I have one booked in November that are charging £30 which seems very reasonable for a small Christmas fete. But I enquired about another one that’s much bigger at the county show ground and they are charging £465 to £660 just for a row stand, with the corner stands coming in at £995! All pitch fees come with the slot but if you want them to supply you with a folding table for the day, it’s an extra £25 on top. This seems absolutely extortionate no? I was looking forward to doing it but I don’t think I can afford those prices at all. Is this how much they all are?

Hello,

I sell fine art prints of my original illustrations and I just started doing craft fairs (just finished my second one). How many fairs do you test a design/product at before you stop bringing it?

I want my stall to be all knock out pieces and no dead weight — but sometimes it is hard to judge for myself which are my strongest pieces and sometimes things I don’t think are my most successful still manage to find homes. To add to that, I have been trying out very different markets, one of my pieces that didn’t get looked at all at my first market - sold out at my second. All to say I think I would sell more refining my stall but I don’t want to prematurely start cutting things — so I guess how many markets did you do before you started removing designs? What metrics do you use to make those calls?

Hi everyone. First time poster here. This weekend I'll be a vendor for the first time at a Fall Festival in my hometown. I make handmade dolls. I was just wondering if there's any advice for someone about to do their first craft fair?

Hi! I've done a few markets but I'm constantly changing my setup cause I feel like it's either ugly or over crowded. This is my second outdoor market I've done two indoor last year (paused this year for my wedding) and now I'm back to it. The last outdoor market went terrible. My tent snapped in the wind, my table cloths got ruined, banner ripped, yes I did have the proper weights on each leg. Two sand bags 35-50lbs on each leg. One hold 35 the other is 45-50lbs anyways it didn't go great and I wasn't a fan of my set up. Next one is this Saturday and I'm practicing my set up. What do you think? Would you approach my booth?

I don't have everything out. My check out stand has a banner, My table cloths and table banner isn't out, some products not put up but is it ok? I have more stuff to put out. But this is basically it. I did upgrade my tent to a crown shade 10x10 with the zip up sidewalls and so far it's been holding up.

Please ignore the messy bins, table top area and the product not put out. The clamps on the curtain will be replaced with zip ties to not look so ugly.