This guide is for hand-thrown pottery makers in Oakland, California — studio note 407. Practical Doshe.Store advice for makers who want to open a shop on Doshe without paying listing fees.
Selling at a Oakland market and on Doshe Handmade are partners, not rivals. Booth conversations become online orders; online fans visit your table when you post fair dates.
What to bring online after a fair
List the hand-thrown pottery pieces that sold out fastest—take preorders with realistic the wheel and kiln windows.
What fairs do better
Collect social handles only if you will use them respectfully. One launch note per new batch is enough.
Use Doshe.Store to open a shop on Doshe without paying listing fees between weekends under the tent.