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Julie Ann of Rohan
@ocaptmycapt.com

Capping this off to say, it’s a real eye opener when events fail. Vendors are in many ways your staff. They’re collaborating to make your event better and are a selling point to your event. People come to an event for good vendors. As an event - failing your vendors is a HUGE deal @furryweekend.com

KayCat 🔜 FurPoc C16@kaycatsart.com

The visible proof that taking suggestions from experienced vendors can make from Friday. After they were told they should open a second door to let more people in. (also horrifying there wasn’t another open for fire safety reasons?)

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Julie Ann of Rohan
@ocaptmycapt.com

These are businesses that invest capital into showing up for your event and put time, energy, marketing and more into pushing your event. That’s why you typically pick the best vendors - but treating vendors like they’re a problem to be solved and not like they’re an equal stakeholder in the con

Julie Ann of Rohan
@ocaptmycapt.com

Is where you’re screwing up. They’re the reason you HAVE a venue. Those $500 to $1000 table fees are paying for your spaces. And it’s time you treated them like the equal collaborators they are. If not you can start lowering the value of your con and audience forever.

Spider.
@vaspider.gay

An event treating me like a baby (when running booths at events is literally like 50% of my full time job) is the surest way to keep me from coming back, yep. Table fees are often WILD for events, & I ain't young anymore. If I've gotta make $1k+ to *break even* & a show acts a fool towards me...