Offinger's Marketplaces Wholesale Show Review

If you are looking to grow your home-based business you may want to try your hand at wholesale trade shows. We do a lot of gift and craft shows all around Ohio and recently in Tennessee. You can gain wholesale accounts by doing local retail shows but to maximize your reach you might want to try wholesale trade shows.

That's exactly what we're doing. In order to reach more buyers we decided to dedicate this year to wholesale shows. We first started with the Columbus Marketplace (read our review). The next wholesale show for us was the Offinger's Marketplaces show August 22, 2015.

Again, like our review of the Columbus Marketplace show the staff is really nice to work with. Not only are they nice to their vendors you get a little welcome bag when you sign in. Plus (at least at this show) we got two vouchers for free lunch from the concession stand.

Before the show started the buyers were lined up and ready to buy. I'm talking a lot of buyers with carts, wagons, and trash cans on wheels to zip through and start spending. The sound is unreal of all those shoppers rushing into the show wheeling their carts and trash cans. Sounds great right?

Primitive items available at Offinger's

Well not so great if you are a producer of handmade items. They are not there for you! They are there for the buy and sell imported items. For that reason we give it 1 out of 5 stars. Also it was all primitive home decor. If you are home business of primitive decor I don't think they are there for you either. We had a neighbor with handmade primitives and I don't think they can compete with pricing.

We have nothing against imported items being there we just wish someone had told us it's not a handmade market.
It wasn't just us that had this experience. We talked with other makers of handmade, made in the U.S.A items and they had the same experience.

The other big disadvantage for this show is most buyers didn't want to meet wholesale minimum purchase amounts. The handmade booths held to a minimum purchase amount and the buy and sell booths did not. People were able to buy one or two items at wholesale pricing. It seemed like most buyers are there to shop at half price and have no intentions of carrying your product line.

I would not recommend this show to someone with handmade items but you need to decide for yourself. Sometimes we have to experience things for ourselves. If you decide to do this market I wish you much success! Besides you never know. You only need one good account to make it worth your while.

I will keep on eye on this wholesale show and will jump back in it again if it becomes a market for handmade items. But until them we will not do this show again simply because it's not the right market for handmade. If you have a buy and sell import business I highly recommend this show. It may be the right fit for you!

Chickenmash Farm booth display at Offinger's Marketplaces Show

Columbus MarketPlace Wholesale Temp Show Review

Are you looking to grow your home based business?

This year we've decided to grow our wholesale market. In order to do so you need to get out there and try different wholesale trade shows. We've always displayed at local gift and craft shows and occasionally you'll pick up wholesale accounts.

We set up our products at the Columbus Marketplace in Dublin, Ohio as one of their temporary exhibits for the August show.

Let me fist start by saying that the people that operate the Columbus Marketplace are wonderful to work with. The sales reps from the permanent show rooms are warm and receptive to the temporary exhibitors. The sales reps may pick up your line and carry them in their show room. So it's a great opportunity.

The show wasn't as busy as I thought it would be. I was told from others that regularly set up as a temp exhibitor that it was slower than usual. You have to learn to accept these things and judge for yourself if you want to try the show again.

We will try it again. I'm leaning towards the March show. If you have gift items that would be a good fit for hospital gift shops I was told that's when a lot of buyers from hospitals come in to see what's new.

The days of the show are Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday is optional. We opted out of Tuesday. Expect Friday and Saturday to be slow. Personally I think it was slow on those days because most shop owners are at their stores on Friday and Saturday. A lot of gift shops are closed on Sunday and Monday. Sunday and Monday were by far the busiest days.

Over all we had a good experience. I would give it 3 stars out of 5. The only reason it's not higher is their wasn't enough volume of buyers.

We gained some new accounts we would not have gotten had we not been there. It's always nice to meet the buyers and build a relationship with them. After all when we all work together they help your business grow and you can tell them first hand the benefits of carrying your product line.

Chickenmash Farm booth display at Columbus Marketplace

Wholesale Show Offinger's Marketplaces

This Saturday August 22, 2015 you can catch us at Offinger's Marketplace wholesale show in Columbus, Ohio.

This is a cash and carry wholesale marketplace for registered buyers. You can shop home decor, candles, handmade crafts and so much more.

We offer wholesale opportunities for all business sizes. Shop our goat milk soap, goat milk lotion, foot and body creams, hydrating body sprays, lip balms, face serums, our number one selling Emu & Shea face cream, healing comfrey salve, and organic wood wick soy wax candles.

See you there!

Wholesale Goat Milk Soap and Body Products

Come see us this weekend at the Columbus Marketplace in Dublin, Ohio. The show hours are 9:00am-6:00pm August 14-18.

The Columbus Marketplace has a one floor lay out convenient for buyers to stroll through the beautiful show rooms. This weekend is the temporary exhibits which we are a part of. Come and visit our booth and sample our products and smell what we have to offer. We will be taking orders for delivery.

We offer wholesale opportunities for all business sizes. Shop our goat milk soap, goat milk lotion, foot and body creams, hydrating body sprays, lip balms, face serums, our number one selling Emu & Shea face cream, healing comfrey salve, and organic wood wick soy wax candles.

See you there!

Wholesale Bath and Body Products

We offer wholesale opportunities for stores, gift shops, co-op's, re sellers and those who sell products at gift and craft shows. We do have a minimum purchase amount for qualifying wholesale customers. We base our pricing on a volume discount program. That way you can buy a little or a lot. You can start out investing as little as $72 (prices are subject to change). As you grow your new product line you can bump up to our tier two pricing and receive an even deeper discount. Either way you still make a profit.

If you are interested in a wholesale account fill out our quick form and get started today!

The best part is you don't have to buy by the case. You get to decide what you carry and you get to mix and match any items in any quantities to reach you minimum purchase amount.

This includes any goat milk soap in any combination, goat milk lotion, foot and body cream, face cream, face serums, lip balm, salves and our soy wax candles.

Some ask "do you offer custom labels"? Yes we do! No charge to you either! We will take our company name and logo off and replace with your company name and/or logo. You need to have your logo in a photo format like jpeg, png. We can also do custom labels for party gifts.

Label Ideas: Company Name, Company Logo, Party Favors, Baby Shower, Wedding Party, Bridal Shower, Graduation, etc. You name it. We'll work with you to make it your own.