An open letter to a new vendor and all other new and aspiring vendors.
Author: Brady
Millennials are Ruining Everything!
Millennials are being blamed for ruining everything. They don’t like the same things that we liked when we were that age. They don’t eat at the same restaurants we did. They don’t shop at the same malls we did. And they don’t even approach relationships the same way we did. This is great for you!
Junk Hippy – New Braunfels, TX
This past weekend we did a 1 day show in New Braunfels. Setup was on Friday and the show hours were 9 – 6 PM on Saturday. We had a great day and it turned out to be our second best day ever! It was a lot of work. Monica had to take Friday off…
Fiverr.com Part 2 with Tips
Recently I wrote an article about my experience with Fiverr.com but it became a much longer read than I had anticipated. I only got about halfway through my experience. So let’s continue. If you haven’t read it, you can find it here.
My Experience With Fiverr.com – Part 1
Writing blog posts for my business is not easy. In fact, I am so close to it that I have a very difficult time coming up with topics. This blog, The Vendor Life, however, is super easy to write. I just write what I want to and if you read it, great. If not, I…
Free Stuff From My Credit Card!
It’s that time of year when we are planning for new holiday shows and building our inventory to support those shows. Our current “A game” isn’t good enough for one of the shows so we need to build a new display. But, like many of you this time of year, we are cash strapped. Lucky…
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
There will be times that you will need to make decisions about whether to go to a market or not. It is easy to make a decision and then wonder if it was the right one. Once a decision is made, all you can do is move forward.
Feeling Broke? You Aren’t Alone.
It’s the time of the year when we are all feeling broke. Vendor fees are piling up for all the fall shows and we are questioning where all these fees go. I saw a post today that I had to share.
The Second Way to Improve Profits
A while back I wrote an article about improving profits having to do with controlling costs. I think we all struggle with this one. I know I do. I always have these ideas for new products so I go buy materials for it and then it just sits there because I am working on something…
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