07-08-2006, 09:56 AM
If you are selling craft items that you made yourself, and not just something that you bought wholesale to resell, it is important to make passers-by aware of that fact. I'm not sure why it matters so much to consumers (after all, whatever they buy is the same object regardless of who actually made it), but it does seem to encourage sales when they know that they are talking to the artist/craftsman directly. If you have a banner over your table, "Crafts by Anthony" will draw more attention than "Crafts for Sale".
As for location, you want to maximize visibility to your potential market. If you find that most of the people who buy from you are buying other craft products and/or items from the flea market, you may do well to be located near them. If you do that, however, people like me might never know you are there. A location near a food stand where people have to wait in line could be good also, since they will be in a position to see you while they wait.
We went to Makuu almost every Sunday while we were in Puna, and the only time we bought any craft item, it was from an artist who had a table right at the beginning of a row of food stands.
Howard
As for location, you want to maximize visibility to your potential market. If you find that most of the people who buy from you are buying other craft products and/or items from the flea market, you may do well to be located near them. If you do that, however, people like me might never know you are there. A location near a food stand where people have to wait in line could be good also, since they will be in a position to see you while they wait.
We went to Makuu almost every Sunday while we were in Puna, and the only time we bought any craft item, it was from an artist who had a table right at the beginning of a row of food stands.
Howard