Vendor Guides

Should You Pack Up Early at a Craft Fair?
If the event is still open, your booth should generally still be ready for customers. One late shopper can still become a sale. Read more...
What Should a Craft Fair Vendor Do During Slow Times?
A slow stretch does not mean the market day is over. Use the time to reset, take care of yourself, stay available, and be ready for the next customer. Read more...
How to Greet Customers at a Craft Fair Without Hovering
How to be welcoming and available in your craft fair booth without blocking the entrance, hovering over shoppers, or talking past what they need. Read more...
What If Your Handmade Product Costs More Than Competitors Charge?
When your real handmade product costs do not fit the market price you see around you, do not erase costs from the worksheet. Use the mismatch to investigate sourcing, design, workflow, event choice, positioning and product mix. Read more...
How Should Craft Fair Vendors Account for Credit Card Processing Fees?
Card processing fees include more than a percentage. Learn how festival and craft fair vendors can estimate percentage fees, fixed transaction fees, card share, and the effect of sales tax on the amount processed. Read more...
Should Handmade Sellers Count Bookkeeping, Social Media, and Admin Time as Labor?
Making the product is not the only work in a handmade business. Learn how to account for bookkeeping, inventory, applications, website work, social media, customer messages and other business-management labor. Read more...
How Do You Include Craft Fair Booth Fees and Travel in Product Prices?
Booth fees, applications, travel and event labor are real selling costs. Learn a simple way craft fair and festival vendors can spread shared event costs across the products they expect to sell. Read more...
What Small Costs Do Handmade Sellers Forget When Pricing a Product?
Thread, blades, labels, electricity, machine use, packaging and small production supplies can disappear from handmade pricing math. Learn which forgotten making costs deserve a line of their own. Read more...
How Should Handmade Sellers Price Materials They Got Free, on Sale, or Years Ago?
Free, inherited, clearance, or old materials still have a replacement cost. Learn why handmade sellers should use current delivered replacement cost when figuring what a product really costs to make. Read more...
When Should a Craft Fair Vendor Walk Away From a Sale?
Not every sale is worth saving. Learn when a festival or craft-fair vendor should set a boundary, end a transaction, or involve the event organizer or security. Read more...
What Should a Craft Fair Vendor Do When a Customer Threatens a Bad Review?
A practical response for craft-fair and festival vendors when a customer threatens a bad review: protect the policy, reputation, and business without surrendering to the threat. Read more...
How to Say No to Discounts at a Craft Fair Without Starting an Argument
How craft-fair and festival vendors can hold a price, respond to discount requests, and offer legitimate promotions without turning the booth into a negotiation. Read more...
What to Say When a Customer Says Your Handmade Product Is Too Expensive
A simple way for handmade sellers to respond when a shopper says an item costs too much—without defending every material, hour, and business expense. Read more...
How to Handle Rude or Difficult Customers at a Craft Fair
A practical framework for festival and craft-fair vendors dealing with rude, demanding, or difficult customers without turning one bad interaction into a bigger business problem. Read more...
Should You Put Prices on Everything at a Craft Fair?
Craft fair shoppers should be able to understand your prices without having to ask. Learn how visible price signs reduce friction while keeping a booth clean, professional and easy to shop. Read more...
Does Drying, Curing or Waiting Time Count as Labor in Handmade Pricing?
Waiting time is not automatically labor. Learn how handmade sellers can separate active hands-on production time from passive drying, curing, washing or machine time when calculating product cost. Read more...
Should You Pay Yourself for Labor When Pricing Handmade Products?
Your active production time is a real business cost even when you own the business. Learn why labor belongs in handmade pricing and how to separate labor from the profit the business may earn. Read more...
U-Shaped vs. L-Shaped 10×10 Craft Fair Booth Layout: Which Works Better?
U-shaped and L-shaped 10×10 craft fair booths solve different problems. Compare customer flow, display space, visibility, working room and when each layout may make more sense for your products. Read more...
What Wind Speed Is Too High for a Pop-Up Canopy at a Festival?
There is no single wind-speed number that makes every pop-up canopy safe or unsafe. Learn what festival vendors should watch, why sidewalls matter, and when removing parts of the booth or taking the tent down becomes the smarter decision. Read more...
How to Spot a Fake Craft Fair or Festival Vendor Scam Before Sending Money
Fake event listings and organizer impersonation can turn a booth fee into an expensive lesson. Learn how to verify a craft fair or festival before sending money and which red flags deserve a second look. Read more...
Does a Bad Product Still Count as a Cost? Sellable Yield for Makers
If a product becomes a test piece, mistake, or item you refuse to sell, its material and labor costs still happened. Learn how sellable yield changes the real cost of what you make. Read more...
How to Price Handmade Products for Festivals: What Your Price Has to Carry
Pricing handmade products for festivals requires more than adding up materials. Learn the categories your price may need to carry, from production losses and labor to booth fees, travel and card fees. Read more...
How Much Weight Does a 10×10 Canopy Need at a Festival?
Festival Geeks uses 40 pounds per canopy leg as a minimum starting point for a 10×10 vendor tent, while emphasizing that wind conditions can require more caution or taking the canopy down. Read more...
Festival Booth Setup Guide for First-Time Vendors: Tent, Weights, Signage and Displays
A practical first-time festival booth setup guide covering the canopy, weights, tables, signage, displays, storage, weather preparation, and vendor comfort. Read more...
How to Choose the Right Festival to Sell At: 10 Questions to Ask Before Paying a Booth Fee
Choosing the right event starts before you pay the booth fee. Learn how to evaluate fit, set a goal, research the event, and ask 10 practical questions before committing. Read more...