Vendor Opportunities

Real pop-ups, marketplaces, wholesale platforms, and federal contracting pathways for grandmother-owned brands.

Festival

ESSENCE Festival Marketplace

ESSENCE

Apply for a vendor booth at the nation's largest celebration of Black culture. Marketplace draws hundreds of thousands of attendees.

Annual — July New Orleans, LA

Festival

Afro Nation U.S. Marketplace

Afro Nation

Vendor opportunities at the largest celebration of Afrobeats and African diaspora culture in the U.S.

Annual Various U.S. cities

Wholesale

Federal Contracting for Small Business

U.S. SBA

The U.S. government is the largest customer in the world. SBA's contracting programs help women, minority, and veteran-owned businesses win federal contracts.

Rolling National

Online

Sell on Amazon Handmade

Amazon

Apply to sell handcrafted goods on Amazon's juried handmade marketplace — no monthly fee for approved artisans.

Rolling Virtual

Wholesale

Wholesale on Faire

Faire

Get your products into thousands of independent retailers through Faire's wholesale marketplace. Free to list.

Rolling U.S. + Europe

Online

Shop Black Friday Marketplace

ShopBlackOwned

Get listed in curated Black-owned holiday gift guides and marketplaces that reach hundreds of thousands of conscious shoppers.

Year-round Virtual

Online

Open an Etsy Pattern Site

Etsy

Etsy sellers can expand to a standalone Pattern site for direct-to-customer sales without paying transaction fees.

Rolling Virtual