Yea, shows can be a real hit or miss deal. I have had shows where I did not even make my booth fee back and shows where I sold well and got commissions.
That is why I try to stick to the fine art shows or shows that really get a lot of people in.
At the lower end crafty shows, I have ended up next to people selling cheap t-shirts and jewelry from china, people selling license plates and signs with rude sayings, people selling crochet dresses for your bottle of Dawn dish washing liquid. I spent those shows going around my booth humming "One of these things is not like the others..." Painful lesson.
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