and a creator code. Returns go to FanShop.
FanShop is in pre-launch. Athletes can apply now, complete verification and prepare their shop so that it is ready the day fans start buying. You must be at least 18. Apply at webapp.fanshop.app/apply and a person will review your application.
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