We are going to use a company called Fun Services. We used them for our Christmas shop and it was extremely organized. We have had redemption centers in the past and we purchased items from wholesale vendors but you will spend alot of money and the hard thing wil be knowing how much of each item and what age group will want that particular item. When using the professional groups they bring everything and you only pay for what you use. This saves alot of money and you won't be stuck with all of the items that the kids didn't want. In our case space is a huge factor every year in that we have none and where can we store the leftovers each year? Try using a company like Fun Services. You won't be sorry.

Hi,

We have never done a general store, but we have had a prize redemption center and our holiday shop we do the same way.

We only put 1 of each item on the tables. The rest are stored either under the table or behind. We tape it down and have a sticker for the price.

I know it's not the same thing, but I hope it helps.

Michelle

We are doing this for the first time this year. We actually got a local buisness to sponsor the store so there is no out of pocket cost to the ptso.

I'm going to bump this up one more time....if you have any suggestions on this topic I'd love to hear them. Also - even if you haven't done this yourself...what type of selection / amount of items do you think we'd need to have on hand?

Thanks!
Dawn

Still looking for any ideas or input from those who have done this?

Anyone done this before?