In the past when I have attended a Trade Show, and mentioned that I sell on sites such as eBay or Amazon, it appeared if you had the plague or just said something very bad, these companies ran a mile. But Trade Shows work, you can meet up with buyers and quite often other sellers. You are able to chat and share ideas and experience.

This year when I attended the Spring Fair at the NEC I found it very different, companies were very open to supplying e-commerce sellers and they were very keen in supplying people who sold on sites such as eBay. Wow what a difference. And as a eBay Consultant I found it interesting that these sales reps and business owners were asking me all about eBay and how it could work in their business model.

This was a very big shift even from last year. So yes Trade Shows Work and they will continue to work for many years to come. At the Trade Show I attended I made some very contacts and have a large list of products that I am looking at selling in the coming months, also I was able to find some products for people who took advantage of my product finding business (This is still avaible, if you are intersted, just drop me a email).

Trade Shows work due to the fact that you can meet the people face to face, you can touch and feel the items, you can talk and make friends. So this year make it a goal to attend at least one Trade Show in your niche.

If you sell on or offline you will need to be able to source new products on an ongoing basis. Yes you can buy from catalogues, and buy from online sites, but you need to attend at least one Trade Show a year. These Trade Shows allow you to meet suppliers face to face and see and touch the items you are thinking of buying. But you do need to know how to Get The Most Out Of Going To A Trade Show, because if you do not approach them in the right way you could loose money and waste a lot of time. The most important thing you need to do is to prepare yourself.

@ Step One – This may sound silly, but people do get this wrong time after time. You need to choose the right Trade Show to attend. There is a Trade Show for every niche out there, and at times you may need to attend shows that are outside of your main niche to find some cool products.

@ Once you have planned which show you are going to attend you need to go online and register for your entry passes. Most Trade Shows are free to attend, but some do charge, but all these details will be on the show website. When you register you will need to fill out some basic details about yourself and your business. This is to check that you are a real business.

@ The next step is to go and get some business cards printed up, you will need these to hand out to the business people you meet at the Trade Show. Buy these as soon as possible in case they take some time to arrive.

@ Once you have registered, you should get access to all the companies who will be at the trade show. These will be on the Trade Show website. Write down all the suppliers you want to meet and note down the stand numbers and the halls they are in. By doing this it will save time when you get to the show.

@ When you get to the Trade Show, try and get there early, have a good pair of shoes on as you will be walking some distance within the show, and wear cool clothing as the show halls can get quite hot.

@ As well as visiting the companies you had planned on seeing, pick up other catalogues and price lists of products you like the look and feel of.

@ One word of warning though, do not buy products just because the companies are offering you special rates. Yes they may sound good, but you need to do extra research at times to check they are selling as well as they say they are.

Above all have fun and as long as you have planned in advance you will have a great time at the show and will see some wonderful new products.

One of the great things about attending a UK Trade Show is the fact that you can view products from all over the world as well as the UK, and very often product suppliers launch new product lines at these UK Trade Shows.

Autumn Fair 2010

UK Trade Show : Autumn Fair International

Venue : NEC Birmingham

Date : 5th – 8th September 2010

Tel : 0870 314 6210

URL : http://www.autumnfair.com

Hope you find this UK Trade Fair useful and it helps you add items to your product range.

Well it is another day and another UK Trade Show you to think about.  Uk Trade Shows are a great place to go and see what companies old and new are offering. It is a time when new products and new product lines are launched. If you have not as yet attended a Uk Trade Show or in fact any Trade Show make it a goal this year to attend at least one.

Uk Trade Show : Exclusively HousewaresDate : 8th – 9th June 2010

Venue : Business Design Centre, London

Phone : 01604 622023

URL : exclusivelyhousewares.co.uk

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Another UK Trade Show for you. This time it is in the very profitable and ever growing area Babies and Nursery items.

Show : Harrogate Nursery Fair 2010

Date : 28th – 30th March

Venue : Harrogate International Centre, Harrogate

Phone : 01902 671 974

URL : http://www.nurseryfair.co.uk

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Well here we are with another UK Trade Show for you in the gift industry market. For this UK Trade Show we are off down to London.

Show : Pure London

Date : 14th – 16th February 2010

Venue : Olympia, London

Phone : 020 7728 3961

URL : http://www.myauctionempires.com

Hope you find this UK Trade Show useful for your business.

So this means we are back with our regular UK Trade Show update. Todays UK Trade Show takes us up to Cumbria and Bowness -on-Windermere.

Date : 10th – 13th January 2010

Show : Cumbrex Trade Fair

Venue : Hydro Hotel, Bowness-On-Windermere, Cumbria

URL : http://www.cumbrex.co.uk

Phone : 01423 359259

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Date : 10 – 13th January 2010

Venue : Harrogate International Centre
Harrogate

URL : http://www.harrogatefair.com

Phone : 01932 240130

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Today’s UK Trade Show is :

East Anglian Gift and Toy Fair
St. Andrew’s and Blackfriar’s Hall
Norwich

Date : 10 – 13th January 2010

01603 890070

url : http://www.eastangliangiftfair.com

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Are you looking for some hot selling, cool products not yet seen in the shops? Well if you are the place to be is the AsiaWorld – Expo in Hong Kong.

The show is the Asia’s largest sourcing event of it’s kind, and covers children from babies up to 14 years of age.

You can source products such as :

• Garments
• Bedding
• Furniture
• Feeding Products
• Footwear
• Fashion wear
• Toy
• Games
• Puzzles
• And much much more

Dates : October 20th – 23rd 2009

Venue : AsiaWorld – Expo, Hong Kong

URL : http://www.chinasourcingfair.com/lafp

Another hot Product Sourcing venue,

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