First time viewer. Have my first craft fair ever in October, super nervous but great tips!!

Thank you so so much! I'm vending for the time and this was perfect.

Your booth is beautiful!! I hear what you're saying about putting up the side wall to have a solid background, however it's very hot inside a closed-in booth. Any suggestions?

This was super helpful, thank you! I have a small handmade bath and body care business and am gearing up for some fall craft fairs starting next month, so this was perfectly timed!

Thankyou 😊 Ill be out there shining😊

Thank you! Excellent tips, all 101 of them!

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Do you need a license to run the gumball machine lottery?

Smoking isn't just keeping other shoppers away. For those of us with asthma, it can be life-threatening. Even at winter shows, I have to take a fan with me to try to keep smoke/vaping fumes away from my face.

I agree with some of what others have said about “best” things. However, while I agree about the absolute necessity of advertising, I have a real problem with organizers who misrepresent things about their fair or downright lie about things. Integrity right down the tubes!

I don't mind negotiating with a customer. Within limits. I don't have anything that is similar to other vendors.

New subscriber! Fantastic how-to videos full of great advice! 😎👏👏👏 Thank you so much! About to launch my new small candles/aromatics business in a few weeks so your sound advice is super appreciated! So many items to acquire to have a great set up at Farmers market events! Worth it though when it can help increase sales.😅

Thank you John. Great info to know.

Licensed and trademarked characters as gifts, fine. For profit? Definitely not. I attend conventions that explicitly say things like ' No unlicensed depictions of characters appearing in third parties' movies, TV shows, books, sound recordings, still images sculptures or any other media.' They have the right to remove those products and you might even be asked to leave. Subsequently, you might not be invited back. I've also heard of some comic cons having representatives of companies wandering around issuing warnings to vendors that have their companies branding. So, it's a definite no-go territory.

Awesome! Thank you! #howtocraftfair

This was super helpful, thanks so much!

Great tips - this might not work for all vendors. But we ha save started putting out seasonal items all the time. Christmas and Halloween has been selling more than other items. Again it might depend on what you sell.

Excited for this one, I only do fall pop up shops. When my schedule permits I will do them year around.

Awesome video. Your tips are invaluable to vendors. Thank you for teaching us how to be the best vendors we can be.

Thank you!!

What is your Etsy page? I am interested.

I agree with this assessment. I didn't even notice the inconsistency with the signage colours, but the green fabric at the front corner was really throwing me off. I love the logo and colours! I agree with the tent top colour - the blue is sort of making the tent look closed off. I see a completely unused tent wall. You might think that wall is useless but if there are people in your tent, they'll be able to see anything that's displayed there. Maybe a minor thing, but I'd shore up that 'L' in the table and bring the side table forward to have it lined up with the front table. I agree that you're pushing the edge of having to get a double tent space. You look way too crowded in back with practically no visibility for people shopping. If your boyfriend joins you, DEFINITELY get a bigger space. In any event, it will allow you both to walk back and forth and help each other out unless you are just displaying his items. But still, you'll need more room. Another idea is to open the booth by putting your tables on either side of the tent with the grid wall centered in the back. This would totally depend on how much of an introvert you are because there really won't be anywhere to hide. You'd have to put your chair in the corner with maybe a small table to check out. But having it open will let people see everything when they enter the tent. That's IF they enter. Some people like to float on the outside. That's kind of a 'know your market' sort of thing. Granted, this comes from the perspective of market visitor, not someone that has actually had a booth so I can't pretend to know everything that's involved. In any case, really nice art and variety of items! Cheers!

Thank you for the many great tips I've jotted down quite a few 👍👌

#letsgrow I'm starting to consider setting up at craft fairs. Thanks for the valuable input.

