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Artist Alley vendor MUST haves!
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items I’ve been working conventions for many years now and have tons of absolute MUST HAVES! These items range from obvious things like chairs to not so obvious things that you’re gonna wish you had thought of in the middle of the convention! TRUST ME! Lea...
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Table Display Pieces
Storage/Packing
Electronics
Large Display Pieces
Easily overlooked
Table Display Pieces
Small pieces that go on the table!
I love these shelves for my self serve sticker display! They easily assemble and are perfect to store for traveling. They are pretty cheaply made so just be careful not to haphazardly throw them around.
3/4/5/6/7 Layers - Clear Plastic Shelves
These clips are perfect for hanging up signage, small items, keychains, or whatever you need displayed on your grid wall!
Small Clips for Displaying
Acrylic risers are super crucial for displaying pieces! Items on tables should have varying heights to grab attention and keep buyers eyes continually moving over your table. These stands help do just that!
Acrylic Risers
These acrylic displays are perfect to hold small art prints! They’re also great for general signage!
4”x6” Art Print Holder
Want to step up your professionalism while tabling? Add a fitted table cover in a color that perfectly matches your brand! The material is really high quality and the fact that they can stretch and cover the legs is an amazing bonus! Perfect way to h...
Fitted Table Cover - Multiple Color Options!
Storage/Packing
Pieces to store and pack things into!
Now for the less glamorous side of artist alley…the packing 😔 It isn’t fun but it needs to be safe and durable bins! The yellow lid and black body bins are amazing and super durable! They also stack so they’re perfect to throw three on one another a...
Plastic Storage Containers
These are a bit expensive but are almost a necessity with multiple totes. They can make an hour unloading trip a simple 15 minute jenga-it-onto-the-dolly trip!
Hand Trucks & Dollies
Don’t want to mess with a dolly? Use roller totes! Best of both worlds! HOWEVER!! This is easier if you only plan on using one tote. Multiple totes stacked on one roller is not advised!
Storage Containers with Rollers
Electronics
Your electronic needs!
Any kind of portable charger for your phone is important! Especially if you use your phone to take payments!
Portable Charger
These little turntables are so fun for display purposes! I love putting my most eye catching piece on the turntable to draw even more attention to it. It’s a great way to show off a 360 of a piece if you need to. It’s great for tumblers, mugs, intric...
Electric Turntable
Large Display Pieces
These are larger pieces that will be used for tall walls or cubbies!
These small grid walls are AMAZING! They break down super easily so it’s great for transportation and they’re perfect to easily display pieces on! Buy grid accessories to make a modular layout perfect for your booth!
Modular Metal Grid Panels
These panels are great for adding stickers, decals, art prints, posters, and so much more onto! They snap apart easily so they’re great for transportation and storage. Make them into any shape you can think of! Keep them flat and tall for posters or ...
Modular Snap Together Shelves
A large printed banner can make you stand out even more! A professional banner with your logo and maybe some photos of what you sell can draw attention from far away to bring in even more customers to your booth.
Large Banner
Easily overlooked
These are random items that you may not think of needing!
Glue dots are such a life saver! I have many breakable pieces that I display during conventions that I don’t want going anywhere. People are going to bump into your table and children aren’t going to listen to their parents yelling don’t pick that up...
Double Sided Sticky Dots Removable Strong Adhesive
I know these aren’t the first thing you may think of when thinking artist alley but trust me…the amount of zip ties I go through every convention is WILD. They’re so useful for so many random problems that may come up along the way with set up.
Zip Ties
Most conventions will provide not the most comfortable chairs so I suggest bringing a camping chair! Comfy and easily portable.
Camping Chairs
Convention food can be really expensive! Not only is the food expensive but some cons you can’t even leave your booth to go get food. Getting an insulated cooler is perfect to bring in your own food and drinks and keeping them cool!
Portable Coolers
Don’t want to carry a camping chair but want a more comfortable chair? A seat cushion is the perfect solution!
Seat Cushion