This time I was a bit more prepared, so went off down to the Greenwich Market, with lots of boring things but gear you need for a market (like clips, change, plates for samples, cookie jar, fairy lights, cloths, signage, etc etc).
However due to Greenwich being truely miles away from where I live, and London trains being useless I arrived there about an hour later or so than I should have.. I was still able to get a stall, but they set me up in the very far corner of the market, stuck away in a place where not many people would walk by. Sigh.
Still I got everything nicely setup and presented, even with a New Zealand flag (for the Moa connection), which then meant that people then came along and commented on the Australian flag.. Ah, the education levels need improving!
After a few people walked by, I decided the best way about things was to be proactive, so broke up a few cookies and put them on a tray so people could get a sample to try.
Though I still didn’t have many people coming over to my corner, once it got closer to lunchtime as well more people seemed to just walk straight down the middle of the Market place and queue up for the hot food sold by a Brazilian place, and another queue at a Chinese food place.
Hmm, my cookie”s probably work better with a morning or afternoon tea crowd. What do you think of “Have a cookie with that coffee” as a slogan?
I did get an interesting crowd of people buying my cookies though, from students, to working professional women, to older ladies. As you can see though being in the corner probably wasn’t the best of places. So I didn’t sell anywhere as many as I hoped I might be able to. Still learnt some valuable lessons.. Turn up and get a good spot, and that maybe concentrating on selling to the coffee shops directly is a better way to go at the moment.