SUCCESSFUL Craft Fair Tips + Advice for a Vendor Market Beginner / Craft Show FAQs
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- čas přidán 21. 07. 2024
- Hey y'all! Back with another craft fair related video! Today I'm going over everything you need to know about craft fairs & markets! Get your notebook ready because this video is packed with a ton of tips and advice that I've learned over the past 6 years of being a vendor!
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I suggest that when a customer says I wish you had _____ , give them a chance to custom order that product. I have owned a quilt shop and got sooo in debt because I listened to some customer who said “ you should get this or sell that” . So I would buy whatever “it” was but those customers never came back and guess what? The product didn’t sell, or I had to deeply discount it. Live and learn! So now if I don’t have what a customer wants at a market I’m vending, I can still make a sell because I take their order and I get full payment. We both win!
@@robinanderson724 YES!! Completely agree 👍
Such great information. I am an over thinker and feel I can’t commit until I have everything ready. My booth set up in my living room and organizing all the displays made me realize I am ready to take the plunge and set my first date!! Thank you 😊
@marcystark490 thanks so much for watching!! I'm the same way! That's awesome, get out there and sell your stuff 🤗
This is the best tip and advice video that I have found. Thanks!
Aw thanks so much!! 🥰
Great tips! 1. A few places around me only allow white canopies, keep that in mind. Toolbox idea is a good one, i have an extra tote where i keep my just in case everything.
You didn't mention greeting your customers...just a good morning works wonders.
Definitely go with a fanny pac of some kind. But, im 6'6" 230 pound man, no one's gonna try to get my fanny pac 😂
Im always the last to tear down, always a last minute sale!
I did bazaars etc in the 90s , took a break to work "my day job". Finally now in my upper 70's I am back at it. You are spot on with everything you said and taught. How awesome you are to help the newbies and yes some oldsters !
Thank you this has been very informative. I did my comeback in the spring in a park here in our little town and I am definitely making displays before fall shows. But did have great sales.
You just gave me SO MUCH to think about for my first booth. I’m so grateful to have found your channel! 🖤
Thanks so much for watching! 🥰 glad to help!
You know how you watch a ton of videos and so by the umpteenth one you’re just sort of half listening to see if that person has anything new to add-well, I had to keep stopping the video to write your ideas down. Finally I just grabbed a notebook and started to take serious notes. It’s been a few years since I’ve had a booth at a craft fair so I already knew a lot of it but it was nice to have a thorough refresh and I appreciated all of the little fine points. Well done.
Aw thank you so much! Glad you found it helpful!
Great tips and the pep talk was very helpful. Other tips I'd add that has been invaluable for me was to make sure that if you're taking Square or having some sort of card reader that you (1) make sure everything is fully charged, in the event you don't have access to electricity; (2) bring a portable charger, in case your cell phone/tablet/POS is not charged enough; and (3) verify internet access or hot spot needed/quality, so that your electronic payments can be processed easily.
100% agree! Great tips! Thanks for sharing!
I would love a video of store front craft booths. I have one myself and have no idea what I am doing as well as DIY displays. Wonderful video thank you for helping us beginners with tips and tricks!!
I second that. I don’t have one yet so would be good to know what to look for when picking a good business to have a booth in.
Thanks for watching! I completely understand- mines a constant work in progress as I'm learning as I go. I do have a basic video on it already but I'll do a more in depth video showing more display ideas for ya! If there's anything else specifically you want to know/see, just let me know 🥰
@racheydz99 just posted a video about becoming a vendor in a store, hope it helps- czcams.com/video/x5t_QA6qpjE/video.html
A great low budget tent weight option is a couple sacks of play sand from Lowes or Home Depot. $5 each and they weigh about 50lbs.
