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4 Free Ways to Promote Your Flea Markets, Shows or Festivals

As a market vendor, you live a crazy busy life. You're continuously setting up and tearing down booth displays, selling...

Shipshewana Trading Place Selling Opportunities

Are you looking for a place to sell your stuff? Or maybe you are ready to grow your online business...

Flea Market Vendor Winter Prep Checklist

Winter is the perfect time to prepare yourself for the upcoming selling year. Learn more here on how to get...

Refresh: 4 Ways to Love Your Flea Market Business Again

As you know, there are many different ways to run a business, and you’ll find even more advice columns, blogs...

12 Ways to Turn Customer Cues Into Money

Build your business around what customers want. Your customers will give you cues in more ways than one. Use those...

12 Realistic Reasons to Be Your Own Boss

What really makes it worth working for yourself? Here are twelve realistic reasons to be your own boss....

Flea Market Booth Display Tips: Avoid Display Tables

You might want to consider avoiding display tables. For the details read more here....

Flea Market Booth Display Tips: “Sale” Section Advice

Make your discounted section look good. Here are some details surrounding this tip....

7 Examples of Great Booth Displays and Why

Are you looking for some fresh booth display setup ideas to use at your next craft show, flea market or...

5 Things You Should Know About the Shipshewana Flea Market Before Becoming a Vendor

Before selling at any flea market, it's important to prep yourself with some must-know information....

3 Easy Tips for Planning Your Flea Market Booth Display

When developing the theme and style of your flea market booth or craft show booth, there are some general rules...

6 Times it’s OK to say “NO” to a Customer

Saying no to customers is hard but sometimes it is ok to do just that by saying no to the...

Top 12 Flea Market Vendor FAQs

Have you ever thought about running your own business and working for yourself? Or do you already have a business...

Flea Market Vendor Spotlight: Teulker’s Treasures

Suzanne owns Teulker's Treasures, a crafts and gifts business with unique handmade items at the Shipshewana Flea Market....

How to Get Repeat Customers to Your Booth (5 Tips)

Getting repeat customers to your market or craft show booth is essential to help your business grow....

Flea Market and Craft Show Vendor Packing Checklist (You’re Going to Want This!)

If you're planning on selling at an outdoor flea market in the near future, you'll want to be as prepared...

Flea Market Vendors: How to Choose What to Sell

Thinking about becoming a flea market vendor? Keep reading for things to think about before you decide....

Where to Sleep when Selling at the Shipshewana Flea Market

Plan your next Shipshewana Flea Market selling experience with ease in knowing you'll have one less thing you need to...

How to Start a Flea Market Side Hustle

The hardest part of starting a flea market side hustle… is actually deciding to START a flea market side hustle....

Shipshewana’s Hidden Community: The Shipshewana Flea Market!

For those of you who may be wondering about being a flea market vendor, or for those of you just...

Vendor Spotlight:  MICHIANA PHOTOBRICK

Shipshewana Flea Market vendor, MICHIANA PHOTOBRICK, is a full season vendor offering you and your family the opportunity to Build...

These 3 Tips will Boost your Flea Market Sales Dramatically

Try these 3 tips to help boost your flea market sales dramatically. Check out these 3 action items to add...

4 Strategic Ways to Encourage Impulse Buys at your Booth

Want to create sales with impulse buys at your flea market booth? Learn 4 creative engagement skills every vendor needs...

What’s the Difference Between the Shipshewana Flea Market & Swap Meet?

From hours, dates of operation, what is sold and more, learn all the main differences between Shipshewana Flea Market and...

Flea Market Booth Display Tips:  Maximize Storage & Create Vignettes

Whether you're creative or a little more logic oriented, think about the display of your own booth and how you...

5 Questions Every Vendor Should Ask Before Selling at a Flea Market

Before selling at a flea market, you must decide which market is best for you. So, how do you go...

7 Factors to Consider When Pricing Your Flea Market or Craft Show Items

Congratulations! You’ve started your own business, created or bought product, and you’re looking for different avenues to sell. Great! But...

6 Ways to Promote Your Next Vendor Event

As a market vendor, you might be thinking, “Isn’t it up to the show coordinator to do all of the...

8 Booth Display Tips for Flea Market Vendors

Learn 8 simple booth display tips from Shipshewana Flea Market vendors that can make your selling a success in the...

3 Reasons Why Flea Market Vendors Should Be on Facebook

If you haven’t already joined Facebook (for the sake of your business) it’s high-time you do so, but why?...

Must-Read Tips & Ideas for New Vendors Just Starting Out

As a beginner market vendor, it might be a little overwhelming selling at a flea market. Read on to see...

5 Reasons Why Flea Market Vendors Fail

New vendors come out each season to try selling at the Shipshewana outdoor flea market. These sellers have high hopes...

5 Ways to Make Your Flea Market Booth “THE” Place to Shop

If you want to stand out, think about shopping from a customer's standpoint. What do THEY need or want? What...

3 Customer Service Tips You Should Use When Selling at Flea Markets

Customer service is the heart and soul of a small business. Read on to get some great customer service exercises...

Why Shoppers Aren’t Shopping Your Flea Market Booth

Flea market vendors will learn why no one is shopping their flea market booth and display tips from Shipshewana Flea...

Vendor Spotlight:  Better Home Goods Home Textiles at Great Deals

Shipshewana Flea Market vendor, Nikki Conrod, Better Home Goods, shares the huge variety of home textiles including reversible quilts, pocket...

12 Shipshewana Flea Market Vendors – A Video Series

The Shipshewana Flea Market has 700 spaces of amazing vendors each season. View just 12 of their videos in an...

Vendor Spotlight: Staybearded

Staybearded has a full-season booth at the Shipshewana. Learn all about his unique start, what products he sells and some...

This Shipshewana Flea Market Booth is “Sharp”

This flea market vendor has been coming to Shipshewana since she and her sister were kids. Now she has a...

Shipshewana Flea Market Vendor Spotlight: The Pot Slot

This week we met up with owners of The Pot Slot, a handmade Shipshewana flea market vendor booth offering a...

DunBrokUs Ranch – A Unique Home Decor Booth at Shipshewana Flea Market

DunBrokUs Ranch offers primitives and what they call repurposed “junk” and “rusty stuff”. Their business name is as unique as...

Flea Market Vendor Spotlight: Teaberry Wood Products

Teaberry is a family owned business at Shipshewana Flea Market selling handmade wood products right in Shipshewana, Indiana....

Flea Market Vendor Spotlight: Garden Depot

Shipshewana Flea Market Vendors, Kevin and Amy Psinas, have a very popular booth at Shipshewana Flea Market, space #623 (Garden...

5 Ways to Grow Your Flea Market Business

These five flea market booth tips will help grow your business and keep customers coming back time and time again....

Vendor Spotlight: Platemates, You’re Party Planning Place

Shelley Elser, one of the nicest people you’ll meet and owner of Platemates, has been helping people plan parties and...