As the title says. I’m not really sure what to do. I’m new to vendoring at events so I have no idea but I paid close to $500 for what was initially discussed as a 3 day event, then to find out that it was only two days when the person I was emailing mentioned the sign in and sign out times and I had to ask about the third day. The email also said “potential exposure to thousands of attendees” but it is barely in the hundreds, I would estimate maybe 150 people here. When I talked to a staff member, they told me they were expecting more ticket sales but the website crashed during peak ticket sales so they barely sold any. I’ve been to a three day event at this location before and our sales were through the roof at around 250 attendees. We barely made 6 sales. Not that it affected my sales either, but they also didn’t ask for a copy of my public liability insurance until I was like “uhhh hey, do you guys need this?”. Was placed under a speaker and literally couldn’t talk to customers. Overall a shitshow. I’m not really sure what to do. Is this one of those things I need to cop on the chin because I take the risk?

  • DueSignificance2628@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    We do a lot of events and learn from experience. Some organizers are better than others. The first year of doing an event can be a real gamble to see if it’s worthwhile, but then you know whether to go again the next time they hold it.