@krystaaustin8888 yes!! Love alllllllll the money saving tips, thanks for sharing! ❤️
Love this!!! All the detail and boring but Sooo Important parts!!! Thank you !!! Im gonna do all of this. ❤
I would love to see a video on how to DIY displays for my booth 😁
Thanks for the great tips . I would love a video on inventory and how to set it up please 😊
You got it! Thanks for watching💕
I cannot thank you enough for taking the time to give all of this excellent advice. I took tons of notes and I'll be working on my first craft fair, hopefully this fall. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
@karensilvi9634 That's awesome!! Thanks so much for watching, glad to help 🥰
Girlfriend!!! You knocked this video out the park✨✨✨so so informational. 🙇🏽♀️
Whoa I learned a lot. Thank you.
Aw thank you so much!! 🥰 glad to help!
So helpful. I want to do a craft show but it's intimidating to me . Doing research and found you! Great information.
Glad to help! Thanks for watching! 🥰
I bought my tent late fall when they were on sale and saved a bunch on a good tent❣️👍 It has sides with windows and sand weights also❤️
I was searching for your video again because i never got to finish it but i knew you mentioned a good tent!. It's funny you say inventory so you can see how much people stole!😄Sad we have to do that!
Amazing video! I have to come back to watch again and take better notes 😂 👏
When I say you came through with all the information!!! This should be first and only video for beginners!! Love your video queen!!
Thank you so much!! Glad to help and share 💕
I've now gotten a few markets under my belt and I have to say this entire video was extremely informative and helpful! Thank you so much for hitting every little detail and suggesting actionable tips throughout! I'm definitely keeping alot of these points in my mind for my next market! Xoxo
Aw thank you so much! Glad you found it helpful 💕
Great helpful advice you generously offer thank you! New subscriber here and hoping to start selling my handmade products at a few farmers markets soon so I'm glad I came upon your video 😊
Gold advice! Thank you very much!
this is so so insightful ! I'll be doing a booth soon for the first time and this helps me so much! Thank you !
Glad to help! Thanks for watching ❤️
This was super helpful. I’m getting ready next month for my very first craft fair. I’m excited and nervous. Wish me luck. You was very helpful. Thx.
@@antoniaortiz7701 glad to help! Thanks for watching!! GOOD LUCK 👍🍀
Thanks for all your great tips ive never done a craft show but with all this excellent info i would surely feel abit more prepared and appreciate all the wonderful tips you shared here alot of great advice thanks for sharing this was so helpful to know what to expect and how to prepare for a show should i do one in the future :)
@sheriasselin983 thank you so much!! Glad to help 🥰
This video was outstanding 🎉 I got so many great tips from you. Thanks for sharing ❤
@makeoversbytrish thank you so much!! Glad to help 🥰
Can you do a video on your inventory sheet? Thank you for all the info.
Sure, I might not do a whole video on it but I'll show it in a vlog the next time I'm working on it 🥰
Great information! Thank you!
I’m doing my first Farmer’s Market this Spring - Fall and your videos have me so excited! Thank you so much for the amazing information!
Aw how exciting! Good luck on all your future markets ❤️ thanks for watching!!
So helpful!! Thank you so much ❤
Thank you so much for all this information. I’m just getting started. I’ve done events in the past and always got in debt due to not selling enough to cover the fee. I don’t understand about not using business cards and you are so right. People take them and I never hear from them. I’ve invested in table covers, canopy, fans, cash box, displays and I advertise the events on my facebook page. I have my personal Instagram, Facebook, and I advertise on my groups. That has not helped. I have handmade wood products from recycled materials and sewing items, and shopping tote bags. I stamp my information on the back of wood products but haven’t invested in sewing labels for my sewing items. I don’t understand about QR codes and other ways to contact me.
Thank you! Great advice!!
Absolutely awesome info, thank you!
Thanks so much!
MASTERCLASS right there! Thank you so much for sharing your hard-earned knowledge so generously. I've just stumbled upon your channel & will be sure to subscribe. You've helped me so much - I was on the point of not bothering any more with art & craft fairs but putting into practice some of your advice has given me so much enthusiasm.
Aw, thank you so much for watching & your kind comment- so glad I could help!! 🥰❤️
Awesome video!!! Thank you so much for laying that all out!!! Great job!!
Thanks so much for watching!! 🥰 glad to help!
