taxonomy

Welcome to ‘Suppliers to Vendors’.

 Post about goods and services for vendors.   Posters are likely to be suppliers who sell goods or services for vendors or vendors looking for goods or services.   

These could include goods such as produce, merchandise of various types, ingredients for prepared foods, portable cooking equipment, materials for crafts, tables, carts, tents, cell phones, customized vehicles, and heaters; and services such as accountants, attorneys, auctions houses, appraisers, sign makers, moving and delivery services, banks, and internet and web page providers.

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If you are a supplier to markets themselves or a market looking for goods or services, please post in the Forum: Suppliers to Markets.  

Welcome to ‘Suppliers to Markets’.

Post about goods and services for markets.   Posters are likely to be suppliers who sell goods or services for markets or markets looking for goods or services. 

These could include goods such as tents, booths and sheds, heaters, communication devices, and prepared food; and services such as planning consultants, attorneys, real estate consultants, sociologists, economists, entertainers, photographers, general contractors, security services, and garbage services.   

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 If you are a supplier to vendors or a vendor looking for goods or services, please post in the Forum: Suppliers to Vendors.  

Welcome to ‘Shopping Advice’.

Provide and seek ideas and help for shoppers at markets to find cool stuff and get good deals. 

Welcome to ‘Selling Advice’.

Provide and seek ideas and help to improve sales.

Welcome to ‘Research on Markets’.

 Discuss ideas, theories, hypotheses, and sources of data related to markets.   Post questions about your research, announce research results, present abstracts, and provide info on how to get a copy of research reports, articles, or books.    

Also reply here to research queries.

Welcome to ‘Requests for Information’.

 Request information here.   Requests are likely to include such questions as how markets work in your locality, good places to shop or eat, good markets to sell at,  what items are hot sellers, directions to get to a market, market rules and regulations, and how to become a vendor.   

Also reply here to people looking for information.

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 If your requests are related to formal academic or policy research also post in the Forum, ‘Research on Markets.’

Welcome to ‘Public Policy’.

 Engage in discussion about public policy affecting markets.   This can include making arguments for more regulation, or less regulation, or just different regulation; and issues related to subsidies, community development, poverty alleviation, economic development, real estate development, public safety, cultural preservation, and taxes.  

Welcome to ‘News About Markets’.

 Post news about markets. We want to learn what is happening to markets and about markets.  The news may be good, bad, or neutral.     

Welcome to ‘Markets in Trouble’.   

 Please tell us about markets that are in danger of closing or being run drastically different that would harm either vendors, shoppers, or the wider community.    We want to know what the troubles are and details about who to contact to provide help and ideas.  

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We encourage advocates for particular markets to become intermediaries for those without Internet access and become an OPERNAIR Editor so they can create a web-node (like a webpage) for that market and receive Email for that market.

Welcome to ‘Market Management’.

This forum is about ideas, problems, advice, and resources related to managing markets.