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
There was a brief mention of California taxes on the Pacific Coast group a while back. My husband and I have a corporation in Washington State that includes my studio & his publishing biz. If I do a California show am I going to get clobbered by lice
Read more…When I got into this business five years ago I had no expectations of traveling outside of Florida, so it made sense to call the company "Wild Images Florida". Now, I'm spending about a third of the year or more outside of the state, primarily in th
Read more…This is the first year I've applied to this show. Does anyone have any feedback as to it's success?
Cheers,
Ilisa
Read more…Yesterday at an art show we sold 2 pendants and 1 set of earrings to a lady who was buying them for Christmas gifts. Today she came back wanting to know why she didn't have all 3 items. I remember wrapping up all 3 items, even labeling the pendant
Read more…Any sugesstions on software or creating your own spreadsheet to keep track of sales and sales tax. I am not the most organized person and do not have a lot of time to use a complicated system due to my stressful day job.
Nancy
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Apparently starting in April Visa started charging an additional fee per month to merchants called a FAN fee and its a bit confusing as to how they determine how to charge you the fee. Can range from $2 up to $15 or even $35/month. With many va
Read more…I ran out of cards a couple of shows back, and kept forgetting to make new ones. What I had been doing was making a folded card that was like a miniature brochure. It was printed on both sides and a pain in the butt to fold accurately. Printshops wou
Read more…I have a dilemma, this is my second year doing shows and I have never had a return. Until know. On 6-9-12 I was at Hinsdale Fine Art Festival and a customer punches a piece of mine and asked for me to hold it. I said no problem and got a phone numbe
Read more…Long story short, I just received a chargeback on my bank statement with respect to a small customer purchase.The purchase in question was made on 5/27/12; I typed the amount into my iPhone and received an authorization ID, which I wrote on the invo
Read more…I know there have been a lot of discussions about the square, but I just wasn't sure if it was right for me. I've had my merchant account with my bank for over 25 years and sometimes change can be hard. However after reading everything I could find
Read more…I'm looking for the most CURRENT, up-to-date info. on the best, most efficient method of taking
credit cards as payment. Until now I have only taken cash / checks. It seems that more
often customers expect you to take credit cards -- so I'm try
Read more…I'm interested in trying to capture the emails of folks who visit my booth at shows, but I'm not quite sure what to do with them. Obviously I'd like to keep them apprised of my work and shows I'll be doing, but I'd love to hear from people who can te
Read more…Am upgrading to either Samsung Galaxy S II or their Nexus. Anyone used either of these with the square - any problems?
Chris
Read more…Some shows are asking for a "Certificate of Insurance" with the show listed an "additional insured". Some insurance companies are charging a fee for this, ranging anywhere from $12.00 up to $75.00. So I asked my go-to insurance source of all knowl
Read more…Everywhere arts councils, arts organizations, museums must justify their budgets to their granting agencies that the arts and our humble art fairs are a boon for the locales where they are held. July 14 & 15 a big art fair is held in Madison, WI, the
Read more…I know you've got a show this weekend. Right? I was just looking at the shows in Ohio. There is one in every metropolitan area of the state. Will you be in Ohio? or how about 57th Street in Chicago? Where else?
I'm heading to New York City on Sunday
Read more…Read more…Etsy maintains an image as a site for goods made by artists and craftspeople, and buyers spend money there believing that they are getting something unique and handmade.
Unfortunately, many items that violate Etsy's official guidelines are being perm
I got accepted to St. James this year, and its my first "away" festival. Up until now I've only done shows in Ohio, so I'm sure what the best way to go about finding the tax information would be. Such as do I need a transient vendor license, if so wh
Read more…I just wanted to thank you Connie for the great podcast today about BUY/SELL. I learned a lot and I am also disgusted with the amount of buy/sell invading the art world.
Thanks again. :)
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