Just an FYI we do vendor events in North and South Carolina. Many of the hosts are requiring 50 pounds of weight per leg! This isn’t usually a windy area, but we’ve been having some gnarly wind lately. Had tents fly into ours several times that weren’t secured at all. Thankfully our tent withstood the blow and we had no damage because they also didn’t have insurance. I don’t know why any legitimate business wouldn’t have insurance and additional event insurance.
Thank you for doing this video. I learned so much!
Thanks for watching! Glad to help! 🥰
Wow! What a fantastic video!!! Thank you SO MUCH!
Thanks so much for watching! 🥰
I'm glad this showed up in my feed! 🤗 These are really excellent tips and you're delightful! Subscribed!
Aw yay, so glad you found me! Thanks for watching!! 🥰
❤ good ideas !
I absolutely LOVE this video! Thank you for all your great tips!! I have been taking notes, and hope to have my first booth "out" soon! 😊😊
Aw yay, glad to help! Love hearing that! Thanks so much for watching!! 💕
This video was a huge help! I just want to sit with you and learn everything. ❤
Aw thank you so much! Happy to help!💕
I loved all of your tips, extremely helpful. Thank you.
Thanks for watching! Glad you found it helpful!
So many good advises! Thank you💚
Thanks for watching!
You have provided so much awesome information, THANK YOU FOR SHARING!
Thanks for watching!
Hello, Newbie here. Thank you for all the info. 😊
Thanks for watching!❤
SUPER helpful. Thank you!!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you sharing so much great information.
Thanks for watching!
THANK YOU 🙏🏾 WONDERFUL VIDEO! You provide so much needed information.
Thanks for watching! Glad you found it helpful!
Thank you for this video! So very helpful for me, as I have only done a couple of craft fairs, so am still learning! Love this! ♥️♥️
Thanks so much for watching! Glad you found it helpful!
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video with all the helpful information! I’m doing my first craft fair this weekend, and I know I’ll be using some of your tips.
Thanks so much for watching! Glad I could help!! Good luck at your craft fair💕
GREAT TIPS!!
Thank you!
Awesome advises, tfs!
Thanks for watching!
So much practical information!!
Thank you!!
I would love a video on a store front booth as well. Thank you for doing this video it really helps.
Absolutely! I have a basic video on it already but I'll do a more in depth video showing more display ideas- anything else you specifically are interested in hearing/seeing on the store booths?
I’m new to your channel and love your content! You are so helpful and organized. I would love to see a video about getting set up as a vendor in a store! Keep up the awesome work!
Thank you so much! Just posted a video about becoming a vendor in a store❤️
czcams.com/video/x5t_QA6qpjE/video.html
O wow! Super awesome. Packed full of info. Obviously you have a ton of experience! And, thanks for sharing your mistakes & warnings on what to avoid!
Thanks for watching! Glad to help💕
So glad i found U.
So glad you're here! 💕
Thank you so much this was veryyyy helpful! I do my first event in a few weeks!
Thanks for watching! Good luck!!!
Thank you for your videos! They are always so helpful. Very interested in a video on store front booths. Recently set one up and not really sure what I am doing.
Thanks for watching! Glad to help however I can 🥰 that's awesome- congrats! I'll definitely be doing another storefront booth video soon and I'll show some display ideas as I'm about to add a 2nd booth 💕 if there's anything specifically you want to know/see, just let me know!
Awesome video, thank you for the information. 👍
Thanks for watching!
Thank you
THANK YOU ERICA!!! I just found you & I am getting ready to do my first Craft Fair as a vendor. Thank you for ALL the info, tips & tricks!!
Thanks for watching! So glad you found me! ❤️
This was so helpful Erica, I am a candle maker that does vendor events and this is so helpful!!
Thanks for watching!! So glad I could help 🥰
I would love to see more videos about craft shows and vending in general. Great video!
You got it! Thanks for watching!
Your video is so informative. I'm doing my first vendor fair and I'm clueless, but this has helped me in so many ways. Thank you for sharing.🙂
Thank you so much! Glad you found it helpful!
