So after researching several iPhone swipe providers, I settled on Intuit Go Payment a couple months ago. Big mistake. I went with them because I thought the rates were decent albeit higher than 1NP because I liked the simplicity of the application
Read more…Where are the shows this weekend? Where will you be? Tell us so we can find you. The biggie I know about is Bayou City Arts Festival in Houston, with over 300 artists at least a few from this community will be there and we are looking for the report
Read more…I've been resarching and comparing various inventory software packages and wonder if anyone has any they can recommend.
Here is what I'm finding - lots of options that if I enter our initial quantity of a finished product, track the sales, will give
Read more…Here is a cool promotional effort between Howard Alan Events and Sunny.org the official site of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau: 
Such a good idea -- does anyone know of any other art fairs that are teaming up with their CVB
Read more…Many thanks for the great response to our new podcast series. The plans are in place for the next one: New to the Art Fair Business - What I Learned.
For this podcast I want to have a conversation with 3 artists who are new to the art fair business a
Read more…This happnened to an artist friend of mine and I offerred to submit this occurance for advice from the artists on this forum......... A customer purchases 100.00 worth of art and the transaction is completed via a credit card. Customer is pleased wi
Read more…Hello everyone, I am a potter that recently relocated.
I now live in the country on a few acres and have my studio over the garage, which is separate from the house. I have been insured by State Farm, but now they tell me this is going to cost a bit
Read more…From my Facebook page:
"Just got word of another exhibitor's trailer with full setup and inventory being stolen in Texas. Happened this afternoon..."
Lynn
This must have been at Bayou City. Does anyone have any more information?
Read more…Just thought I'd let everyone know of yet another option for credit card processing via the Smart Phone. We tried Roam Pay this weekend after having issues with data connectivity for both Square and Intuit GoPayment. Roam Pay worked much better, has
Read more…This last weekend another artist had his stash disappear at an art fair, see the story here.
I ask you, where do you put the cash from your sales? Yes, I know cash is not as popular a medium of exchange as it used to be, but it still appears now and
Read more…Cambier Park, in the center of Naples, Florida, hosted another new show this past weekend, presented by Artcrafters ans sponsored by Edward Jones Investments. The good news (or is it?) is that this group will be presenting a show every month from Oct
Read more…I've been using the Square for a couple of months now -- LOVE IT! I've been recommending it to everyone I know in business (any type of business) -- you'd think they have been paying me to talk them up. Its really IS a flat 2.75% -- and people love
Read more…$50,000! Very impressive. Hope you were there and made some serious money in Cocoa Beach, FL, on Thanksgiving weekend.
View the winning results here in the 2011 Winning Artists Photo Gallery: http://spacecoastartfestival.com/photo-gallery/2011-art-wi
Read more…Hello all.
I am getting ready to start selling in Florida. I've heard of several different ways to approach licensing for taxing purposes... I live in County restrictions and was told to purchase an occupational license (now called a "buisness tax re
Read more…Ok I just did my 1st juried Art show. The weather was good and it was in Bucks County Pa an affluent place. There was a 6.00 admission fee. I shared a booth which lowered my cost basis. The first day was agonizing quite honestly. I set up, priced eve
Read more…This article paints a brighter future for art fairs, maybe the sky is not falling, after all...
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In the past I haven't had any problems with getting bad cards, but this year is turning out kinda sucky. A couple weeks ago I sold $200 worth of art to a perfectly nice woman who was shopping with her 40-something daughter. Both purchased something,
Read more…For the second time my credit card terminal has died at a show. This one could have been especially bad. The first time the terminal died before the show, leaving me scrambling with finding the knuckle buster and stressing about how I was going to
Read more…At a local (thankfully) show last weekend, we had a customer ask, as all of us have had, if she could leave her piece and come pick it up as she left the show. We ran her credit card, carefully packaged her piece, and put it behind the booth in a bag
Read more…A new immigration law was just passed in the state of Alabama. If you are exhibiting in that state you will be asked to submit your birth certificate and driver's license to the county in which you are doing business. One week before many artists w
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