This waitlist application is for the Spring Ritual Market event taking place Sunday, May 3rd from 10am-3pm at the Waterfront Park in Augusta, Maine with a rain date of Sunday, May 10th from 10am-3pm. Vendors will be set up in the waterfront park's parking lot along with two food trucks.
Waitlist applications are reviewed as needed - so please keep an eye out for an email any time leading up to the market.
Vendor Applications are reviewed and chosen based on many factors, including but not limited to:
Past vending experience with ritual market and other events. Uniqueness of products offered - we do our best to avoid too many vendors within the same niche. How well you business' booth fits with the market's theme + vibe. You have an established business with a website, social media handles, or selling platform.
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Cost + Payment
The cost of a 10x10ft booth for the day is $125. Waitlist vendors are required to send the fee up front (within 48 hours) since the fee is often used to reiumburse the vendor dropping out.
IF YOU ARE ACCEPTED OFF THE WAITLIST MORE THAN A MONTH FROM THE DATE OF THE MARKET, YOU CAN UTILIZE PAYMENT OPTIONS. IF IT IS WITHIN A MONTH, PAYMENT IS DUE ASAP.
The cost of a 10x10ft booth for the day is $125. Payment and contract is due within 48 hours of acceptance UNLESS you need a payment option, which still needs to be communicated to me within 48 hours.
Payment options for this market:
Option 1: Delayed Payment. You have two weeks from the date of your acceptance to make payment in full.
Option 2: Split Payment. Half of the booth fee ($62.50) is due within 48 hours and the other half is due within three weeks of your acceptance email.
Option 3: Afterpay. We have introduced afterpay as an option to pay for your booth, but due to the large fee taken by afterpay there is a $6 fee to use afterpay as an option.
Split or shared booths are allowed if you list both businesses info on the application and indicate you'd like a shared booth. Payment and cost is still the same, but it is up to you to decide who pays what as long as $125 is sent by the time it is due!
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Policies
A 10x10ft canopy is required to participate in the market, including WEIGHTS. If you show up to the market with no weights you cannot have your booth up. This is to protect other vendors and attendees - a lifted booth can seriously injure someone or damage other booths.
RAIN/WEATHER DATES
A rain date ONE week out is established for this market. You must indicate on your application whether or not you are able to make the rain date - this will not affect whether or not you are accepted into the market. If you cannot make the rain date and inform me at the time of applying, if the rain date is utilized, you will be FIRST to be replaced and refunded. If you indicated you can make the rain date and that changed and you failed to tell me, you will only be refunded if I can fill your booth which is NOT guaranteed.
DROPPING OUT OF THE MARKET
Refunds are awarded if you pull from the market at least two weeks prior to the market date and only if your booth can be filled. We typically have a 30-40 vendor waitlist, so while a refund isn't guaranteed we usually do not have any issues filling spots. HOWEVER, beginning in 2025 we are implementing a drop out fee of $15. This is to cover any fees associated with receiving and transferring the original booth fee and a small fee for the time to fill your booth. So you would be refunded $15 less than what you paid. This fee is only for those who drop out and not those who can't make the rain date.