I'm being told by a CPA that I'm supposed to send out 1099 forms to any show I pay over 600 dollars to be in- anyone EVER heard of this? Called a big show and got their tax # and they said no one has ever asked for it before to send a 1099. Is thi
Read more…I just read read "How Many Shows in 2013" which got me thinking again about fees this time of the year. Here is the question for folks that say apply to over 50 shows a year. If the jury fee is $20 that's $1000 out of pocket. If you plan on being acc
Read more…Here is your opportunity to help improve our business. Fewer and fewer shows have it in their prospectus that an application is a commitment to show, but there are still shows that once they get your payment it never comes back regardless of your sit
Read more…Any experience in dealing with a return from a commission show that was a few months ago? We had a patron buy a gift that she was sure her daughter would love.
Daughter decided it wasn't her style and wants to return it. Problem, purchased 5 months
Read more…I'm an acrylic painter and am gearing up for my first juried art fair in 4 weeks. I definitely want to put prices on my paintings, but I'm just curious how other 2D artists do this. I'd love to hear how others out there are doing this. I don't wan
Read more…Does a show admission fee "winnow out" looky-loos, thereby increasing the percentage of buyers at a show?
Do such shows actually have a higher spend per customer?
And how do you know?
This issue was brought up by Nancy Grimsley on my Coconut Poin
Read more…It the year's end and I am sifting through receipts from traveling, doubling checking mileage and per diem rates for each city and wondering if I am using my accounting program correctly. I have used Quick Books Pro for several years. Each year, I
Read more…I've been using the Square for about three months now, and like it a lot, especially compared to my previous system. This past Sunday while I was out selling my etchings I struck up a conversation with this cab driver who was on a break. He told me
Read more…Is there a list collected of indoor shows? I cannot continue to do outdoor shows and thought I might see if there are enough to justify doing shows. Thanks.
Read more…I've recently been speaking with show directors in Toronto and Vancouver about advertising their events to U.S. exhibitors. Both of them assure me that artists from the U.S. can participate in their shows.
Does anyone here do shows in Canada? Can you
Read more…Here's the lineup of accepted artists at Fort Myers (February 2 & 3): 
http://www.artfestfortmyers.com/gallery/
I'm seeing many familiar faces on the list, including Amy Beeler, Nels Johnson, Jim Parker and John Leben. Sure hope John will report in he
Read more…As far as I can tell, square requires a signature for all purchases over $25. What if I don't have a signal and cannot swipe or hand enter the info. Others here have said use a knucklebuster to imprint the card and get the additional info, have them
Read more…Hi Guys,
I know the members of this forum are savvy in getting to shows and handling the expenses better than I am, since I am just getting back to showing again this past Fall.
Consequently, I landed three shows in a row in Florida in February. That
Read more…This is just an observation from afar and all the buy/sell reported in shows. If artists have voted with their feet, have they been replaced with buy/sell? And if so, where have the artists gone? Are there too many shows and not enough artists applyi
Read more…At the start of a recent show, I found myself with three artists who were complaining about another promoter. They really raked this promoter over the coals. When I asked if they'd spoken up about their experiences, they just sort of looked at me and
Read more…My continuous streaming of NPR on my computer had me listening to Michigan political commentator Jack Lessenberry this week while he spoke about a new study from the Center of Budget and Policy Priorities about Income Inequality in the U.S.
Once upon
Read more…Hi All,
I have not seen any reference to internet availability in the fair descriptions I have read. We use Intuit GoPayment for cc processing. We can use either internet or cell technology but the internet is faster than cell. Do most fairs offer
Read more…I was just reading the post “Doing the number game” and didn’t want to hijack the post. I just was wondering if any of you would be willing to share your average sale amount. Mine is $50 and has been consistent with most of the shows I have been do
Read more…I was going to enter this show back in the spring but had date conflicts. It is a nice show in a charming town in NJ between Easton PA and Phillipsburg, NJ. Since this is the weekend of the show I called my daughter who lives nearby and asked her t
Read more…I'd like to a podcast soon about building the next generation of art show customers. This was a suggestion of Geoff Coe's. As he wrote me,
Read more…Customers are aging--how many times do we hear from long-time customers that they've downsized their home, they
