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
Read more…Hi,
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. :)
Read more…Some time ago, I remember someone writing about a service where you could take a picture of a check that your customer gave you, and deposit it via iPhone. I can't find it anywhere. I'd like to know more...are you happy with the service. Does it real
Read more…I heard from Amy Amdur today that there was a terrible robbery at Wells Street in Chicago last weekend. Jeweler Randy Polk from Fountain Hills, AZ, had his entire bag of jewelry disappear at the show. Our sympathies to Randy. I'm sure he has good ins
Read more…We all know the story about being set up across from the band or the sponsors who hawk near your booth and now the political season will be bringing politicians to the shows. But where to draw the line?
Here's a promotion taking part at Sausalito thi
Read more…I have always been leery of shows as my thing tends to be 70-80% performance, with a unique graphic end product..... and it really is hard to justify gambling on the weather. When I do shows the folks on either side of me tend to do most excellent an
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