Make. Learn. Sell.
Showcase your creativity.
Whether you’re a graphic, fashion or jewellery design student with an exciting new product, or an aviation management graduate with a hobby for handmade greeting cards…
We welcome and encourage students and recent graduates from all areas across the university to take part in Maker Market.
Calling all makers.
Want to learn how to sell and promote your design products and handmade gifts, acquire exciting new skills, and make some extra cash? Of course you do!
Through our Makers Markets, we give London Met’s talented designer-makers and craftspeople the opportunity to become real world market traders and online sellers.
Learn how to.
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
What can I sell?
For Makers Market we’re looking for students and recent graduates with design products and handmade gifts.
This could be a range of homeware products, unique artwork and prints, handcrafted jewellery pieces, bespoke ceramics, textile and soft furnishing items, or artisanal beauty products.
Check out some of the previously sold items from talented London Met students and graduates below.
Important dates.
To make sure our sellers are well prepared for selling in-person or online with Makers Market, we’ll be hosting a series of information session to give you all the support and guidance you’ll need.
18 September – Applications open!
25 October – Application deadline [Closes at 10PM]
8 November – Virtual training session for online sellers
15 November – In-person training for all market sellers
22 November – Virtual session for in-person sellers
27 November – Makers Market online shop opens
3 December – Brick Lane Market Day for in-person sellers
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…”
Entry deadline.
Want to take part in our upcoming Makers Market?
Complete our short application form no later than 10PM on 25 October.