I need tips for selling honey at farmers market

[johng]

Here is a pic of our little honey booth. http://s203.beta.photobucket.com/use...G0221.jpg.html

We do a lot of the suggestions here. We have an observation hive, give samples, my wife made up little gift mugs with small honey bears honey candy and tea inside, she also had us shirts made up with our names, we ordered free pamphlets to hand out from the National honey board, and we are the beeks so I can answer most questions. The kids have really got into it and we enjoy it as a family and we are making some money.

The observation hive and the honey samples are big hooks! I have saw people go from not wanting any honey to buying a big bottle after they taste it.

[WI-beek]

The same thing kept happening to me on a EauClaire CL.

Beeslave, I was mad enough to right a letter (email) to craiglist and I complained profusely about someone having nothing better to do than to basically harass someone selling a few jars of honey or a couple colonies of bees. I stated that I knew that the intention was to prevent Kmart and bigger retail stores ect from taking over craigslist with add after add and we small little beekeepers are far from big commercial outfits. I dont know if I had any influence on them or not but it now says; "farm & garden - by owner (legal sales of agricultural livestock OK)" so I think or at least hope we can post honey and bees now without some jerk knocking us off.

[JRG13]

What did they flag you for?

[max2]

Great Thread - keep them coming!!

[max2]

Not much I can add to what has been said already. Interesting - the enthusiasm is in all of the comments!
- We have usually 4 types of honey for sale. All can be sampled.
- We don't use any chemicals and this seems to be a point stressing.
- We don't heat our honey
- Our honey is sold in glass jars and we take empties back and pay a Dollar for it
- Yes, stand and engage!
- We use the labels from ML - " How do you know it is real honey if you don't know the beekeeper"
- have something on display - information, a hive ( empty) and a display hive is brilliant if it works.
-A label with a pleaseant look
At some of the markets we have plenty of competition but we always sell enough to make it worthwhile.
When we have Pecan Nuts available ( we are harvesting now) we offer 1/2 nuts to dip in honey and often sell honey AND nuts!
At farmers markets we also sell vegetable seedlings, seed potatoes and garlic ( in season)
It is possible to make $ 1000 on a really good morning.