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Pricing & money
Guides on Pricing & money.
How to accept SNAP/EBT and WIC at a Texas farmers market
Accept SNAP and WIC benefits at your market stand to reach more customers and boost sales. Authorization, equipment, and setup are free; here's how the process works.
7 min readThe $1,000 Saturday: a profit playbook for your market stand
A system for the vendor stuck at $200 to $400 a market. Learn your real per-market numbers, pull the three levers that move revenue, build a lineup that lifts the average basket, and use preorders to make Saturdays predictable instead of hoping for a crowd.
9 min readHow much money can you make at a farmers market?
An honest look at farmers market income: the three numbers that decide your day, why two vendors at the same market earn very differently, the costs that eat your top line, and how to grow what you take home.
6 min readHow to accept SNAP/EBT and WIC at a Florida farmers market
Accepting nutrition benefits widens your customer base. A Florida-specific guide to SNAP/EBT vendor authorization, how markets run a central EBT terminal, Fresh Access Bucks, and the electronic WIC and senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, with who to sign up with for each.
7 min readFarmers market taxes and bookkeeping: keep more of what you earn
The two taxes vendors must not confuse, how to collect and remit sales tax, why market income counts for income tax, tracking every sale and expense, deductions vendors commonly miss, setting money aside, and a simple system you will actually keep up.
6 min readHow to take payments at a farmers market: cash, cards, and tap-to-pay
A practical guide to getting paid at your booth: carrying a cash float and making change fast, mobile card readers and phone tap-to-pay, how per-transaction fees work, peer-to-peer apps, and closing out the day.
6 min readPricing your products for profit
Know your true cost per unit, think in margins instead of markup, read the market without racing to the bottom, and stop underpricing yourself out of business.
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