In my prior two posts I've spoken about how I knew it would be a great market and how I prepped for the event.
Here are all of the things I had with me that pushed sales over the top! ***this post contains affiliate links!
1. Display matters.
- I loved these clear can organizers for my table (this isn't my exact one, but It's close!)
- These are easy (and inexpensive)
- A bamboo cutting board with table legs screwed in makes for a great, raised display. (I did an IKEA cutting board with these legs!)
- Classic acrylic risers help bring things up!
- Call me crazy, but I love a mug tree.
- For the love of your work: get a fitted tablecloth! I know they can be slightly more money, but after one market where literally everyone was tripping over my tablecloth, I knew a fitted one would be worth the money!
- A branded table runner is so, so helpful! Just makes you look professional! I also felt like this runner was honestly cheaper than what I would have made myself, and looked SO good. I did a large logo and gave the color codes for everything to be sure it matched my branding.
2. Have a credit card reader and easy to scan Venmo/Zelle QR code. It's so worth it. And spend the time before the event to get everything loaded in! I use this one and have been pretty happy with it! Customers had no issues using it, the charge held pretty well (I did have to plug it in after the first and second day), and it quickly alerted me when payments did not go through. (This was honestly a major concern of mine- I've seen other vendors think that payments were processed only to go home and learn that they had not been. This card reader both dinged and lit up when payment was processed, and I immediately got a notification on my phone through the POS app that payment had processed.)
3. Price your work well. Come back next week and I'll share how I price my work- and why I think my most recent pricing model is actually working best for me, despite a challenging economy.