Cheryl Entry #16
16th January 2019
16th January 2019
On the 12th, our team went down to the Katong Square Lifestyle & Vintage Market.
From our recce, we were expecting mostly tourists and couples with young children. We catered to these group by selling terracotta pots and figurines in addition to our terrariums.
Jia Xin and I were manning the booth on the 12th, which was a Saturday. In terms of the crowd, there was traffic throughout the entire day which was great. However, while the traffic was good, not as many stopped by to take a look at our booth. Instead, the more popular booths were those that sold jewelry and accessories and these vendors were directly to our left and in front of us.
We also made use of the location to take pictures for our Carousell listings
Sales for day 1 was slow and we soon realized that there were no tourists who were interested in buying pots. We ended up selling the pots to locals instead, who were interested in the different designs offered. Many people approached our booth to tell us that our designs were well made and one of them even encouraged us by telling us that being an entrepreneur at such a young age is a great experience as it exposes us to new environments.
I painted on the spot again since we had leftover pots while Cleo re-designed the Christmas pots on the second day. While many stopped to take a look at our booth because of that, it was extremely awkward when children just stood right in front of me and stared for a long time.
I know that it is a good thing that people stop by, but I was praying for the kids to leave.
But children really did bring a lot of sales for us because many of them were attracted to the numerous figurines- a hot seller seemed to be unicorns, which we lined on the table. Parents who bought the figurines for their children also took a look at the terrariums and decided to get them, most of them favoring terrariums over the painted pots.
Some takeaways from this event was:
The business is generally still going smoothly despite ups and downs in terms of our sales forecasts. Hoping that everything will go smoothly in our next event.
Sota here we come!!