It's still only a few vendors each time, I think the most we had was 14 booths, including those of us who voluntarily run & plan the event (3 booths). And honestly, there are only two of us who accept BTC... (me and the guy who sharpens knives). And most of the time, it's vendors who are completely new and doing this for the first time, and a lot of them have used our event as a springboard to do other events, but we always hope they come back because the reason we put these events is not only to support the tiny indie businesses out there, but to grow our presence as a freedom cell to hopefully get others to join in our efforts to exit the current tyrannical systems and build our own.
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... and while btc is one of the tools we use to accomplish that goal, we don't refuse vendors who accept cash or other methods of payment. Ideally, I'd be onboarding every one of them to btc but it's hard enough just to attract any to sign up and show up (and it's a free event, we don't even charge them a fee for a space, like every other market in our area does). However, we are in a very statist economy over here and all of the other markets require you to give them your business registration info or other thinks such as your Instagram or Facebook page, and charge two to 3 digit event fees... so it's slow going. And a lot of people starting new small businesses here think they all have to get business licenses, etc. just to sell a few t-shirts or some crafts or food they made, and we're saying, "nah" to all that.
The only limitation we have currently is that our venue is a private business belonging to one of our members, and if gets bigger we have to do it somewhere else, which isn't a bad thing, but we want to avoid the prying eyes and ears of the State.
Can I come by and set up a table? Or is there someone to get ahold of?
If you are in the Twin Cities metro of MN, yes, you can!
Our next market is Oct 11th and you can learn more & sign up here https://tcfreedomcell.com/market