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I'll be following this thread. I'm getting ready to do my first (and possibly only) booth in a couple of weeks. I am very adamant that this will NOT be a business, for a number of reasons, but would like to do one a year or so.

Oh - to answer your question - I think a clearance basket/rack at the craft show booth would be just fine, and probably a good way to get rid of things.

There are a lot of people (like me   ) who will buy something marked clearance just because it's marked clearance.  

I have a couple of friends who love a bargain so they would be sure to look at your sale items if the rest of your booth caught their eye.

Have you considered a special such as buy 1 get one a certain % off or 2 or 3 items for a special price? If the items are kind of similar so the customer could pick out 3 they really like that might help to sell more. The only problem is I've sometimes seen 1 item I like, but not 2 or 3 so I've walked away rather than pay full price for 1 item. I'm sure it would depend on what the items are and how expensive they are. It might be easier to do special pricing on 3 Christmas ornaments than say a big wall sign.

I hope it goes well and you sell lots of items!

as a customer, the only thing I would wonder about is if certain items on clearance are the same TYPES of things that you also have full-priced. (if that makes sense.)

I would maybe question 'why is this one more expensive than the one on clearance?' but if it's clear that the clearance items are "last year's items" or something like that, I would understand.

I’d call a clearance basket a “last chance” basket. As in, you have a limited quantity and these items must go, rather than a basket of items no one wanted. And yes, once they are marked down, they stay that way. And if someone was on the fence or buying for a lot of gifts, I’d make her an offer on those last chance items and get rid of them.

I like the idea of a “last chance” basket and if asked, I would say that I will no longer be making that particular style, size, or whatever distinguishes it from your current materials.

I’d like to see what you sell! I made wooden decor & wreaths to sell at craft shows back in the early 90’s. I had a lot of fun doing that.

I would label the basket of merchandise "show special" that way people think it's discounted for the show and not leftovers.

Whatever you decide to do, good luck!

Just put clearance items in different packing or individually priced not a %off or something if your going to have a ‘clearance’ Basket. I can’t tell you how many people try to take a new, hot selling item and slip it in the basket & demand clearance pricing.