farmers market sales

Richard · 12-08-2008, 01:11 AM

A few months ago I started selling fertilizers, plants, tools, and books at local farmers markets. The weather has been holding up here, mostly in the 70's during the morning and mid-day. Here's a picture of my double-wide stall in Leucadia CA today:

MediaHound · 12-08-2008, 09:48 AM

Nice!
I need to make Bananas.org stickers for you to give away with banana-related sales

lorax · 12-08-2008, 10:47 AM

Jarred - I'm a professional graphic designer; would you like some Bananas.org stickers designed? It would be a hoot!

Richard · 12-08-2008, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MediaHound

Nice!
I need to make Bananas.org stickers for you to give away with banana-related sales

Sure! I'd also put them directly on the potted pups.

harveyc · 12-08-2008, 03:54 PM

Good-looking booth, Richard, I hope you're doing well.

Harvey

momoese · 12-08-2008, 04:39 PM

Looks nice Richard. How have sales been?

Taylor · 12-08-2008, 05:20 PM

What a stand!

You could also advertise on your pots...just an idea, if people don't want the stickers on their pups. Then when they get rid of their pots...the next person just HAS to see it...

Richard · 12-09-2008, 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by momoese

Looks nice Richard. How have sales been?

Thanks Mitchell! I'm grossing the equivalent of 30 hours a week at a retail job. The customer loyalty has been very high, so the business keeps growing!

momoese · 12-09-2008, 09:58 AM

Way to go!

lorax · 12-09-2008, 03:33 PM

Here goes! Bananas.org sticker beta. What do y'all think?

Lagniappe · 12-09-2008, 04:52 PM

Awsome!!

Bob · 12-09-2008, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lorax

Here goes! Bananas.org sticker beta. What do y'all think?

Good Job lorax!

buzzwinder · 12-09-2008, 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lorax

Here goes! Bananas.org sticker beta. What do y'all think?

lorax, That looks fantastic, Good Job

Simply Bananas · 12-09-2008, 09:30 PM

I will gladly give those away at my farmer's market booth as well!

Richard · 12-10-2008, 02:46 PM

Lorax, could the ".org" somehow be more pronounced? Otherwise it is an excellent piece of work!

lorax · 12-10-2008, 06:12 PM

Sure can! The smaller "B" is also bothering me... I'll make the mods tonight and you'll have a new version in the morning.

MediaHound · 12-10-2008, 06:25 PM

Looks good... but I count 6 colors, yes? Yikes!
Example of sizes and color guidelines:
Contagious Graphics White Vinyl Sticker Pricing
That would probably run something like $1,000 for 1 or 2 thousand stickers.
That's why I never got stickers of our logo yet... too expensive to do it nicely!
Do we have a member here with a sticker factory, lol?

(edit, I now see seven distinct colors!)

lorax · 12-10-2008, 07:26 PM

No, but it is much cheaper to print here in Ecuador, so I generally end up designing in full colour.... 1,000 six-colour stickers here is about $100 USD.

The other thing I could do is simplify to 3-colour. I'll start a new thread tomorrow for those.

Actually, Jarred, if you tell me which font you used to do the logo it will make life much easier for me - for that beta I separated each letter of the logo in Photoshop, saved them as transparent-backed GIFs, and placed them into the Illustrator file that contains the nanners and other text. If I had the font, I would have complete control over the colour without any excess hassle, and I wouldn't have to switch between raster and vector.

MediaHound · 12-10-2008, 07:36 PM

PM on its way

john_ny · 12-10-2008, 08:17 PM

Jarred- For many years I had a sign and silk-screen business. I got rid of my big electric press, but I still have some hand operated screens. We could certainly produce some stickers, especially if we could tweak the design a little, and cut down on the number of colors. When I had the business, we did mostly real estate, traffic, and political signs. Here is an old picture that I found:
[IMG]

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The ones in the picture are 2 x 3 feet, and use 3 colors. The red letters have ¼ black borders. At one point, some customers asked for stickers, to put over the, "FOR SALE" section, like, "SOLD", or, "FOR RENT", etc. I found a place that had sheets of pressure sensitive vinyl, and they would score the peel-off backing, wherever I wanted it. One time, when I went there to pick up stock, they asked me if I could do stickers for gas pumps, for Sinclair Oil Co. (I think now defunct, or taken over) I ended up making several thousands of those, with their little dinosaur logo.
Now it depends on what size these stickers we are talking about. If they are six inches, or more, long they would probably best be done silk-screen, on vinyl. However, if they are only an inch or two, they could probably be done on polyester (aka mylar) with a color laser printer.

