greenmountainwife
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I had applied months ago to the "good" craft fair. A handmade only, juried fair. A few weeks past the application deadline, I called and asked when they would be notifying everyone, and they said they had sent sent out acceptances and denials weeks ago, and I should have heard. I had not. That night I got a denial email, stating my soaps met their requirements but they were full. I'm almost positive that they had misplaced my application, since they didn't deny until I contacted them. I was bummed. This was "the" fair!
So I asked around and found another show on the same day. The booth fee was half as much as the other, so I figured I'd try it out. I'm so glad I did! It was a 6 hour day. We were really busy between 10-2. I did 18.5 times my booth fee in sales, so I'm more than happy with that. plus I got invited to sell at our local farmers market next summer.
I learned a lot today too. While I'm not new to making soap, I am relatively new to selling. I only started selling to friends and family through word of mouth about 4 months ago. Today it was interesting to see what the best sellers were. Before today I had not sold a single beer or lavender goat milk soap. Today I completely sold out of both. There were even a couple people fighting over the last beer soap! People were in Christmas gift mode, and we're buying it for anyone they knew that drank beer. Loofah soaps were also a hit. I make a cedar hunting soap that is usually my best seller, and I hardly sold any of those. I loved watching people interact with the soaps and give me their thoughts. I am exhausted but it is a good exhausted! Just wanted to share.
So I asked around and found another show on the same day. The booth fee was half as much as the other, so I figured I'd try it out. I'm so glad I did! It was a 6 hour day. We were really busy between 10-2. I did 18.5 times my booth fee in sales, so I'm more than happy with that. plus I got invited to sell at our local farmers market next summer.
I learned a lot today too. While I'm not new to making soap, I am relatively new to selling. I only started selling to friends and family through word of mouth about 4 months ago. Today it was interesting to see what the best sellers were. Before today I had not sold a single beer or lavender goat milk soap. Today I completely sold out of both. There were even a couple people fighting over the last beer soap! People were in Christmas gift mode, and we're buying it for anyone they knew that drank beer. Loofah soaps were also a hit. I make a cedar hunting soap that is usually my best seller, and I hardly sold any of those. I loved watching people interact with the soaps and give me their thoughts. I am exhausted but it is a good exhausted! Just wanted to share.