How do you display your LaserBuzz products?

[Ed Lang]

As everyone has said, if your product is laying flat, it will not sell good. I have now started to put my Wall Tributes on little stands and sales have picked up.

I would like to see a picture (or explain if you do not have pictures) of how you display your laser or other products at shows or markets you attend.

I am still trying to decide how best to display my products and all input is welcome. So far I have been using three tables placed so they make a U shape with the open (top of the U) facing the customers. I use a 10'x10' EZ-Up tent and have lots of space left over that I need to start using for product display.

ed

[Barbara Buhse]

Ed,
I use a bi-fold door and hang lasered plaques and such from it, (I don't yet have lazerbuzz software), using long nails and making sure the louvres are facing up, the nails stay in and are easily moved and removed.
I also have a few acrylic easels which I stick in the slats and place items on them, and that way not everything is just flat to the door.
Best part is door stands up by itself and folds and travels easily when I'm done, just make sure nobody knocks it over.....

Barbara

[Ray Mighells]

The bi-fold doors is a nice, and practical idea. I have been thinking of making a lazy susan type using 90 degee angle material to fasten 4 sheets of plywood or something (anything except peg board), each wall being 12 or 24" wide, and depending on how high you want to go. Make the base heavy enough to hold the unit down. You double your display space without increasing the footprint of the stand, and it should easily set up and knock down. I haven't built it yet, but if I'm able to get it together, 4 sections provides 8 walls for display. Anybody see a problem with the concept?

[Ed Lang]

Ray,
I will have to post a picture of the display rack I build for the Dog ornaments from Laser Buzz. I used 4 12x24 1/8" birch sheets that I had cut for my laser and some 1/2" birch I also have. Then added a lazy susan ring and I have a nice stand that will rotate. Pictures to follow.

[John Esberg]

Ed,

I have cut, stained, and assembled over 100 items in the past week or so, (I recently bought my software from Tom). I haven't put any out in flea markets yet. The crafts fairs around here are very much a closed off bit of territory sometimes. The race track is full of vendors. I guess I'll be going wholesale.

One interesting note to think on: Mall Kiosks. The big mall in my area wanted $18k just to open a booth. Another one wanted $1000 per month.

When I get some vendor action, I'll post up some info.

Till later,

DAK

[Dennis Kotlowski]

Ed,

Here is part of my display for my outdoor shows.


Dennis

[Gary Shoemake]

I use a carpet display wall, and velcro on the back of the plaques. I don't have a picture, but it works very well. I too have an easyup and hang a 4x6 foot frame with a short nap carpet from the framework and with 2 of these I get another 48 sq feet of display space. The carpet cost me about $12 and the frame another 8-10, the velcro I purchased at Loew's.

Hope this gives you some ideas.

[Ed Lang]

Pictures are worth a thousand words to me. Dennis, what are the black wire frames you have attached to your EZup? What size and where can I get some. They would work super when I use the EZup and I can make a stand to hold them when I do not have the EZup. Got any other pictures of your booth?

IF anyone else has some pictures, please post or send a link to them so I can get a few more ideas.

Thanks everyone!

Ed

Some folks drink coffee to jump start the day.... I need pictures of your display to jump start my thinking about my booth.

[Dave Jones]

You can get wire frame like that at Lowes for shelving. Clip 2 pieces together to make it wider and then another 2 pieces at a right angle to make it stand up better.

[Leigh Costello]

Wow, why didn't I think of that! I have had good luck just showing folks what we can do, but hadn't given a thought to the craft fairs coming up. Hope y'all don't mind me borrowing some ideas. Now to find enough shoeboxes to file the finished pieces in.

[Ed Lang]

Leigh,
I made some 1/4" baltic birch boxes to store my dog ornaments in. I also made dividers with the breeds on them so I can find them easy.

I am going to the show in Baltimore tomorrow but will take some pictures on Saturday and post so I can give back some ideas.

I also found that Lowes has clear storage boxes with blue tops that are great for the Wall Tributes and other stuff. They stack great too.

[Leigh Costello]

Thanks Ed. Going to Lowe's tomorrow anyway. Good luck at your shows.
Leigh

[Dennis Kotlowski]

Thanks Ed for the comments. At my full time job I have access to some retail fixtures. You can also find these on ebay. I have also thought of using peg board. I have attached another photo.

Dennis

[William Capman]

If you have a store in your area that deals in new or used retail store displays, you can probably find used grid wall. I use 2 x 6 foot grid sections which are very versatile albeit a little heavy to haul around. I keep 17 panels in my trailer to accomodate most any booth sizes. 12 panels are make up into 4 foot sections, then I can add additiona panels as need to fit different booth configurations. Nylon cable ties tie everything together. The right angled corners will give stability but I also put my tables tight to the wall for added strength.

http://www.wachusettlasercrafts.com/...0Picture-1.jpg

Bill
Wachusett Laser Crafts

[Mike Null]

A little off the topic but maybe worth 2 cents.

As I look at the various displays pictured in posts on this site and others one thing seems to stand out as a common trait. What stands out is what's missing from too many. Signs, signs, signs.

I see beautiful and creative work with the lasers and cnc machines but precious little in the way of signs.

Having spent much of my life with large retailers or comsumer products manufacturers I learned early on that no display is finished until you put the sign on it. Us old timers were taught that a sign is a silent salesman.