12-08-2008, 01:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
Richard un-Retired Richard's Photo Gallery Location: Vista, CA Find me on the map! Zone: USDA 10b Name: Richard Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 9,674 BananaBucks : 545,450 Feedback: 9 / 100% Said "Thanks" 3,636 Times Was Thanked 12,543 Times in 4,721 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1,685 Times	farmers market sales A few months ago I started selling fertilizers, plants, tools, and books at local farmers markets. The weather has been holding up here, mostly in the 70's during the morning and mid-day. Here's a picture of my double-wide stall in Leucadia CA today: __________________ Back in business at plantsthatproduce.com

12-08-2008, 09:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
MediaHound Tally-Man MediaHound's Photo Gallery Location: Florida Find me on the map! Zone: 10 Name: Jarred Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,261 BananaBucks : 2,027,985 Feedback: 66 / 100% Said "Thanks" 3,856 Times Was Thanked 5,086 Times in 1,353 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 2,086 Times	Re: farmers market sales Nice! I need to make Bananas.org stickers for you to give away with banana-related sales __________________ Apologies in advance if I am slow to reply to your PM. I suggest posting in the forums for support if you need something urgent.

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12-08-2008, 05:20 PM	#7 (permalink)
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12-09-2008, 09:58 AM	#9 (permalink)
momoese Banana grower momoese's Photo Gallery Find me on the map! Zone: zone 10 Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 7,590 BananaBucks : 3,568 Feedback: 9 / 100% Said "Thanks" 3,754 Times Was Thanked 10,888 Times in 3,311 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 729 Times	Re: farmers market sales Way to go!

12-09-2008, 03:33 PM	#10 (permalink)
lorax Banned lorax's Photo Gallery Location: Ecuador, South America Find me on the map! Zone: USDA 13 / Köppen-Geiger BSh Name: Lorax Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,532 BananaBucks : 308,670 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 742 Times Was Thanked 3,040 Times in 1,188 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 464 Times	Re: farmers market sales Here goes! Bananas.org sticker beta. What do y'all think?

12-09-2008, 04:52 PM	#11 (permalink)
Lagniappe Lagniappe's Photo Gallery Find me on the map! Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,111 BananaBucks : 249,918 Feedback: 22 / 100% Said "Thanks" 1,378 Times Was Thanked 1,402 Times in 558 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 535 Times	Re: farmers market sales Awsome!!

12-09-2008, 09:30 PM	#14 (permalink)
Simply Bananas Formerly known as porkpi Simply Bananas's Photo Gallery Location: James Island SC Find me on the map! Zone: 8b-9a Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 854 BananaBucks : 293,581 Feedback: 2 / 100% Said "Thanks" 478 Times Was Thanked 1,191 Times in 335 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 458 Times	Re: farmers market sales I will gladly give those away at my farmer's market booth as well! __________________ Afterall...doesn't everyone want a bigger Banana? Our Banana Videos On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCii..._p_tJVXZOHAdRA

12-10-2008, 02:46 PM	#15 (permalink)
Richard un-Retired Richard's Photo Gallery Location: Vista, CA Find me on the map! Zone: USDA 10b Name: Richard Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 9,674 BananaBucks : 545,450 Feedback: 9 / 100% Said "Thanks" 3,636 Times Was Thanked 12,543 Times in 4,721 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1,685 Times	Re: farmers market sales Lorax, could the ".org" somehow be more pronounced? Otherwise it is an excellent piece of work! __________________ Back in business at plantsthatproduce.com

12-10-2008, 06:12 PM	#16 (permalink)
lorax Banned lorax's Photo Gallery Location: Ecuador, South America Find me on the map! Zone: USDA 13 / Köppen-Geiger BSh Name: Lorax Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,532 BananaBucks : 308,670 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 742 Times Was Thanked 3,040 Times in 1,188 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 464 Times	Re: farmers market sales Sure can! The smaller "B" is also bothering me... I'll make the mods tonight and you'll have a new version in the morning.

