On one of the Renfair forums I put together this list, and I thought it might be worth sharing. It's primarily Renfair and SCA related, but
does anyone have similar links for other eras that they can add?Historic merchants online discussion groups.A Yahoo group for Renfair merchants
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/renfairemerchants/ (A fairly exclusive merchants-only list))
There's a Myspace group Renaissance Marketplace. But it's relatively low traffic and mainly a place to post Renaissance Faire, SCA, and LARP related classified ads. Ebay, commercial sites, auctions, and personal sales.
http://groups.myspace.com/renaissancemarketplaceTribe.net has a group called Boothies: "Do you own a booth at Renaissance Faire or other type craft fairs & festivals? Do you work in one now or would you like to? A tribe for boothies for networking, hiring & sharing." But again it's fairly low volume
http://boothies.tribe.net/There's a sca_merchants groups on Yahoo at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_merchants/Ren Venders group on Renspace.com
http://renvendors.renspace.com/
Free ad, or link sites targeted at Ren, SCA or reenactor market
SCAhunt SCA and medieval information on the Web
http://www.scahunt.com/index.phpReenactor Classifieds
http://www.hockomock.com/reenactorclassifieds/classifieds/
Other Merchants' info and ideasHistoric Merchants' Idea website a collection of ideas for booths, tents, displays, signs, and storage.
http://historicgames.com/merchideas/index2.htmlMedieval Stallholders Assistant Another tips website for period-looking booths
http://www.abbeystalls.com/The SCRIBE was the first big online source of info on Renfaires and still archives interesting discussions
Being a vender at fairs:
http://scribe.faire.net/faqs/Vendors.Htm
Past discussions in renaissancefestival.com aboutLiability Insurance:
http://tinyurl.com/2cmbd7http://tinyurl.com/24p3kdhttp://tinyurl.com/2aw8sjTaking Credit Cards:
http://tinyurl.com/yt6enqAccepting Checks
http://tinyurl.com/yraejs