Rules

Ten rules. Enforced by one guy.

Last updated 12 August 2026

01
Real, in-person markets only

The listing has to point at an actual event vendors can physically attend — a market, fair, festival, flea, bazaar or pop-up with a date and an address. No online-only marketplaces, no dropship storefronts, no directories of other events.

02
One listing per market

One spot per event. Running your market under three fake names to squat the whole top 5 gets all three pulled, refunded once, and then you're out.

03
The link goes where you say it goes

Your link must land on that market's own page or vendor application. No redirect chains, no affiliate wrappers, no pop-up on arrival, no page that asks for a vendor's payment details before it says what the event is.

04
Bids are final

Money's spent the second the bid clears. Somebody outbids you an hour later? That's not a bug, that's the entire premise. You keep whatever rank your bid still holds.

05
Getting outbid never deletes you

You lose the position, never the listing. A $5 bid from launch day is still sitting on this board somewhere.

06
Raising a bid costs the difference

Bid again under the same market name and you pay the gap between your old and new bid, not the full amount twice.

07
Cancelled events come down

If your market is cancelled or postponed, email us and we'll pull or update the listing. Leaving a dead event on the board while vendors apply and pay booth fees is the one thing that gets a permanent ban.

08
No MLM, no vendor-recruitment schemes

Events that exist to sell booths to downline recruits, or that charge vendors for training, leads or territory, aren't markets. Removed without refund.

09
Nothing that puts vendors at risk

No events requiring vendors to pay in cryptocurrency or gift cards, no unpermitted street setups sold as sanctioned markets, no adult or weapons events in general-audience listings.

10
We can refuse anything

Rare, but the call exists. If we pull your listing for a reason not on this list, you get your money back.

Anything not covered here gets decided by one person reading your email. If a call goes against you and you think it was wrong, say so and it gets looked at again. hello@vendoreventsnearme.com