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Malaysian Furry Wants to Start His Own Furcon

10/3/2021

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Papabear,

Okay I would like to ask you if I ever want to start a furcon at other countries. I am seeking profits and the furcon is a non-profitable furcon.  What are your best advices? I found you through a YouTube video by "Scar The Furry."

Vinny (age 19, Malaysia)

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Hi, Vinny,

Founding and running a furry convention is a highly complex and work-intensive endeavor. (And THAT is likely the understatement of the decade for this column). I don't recommend you pursue it unless you have a LOT of help from people, especially people who have helped to run a convention in the past. Also, don't expect to make money running a furcon. You will be lucky if you break even. Establishing and running a furcon is a labor of love, not a way to make a living (although some companies like Corgi Events LLC are trying to do that). Many furcons declare themselves nonprofit organizations by contributing some or all of their profits to a charity. This has the advantage of making the furcon tax-free (at least, in the U.S.A. it does; I have no clue how this works in other countries).

I've attended cons and volunteered at them, but I have never tackled the administrative side of a con. Here is a link with some advice from someone who knows more about such things. There are a lot of good insights on that web page to give you a pretty well-rounded idea of all the work that is involved. This is from an American perspective, though, and you will need to check laws and regulations in (in your case) Malaysia.

Good luck!
Papabear
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Ed Nelson link
10/5/2021 03:59:35 am

I have spoken with a few cons and the one thing I have learned it's both complicated and very expensive. Because you will need to hire both lawyers and an accountant. Because things can go wrong.

Honestly I would suggest start out with a meet somewhere and see how it goes from there.

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