Flea Market Selling Tips: How to Use Facebook to Increase Profits
One of the best places to start having a digital presence is by creating a business page on Facebook. It’s simple - you need to be where your customers already are.
One of the best places to start having a digital presence is by creating a business page on Facebook. It’s simple - you need to be where your customers already are.
Shipshewana Trading Place continues our 100th Birthday celebration with an open house on Wednesday October 12, 2022. Each week, the Antique and Livestock auctions take place and this special date will include some fun activities in celebration of our Centenary.
Congratulations! You’ve started your own business, created or bought product, and you’re looking for different avenues to sell. Great! But have you taken into consideration how you will price your product?
There’s so much to experience in Northern Indiana’s Amish Country. From antique shops, to delicious food, to family farms, Shipshewana is the perfect place to visit in order to slow down and embrace the simplicity of the town’s culture.
The first Saturday of August is an amazing day with 3 events that will draw thousands to shop antiques, collectibles, primitives, hunting, fishing, yard decor, clothing, bargains, foods, bedding, clothing, accessories, flags, plants, produce, and so much more at Shipshewana Trading Place Flea Market, Swap Meet and Antique Market.
What can you find at Shipshewana Trading Place? Would you believe us if we told you: everything?! With nearly 700 vendors displayed on more than 40 acres, you could come to Shipshewana Trading Place for a whole day and not see everything we have to offer.
Sell: Swap Meet (Apr 27, May 18, Jun 15, Aug 3, Sept 21, Oct 19)
With our outstanding amenities and prime locations, Shipshewana Trading Place offers convenient and comfortable amish country lodging options in our Shipshewana hotel for your stay when you visit Shipshewana in Indiana’s Amish Country.
Here are six creative gift giving ideas that will help give you a little kick start for the gift buying season. You can even use some of these beyond the holidays for birthdays, anniversaries and other celebrations.
Are you a vendor looking to maximize your time while also creating aesthetic appeal when developing your set-up and displays? If so, this blog series is dedicated to practical and creative booth display ideas.
Shipshewana Trading Place, a family business located in Shipshewana, IN turns 100 years old this year. Now home of the Midwest’s largest flea market, weekly antique, livestock and horse auctions, excellent lodging, delicious dining locations, gorgeous event facilities, craft & vintage shows, antique markets, and RV Park & Service Center,…
I love finding deals at flea markets… especially when I know I can find current home trends at a bargain price. It really is the thrill of the hunt.
As you know, there are many different ways to run a business, and you’ll find even more advice columns, blogs and opinions on how to run YOUR business… even more than you would ever want! But you know your business the best. So, instead of telling you what to do,…
Whether you’re creative or a little more logic oriented, think about the display of your own booth and how you can continue to improve on your business. How can you strategically store your items or create a vignette, customers cannot resist?
Put yourself in the mindset of a customer for a moment. Have you ever avoided a booth or not shopped a booth because it was too crowded or it didn’t have enough room to walk around?
Flea markets and craft shows are a great way for vendors and businesses to get their name and products in front of a lot of people without the cost and expense of owning or renting a storefront. But how do you stand out?
Shipshewana Auction will host the eastern regional qualifying event will be December 12, with opening ceremonies beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET.
Make your discounted section look good. Period. And, avoid display tables. For the details read more here.
Saying no to customers is hard and in this blog, you’ll learn when it is ok to do just that by saying no to the things that won’t negatively impact your flea market business while saying YES to those that will make you successful.
Extend your stay in Amish Country Indiana by staying at our beautiful Amish inspired Farmstead Inn Hotel & Conference Center or bring your RV and camp at the Shipshewana RV Park & Service Center.
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