12-10-2008, 06:25 PM	#17 (permalink)
MediaHound Tally-Man MediaHound's Photo Gallery Location: Florida Find me on the map! Zone: 10 Name: Jarred Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,261 BananaBucks : 2,027,985 Feedback: 66 / 100% Said "Thanks" 3,856 Times Was Thanked 5,086 Times in 1,353 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 2,086 Times	Re: farmers market sales Looks good... but I count 6 colors, yes? Yikes! Example of sizes and color guidelines: Contagious Graphics White Vinyl Sticker Pricing That would probably run something like $1,000 for 1 or 2 thousand stickers. That's why I never got stickers of our logo yet... too expensive to do it nicely! Do we have a member here with a sticker factory, lol? (edit, I now see seven distinct colors!) __________________ Apologies in advance if I am slow to reply to your PM. I suggest posting in the forums for support if you need something urgent.

12-10-2008, 07:26 PM	#18 (permalink)
lorax Banned lorax's Photo Gallery Location: Ecuador, South America Find me on the map! Zone: USDA 13 / Köppen-Geiger BSh Name: Lorax Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,532 BananaBucks : 308,670 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 742 Times Was Thanked 3,040 Times in 1,188 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 464 Times	Re: farmers market sales No, but it is much cheaper to print here in Ecuador, so I generally end up designing in full colour.... 1,000 six-colour stickers here is about $100 USD. The other thing I could do is simplify to 3-colour. I'll start a new thread tomorrow for those. Actually, Jarred, if you tell me which font you used to do the logo it will make life much easier for me - for that beta I separated each letter of the logo in Photoshop, saved them as transparent-backed GIFs, and placed them into the Illustrator file that contains the nanners and other text. If I had the font, I would have complete control over the colour without any excess hassle, and I wouldn't have to switch between raster and vector. Last edited by lorax : 12-10-2008 at 07:30 PM. Reason: oh yeah....

12-10-2008, 07:36 PM	#19 (permalink)
MediaHound Tally-Man MediaHound's Photo Gallery Location: Florida Find me on the map! Zone: 10 Name: Jarred Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,261 BananaBucks : 2,027,985 Feedback: 66 / 100% Said "Thanks" 3,856 Times Was Thanked 5,086 Times in 1,353 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 2,086 Times	Re: farmers market sales PM on its way __________________ Apologies in advance if I am slow to reply to your PM. I suggest posting in the forums for support if you need something urgent.

12-10-2008, 08:17 PM	#20 (permalink)
john_ny Member john_ny's Photo Gallery Location: Staten Island, NY - southernmost county in NY State. Find me on the map! Zone: USDA7- Sunset34 Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,014 BananaBucks : 618,258 Feedback: 5 / 100% Said "Thanks" 1,057 Times Was Thanked 2,284 Times in 832 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 37 Times	Re: farmers market sales Jarred- For many years I had a sign and silk-screen business. I got rid of my big electric press, but I still have some hand operated screens. We could certainly produce some stickers, especially if we could tweak the design a little, and cut down on the number of colors. When I had the business, we did mostly real estate, traffic, and political signs. Here is an old picture that I found: [IMG][/IMG] The ones in the picture are 2 x 3 feet, and use 3 colors. The red letters have ¼ black borders. At one point, some customers asked for stickers, to put over the, "FOR SALE" section, like, "SOLD", or, "FOR RENT", etc. I found a place that had sheets of pressure sensitive vinyl, and they would score the peel-off backing, wherever I wanted it. One time, when I went there to pick up stock, they asked me if I could do stickers for gas pumps, for Sinclair Oil Co. (I think now defunct, or taken over) I ended up making several thousands of those, with their little dinosaur logo. Now it depends on what size these stickers we are talking about. If they are six inches, or more, long they would probably best be done silk-screen, on vinyl. However, if they are only an inch or two, they could probably be done on polyester (aka mylar) with a color laser printer. __________________ John

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