I was having SUCH a day today! And then I watched your video and the end made me cry, because I've been struggling so hard with these first few fairs - enough to where, even though I've already invested some money into a canopy and table and a couple of display stands, I keep asking myself not only whether it's worth it, but whether I can even DO this.
I've compared myself to other vendors, wondered why I wasn't making sales when everyone around me was, KNEW my display wasn't as nice as theirs, and even thought maybe I wasn't inviting enough.
I had come to the point where I thought maybe my products aren't that great, even though I know the crowd at my last fair just wasn't right for what I'm trying to sell. So thank you for your encouraging words toward the end of your video.
I had a fair today that was cancelled and my stress has been so high that I'm literally sick in bed, today (I have Dysautonomia, which is severely impacted by stress). I decided to try researching more about what I'm trying to do and why it might not be working, since I'm having a down day, and I found your video. Some of your advice I had already come to realize on my own just with my experiences so far, but I added a fair few things to my list to do in the future from your tips.
Also, especially helpful are your links in the description! Thank you for those - it's been hellish, just trying to find what kinds of displays I need, and days of looking through Amazon not knowing what peg boards were called, or gridwall, made it so I just wasn't finding the right things, on my own!
You rock! 😍 Liked and subscribed, ❤ and if I had any money, I'd buy you a coffee! 🥹
thank you so much for watching and sharing your kind words ❤️ I'm so glad my video could help in any way but I'm ecstatic that my encouraging words could provide some relief for you, I just knew how discouraged I was after my first few events with sales/costs, comparing my booth to others, and just feeling completely lost with a touch of imposter syndrome, so I felt like I needed to include that in there because someone out there HAS to feel the same way as I did then. I know it's easier said than done (as I still struggle with this) but don't stress about what's out of your control, you can only try your best babe! There's only room for improvement, and it does get easier (and better) the more you do! Good luck on all your future markets, I KNOW you can do it!! 💪💅👏💕
@@CreativelyErica thank you so much! I'm learning that networking is important - and is a thing I'm not very good at, but I'm trying. I haven't had a craft fair since the cancelled one the day I commented on your video, because vendor fees keep stopping me from being able to sign up! I'm considering trying the flea market, but my prices might be too high for that, I don't know. I'm still struggling, but in the interim, I'm meeting new people, and I have a couple of opportunities lined up. This seems to be a hard thing to get into, for a variety of reasons (cost of vendor fees, poor sales with the wrong crowd for my crafts, still learning how to set up my stall...), but I'm not ready to give up, yet! 🩵
Solid Gold advice, particularly the section about not packing up too early. It's been a long time since I attended Craft Fairs, which for me were Computer Fairs, but the Wisdom still holds good. Much of what you said is blindingly obvious, but therein lies the pitfall for many an aspiring crafter (like me) which is that we get blinded by thinking we have nice things to sell and don't consider the need to present them in a way that people will actually buy them! Thank you. Now, can I feed back something which is that it took me 5 or 6 visits to actually complete watching this, so can I suggest it be broken down into a series of slightly more digestible chunks. Thank you again!
great tips and advice
Thank you!!
Very helpful. Your video is very thorough.
Thanks for watching!
New subscriber. Absolutely fantastic presentation and advice. I’m not a vendor but as a customer, your tips were spot on!
Thank you so much! ❤️
This was EXCELLENT! Thank you so much. ❤ Getting ready for my first show and I’m panicking lol. This is helping to calm my nerves.
Thank you so much! Glad you found it helpful!
great tips!
Thank you!
Great Information I do a lot of the things that you already talked about,
game changer for me is having the table on the top or the front. You’re so right about having to pull everything out just to get to the table.
I love your ideas on marketing especially the social media. I’m just really starting to get into marketing my candle business and that’s what I hear is document everything behind-the-scenes great information thank you.
Thank you so much for watching! Glad you found it helpful!
Perfect tips, I've been doing events for about 2 years now and these are all on point 🎉 also followed your other SM :)
Thanks so much! 🥰
This was a great video, thank you!! I would love to see your inventory sheet or have a blank copy to populate.
