It's been a long time since I had a sole proprietorship. I was a one-man S-Corp for 30 years.
What kind of business structure do most of you use and why? Do you need a business or merchant account for it? If you just have a sole proprietorship, do yo
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…I just got an invoice from security compliance for pci compliance. I used to use the old swipe transponders but now I use square. I have no idea if I'm still supposed to be paying this annual fee. Is this something everyone who accepts credit cards
Read more…Hello: I have fairly new here and learning my way around. My daughter and I are new at doing art festivals and need some display ideas. She is the artist and I manage her online stores and festivals. I am more of a crafter but right now I am focus
Read more…Hey Yall,
I am just getting back into doing shows and need advice on Credit/Debit..Are the knuckle busters better for fees than the new swipe phone deal?...
I had a small art gallery up until last year... when I closed they charged me..(hold on to y
Read more…I would just like to make anyone who uses FAA aware of my recent situation with them. Last fall I had ordered 10 greeting cards from FAA. They were beautiful. A few weeks ago I ordered 50 more (5 different sets of 10). To say the least I was very di
Read more…I had a representative from a company I've never heard of before called "Punchy". They are very similar to Square, free reader, but take a smaller processing fee. They have a website and I found multiple articles about them on the web. When I went to
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…Did anyone get a 1099K from Square? Use both Intuit and Square for the shows. Got a 1099K from Intuit (the new form that reports your credit card processing income to the IRS) but did not get one from Square. Do they not send one for some reason o
Read more…It's getting really old seeing the same questions being asked over and over. In the upper right hand corner is a dialogue box with "search Art Fair Insiders." Before you post the same question for the 100th time, do a search. You will find more po
Read more…Hey folks- I'm looking forward to my first show Sept. 3 and recently signed up with ProPay so I can take credit cards. I will have a knucklebuster & try and run approvals through my regular cell (I don't have a smartphone) if I'm able to (don't reall
Read more…Hello! This weekend I'm doing CoolArt, an sort of outdoor art show taken indoors. 75 juried artists, in the usual 10x10 spaces, but inside with AC. No music, no food - so hopefully those attending will be there for, you know... art.
Last year 60
Read more…Hi, I'm a painter and would like to find a reliable, high quality, and affordable company to print digital images for me to make greeting cards. I spoke to a couple of artists who said they just had a local printer do it. However, I was wondering i
Read more…I have Propay and am considering buying the swiper that attaches to a cell phone. Does anyone out there have any opinions/experience with this? I want to know if this is a good idea or not.
Thanks,
Denise
Read more…Hello,
I'm a new member on this site.
After years in the corporate world (which I never liked at all) I'm finally getting back to art, which is what I always meant to do in the first place, and what I went to University for... I just got sidetracked
Read more…I'm hopping on the tech bandwagon and looking into the credit card swipers that plug right into your usb port, as I have mobile broadband on my Mac. Paypal is advertising their version, and I already accept Paypal on my website, just wondering if an
Read more…hi guys! being an artist myself, i know how valuable marketing materials are to promoting you art, as well as how expensive they can be! i am a jewelry artist with my own company, but am a graphic design artist as well.
i specialize in design for oth
