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Hello everyone, I am looking at possibly doing my very first craft fair. I make cards, and other crafts. How can I take credit cards. I know cash only will not go over well, and I do not want to take checks as if they bounce good luck getting the money. If you do craft fairs what kind of cc processing do you use? are you locked into a lease of some sort? I don't want to get locked in if I decide craft fairs are not for me.
also what sells fast for you? I was thinking cards, the candy cane sleigh's, some knitted items, and the sky is the limit lol. (this is for next year not anymore this year.
Thank you everyone for any input that you may have! Have a fabulous day.
We use square for credit cards. There is no monthly fee and you are not locked into any time period. You are charged a percent of each sale, not sure of the exact amount but somewhere around 2.5%. When we first started doing shows 10 years ago it wasn't a big deal if you didn't take a card. Now at most shows, card sales are half or more of our business. Paypal has a similar reader. They work through your phone.
Square has different types of readers that you can see on their website. One is free, but honestly it is outdated and doesn't take chip cards. We have the one that is around $50 and for us it has been worth the cost. They usually have some type of promotion going on so that some of the fees are reduced so check into those as well.
Hello everyone, I am looking at possibly doing my very first craft fair. I make cards, and other crafts. How can I take credit cards. I know cash only will not go over well, and I do not want to take checks as if they bounce good luck getting the money. If you do craft fairs what kind of cc processing do you use? are you locked into a lease of some sort? I don't want to get locked in if I decide craft fairs are not for me.
also what sells fast for you? I was thinking cards, the candy cane sleigh's, some knitted items, and the sky is the limit lol. (this is for next year not anymore this year.
Thank you everyone for any input that you may have! Have a fabulous day.
I was at a Holiday Boutique over the weekend. The gal had made gift card holders decorated on the outside (super cute�-I saw them going fast).
Since moving to the MKE area, I've been to several artisan holiday craft fairs here and now a darling artisan consignment shop in Greendale. Beautiful handcrafted cards going for $2, tags and postcards $.50. If you're OK with selling your lovelies for around those prices you should have customers, but when I asked about the prices and whether or not they reflected the work involved, the vendors explained that they don't really sell at higher prices. I hope I'm not bursting your bubble and you're doing this for the fun of it and a way to move stash and get money for more toys. Those prices sure don't reflect the work involved in setting up your booth, much less the time and labor poured into making the cards, imho.
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I run a craft fair every year where I used to work. Not a ton of paper rafters, but I have to tell you that almost everyone sells scarves. If you’re going to knit, make it unique!
Thank you everyone all advice is greatly appreciated. Jeaniebean55 I used to sell my cards at a wedding shop. you are correct no one wants to pay more than 2.00. I try not to make too fancy for selling cause cost and time is way too much.
If you have about a week to read it, there is a long running thread about craft fairs with tons of info. I would suggest starting at the end and reading backwards:
thinking about doing a craft fair
