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AT THE MONTHLY VINTAGE MARKET

HOW IT WORKS:

The Vintage Market is hosted by Duke + Remington the first weekend of most months giving the community an opportunity to bring and sell a variety of vintage and maker’s goods. There are two ways of participating as a seller:

SHOP SALES

Your second option is to deliver your tagged/labeled goods prior to the market and leave the staging and sales process to the shop. As a retailer, Duke + Remington is legally required to collect sales tax and charges a 20% commission for all items that are sold through our cash register.

A typical Vintage Market schedule looks like this:

DROP-OFF GOODS SUN AM / WED PM
THU MARKET SET-UP
FRI 10AM - 4PM VINTAGE MARKET SALE
SAT 10AM - 4PM VINTAGE MARKET SALE
SUN 10AM - 2PM VINTAGE MARKET SALE
SUN 2 - 5PM ITEM PICKUP

GENERAL INFO

Every Vintage Market has a theme to help unify the collection of goods on offer for each event— see the proposed line-up in the Vintage Market Application (below). Because of our limited space, this is a curated event and shouldn’t be confused with a rummage sale or yard sale. Hanging racks and table space are available but you are welcome to bring additional tables, seating, or staging fixtures if you are working the sale. In good weather we expand outside onto the sidewalk and bring goods inside at the end of each day.

WHO IS WELCOME TO SELL AT VINTAGE MARKET?

Any community member with items that match the theme are welcome to sell at the Vintage Market. We also enthusiastically welcome makers and artists if their work compliments the theme. Food and beverage businesses are welcome as well. We do not offer Minimum Sales Guarantees, nor charge Vendor Fees— so both the potential profits and sales risk would be yours.

We have limited space, so we balance community participants and vendors carefully and generally limit food and drink vendors to two non-competing businesses. We will communicate as proactively as possible after you submit your application to help you plan.

ITEMS / INVENTORY / PRICING

The pricing of goods is at your discretion, but we find that 10-40% of the original retail cost usually moves well for non-collector used items.

Items are expected to be clean, stain and scent free, and in useful condition.

Each item must have a removable tag which indicates the seller and the sale price, and you may wish to identify the item because your tags are returned to you with your payout, so may be useful for tracking which item(s) sold. We use those tags both to sell items and later to track who we should be paying when items have come through the D+R register.

If you need a record of your inventory, we recommend making a list of your goods and prices before arrival to ensure that you have it. D+R is not responsible for tracking or accounting for Vintage Market inventory beyond collecting the tags at the time of sale and correctly calculating the payout.

We hold the right to refuse items that don’t meet our standards, or that we find controversial or distasteful.

If you have any questions about whether your items are a good fit, please reach out to vintage-market@dukeandremington.com. We’re glad to look at pictures and field questions, or help you strategize for the best market placement.

DROP-OFF / PICK-UP / LOGISTICS

We announce drop-off and pickup times each month prior to the sale, and try to give you more than one opportunity to accommodate a variety of schedules. If the set drop-off or pickup times are inconvenient for your schedule, you might be able to make special arrangements for an alternate time to drop off or pick-up your goods by emailing vintage-market@dukeandremington.com.

You are welcome to manage your items as you see fit, but the arrival or removal of Vintage Market items from the shop should happen before or after Vintage Market Sale hours. Customers shouldn’t see armloads of items being rushed into the shop after the market starts or being packed up early in anticipation of end-of-day.

Items not picked up within a week of the sale are considered to be abandoned property and will be donated to charity.

STAGING

When presenting a group of objects together for purchase, we ask that they be thoughtfully organized and aesthetically appealing.

If you have dropped your goods off and are having the shop handle your sales, the Vintage Market staff will take care of staging your items. Often we mix and mingle merch to create the theme, group similar items, or create a color story, so having tags that identify the seller is important.

For those managing their own sales, we recommend staging your items together in a way that makes it very clear that the shopper should be paying you directly.

‘Direct Sellers’ are invited to join shop staff on Thursday to set up your items.

Customer Experience + RIGHT TO REFUSE SERVICE

Making sure the customer has a good experience is our number one priority. Purchasing items shouldn’t be a hassle. If a customer approaches the D+R cash register to purchase an item(s) we won’t redirect them to a different location or require them go through multiple transactions for each seller. Any item that comes to the D+R register will be sold and commission collected.

Duke + Remington takes pride in creating a safe, pleasant, friendly environment for all visitors. D+R is a safe space for all people regardless of gender, race, nationality, sexual identity, political affiliation, or religion.

Basic social graces are required and offensive or threatening behavior will result in the immediate removal from the D+R property. If you’re having a challenging encounter and feel you need backup, please find the Market Manager for assistance.

STORE TRANSACTIONS + PAYOUT

If any item has a tag and is brought to the D+R cash register, we will sell it, use the attached tag to track the sale for payout to the seller, and collect the 20% commission. We accept both credit cards and cash. Commission funds help cover the financial processing fees, software, power, property costs, and insurance.

