Calling all Designer-Makers!
Want to learn how to sell and promote your handmade Christmas gifts and products, acquire exciting new skills, and make some extra cash this December? Of course you do!
Every year we give London Met’s talented designer-makers and craftspeople the opportunity to become real world market traders for the day.
Showcase your creativity
Whether you’re a graphic, fashion or jewellery designer with an exciting new product, a food science or nutrition student with a delicious new snack, or an aviation management graduate with a hobby for handmade greeting cards, or anyone else!
We welcome and encourage students and recent graduates from all areas across the university to take part in our annual Christmas Market.
Previous sellers told us
“I really enjoyed talking to people about design and especially what they think about my products! It’s great experience and I’d definitely do it again! Thank you!”
“I gained invaluable feedback on test products which has given me the confidence to go ahead with a number of new designs”
“It was great to run the small business and make something as a collective that generally worked, and to see how the public reacted to it”
“It was really good to see that people actually wanted to spend their hard earn cashed on products I had spent time thinking and making”
“…the experience was a real confidence builder when it comes to showing the public what I design…”
“The feedback we got was amazing and showed that as a studio we’re able to viably produce design within other sectors of the industry…”
We’ll show you how
Set up your store/stall
We’ll give you a tour of the best online platforms to sell from plus an overview of what makes a homely in-person market stall
How to sell effectively
Learn how to target customers and drive visitors to your store or stall through networking and social media
Presenting your wares for sale
Through professional pictures or a well designed stall, discover how to present your products and get them ready for sale
Pricing your products
Dive into pricing that factors in your time. As setting your prices is not simply putting a number next to a currency symbol
Register interest for 2022
Applications are now closed for 2021!
Interested in taking part in our next Christmas Market? Register your details below to be first to hear when we open for applications.