Price for Craft Show Booth???
08-14-2011, 08:03 AM
#51
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Average price here is $50.00 and goes up. Small new fairs are lower price, but so are your sales.
have enough items priced arpung the $10.00 mark to try to at least cover the table cost.
I did a fair July 4th, sold nothing! It was the first time for the fair, but I will pass next time.
have enough items priced arpung the $10.00 mark to try to at least cover the table cost.
I did a fair July 4th, sold nothing! It was the first time for the fair, but I will pass next time.
08-14-2011, 08:29 AM
#53
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We used to do craft shows several years ago. It really depends on the venue. Some places we did really well others not so much. $50 to $100 was average cost for a 10x10 space. We finally gave up on the craft shows because people don't want to pay for your time. Then we just did art shows. We were selling woodworking items - everything from pens to clocks to intarsia (pictures made from different woods).
08-14-2011, 08:38 AM
#54
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i think that is a reasonable price for a booth....at the bigger shows it is $100...perhaps you can ask some friends, neighbors, church, etc for the use of a table or two for the day(s).....good luck...
08-14-2011, 08:56 AM
#55
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I've paid up to $120 for a 10 x10 ft. space, with electricity available, for display and cash register. As long as your return satisfies you, it depends on where you're located or what you have to sell.
08-14-2011, 09:04 AM
#56
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I do a couple of craft shows a year. I never go over $25.00 You have to shop around but I like smaller shows. The bigger the show, the more the dollar gets cut up. People come usually with a set amount of money to spend and if it's a small show, you stand a better chance of getting your part of their dollar. Just my opion, but it works for me.Your husband is right, look how hard you worked to make that $50.00 nd with the economy the way it is, I am even questioning going into the 2 I usually do, as people are not spending their dollars at a craft show.
08-14-2011, 10:01 AM
#58
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Google "sales tax rate, town, state".
I was referring to sales tax. Some of the really large shows here require each booth to use cash registers for all sales to keep track. Smaller shows are not that strict.
True story from a customer about a show that had a sales-tax person present to collect the money. When she realized that she would be at the beginning of his rounds, she went to her booth-neighbors and exchanged her paper money for coins. She had her whole days take was coins. Revenuer came by, looked at her paperwork and asked for the sales tax. So she started counting it out. He couldn't leave without the money and by the time she was done, most of her neighbors had packed up and left. :)
I was referring to sales tax. Some of the really large shows here require each booth to use cash registers for all sales to keep track. Smaller shows are not that strict.
True story from a customer about a show that had a sales-tax person present to collect the money. When she realized that she would be at the beginning of his rounds, she went to her booth-neighbors and exchanged her paper money for coins. She had her whole days take was coins. Revenuer came by, looked at her paperwork and asked for the sales tax. So she started counting it out. He couldn't leave without the money and by the time she was done, most of her neighbors had packed up and left. :)
08-14-2011, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Raggiemom
I'm thinking about having a booth at a local craft fair in October. It's a 10x10 booth and the price is $50. If I want to borrow their tables, it's $10 per table. My husband thinks $50 is alot for a booth and pointed out I would have to sell quite a bit to make a profit with that kind of overhead. However, since things aren't really selling on artfire, I figure it's worth a shot to try and sell some things. Is $50 a reasonable price for the space and is it worth it to pay for their tables? I don't have any tables of my own but a friend says she has a couple which fold in the middle that I could borrow. I'm just trying to think of how much of a pain it will be to carry everything in.
Thanks for your suggestions! :)
Thanks for your suggestions! :)
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