What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Tennessee
Hello:
For 16 years, I have sold items at a local flea market.
The market is owned by the local government.
Our Mayor attempted to take the property the flea market sits on and turn it into mixed use property. Since this time, I have seen the buyer base change and decrease. Many who used to travel to the Market no longer knows that is still open. Likewise the buyer base has changed throughout the years to more tech savvy patrons.
Many of us (vendors) suggested that the market put more emphasis on a marketing campaign to bring our flea market back up in status, and spoke with the woman in the office unofficially. For about a year and a half I talked to others about starting our own campaign. Many were approving of this but I personally did not have the time to devote to the project. Finally I took the time, money, and effort to start a website dedicated solely to the flea market vendors. A place where vendors could upload photos and contact information for the tech savvy buyer to preview before coming to the market, hoping to bring more people out to the market. I build a web page within my website for vendors and have signed about 27 so far since September. Many of the vendors do not own a computer so I take fresh photos monthly and then post ads on social media and was going to start print and radio media in the spring. I posted to Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, and Google+. I’ve paid for adds on Google and Facebook. I charge the vendors $100.00 a year, or $10.00 a month.
In November, the Flea Market Manager decided to start a social media campaign. He/She hired someone to take pictures of items and post to their Facebook page. The Facebook page was not utilized until this time. They opened a twitter account and contacted me on my on Twitter asking that I only post to their “Official” twitter account. They contacted the vendor’s to let them know that for $120.00, they, the Flea Market will do social media for them. I feel this was done out of greed, there are 800 vendors on site.
I have a contractual agreement with my customers to take photos and post to social media for them. If the Flea Market shuts me down, do I have any recourse?
Thank you in advice for your advice.
Hello:
For 16 years, I have sold items at a local flea market.
The market is owned by the local government.
Our Mayor attempted to take the property the flea market sits on and turn it into mixed use property. Since this time, I have seen the buyer base change and decrease. Many who used to travel to the Market no longer knows that is still open. Likewise the buyer base has changed throughout the years to more tech savvy patrons.
Many of us (vendors) suggested that the market put more emphasis on a marketing campaign to bring our flea market back up in status, and spoke with the woman in the office unofficially. For about a year and a half I talked to others about starting our own campaign. Many were approving of this but I personally did not have the time to devote to the project. Finally I took the time, money, and effort to start a website dedicated solely to the flea market vendors. A place where vendors could upload photos and contact information for the tech savvy buyer to preview before coming to the market, hoping to bring more people out to the market. I build a web page within my website for vendors and have signed about 27 so far since September. Many of the vendors do not own a computer so I take fresh photos monthly and then post ads on social media and was going to start print and radio media in the spring. I posted to Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, and Google+. I’ve paid for adds on Google and Facebook. I charge the vendors $100.00 a year, or $10.00 a month.
In November, the Flea Market Manager decided to start a social media campaign. He/She hired someone to take pictures of items and post to their Facebook page. The Facebook page was not utilized until this time. They opened a twitter account and contacted me on my on Twitter asking that I only post to their “Official” twitter account. They contacted the vendor’s to let them know that for $120.00, they, the Flea Market will do social media for them. I feel this was done out of greed, there are 800 vendors on site.
I have a contractual agreement with my customers to take photos and post to social media for them. If the Flea Market shuts me down, do I have any recourse?
Thank you in advice for your advice.
