Setting Up A Market

1. Setting Up A Market A Quick Guide

2. Click the Markets Icon Then, click “add a new market”

3. Select Template

4. Market Dates Fill out required fields in order Select each market date by clicking the actual date on the calendar

5. Market Times and Registration Opening Date Enter your market’s hours Click the calendar icon to open registration. Select a date a few weeks into the future for now

6. Hit Save Often Found at the bottom of each screen

7. Vendor Types Click edit to change the vendor type details or delete to remove

8. Editing Vendor Types Rename or reword to match your market’s terminology Here you can adjust for flat rate, percent of gross, or a combination

9. Stall Sizes Rename or reword to match your market’s terminology

10. Stall Fees Enter the daily market rate that you charge each vendor type and stall size Enter a “-1” if a stall size is not available to any of your vendor types

11. Hit Save Often Found at the bottom of each screen

12. Payment Plans Click edit to change the payment plan details or delete to remove

13. Editing Payment Plans Choose from the dropdown list of payment plan types Full Season assumes you will charge vendors once, usually at the start of your season. Periodic lets you decide how often your vendors will be charged – every “x” weeks. Create more than one Periodic plan if you allow vendors to pay at different intervals. You may also select Other. Please note that for invoicing purposes, vendor fees for those plans are not calculated.

14. Additional Discounts Be sure to add the frequency of the discount from the drop-down menu

15. Additional Charges Click edit to change the details or delete to remove

16. Additional Questions Click delete to remove If you want to change the question or type, add an additional question rather than editing details

17. Add Questions in Order • Indicate the question type • If you make this required, make sure it applies to all of your vendors. • If it only applies to some, in the help text, say “if this question does not apply to you, please enter N/A”

18. Hit Save Often Found at the bottom of each screen

19. Legal Agreement Enter your legal agreement here. You can cut and paste your document into Notepad, then cut and paste it into this text box area. (Notepad has no formatting, unlike word which can create inconsistencies in your text) Your vendors must electronically sign this document by typing in their name and check a box that states they agree to the terms of this agreement.

20. Message to Prospective Vendors Vendors see this section first when they are deciding whether to apply to your market. Be sure to enter your mission statement here and anything the vendors might need to know prior to applying to your market, such as an application fee. You can also link to your Handbook. Any time during the season, you can change this text to advertise for vendors selling a particular product

21. Message to Vendors After They Apply This is what the vendors see when they complete their application. It is also emailed to them. If you would like them to be able to pay by PayPal you can include the link here (please see instruction in our Training Recourses titled “Working with PayPal”)

22. Hit Save Often And please don’t hesitate to contact support@managemymarket.com or call 503-878-8466 if you have any questions!