Hi I am a photographer. I am not going to actually get to my first fair until April of 2016. My question is how far back can I go in writing off expense, I bought a new camera and have been traveling taking photos since May to create my portfolio. Ca
Read more…Easy enough to discover this is a scam. Got it today. Just posting so it shows up in 'google' in case anyone else gets a similar email....
Hello,
My name is Joey Marcos. I'm in the process of moving to Italy to expand my business field. I just boug
Today I had a glitch with my square. I "rang up" a sale for $31.59 but when I checked my Square account the customer was charged $315.93. I do not see a way to get in touch with the customer to let them know I am contacting square with regard to this
Read more…I'm brand new to the world of art shows and curious if anyone has offered a deal involving free shipping and tax on orders placed at art shows. Around my area (metro Chicago) some retailers have begun offering "we pay the tax" sales. Now obviously w
Read more…We all know about the spreading out around the shows and how "outsider" groups and merchant groups can pull "our" customers into their spaces. (Who has a right to streets, actually?) But I just came across this: "Grove Garden and Arts Show in Coconut
Read more…Just a heads up on the law concerning credit cards and 1099 filing.
According to the IRS if you have $20,000 or more in transactions AND process more than 200 transactions, your merchant provider (Square, etc) will send a 1099 to the IRS and you shou
Read more…Has anyone ever done this show and what is your opinion of it? I am primarily a painter or mixed media 2-D.
They extended their deadline until tomorrow and was thinking about applying. It's far from me, so if it isn't a great show, I'd rather not was
Read more…If a show uses ZAPP, should there be a reasonable expectation that the show meets a certain quality standard? Recently I was rejected from 2 holiday shows. One, I know is full of buy/sell and mundane crap that would never get into a legitimate show.
Read more…All this talk of being hijacked, has reminded me of something that happened while I was doing the Common Ground show, run by The Guild, in Birmingham Michigan. I used my Starbucks app, on my I-phone, to get a coffee. When I got home I got an email fr
Read more…In other words, "How time fly's".
It has been a month since I attended the Zapplication Conference. Due to life's busyness and a family funeral, I am finally fulfilling a promise to Art Fair Insider/Connie Mettler in writing a report. I helped suppo
Read more…Not certain this is the right forum BUT.. Well, it looks as though I will be headed to Florida for the month of jan! YAY!! I am VERY new to this and was honestly shocked.. Here is my question, how much back stock should I plan to take with me as goin
Read more…Dear AFI friends, artists in Arizona could use your support! If you can get behind local artists who are contributing to a lively and vital downtown Scottsdale but are facing battles with galleries and merchants who feel threatened by what they call
Read more…Earlier this year, I received a new microchipped credit card from my bank as part of their move away from magnetic stripe swipe cards to this more secure format. Now as an art show exhibitor, I'm starting to see the other side of this coin. I use Sq
Read more…This topic came up in the current Buy/Sell Discussion. In 42 years of being in business I have won two out of two judgements in court. I used the collection agencies lawyers for cases and each time and all were out of state. I also used them to make
Read more…I was recently in a disappointing art fair (sales were very low and there was little to no advertising of the art fair). I do paintings for art fairs that I consider fine art and I was a part of this art fair because it supposedly emphasized art, not
Read more…I was reading something here from years ago and it mentioned Bruce Baker and his web site http://bbakerinc.com/. I was (am) really intrigued but I'm a bit confused if it's still relevant or worth investing (time/money) in. The reason I mention this i
Read more…I got an email from a customer a week ago who said she had seen me at a show 3 weeks ago, and regretted not buying a pendant she saw. She described it (3 light green stones) and the price. It didn’t ring a bell (but I use a lot of green, so could ea
Read more…Well, the shows finally got a little better here in Western NY. The rain storms stopped messing with us in July and I could assess things without factoring in "except for the rain".
My best shows, as always, have been at the Chautauqua Institution. I
Read more…And there's not much time to react. I first became aware of this just yesterday. The Illustrators Partnership has a blog that discusses the issue in detail and has links to important background information. There's a lot to read, including the 150 pa
Read more…Maybe I'm just in a bad mood this morning, but I'm feeling a bit annoyed. One of the many shows I've been rejected from recently replied with their sincere apologies, and all the numbers involved. We sincerely appreciate your interest and hope you'l
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