| Boston
Bazaar Bizaare Information for Vendors
This information pertains to the 2010 Winter Fair
Printable Promo Materials
coming soon
Floor
Plan & Vendor Table Locations
coming soon
Load In Schedule &
Parking
The load in schedule will be available one week before the event. Please come as close to your assigned time as possible to avoid traffic jams at the door. ALL vendors must be loaded in by 10:30am.
Directions to the event and parking info are on this page.
Random Craft Fair Tips
• Remember that we provide you with your table and two chairs. The
table is 6-feet by 2.5-feet.
• The tables are the lovely rented style. So bring a tablecloth
of some sort if you want to pretty it up.
• Measure out the space you have been given and practice setting
up. Think about whether everything on your table is easy to reach by you
and your patrons.
• If you're feeling short on space, try to put out representative
items rather than everything you have.
• Bring a partner to help deal with all the eager shoppers and to
wo/man your table when you want to take a break.
• Bring lots of change. Make sure you bring what makes sense for
your prices. Bring more than you need! Many people come right from the
ATM with big `ol twenties. We suggest getting at least $200 worth of change.
• Suggested supplies to bring: plastic bags for purchases, packaging
for fragile stuff, tape, scissors, sharpie, receipt book, calculator,
extra price tags, apron for cash, business cards, mailing list sign-up,
order forms if you run out of an item, tablecloth, signs.
• Bring snacks and water because you might be so busy that it's
hard to get away from your table!
Tax
Information
If you are selling items that are subject to Massachusetts sales tax,
then you should be registered to collect sales tax. This is the case whether
you live in MA or are coming from another state. Please have a look at
the tax info. provided at the bottom of the Vendors-only page here:
This document will tell you what is taxable and what's
exempt: http://www.dor.state.ma.us/publ/pdfs/sls_use.pdf
If you are not registered to collect sales tax in Massachusetts,
you should do this online, print out the temporary certificate, and bring
it with you on Saturday--just in case. In theory, state officials can
come to craft fairs and ask people to present their sales tax registration.
To get registered to collect sales tax, go to this URL
and click "WebFile for Business": http://www.dor.state.ma.us
If this is the only craft fair you are going to do this
year, you should be able to specify while going through this process that
you only want to be able to collect sales tax for the month of December.
And this way they'll only expect you to pay once.
If you don't want to have to deal with tacking sales tax
onto every sale you make (and thus have to have lots of coins for change)
you could keep track of your total taxable sales and just send in 6.25% of
that.
The Mass Dept of Revenue phone number is 1-617-887-MDOR
if you have questions.
Hotel Information for
Out-of-Town Vendors
|
