Stocking up for SF!?

[Former_Member]

Hello! This December will be my first Renegade in SF! I am really excited but inexperienced and freaking out a little about how much to bring. I am wondering if people can help me out a little by giving some general numbers of how much merch they stock?!

I am specifically focused on cards, onesies, and giclee prints (how many designs you stock and quantities of each), but any type of merch will do. Even if your numbers are between 10-100, this is more helpful than what is going on inside my head...which is somewhere between 100 items and 10,000.
Thanks!!! Alison

[Former_Member]

SF is a big show! Lots of people sell out of a ton of stuff. I've never been able to make enough stock for the holiday show. I'm always out of the best selling items by 2 pm on Sunday at the latest. It's tough to know exactly what items those will be.

The general formula I use to help me plan is you're going to sell 40-60% of the merchandise you bring at a good show. So if I want to sell between $2,000 - $3,000 I'll aim to bring $5,000 worth of product.

Onesies seem to sell well at holiday time because they're such easy gifts. Or at least that's my impression trying to find some to buy at the end of the show!

Hope that helps,
Jen

[akdesignstudios]

Applications just opened for the July 2014 SF Show....I have never done this show, any SF Etsians have any advice or feedback about doing it ?