New Vendor Information

MERCHANDISE ELIGIBILITY & FAQ FOR NEW VENDORS

At this time we are inviting new vendors from the forms below.

Find the form that best fits your merchandise and fill it out.

We do not respond directly to submissions, but we review them every week or so.

If you’re a potential food or beverage vendor,

please fill out this form to submit your information.

If you’re interested in selling merchandise at MTP in the future we recommend that you do the following:

1. Read through our Merchandise Categories and decide where your business falls.

2. Fill out the Vendor Interest Form that corresponds with your Merchandise Category

3. Read through our most Frequently Asked Questions from new vendors below.

Merchandise Eligibility

Click each Category Tab to see if your merchandise is on the associated list.

Category 1 Merchandise
Category 2 Merchandise

Items listed as Category 1 Merchandise are not at capacity and are sought after within the curation of this market.

When we re-open application, we will invite vendors from the form below.

Antiques & Collectibles
Original & Collectible Artwork & Prints
Non-wearable Handmade & One-of-a-Kind Items
Mid-Century Furniture and Home Decor
Non-Wearable Vintage Goods
Non-wearable items made with locally-sourced, recycled or re-purposed materials
Eco-Friendly & Homemade Beauty, Apothecary Products and Home Goods (no candles)
In-person Custom Services (not including custom jewelry)

If your merchandise is in Category 1, click the button below to fill out the Vendor Interest Form.

CATEGORY 1 MERCHANDISE VENDOR INTEREST FORM

Items listed as Category 2 merchandise are at capacity in the market.

We are not accepting new vendors who sell mostly items listed below:

Handmade or Vintage Jewelry
Used, Designed or Handmade Clothing
Crystals and Minerals
Handmade or Vintage Shoes and Accessories
Handmade or Vintage Purses & Accessories (No Counterfeits)
Vinyl Records
Leather Goods
Handmade or Locally Designed Device Accessories
Candles – Added 11/24/2020

If your merchandise falls into this category, click the button below to let us know you’re interested in selling at MTP when we allow new Category 2 Merchandise Vendors. A few vendors from this list may be invited to participate sooner.

CATEGORY 2 MERCHANDISE VENDOR INTEREST FORM

If your merchandise is not listed on either Category List, it may not be eligible for this market.

New, mass produced items and items from big box stores are not eligible. If you did not make it and it is a new item, it is not eligible.

If you’re unsure, click on one of the buttons to submit a Vendor Interest Form.

Include photos of your merchandise. Form submissions are reviewed weekly, but are not responded to individually.

Frequently Asked Questions

Click on the question to read the answer.

Prices range from $70 to $160 per day. Pricing is based on the size and location of the booth in the market.

Booth sizes include: 5x10ft, 5x15ft, 10x10ft, 10x20ft, 20x20ft, 20x25ft, 10x30ft, 10x40ft, with a few odd spaces in between.

Utilities are NOT offered (electricity, water, lighting, Wi-Fi etc).

Space Pricing

Table Space: $70 – $75

10 x 10 Tent Space: $85 – $105

10 x 20 Space : $90 – $100

20 x 20+ Space : $105 – $160

The Melrose Trading Post is open to the public from 10AM to 5PM every Sunday, Rain or Shine. Summer Hours: 10AM-6PM.

Vendor Load-in begins at 6:45AM. Vendors must check-in by 8:30AM.

The market closes promptly at 5PM (6PM in the summer) and all sales must end at this time. Vendor Load-Out Procedures begin once all customers have been escorted out of the market, which generally takes 10-30 minutes. MTP staff will announce when vehicles can begin moving once the market is cleared of customers.

Vendors in the Green and Red sections must be off campus with all equipment & trash by 6:45PM (7:45AM in the summer). Vendors in Blue and Yellow sections must leave campus with all equipment & trash by 7PM (8PM in the summer).

Town Square Daily Rentals offers equipment rentals on-site. [TentsandTables.net] TSDR rents 10×10 white tents, 6ft tables, sandbags, and folding chairs on Sundays.

Place your equipment order with them the week of your booking, and only after you have confirmed a space. Include your booth number in the notes section of your order.

YES. If playing music, we ask for no cursing, overtly sexual or violent themes, or commercials. Do not play radio stations in the market. The volume is important; keep the music within your booth. The key is to not disturb the neighboring vendors or to prevent them from hearing & communicating with customers. We ask that you keep the decibel level below 90, and check with your neighboring vendors to make sure it isn’t too loud for them. Select permanent vendors have been asked by the event management team to play their curated playlist at a louder volume for the ambiance of the area.

At this time we are not accepting permanent vendor applications. This permanent vendor application process has been on pause since 2019.

We do not have an approximate time frame when this process will open back up as we do not currently have enough unassigned spaces in our current market layout.

When this happens, we’ll announce it in our Vendor Newsletter and Season Vendor Meetings, plus we’ll update our Vendor Handbook with the information on how to apply.

In August 2020 we decided to stop doing stand by sales on Sunday morning. We want to make sure all vendors are well-prepared for selling in the market, and do not want to chance selling a space to a vendor who is not ready or licensed. Ultimately we decided to implement the “On Call” Process.

Registered vendors who participate in the Category 2 Merchandise Raffle which occurs every Wednesday from 2:00pm to 2:30pm may be invited to participate in the On Call Process based on space availability in a given week.

Access the Recommended Vendor Equipment List