A craft fair can look like a great opportunity. The organizer has thousands of followers. The event is advertised as “high traffic.” The vendor spots are filling quickly. Maybe last year’s photos show a packed venue with rows of beautiful booths. So you book your space. Then, after the market is over, you do the math. And suddenly that $75 booth fee wasn’t really $75. There was gas. Parking. Food. Maybe a hotel. Payment-processing fees. Packaging. The cost of the products you sold. And, of course, there was all the time you spent making the products, preparing for the event,

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