I'm participating in my second craft fair next month at the 41st Schroon Lake Association Arts & Crafts Fair in Schroon Lake, NY. The fair is in the Town Park on July 17th from 10am until 4pm. If you are local to the area, or live close enough to make a low budget family vacation out of it, Schroon Lake is located maybe 40 minutes north of Lake George, and about an hour southeast of Lake Placid, in the Adirondack Mountains if you like hiking.
Anyway, I learned a little from my first experience, mostly that I have to speed up my checkout process. The feedback that I got on my prices was that they were just right. I also realized that there are many jewelry booths at craft fairs so you have to do something to stand out.
So, if you frequent craft fairs as a seller or even as a buyer, do you find that sales work? Perhaps a discount or free item if you spend $40.00? What about a sale on just one type of item. What would make you enter one jewelry tent but walk by another?
Anyway, I learned a little from my first experience, mostly that I have to speed up my checkout process. The feedback that I got on my prices was that they were just right. I also realized that there are many jewelry booths at craft fairs so you have to do something to stand out.
So, if you frequent craft fairs as a seller or even as a buyer, do you find that sales work? Perhaps a discount or free item if you spend $40.00? What about a sale on just one type of item. What would make you enter one jewelry tent but walk by another?