Great point about packaging and ease of transport. Years ago I purchased some beautiful ceramic dishes from a vendor. He packaged up each item in newspaper, then put it in a paper grocery back. It was filled to the brim, and had no handle on the bag. I am a small person, so I put my arms around the middle it to walk the 1/2 mile to my car. Just as I started walking the items on the top sort of "floated out" and then popped out and landed on the ground and broke. I was very upset, as if he had provided a different style of bag (one with handles) or if I had brought my own bags (although I went to the faire to just "look" and had not planned to buy anything), so I went back to explain what happened. He felt sorry for me but didn't think he was responsible in any way. He did offer me a small discount and I purchased replacements for the ones that broke. Even so, it was a very sad situation in my mind and I still felt he should have done a better job on his packaging and anticipating what could have happened with the way he packaged the items, maybe even by putting it in two bags that I could have rolled the top of down to seal and grip them from the top instead of the middle of the bag.

Another suggestion: If possible, use a 3rd tent wall; design booth with outward facing U-shape with your check out in a corner which gives you another entire wall to spread out allowing you to better interact with your custormers, etc. Then you can separate your prints, and other items so that people can see and focus on individual groupings without distraction. Your check out stand tray looks like one that I have🙂, so if possible, getting another to place your gum ball machine and sign (which, by the way, is a great idea!) close/next to the check out stand which might nudge some to take a chance. This is a long one. If that doesn't work for you, how about some form of a V-shape . I guess what I'm saying is, if it's too expensive to get a larger space, using the one you have and possibly adding inexpensive surfaces to display your wares so you can spread them out over the space that you do have. Store Supply Warehouse has some of the most inexpensive grid panels that I have seen without stands, i.e. 2x6 feet for just over $30.

Thank you for sharing

This was a phenomenal video and so helpful. Thanks for sharing your expertise and experiences ❤

One of the greatest lessons I learned while working for Nordstrom was to treat every customer who walks through the door the same-respectfully.

I always offer something for the kiddos like $1.50 Teddy bear honey soaps, critter soaps and toy embed soaps. If they're very well behaved, I even give one away to them for free just to see them light up. Stuff like that is a win win even if no one buys anything the kids are happy, moms are impressed and they get to try your stuff and maybe who knows, they'll remember you the next go around and make a purchase.

Good info, but there are too many lazy greedy event organizers who price their events at extreeme prices like $400 for four hours or worse, send out a few post on their limited followers accounts and nothing else, and use the survey they send as a filter, so if anyone is critcal of thr event youre just banned/ghosted. Not enough good people out there organizing reasonable priced events...

Great video! Thanks! I am curious if you had any insights into food truck fees? I am in the process of seeking out food trucks for an event in the Fall and there are regulations that my city has that we have to follow and those requirements do have a cost to the venue and the organizer. (Special cleanup, inspections etc.) I have figured a rental fee that would allow those to be covered and still have some overhead for profit, but in my area many food trucks do not see the point of paying a fee like the craft vendors do so I have had trouble finding food vensors. Any thoughts?

I have been so busy, I have been missing these great videos. Looking forward to this one.

Thanks for this. We started last year, my wife talked me into making stitch markers for her and to sell because I used to make basic jewlery years ago. I also do some basic leather work and decided to make the jump at a local place that needed venders and was instantly hooked. Since then we have added her crochet to our booth as well. We go by whysprs whymseys shop based on my screen name ive used for years and added the whimseys spelled the same way..

We have done many of these. Thanks for the ones i didnt think about

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❤❤❤ I lam sure this will be great

❤83 This is a good one people do this all the time they want to take photos and copy everything or do video tape everything

I really appreciate these tips and your nonjudgemental approach to helping others. I struggle with PTSD and am a wheelchair user. I am happy to know that others with PTSD are doing this and that asking to be put in a calm area is ok (that was a relief to hear). I am really concerned about how difficult it might be to navigate my wheelchair in a small booth area with crowds. Do you have any tips/recommendations for folks in this situation? I was thinking a corner booth would be helpful with more room but, I'm learning that those booths cost more, sometimes a lot more. So, not sure if there are other options. Thank you again for helping us newbies!!