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Virtual trade show

A virtual trade show for your buyers.Beside your physical show.

A virtual trade show on StoreMingle is a dated, online buying show that a distributor runs for its own buyers and vendors. Vendors present from live video booths, and buyers order the show deals, with a quantity for each of their stores, before the show closes. You keep your physical show; the virtual one adds to the year.

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  • Buyers see your name and logo on your show
  • Invite your vendor list and your buyers in bulk; they join through your link
  • Vendors go live from their phone or their usual broadcasting software
  • Show-only deals with a deadline, plus flash deals of up to an hour
  • Buyers order once and set quantities for each store
  • Works in your browser
  1. Approve your vendors
  2. Approve the deals on your floor
  3. Open the show to your buyers
  4. Orders arrive, broken out by store
  5. Results per show and per vendor
The organizer dashboard on a demo show with sample vendors and stores: approve vendors and deals, open the show, then follow the orders and the results per vendor.
Your show year

Keep your yearly floor.Add one or two online shows.

A virtual show does not replace the floor. It gives the buyers who can’t travel a show of their own, and it gives your vendors another dated reason to bring their best deals.

  • Your in-person showThe floor you already run
  • Online showLive booths, a set date
  • Buyers who can’t travelWatch and order live
An example year. You pick the dates.
Show day

What happens on show day.

VendorsPresent from live video booths, from their phone or their usual broadcasting software. Demo on camera, run show deals, and add a flash deal for up to an hour.
BuyersWatch vendors demo live and order on the spot. Order once and set quantities for each of their stores.
Your teamApprove the deals and products that go on your floor, follow the orders on your show, and see results per show and per vendor.
  • One orderA product, 12 cases
  • Split by storeA quantity for each store
  • Arrives as one orderBroken out by store
Order once and set quantities for each of your stores. Each order arrives as one order, broken out by store.
Hybrid

Broadcast your floorto the buyers who can’t come.

Vendors can go live from your show floor to the buyers who couldn’t make it. Remote buyers order the same show deals. See every way distributors use StoreMingle.

  • Live from your floor
  • Buyers who couldn’t make itOrder the same show deals
Vendors go live from your floor to the buyers who couldn’t make it.
Setting up

Vendors, buyers, deals and a date.

  1. 01Request a showOrganizers request a show and get a quote sized to it.
  2. 02Invite your vendorsInvite your vendor list in bulk and approve each one onto the show.
  3. 03Invite your buyersInvite your existing buyers; they join through your link.
  4. 04Set the dateSchedule the show and open it to buyers on the day. It closes on its own at its end date.
Questions

Questions distributors ask.

How does a virtual trade show work?

You set a date and invite your vendors and your buyers. On show day, vendors present from live video booths, and buyers order the show deals, with a quantity for each of their stores, before the show closes.

Does a virtual show replace our physical show?

No. It adds to your show year. Keep your floor and add one or two online shows, or let vendors go live from your show floor to the buyers who couldn't make it.

Do virtual trade shows work?

An online show reaches buyers who can't travel, and its deadline gives them a reason to order on the day. The floor is still better for handling product and for the conversations in the aisles. That is why we suggest running both.

Can buyers order for several stores?

Yes. Order once and set quantities for each of your stores. Each order arrives as one order, broken out by store.

How do vendors present?

From live video booths, from their phone or their usual broadcasting software. They demo products on camera, run show deals, and moderate their own live chat.

Do buyers need an app?

No. StoreMingle works in your browser. StoreMingle is coming to iPhone and Android.