The Registry is provided upon request, for a fee, to buyers, show and fair organizers, special interest groups, suppliers, etc. Registering with the Craft Marketing Program can provide valuable contact with the craft community and aid in the development of a craft network. Wholesaling generates profit through volume of business. Wholesaling does demand that you be market ready, i.e., having the product and production capabilities to do quantities, a wholesale pricing structure, price lists, brochures and other information, and attend wholesale shows. One of the advantages wholesaling affords for many professional craftspeople is the flexibility it offers for spending more time in the studio and less time attending retail fairs.
Shops tend to re-order, keeping a steady flow of business for the craft producer.
Retail business, however, requires that more time be spent preparing for and traveling to shows and fairs to continually turn over sales. Your work must be reviewed through CMP's jury process. Persons interested in being participants of the Program must be Kentucky residents. Interested persons submit their work to a panel of craft professionals who evaluate the work on technique, originality, and design. The jury session is held once a year, usually in June.