Wholesale Buyer Information
Wholesale Buyer Information
Whether you buy for discriminating clients, a gallery, museum, or retail store, the American Craft Shows are the best place to touch, feel, and explore high-quality American craft.
Two days in Baltimore devoted to wholesale
Join us for our premiere, wholesale marketplace showcasing the highest-quality handmade work by more than 300 of the country’s most talented jewelry, clothing, and home goods artists. The variety of price points available makes our Baltimore show a destination for wholesale buyers regardless of budget.
BALTIMORE WHOLESALE: FEBRUARY 19 – 20, 2020
Shopping our retail shows as a wholesale buyer
If you register as a buyer for our 2020 Baltimore wholesale show, you can use your badge at our four additional retail shows throughout the remainder of the 2020 season – no additional registration required. Just show up with your badge!
The Baltimore wholesale show is followed by our retail show in the same location. Stick around to shop the more than 550 makers exhibiting February 21 – 23. Our other three retails shows happen in three different cities throughout the year.
BALTIMORE RETAIL: FEBRUARY 21 – 23, 2020
ATLANTA: MARCH 13 – 15, 2020
ST. PAUL: APRIL 17-19, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO: JULY 31 - AUGUST 2, 2020
If you do not register as a wholesale buyer for our Baltimore show, you can still shop our Atlanta, St. Paul, and San Francisco retail shows as a wholesale buyer; you will just need to purchase an advance ticket to the retail show. Please bring your ticket our show office when you arrive:
- If you are already on file as a returning wholesale buyer from previous years, we will be able to simply exchange your ticket for your buyer badge.
- PLEASE NOTE: New buyers (including new employees with registered companies) will need to provide the following credentials on site to receive their badge.
Buyers registering for the first time must submit any one of the following company credentials to qualify:
- Copy of resale certificate
- Copy of interior design certificate/license
- Storefront photograph showing business name
- Published business advertisement
- Copy of business/vendor license
- Copy of current commercial store lease
- Website address
Additionally, each company employee registering for the first time must submit one of the following credentials:
- Personalized, imprinted business card
- Copy of cancelled payroll check
- Copy of company CC in employee's name
- Copy of W-2 pr W-9 form
- Invoice or purchase order with buyer's name and company
- Buyer's name on resale tax certificate
- Buyer-signed business check