Super Seconds Festival is your opportunity to join in with a big online event where over 250 makers all sell their old stock and things that didn’t go right. All of the makers involved sell stuff cheap (usually 50-75% off) and it’s a big supportive community of lots of different types of makers (for example jewellery makers, pottery, painters, people making clothes, etc.).
This year we’ll be opening up a category of up to 25 makers especially for 16-25 year olds. It’s cheaper to take part (only £20!) and you’ll get two extra mentoring sessions from the organisers.
“Super Seconds Festival gave me the opportunity to meet young small business owners like myself and allowed me to expand my network while also promoting my products on an online platform. The sessions were packed with helpful information and tips for small business owners.“
You would need to be keen on selling items you’d made yourself and it’s the perfect practice for having your online own shop up and running. You can see the kind of things that have been sold on this page.
You need to be able to take photos of your items in August/September, add them to a shop and be able to post out your items in early to mid October 2025.
You’ll get really good hands on, real life experience of selling and the organisers of Super Seconds Festival will be there to help you along the way.
“I really enjoyed the experience of Super Seconds, it was really nice to have the opportunity to go to calls and get advice on my business and well as see how everyone else was doing and I always felt supported. I will take what I learnt from the experience with my in the future and I would really recommend it as a great opportunity for others to get involved in“
You can sell samples and experiments or things that didn’t quite go to plan but that you’re still happy to sell at a discounted price!
Lots of makers sell prints, cards, jewellery, pottery, screen printed clothing, original paintings, etc. To see the kind of things people sell in the usual Super Seconds check out the Instagram page.
Remember they are all experienced adult makers who have been doing it for years, don’t worry if your photos don’t look like this yet!
The next Super Seconds Festival will be all online on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th October 2025.
Most of the work is done in the run up in the month before, and you’ll need 1-2 weeks afterwards to send off the items that you’ve sold.
• A photo and link in the catalogue
• Support from experienced makers
• Access to weekly Zoom advice calls
• 2 x extra zoom calls just for SSF Start Ups to help you with pricing, setting up a shop, tips on taking photos, etc.
• Promoted on the Super Seconds Festival Instagram
We’ll be able to help you with working it out – but to give you an idea lots of people sell their samples, old stock and things that didn’t work our perfect at these kind of prices:
A4 Prints – from £5
Earrings – from £5
Handmade Mug – from £12
Super Seconds Festival Start Ups is organised by Sophie from Super Seconds Festival and Abi from Abilu Creations (a jewellery maker and artist from Dorking).
Abi is an art and design teacher in a college and Sophie has worked in schools running workshops around careers for years.
Midnight on 30th May 2025
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