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<p>[QUOTE="Marie Forjan, post: 292227, member: 147"]Hi DeAnne, can you get an idea from your friend about what the other dealers are selling? I have a friend who sells antique and vintage books, cooking equipment and tools. I sell antique and vintage jewelry, pottery and glass. We found that our two booths work well next to each other at shows and at the flea market because we have different things. </p><p><br /></p><p>She noticed that at antique shows 4 or 5 dealers in primitives like to cluster together and it seems to us that doesn't work well. Last year, at one of our shows, a couple of those primitive dealers did badly, but a different primitive dealer that was set up across the room, with non primitive dealers around her, had a fabulous show.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also notice that in some multi dealer shops a lot of the booths have the same or very similar merchandise. Also very often dealers just pile way too much stuff into the booth without any thought of how to make an appealing display. </p><p><br /></p><p>Regularly changing out items, making sure the tags are not faded from age (a sure sign that the item has been sitting there way too long) and keeping everything clean goes a long way.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, JMHO, if possible be the different one in the group. Especially make sure what you show is different from the people directly around you. Don't overstuff the booth and arrange your pieces so they are inviting and easy to see. Regularly switch out items and make sure everything looks fresh and clean. Is this new shop near you, will you be able to go by regularly for maintence?</p><p><br /></p><p>We have been thinking about this a lot lately because we were approached by a dealer at the flea market who is thinking of starting up a coop. She likes what we sell and how we display our items and asked if we would be interested. It's amazing how it gets you thinking when an opportunity like this comes up <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marie Forjan, post: 292227, member: 147"]Hi DeAnne, can you get an idea from your friend about what the other dealers are selling? I have a friend who sells antique and vintage books, cooking equipment and tools. I sell antique and vintage jewelry, pottery and glass. We found that our two booths work well next to each other at shows and at the flea market because we have different things. She noticed that at antique shows 4 or 5 dealers in primitives like to cluster together and it seems to us that doesn't work well. Last year, at one of our shows, a couple of those primitive dealers did badly, but a different primitive dealer that was set up across the room, with non primitive dealers around her, had a fabulous show. I also notice that in some multi dealer shops a lot of the booths have the same or very similar merchandise. Also very often dealers just pile way too much stuff into the booth without any thought of how to make an appealing display. Regularly changing out items, making sure the tags are not faded from age (a sure sign that the item has been sitting there way too long) and keeping everything clean goes a long way. So, JMHO, if possible be the different one in the group. Especially make sure what you show is different from the people directly around you. Don't overstuff the booth and arrange your pieces so they are inviting and easy to see. Regularly switch out items and make sure everything looks fresh and clean. Is this new shop near you, will you be able to go by regularly for maintence? We have been thinking about this a lot lately because we were approached by a dealer at the flea market who is thinking of starting up a coop. She likes what we sell and how we display our items and asked if we would be interested. It's amazing how it gets you thinking when an opportunity like this comes up :)[/QUOTE]
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