Seller payment for items that have come through the D+R register are paid out on the day that they transfer into our bank account. Normally this is on Monday following weekend sales, but holidays, long weekends, and rare technical outages beyond our control can cause delay. If you have questions about the timing of payment or the accounting of funds, please reach out to vintage-market@dukeandremington.com.

DIRECT SALES BEST PRACTICES

It is okay to commit to one, two, or three days of the Vintage Market.

You’ll want to stay in proximity of your goods to field questions and take payment. If a customer wanders off with your goods and brings them to the D+R register, we will sell them the item(s) and claim our commission. This is handy if you need to take a coffee break or step out for an emergency, but potentially disappointing if you were hoping to keep all the sales revenue.

Many customers no longer carry cash, so having a method of accepting contactless payments is useful for Vintage Market ‘Direct Sales’. Conversely, some purchasers only carry cash, so if you plan to sell to shoppers directly you will want to have ample small bills and coins available to make change with.

A Venmo account used from your mobile device is one easy way to accept payment from buyers, and allows them the flexibility of tapping their Venmo balance, bank, or credit card for payment. Venmo accounts for non-business entities are free and easy to set up. If you use Venmo, please print out a sign that provides a scannable QR code and includes your Venmo handle, name, and telephone number. Scanning a QR is way more efficient for finding you in the Venmo app, and they will be asked for the final digits of the phone that your Venmo account was set up under to verify your sale.

SquareUp is also a great service to accept contactless ‘tap’ payments from your phone or mobile device if you have a business.

In all cases, if the sale is happening outside of the D+R cash register, the collection of taxes for retail businesses, money handling, and responsibility of reporting income (if applicable) is yours.

WIFI / POWER / WATER / AMENITIES

Wifi on the D+R network is usually available. The network handles multiple connections well but excessive traffic will make it slow, so not ideal for streaming. Access to a device with a data plan will be useful for emergency use.

Please charge your electronic devices before you arrive or bring a charging brick to ensure your devices stay charged up. We do have several standard 110v electrical plugs in the store that we’re happy to share, but some are awkwardly positioned in the space and may not be available when you need power. If you need dedicated power access for your set-up, please let us know in advance and we’ll see what we can do. The property does not have 220v power plug-ins available.

The store has a double-pan stainless steel utility sink in the Northeast corner of the shop space, and a handwashing sink in the restroom. Food and drink vendors will want to provide their own potable water to support their activities.

The store has a private fitting room in the southeast corner of the space, and mirrors throughout the store.

The property has one gender-neutral wheelchair-accessible restroom. There is no changing table available.

FOOD + BEVERAGE VENDORS

Pre-order/pick-up is a great way to guarantee sales and predict demand. Let us know if there is an online ordering tool that you would like us to point to in our marketing for the event.

Food & Beverage services at the Vintage Market operate independently from the D+R store and are responsible for procuring their own permits, meeting all Heath Department regulations / requirements / inspections, insurance, and should use their own order/payment systems.

Our store is not set up as a commercial kitchen space, we do not have 220v power plug-in access, water connection, or large storage areas, so you should plan to be self-contained / self supporting. No city permits are required provided that the presence of your equipment does not exceed 72 hours. We do have a few cafe chairs and tables which customers are welcome to make use of.

ADVERTISING

We encourage every seller to promote the Vintage Market. Alone we have limited reach, but together we can ensure that a lot of people know about the event. We will provide posters for distribution in the area, and the Vintage Market will be noted in the publication THE SIREN. Once the shop is staged on Thursday, we photograph vignettes of interesting items and post them to social media throughout the weekend. Everyone has their own tolerances (or not) and use social media tools differently, and we wish to stay within your comfort zone. If you have specific requests or feedback, please let us know.

If you have identified yourself as business or artist on The Vendor Market Application, we will do our best to give your social media account a shout-out and the opportunity to ‘collaborate’ on Instagram posts, but you are under no obligation to do so. Sharing, reposting, or responding rapidly to comments on posts is another very helpful way to generate interest and broaden reach. If the shop sees your post and you have reposting enabled on your account, we will do our best to share your social media post. For privacy/safety reasons, the shop does not post recognizable people on social accounts without their explicit consent, and we ask that you do the same.

LIABILITY

Duke + Remington LLC, the Vendor Market manager or employees assume no responsibility for lost, broken, damaged or stolen goods. While we haven’t <knock on wood> had a shoplifting issue and do our best to monitor customer traffic and goods, there is always the possibility of theft or damage. Every seller is welcome to come work the sale, monitor their items, and sell their goods directly.

There is a Hold Harmless statement protecting Duke + Remington, LLC, the property owner, and staff that every seller must agree to as part of the Seller Registration process. See below.

THE VINTAGE MARKET APPLICATION