Artist Alley Rules
  • All sellers must purchase a 3-day membership to the convention (pre-registration is encouraged to prevent delays at the con and to save money)
  • Single-day table space assignments only
  • Half-table only
  • One person per slot
  • Same hours as the Dealers Room
  • Must use Dealer Cashier to handle transactions (Any dealers not turning in receipts from their sales will be removed from the Artist Alley and denied space until further notice). Only cash transactions will be allowed in the Artist Alley.
  • A 3% fee will be collected by the Dealer Cashier (3 cents per dollar; 30 cents per 10 dollars).
  • Sellers will be paid at the end of the day at the Dealer Cashier.
  • Table space must be cleared away at the daily closing.
  • Artist Alley sellers must follow the same rules as the dealers in the Dealers Room.
 
Artist Alley Hours
  • If a table is not claimed by the seller within one hour of opening times, the table will be forfeit to the next seller. Allowances will be made for Friday.
 
Signing Up for a Table in the Artist Alley
  • Applications will be accepted during the previous day in the Dealers Room at the Cashier
    • Thursday (night only) = Friday selling
    • Friday = Saturday selling
    • Saturday = Sunday selling
  • Names will be drawn randomly at the close of the Dealers Room the night before.
  • Slot assignments will be posted at Registration first thing in the morning
  • Any open slots or slots unclaimed by the daily deadline may be claimed by coming to the Dealer Cashier.
  • Sign up at the Dealer Cashier during the previous day (or Thursday night or Friday registration Until 3pm for Friday slots)
  • After the Dealers Room closes, the names will be drawn and assigned positions. This list will be posted first thing in the morning at Registration
  • Artists winning a table space need to come to the Dealer Cashier during morning set-up hours to pick up their receipt book, which will be used to record their sales. No one will be allowed to sell in the Artist Alley without a receipt book.
  • At the end of the day, the seller returns their receipt book to the Dealer Cashier and receives their payment for the day (cash transactions only).
 
When a Customer Comes to your Table
 
  • The customer will select the items they wish to purchase from you. Store these items behind your table. NEVER give the customer their items until they have actually paid for them!
  • Give the customer TWO copies (white and yellow) of a receipt listing the items they wish to purchase and the items' cost. If purchasing multiples of the same item (i.e. 3 prints at $7 each), please make the cost clear. Either write the price per item AND how many they are buying (i.e. 3 prints @ $7 each), or do write the total (i.e. 3 prints $21).
  • The customer will then take these receipts to the Dealer Cashier (located in the Dealers Room). The Cashier will validate both copies of the receipt with a special rubber ink stamp and return one copy to the customer.
  • The customer will return to you WITH the validated receipt, and you give the customer the items they have purchased.
 
If you have ANY questions about this process, please come see the Dealer Cashier BEFORE you start
selling. (You can come ask questions at ANY time, but it's best to have a look at the receipt books and
get your questions answered ahead of time before you have a line of people at your table.
 
RULES
  1. All Artists participating in the Artist’s Alley must agree to and follow the rules set forth for the Dealers, as listed above, as well as:
  2. Any Artist Alley Participant who are found selling items without using the Dealer Cashier will be given a first warning. Further infractions will result in expulsion from the con for that year and the artist will be put on probation for future conventions.