BECOME A VENDOR

About Our Markets

Our makers markets feature creators who identify as AAPI-owned or women-owned small businesses. It's our mission to amplify the work of our community by creating space and driving demand to help these types of small businesses grow.

Every AKASSA Makers market is more than just a shopping experience. It's a chance for makers to connect with each other and be motivated to continue pursuing their creative passions. Our markets also celebrate the colorful diversity of our cultures while raising awareness and funds for charitable organizations that support the local community.

  • You can see a list of our upcoming events below. As events get added, they will also show up in our application (Airtable form).

    Submitting an application:

    1. Choosing your event: Pricing varies depending on space and location. To see pricing for each event, click on the application and choose the event that you’re interested in. You’ll then be prompted to pick the space type.

    2. Build your vendor profile: in the second part of the application, fill out your vendor information. Give us as much info as possible because this helps us organize and determine which vendors are best fit for each market. Good product photography also helps us market YOU on social media for every upcoming event!

    3. Decide your charity pledge %. What makes our markets unique is our vendor charity pledge for every event. Every market is dedicated to spotlighting a specific charity and our vendors come together to donate a portion of their profits to the chosen charity. The minimum charity pledge is set to 5%, but vendors are welcome to donate more than that amount if they wish.

    4. Submit your application. Once you’ve submitted your application our team will take 5-7 business days to review. Please be patient as we’re a small team and we do our best to get back to each application as fast as we can.

  • Accepted vendors will receive their contracts via email. You will also receive an invoice from Stripe.

    Once contracts and payments have been settled, you’re all set!

  • On top of the flat vendor fees, we require each participating vendor to pledge a minimum of 5% of their event profit to the chosen charity per event. This model is part of our mission to collectively rise up and give back to local charities that are directly supporting the community through services and programs.

    It is our hope that vendors participating in our markets not only want to sell and grow their business, but can find a way to reconnect with the surrounding areas through nonprofits.

Upcoming Events

Tustin | Orange County

FLIGHT at Mess Hall

Saturday, 11/29

Join us for Small Business Saturday and the start of holiday shopping! For this event we’ll be giving back to Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County.

Tabling fee is $80 and vendors are responsible for bringing their own tables and chairs.

11:00AM - 4:00PM

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