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last weekend in South Pasadena, and I figured I'd share a few of my observations.
We've done the spring version of this show three times, and the fall version twice. This time was not as profitable as some of the previous ones, but after a slow start we ended up not only covering the $280 entry fee but most of the fee for the next show, too. Still not something I'd want to try to pay the mortgage with quite yet, but I was glad to come out in the black. After having a couple of money-losing shows last fall as the economy was tanking, I was pretty apprehensive about this show.
Before the show, I concentrated on building up my inventory of smaller $20 - $30 items like Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to
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.) I'm glad I did, because the small stuff ended up being about half of my dollar volume. The pieces still weren't flying off the shelves, but they did make a difference to the bottom line.
At least in the South Pasadena neighborhood (a relatively affluent part of town with lots of classic Craftsman homes), people still seem to be really holding onto their dollars. The crowd was relatively small, and many who came were just window shopping. The vendors selling the $5 items were doing pretty good business, but the folks selling $100+ items were not selling much at all.
We had a fun time, as usual. The weather was great, we had good (or at least entertaining) booth neighbors, and got some new leads on shows we'd not heard about before. (Including one in a couple of weeks in Studio City that I've applied for.)
Here's the obligatory booth shot:
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...and a little closer look:
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