Questions about how it works?

VendorsMap is a map-first vendor community that helps artisan vendors, farmers, food producers, crafters, and food truck operators find places to sell. It lists 13,000+ farmers markets, craft fairs, festivals, and pop-up events across all 50 US states plus Washington DC and every Canadian province and territory, along with 700+ vendor-based stores that accept handmade goods.

Browsing events and contacting organizers is free for anyone with a VendorsMap account. Membership is $45 per year and adds the Scam Protection Promise (up to $500 per claim, $1,000 per year if an event you paid for turns out to be a scam), the weekly Application Library digest of newly matching events with AI-drafted starter answers, and first-access alerts (members are emailed the moment a new market is approved; free accounts get the same alert about a day later). Membership is a tax-deductible business expense for self-employed vendors. Event organizers can list events for free and collect booth payments through Stripe Connect, with a small platform fee only on payments collected online.

You can cancel anytime from your dashboard in two clicks and your membership simply runs out at the end of the period you paid for. We charge to keep the platform running, not to lock people in to something they don't use.

Two ways. The fastest is to log in, go to your dashboard Settings, and click Manage Membership. That opens the Stripe billing portal where you can cancel in two clicks. Cancelling stops the next renewal but you keep full access through the end of your paid year. You can also email james@vendorsmap.com and we will cancel for you.

All 50 US states plus Washington DC, and every Canadian province and territory. US coverage is deepest in California, New York, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Ohio, Georgia, and North Carolina; Canadian coverage is strongest in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta, and the Atlantic provinces. Every state and province has events listed and more are added every week.

VendorsMap is operated by VendorsMap LLC, a Connecticut limited liability company. It started as a New England farmers market and craft fair directory and expanded across the US and Canada based on demand from vendors.

Open the interactive map at vendorsmap.com/map, allow location access or enter a zip code, and browse the pins near you. You can filter by event type (farmers market, craft fair, festival, pop-up), date range, fee, and whether food trucks are welcome. Click any pin to see full event details, deadlines, and how to apply.

Some events let you apply directly on VendorsMap with a single application profile. The Apply Here badge on the map indicates this. For events that use their own application system, VendorsMap links out to the organizer's application page. Either way, browsing and finding events is free.

No. Anyone can browse the map, search events, and see event details without signing up. You only need a free account if you want to save events, get notified when new events appear in your area, or apply to events that use the platform's built-in application system.

Yes. VendorsMap has dedicated support for food trucks. You can filter the map to show only events that welcome food trucks, and events can list how many food truck slots are available.

Create a free vendor account and set your home location. VendorsMap sends plain-text email alerts when new events matching your location and interests are approved on the platform. Members are emailed the moment an event is approved; free accounts get the same alert about a day later.

Yes. VendorsMap has a directory of 700+ vendor-based stores that accept handmade goods, searchable by state, type, and business model. Each store page explains how the store operates (consignment, wholesale, rental space) and how to pitch them.

Create a free organizer account, submit your event details, and VendorsMap will verify and publish it. You can manage vendor applications, message vendors, and accept booth payments through a single dashboard. Listing events and collecting applications is free, and a small platform fee applies only on booth payments processed through Stripe Connect.

Every event submission is reviewed by the VendorsMap team before it goes live. Submissions without a verifiable organizer, address, or event date are rejected. See the Trust and Safety page for the full policy on fraud prevention.

Yes. Organizers connect a Stripe account and collect booth payments directly through the platform when they approve vendor applications. Stripe's standard card processing fee comes out of each payment, VendorsMap keeps 2% of what remains, and the rest is yours to withdraw to your bank whenever you like. For events hosted on VendorsMap, booth fees are processed through the platform, which keeps them tracked and directly refundable. Payments made outside the platform cannot be refunded by VendorsMap directly, though Members are still covered by the Scam Protection Promise (up to $500 per claim) for fraudulent events found on VendorsMap, regardless of payment method.

Browsing the map and applying to events on VendorsMap is free, with no per-application fees; the $45/yr Membership is optional and adds Scam Protection, organizer contact info, and AI tools. Eventeny is primarily an organizer-side event management tool and the events listed on it often charge vendors per-application fees set by each organizer. VendorsMap is map-first and covers every event type (farmers markets, craft fairs, festivals, pop-ups) regardless of which platform the organizer uses internally. See the full comparison at vendorsmap.com/compare/eventeny.

Zapplication focuses on juried art and craft shows and charges per-application fees, typically 5 to 50 dollars per application. On VendorsMap, browsing and applying are free with no per-application fees; the optional $45/yr Membership adds Scam Protection and AI tools. VendorsMap covers all event categories and presents events on an interactive map rather than a text-based directory. A vendor applying to even three or four juried shows a year on ZAPP would already spend more in application fees than a full year of VendorsMap Membership. See the full comparison at vendorsmap.com/compare/zapplication.

Browsing the map and applying to events on VendorsMap is free. FestivalNet puts its core listings behind a paid membership; VendorsMap's $45/yr Membership is optional and only adds Scam Protection, organizer contact info, and AI tools. VendorsMap also uses an interactive map instead of a paginated directory, covers farmers markets and vendor-based stores in addition to festivals, and reimburses up to $500 per incident if a listed event turns out to be a scam. See the full comparison at vendorsmap.com/compare/festivalnet.

Browsing events on VendorsMap is free for any signed-up vendor. Membership at $45 per year adds the Application Library with AI-drafted starter answers, the weekly digest of newly matching events, first-access alerts (a full day before free accounts), and the Scam Protection guarantee (up to $500 per claim, $1,000 per year). Membership is a tax-deductible business expense for self-employed vendors. Event organizers can list events for free and collect booth payments through Stripe Connect, with a small platform fee only on payments collected online.

VendorsMap Membership at $45 per year for vendors is the primary revenue. We charge a small platform fee on booth payments organizers process through Stripe Connect, and we offer paid promotion tiers for organizers who want featured map placement and email blast inclusion. We do not run third-party ads and do not sell vendor data.

No. VendorsMap does not sell vendor contact information. See the Privacy Policy at vendorsmap.com/privacy for details on what data is collected and how it is used.