Tax questions make most makers uncomfortable, so they either ignore them entirely or overcomplicate them. The rules around HST for small Canadian businesses are actually straightforward once you understand the threshold and what triggers registration
Farmers markets have a different culture, application process, and customer base than craft markets, and many product-based entrepreneurs conflate the two. Understanding how farmers markets work in Toronto, which ones accept non-food vendors, and how
Selling wholesale means selling your products in bulk to a retailer, who then marks them up and sells them to customers. It sounds like a volume win, but if your pricing isn't structured correctly from the start, wholesale orders will cost you money
Most craft market vendors know they should be tracking their expenses. Far fewer actually do it consistently, and the ones who don't pay for it at tax time, either in stress, missed deductions, or a rushed scramble to reconstruct months of receipts.
The official market calendar is only part of the picture. Toronto's pop-up market scene, short-run events, brand collabs, and community markets, is active year-round and represents some of the best opportunities for new vendors to get in front of cus
Getting into your first Toronto craft market is harder than most first-time vendors expect. Not because the products aren't ready, but because the application process requires a different kind of preparation than making the product itself. Here's a s