Thanks! I'll be sure to include that in my next craft fair video for ya!
ABSOLUTELY GREAT info! Thank you so much‼️. Are you able to set you tent up by yourself?
Thanks for watching! I can set it up myself but it's a little challenging, highly recommend an extra set of helping hands- takes like 4 minutes to set up
I just came across the very helpful and detailed video! Do you recommend pre packing your t shirts in cellophane bags and just hanging 1 for display?
I don't pre-pack mine because I've noticed the customers like to hold the shirt up to them for sizing and they would take them out to look at/inspect the shirt (even though I had a display one out).
Thank you🎉
Thanks for watching!
Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
Great info!! What Im dying to know......where can I find those amazing little iridescent shelves you have on your back wall?!? Beautiful!!!
I did find some on amazon. THanks again for all your great tips!!
@Italygirl110 aw yay! Love them so much, they have a ton of different sizing options on Amazon too. I think I linked them all on a previous vlog when I got them.
I made that tent mistake my first year. ended up replacing 2 tents that year.
Can you do a video on how you set up your craft fair booth? Im a visual person and would love to see how to set it up :)
Absolutely!
How many car freshies would you recommend to have on hand for a small craft fair? I'm having a hard time figuring it out lol Thank you so much for the helpful video!
Really depends on how busy the craft fair is, I've also noticed that I always sell more in the fall/winter events than I do during spring/summer ones. Personally I would bring 30-50 to a small craft fair.
Heeyyyy! Please do a video on how to find and enter craft shows
I briefly talked about how I found some in my last craft fair video, under my craft fair playlist on my channel page 😊
Also how do u suggest catering to a retired community? I made soap and candles car freshies also
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Attaching grid walls to your tent also makes a great weight!
Such a great idea!! Builds your display upward which draws people in, gives more vertical space to use, and weighs down the tent! 👏 👍
I get the whole litter thing but as a customer I love business cards and flyers! I would love to have one given to me every time I purchase something, there have been so many times I have bought something and wanted more after the market is over but I forgot to look at or write down their info. Some names are so generic too that it is impossible to find them by searching online.
Thank you, I learn a lot. Do your charge a fee maybe 1.00 to use venmon or square?
Yes, I do a $1 surcharge that I have posted on my payment signs at my checkout station if they want to use their cards
Thank you so much for the wealth of information you have given!! Much appreciated ❤
Of course! Thanks for watching Kathleen😘🩷
I have a question maybe you can help me with. I have a vendor event next month. I only sell car freshies and maybe freshie hangers, but I have over 40 scents to choose from. Should I make freshies for each scent or just choose maybe 10-20 scents and how many should I make of each scent?
Personally I wouldn't do all of them, I'd do 10-20 tops. You don't want to overwhelm the customers with too many options. And the quantity kind of depends on the size of the craft fair. If it's a smaller one I'd bring like 50 freshies in total if it's a big one that you know is gonna be super busy I'd bring 100, unless it was a multiple day event then maybe bring some more.
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I can't find a craft fair so I attend a fleamarket and I am a known face now. The problem is some are there for second hand clothing. My Table looks pristine compared to the junky tossed-in piles tables and I feel left out. I am preparing so much for the May one.
Totally get that! Try looking up events near what ever the largest city you're closest to is on facebook- "craft fair markets near Nashville". I have friends that don't have any near them either and they have to travel for them but they only sign up for ones that are like a whole weekend to make it worth the trip. You can always track gas mileage and other trip expenses and write them off for your business' taxes later.
DIY displays please
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Great advice - thanks so much. If you have any pictures of displays, I would love to see some different ones. I sell hand made cards and gift cards, and microwave bowl cozies, and other embroidered items. I am going to follow you now.
Best Wishes.
Thanks for watching! I'll make a more in depth display video for ya.
Hi! please tell me how legally it is possible to sell at fairs? What type of entrepreneurship are you registered with? Is the Sole Proprietorship ok?
Thank you:)
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