In person craft sales can be fickle. One show you sell a ton of one thing, but nothing of another. So you focus on making way more of those for next time, only to find out no one at the next show wants them. And yes, I speak from experience.
All Shows Are Not Created Equal
I remember my first craft show (that is the first show I actually sold something!). Cards were the item of the day. Birthday cards and baby cards sold well. I was so excited! Thinking I knew what I was doing, I went home and started planning out new birthday and baby cards right away. It looked like I was all set for the next show. Or so I thought. You know what? I didn’t sell a single birthday card at that next show. What did I see? Gift tags. Of course I sold no gift tags at the last show.
Get Off the Sale Merry-Go-Round
If you are not careful, you will make yourself crazy going round and round trying to figure out what to sell. As I see it, you have two options. One, you can do what I did and make what you sold last time. And then have a ton of overstock. Two, you can work smarter and continue to make good products that people will want to come back for. Here’s a little hint…if you always have at least a few of everything I have found that people are likely to order from you if you sell out.
So never compromise. Research the trends and adjust. But not to the point that you forgo one product for the sake of another.
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