Bazaar at Orchad Hotel
 

Hi, anybody mind to share selling experience at bazaar in Orchard Hotel? This bazaar is organized annually. I plan to go but not sure whether it's worth or not. The rental fee is quite $$ so I need to gather some information before decide to go.

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hi,
any idea when is next bazaar?i would like to know more details also.:coffee:

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My friend plan to go there, I got detail from her:
- cost for a 1/2: 3ft x 3ft table for the two days is $350
- for a 6ft x 3ft table: $ 615 for the two days.
- 1.5 tables costs $950
- 2 tables cost $1230 for the two days.
- Plastic bags in three diff sizes are provided for vendors.
- A dressing room provide for vendors with apparel inside the hotel ballroom

The bazaar will be held on:
- Oct 14th & 15th 2008.
- Nov 11th & 12th 2008
- Dec 2nd & 3rd 2008

What item are you selling? My friend will sell Christmas stuff according with the bazaar theme so seems things will be ok with her. But mine is just handbags so still in doubt whether will go or not:confused: Waiting for someone to share her/his selling experience there:)

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do u know who is the organiser of this event?

the dates above all tuesdays & wednesday.. any publicity for it? e.g. newspaper? scare no crowd

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I don't know who is the organizer. Yeah, the fair is organized on Tuesday & Wednesday...that's why I'm not sure with the crowd. Really need to find the information from the person who has done it before.

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Hi, I ever visit some bazaar organize in the hotel before, honesty, i only see a lot if vendors running about in the bazaar hall, but not much crowd at all.. The organizer didnt do much advertisment on the bazaar.

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Hi,

I participated in the orchard hotel bazaar 13th & 14th. Word of advice, don't sell beauty products at these fairs. I didn't even bother going back today so I left my table empty! I paid $380 per 3ft x 3ft table. It seems to attract only Expat clientle and some tourists. There was practically NO crowd and the ones that came were mostly friends of the regular vendors who were looking for new designs in clothing, baby stuff, home decor. It looks like the jewellery tables were doing brisk business but only for a short while before it started getting all quiet. The organizer is Sabrenu Dutt. It doesn't seem like there was much promotion for this bazaar,.

It's just too much of a secret with the same old people I guess. Most of the vendors themselves are expat women and it seemed like one giant clique there. Some are nice but some are just plain snobbish. Well, if you're there and you're sandwiched between tables, you better hope for a nice neighbour or bring a friend so you can gossip when it gets quiet.

Here's my take after observing for nearly 8 hours. Sell resort wear, you know the flowing upmarket batik/tropical patterns halter necked type of dresses with beads and sequins along the neckline? That was going like hot cakes even at $100+ a dress. The people who go there seem to love it. One lady there had some REALLY good designs, I'm wondering who her asian supplier is.

Home decor. Wooden artifacts and pretentious looking baskets that probably cost close to nothing in indonesia and thailand were being sold at high prices but getting snapped up anyway.

Handmade jewellery. Sell at your own risk as it seems ALOT are on sale, you must have regular customers who will come back to see your new designs.

BABY STUFF! They all seem to love babystuff! but mind you, it must be unique, functional and of course, educational with cute colours no less and cannot be found at any NTUC, Metro, John Little Etc. So go find a good supplier from the States, quality and design can't be beat.

Otherwise, Don't bother.

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hi beauticove, thanks for the insights!

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We just came back. Basically, the fair caters to expat crowd and I think it is by far the most successful among the hotel fairs (If you have went to the one at Goodwood Park, you'll know what I mean). It has been around for almost 10 years. I agree that only certain products sells, what do you expect if the main visitors are expats and tourist/hotel guests. Our sales are ok, we had some of our online customers who dropped by. And we distributed a lot of our cards, spread the word that we are online.

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Then you are certainly in the minority who thinks that way. I walked around and spoke to the other vendors and most said it was way too quiet.

So basically your participation in the fair was great to draw people to your site, right? What about people who seriously need to sell stuff or those without an online biz? It's best for people going into these fairs to understand that there were some folks who just set up albums of their services and left name cards and flyers on the table and just sat there. According to them, it was cheaper than advertising in the Straits Times!This is very telling in that the organiser is taking in anyone who's willing to pay for the table. This fair used to be very successful with vendors lining up for tables. . These days, it seems that the organiser is chasing after the vendors and I'm pretty sure the regulars are paying less for their tables. I've been to goodwood park and that is why I signed up for this one but it would seem it's not all it's cracked up to be.
Go to her site and you'll see the SAME vendors listed at all her fairs. Anyone new doesn't get a mention. Even the brochure doesn't have anything specific to say. Actually i didn't expect anything despite knowing the crowd would be mostly expats and tourists other than there would be enough of this crowd to go around. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. No fault of the organiser if less people are coming to singapore and there are only so many expats here, most are weary of these fairs with the same old vendors. By the way, it would be helpful to those who are planning to participate if you could mention what type of items you were selling since you managed to get some sales.

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We sell baby stuff. I think it helps that we have a variety of goods and my partner had been to the fair before. So we sort of know what to expect and the type of goods that would move. But according to my partner, the last one she did at Orchard Hotel has more visitors.

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Thanks for the replies! I decided not to follow the bazaar at Orchad Hotel...but I participated in other bazaars....in 2008 and 2009...all very quite. The rents are higher than what I earned, no profit at all.