Become a Vendor with TWM.
Interested in becoming a vendor with TWM? Fill out the application below! We can't wait to hear from you!
There are no applications for individual events. We make each event lineup from our community of approved vendors.
Please note, applying does not guarantee acceptance.
Applications are not eligible for review until the application fee is received.
Application fees are non-refundable.
Next scheduled application review date : March 31, 2025
2025 TWM Vendor Community Guidelines
New applications to the TWM Community are open year round, and reviewed three times per year! Accepted vendors will need to reapply annually on January 1st to continue participating in TWM events for that year, ensuring that TWM has accurate and up-to-date information for each business. This is necessary for coordinators to make the best possible lineup, as well as to provide the city with the information required for each event permit.
Being accepted is NOT a guarantee of ANY market dates with us. It is a community, where you can let us (the origanizers) know you are available as vendor calls come out. After the Vendor Calls are made n TWM Group Chats, we pick from who is available and curate a lineup.
This community is roughly 200 vendors strong - and growing! This means not every vendor will make it into every event for which they are available. We try to shake up each market line up so that we don’t see the same vendors each time, while still providing a quality artisan market for the patrons.
Categories matter! We do not like to place vendors in a position where they are competing for sales at the same market. That means vendors will often be turned away based solely on how many vendors applied from each category (ex. 10 vendors that apply to a market sell jewelry, only a few will be chosen, in the interest of their success at the market). It also means that we need to know what you are going to bring to each pop-up! So reach out and let us know if your business or product categories change.
Vendors must only be set up at a market if they were accepted FOR THAT MARKET - no sneaking in under the tent of another vendor who did get in! It is unfair to those who applied and were turned away.
While we do our best to give old favorites and new faces chances to set up with us, the vendor line ups are NEVER first-come, first-served. We are much more concerned about creating a quality market for our venues and customers, than accepting a certain number of vendors to each event. Responding “first” is not going to help vendors get into a market.
What WILL help vendors get into markets?
Make it easy for us to market you! Have an Instagram that showcases your amazing work, so we can easily share it.
Have a solid Instagram following, and be ACTIVE there - we need EVERYONE to post about these markets on their feed AND in their stories, so we an get the turn out we all want - this makes a big difference!
Respecting the decisions of the organizers. If you don’t get into a market, IT’S OKAY! That is going to happen, and we rotate vendors in as much as possible. There are always more opportunities within and outside the community.
Being pleasant to work with, both in person and “virtually"! We LOVE vendors who respect their fellow market mates, bring a positive attitude to every event; who show us they WANT to be there.
CANCELLATION AND TIMELINESS POLICY:
“No call, no show” is defined as not showing up to a market without giving prior notice. If you have one “no call, no show” you will be placed on a 60 day suspension from TWM markets. The vendor will not be refunded their vendor fee.
We expect you to arrive in enough time to have your display set up by the start of the market. Every maker requires a different amount of time to set-up, so we don’t want to require a minimum arrival time. The maximum time will be 1.5 hours prior to the event start time, unless otherwise noted.
“Vendor Calls” be will made in the “TWM Group Chats” on Instagram. Within ~1 week, “Final Lineups” will be sent out in the “TWM Group Chats”.
“Event Chats” are created for each event. If you are selected for an event, you will find yourself in the “Event Chat” corresponding to that event. Invoices are sent via email from The Wandering Makers. Vendors are to pay invoices within 7 days of receipt, or their spot at the event is not reserved.
If vendor fee payment is not complete within 1 week of the vendor joining an “Event Chat”, the vendor will be notified and reminded to complete payment. If payment is not received, the vendor will lose their spot at the market. Vendors may decide to leave a market “Event Chat” within the first week of joining, before completing their payment. Once payments are made, they are NON REFUNDABLE, unless the event is cancelled by TWM or the venue.
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Thank you for your application! Please note that applying does not guarantee acceptance. Once your application fee has been paid we will review your application. Upon review, we will reach out to you!
Applications submitted without payment of the TWM Application Fee will not be reviewed.