So, it sounds like the market might fill up with vendors during different parts of the year depending on what's going on? Or is it just the market isn't keeping the stalls occupied? We have what tends to be referred to as flea markets, but I'm not sure how prevalent they are because I've only seen them in Southern California and Hawaii and they're mostly outdoor. We'll have fairs and festivals that will last a few days where vendors will show up too, but I don't know where they are the rest of the time. Since a lot of these folks have a trailer of some kind, food booths in particular, can sit out on a street corner next to a market or some other shopping place, or even a park.
Other than that, it reminds me of a convention or something like that.
These would be regular store holders that probably have leases for at least a year.
I'm not sure why there were so few stalls since there are usually waiting lists for places like this in London.
Maybe the information about the number of stalls was incorrect since I got that online. Although, I would say, there was plenty of space for more stalls. Maybe it's busier at weekends. I'm not sure. But usually these types of markets have full time stall holders.
. . . you got me curious so I looked it up . . .
You can be a day trader apparently and whether you get a full time slot seems to depend on how regularly you are a day trader. Prices were much lower than I thought, just £15 per day on a Thursday which is when we were there.
Most boot sales cost at least £10 so I think Greenwich Market seems like a pretty good deal. Mind you, I'm not sure how you would manage parking. The station car park is £11 a day so maybe that's what you'd do.
All the information is here, if you're interested.
https://www.greenwichmarket.london/contact/become-a-trader
Okay. It's probably the Thursday deal, then, at least for the day traders, who i would guess would help to fill up things on the weekend. That price sounds pretty low. I know fairs and such here are asking $100 a day at a minimum. Depends on the size and popularity, obviously, but something indoor and more year round could afford to keep vendor stall prices low enough to attract all kinds of sellers.
I thought about sitting on author's row at the State Fair, but they generally charge $150 a day to be there and I didn't think I'd be able to sell even that much to cover the costs. Plus, you can't do it just for one or two days. I think it's for the full two weeks, which without some major marketing and sales can't see me pulling off, unless you're able to share the costs with some other author, who I would have to seek out and then finagle into taking my spot when I was done with it. :)
I'v never heard of author's row before @glenalbrethsen. I'm surprised people make many sales at a State Fair, especially nowadays with online books being so popular. 😊
That's just it. I don't think they did. Author's row was probably the loneliest place in the entire state fair. I figured I'd just set up some photos or something of the books, maybe sell some T-shirts, but have a couple tablets on hand to except credit card payments to download the books. Not sure if that would work very well, but better than buying a bunch of copies of a book to sell then sitting around with a couple dozen lonely authors watching the world go by. :)
Doesn't sound like much fun to me @glenalbrethsen. 😊
Do you see your reply twice or is it just in my feed? Steemit seems to be really glitchy lately.
Can't remember now, but if you saw it twice, it was probably this one. I did have one that showed up twice because Steemit wasn't working right. It was very glitchy on Saturday, which did't help much. The frustration/who cares level was high enough without that happening. I ended up deleting the extra comment after I saw what happened because I didn't want it to be counted twice for Asher's league results. :)
Yeah. I had the same problems on Saturday @glenalbrethsen and very little time to deal with it as we were looking after the grandchildren.
I had a number of comments paste twice and then had to go back and delete the extra one.
I've been out all day so not sure whether things are good here today or not. I'm about to find out! 😁
Things seem to be up and running okay so far. Posting and upvoting have all worked like normal on my end. Hopefully, that's what you've been experiencing, too. Nothing more frustrating when it's kind of in between rather than all up or all down. At least you know where you stand. In the middle, it's like they're teasing you with the possibilities before yanking the carpet out from underneath you. Okay, maybe not that dramatic. :)
That's just it. I don't think they did. Author's row was probably the loneliest place in the entire state fair. I figured I'd just set up some photos or something of the books, maybe sell some T-shirts, but have a couple tablets on hand to except credit card payments to download the books. Not sure if that would work very well, but better than buying a bunch of copies of a book to sell then sitting around with a couple dozen lonely authors watching the world go by. :)