Your Opinion on Pop-up Shops for Jewelry Selling

[mwbrown]

Hello, all. I am not yet ready to sell my handmade jewelry at a craft fair, but would like to experiment with setting up a pop-up shop, to see what the public reaction will be. I have an online store that needs to be launched. I have some attractive inventory, and I have business cards. I plan on having a card reader and a cash box, a table and folding chair. Can any of you share your experiences with using the pop-up shop method of selling? Caveats that you might want to share? And other items that I would need to have on hand - or things I need to do - to make my sale a success?

I appreciate your feedback immensely!

[DawninCal]

I've not done this type of selling, but it sounds similar to a trunk show. I know people who have had great success with them and also with home selling shows.

Besides the items you've listed, I would add packaging materials such as tissue paper, boxes and/or bags so that your customers can get their purchases safely home.

Good luck and let us know how it goes!



Dawn

[mwbrown]

Dawn, thank you for your response! If you (or others) sell at craft shows and use a canopy, what brand have you found to be reliable?

[DawninCal]

After I posted, I recalled that I once did something that might be considered similar to a pop up.

The bartender at our neighborhood pub admired a pair of earrings and asked me to make a pair for her. I made the earrings and brought them along with several other pairs for her to choose from. While I was showing her the earrings, other customers in the pub noticed and started coming over to check them out.

I ended up selling $100 worth of earrings that day without even trying, so I'd say that was a success!

I've only done a craft show once and I borrowed the tent so I don't remember what brand it was. You might look into renting or borrowing a tent the first couple of times before actually buying as pop-up tents sell in the $100 - $200 range depending on what you buy. If you find that this type of selling isn't for you, you won't be stuck with a tent, although I doubt you'd have any trouble selling it to someone else.

Good luck!



Dawn

[michelle]

I hope you’ll come back and share your experience. I toy with the idea, but have never done it.

[Irith-Rita]

I am interested in reading your experience after you do too.

[brad]

I have not done a "pop up" anything, unless you consider "busking" related. What I can say is that, at least playing music, at a high foot traffic area is fun, and you meet nice folks, and you may build interest. We rarely made enough to each get a beer afterwards, though.
I am interested, first, in what kind of "spot" have you chosen to set up, and why? And, then I will also follow on how you did? And, what electronic card reader system have you chosen? Brad