How To Create a Lookbook For Your Handmade Products
Lookbooks are a great way to show off the products you offer and convey their stories. They’ll come in handy at craft shows, to mail out to existing customers, when you’re pitching to retailers and even online if you create a digital version. The idea is to take some amazing photos of your pieces and add descriptions and details…
How To Make The Most Out of a Slow Craft Show
When you’re preparing for a craft show, you (the vendor) should be doing your part to help promote the event. However, if you’ve tried everything and shoppers aren’t showing up, here are a few tips to turn the situation around, even if you won’t be making many sales. 1 – STAY OPEN Slow…
10 Questions to Ask Before Committing to a Craft Show
Craft shows are a great way to sell your handmade goods, especially if you make items that tend to sell well at craft shows. There’s no way to guarantee a successful show, as there are elements (like the weather) that are out of everyone’s control. However, when you’re thinking about applying to a craft show…
10 Steps To Get Your Handmade Products In Boutiques
If you’re looking to expand your reach and get your products into some retail stores around your city, province or even country, you need to make a plan. Here are some areas to think about and 10 steps you can follow to get started! 1) Set your Wholesale prices – Selling at a craft show or online is…
Shopper Etiquette at a Craft Show
Craft shows are such a unique and fun experience. If you’re heading to one, you’re obviously a conscious shopper and would never intentionally insult a vendor, but here are a few things you may not have thought of from a vendor’s perspective. 1) Try to pay in cash There are a lot of vendors who are taking advantage…
Craft Show Etiquette
This is a guide for Craft Show Vendors. We also have an article on Craft Show Etiquette for Shoppers 🙂 I remember how nervous I was at my first craft show. I had no idea what to expect and felt like a total outsider. There are usually unwritten rules with any group or organization so this article…
Sell More at a Craft Show by Asking this Question
When I bring my husband to Farmers’ Markets or craft shows that will have food vendors, I know we better have full wallets. Just the other day we made a quick trip to our local Farmers’ Market for 2 things and 2 things only. Just as we were about to head out, a question…
5 Things to do Before Booking a Craft Show
If you’ve never participated in a craft show before, you may have a hard time deciding which ones are for you. Use this article as a guide to help you sift through the craft fairs in your area and make profitable choices. 1) Check out craft sales as a shopper Take your time to…
How Supporting Local Businesses Benefits You
It’s not always the most convenient or the cheapest option to buy from a local business, but the upsides of supporting local are greater than the downsides. Let’s look at the ways supporting local businesses benefits you in the short and long run. And why big box stores can ultimately be harmful to…
Consignment Inventory Tracking Spreadsheet
We talked about Wholesale vs Consignment, the pros and cons, and pointed out that if you do go the route of selling your products in stores through the method of consignment, that it’s a good idea to be really organized. To help you keep track of the products you drop off, sell and pick up from…