Vendor Benefits
Weekly compensation with the ease of Venmo.
Your rent of $125 pays for the literal space of your rack. Vendors are free to be creative in how they turn their vendor space into their own.
Comprehensive sales reports and feedback from The Op Shop’s experienced staff.
Year-end reports suitable for tax purposes.
Awareness of Rochester’s larger vintage seller community and pricing to ensure The Op Shop is in line with our local competition.
Ongoing feedback and support for vendors from The Op Shop staff to help grow your business.
Our staff maintains The Op Shop’s physical space as well as ensures The Op Shop feels cohesive, organized, on-trend, and safe for our customers. This includes:
Implementing regular cleaning duties, such as: mopping, vacuuming, and maintaining all shop displays and vendor racks.
Our experienced staff also merchandises a wide array of vintage, handmade, and sustainable products to create a welcome community space and shopping experience.
Identifying products on the floor that are designer/coveted/rare/in-style and re-price the product to ensure that the vendor receives the proper price for their piece.
Using over fifty combined years of thrifting and vintage experience, our staff continuously track and anticipate fashion trends and apply this information to The Op Shop’s merchandising, pricing, and online presence.
Maintaining customer trust in The Op Shop’s physical space, online spaces, and products.
Building relationships with customers and providing one-on-one attention and education. We love helping customers find the perfect piece and educating our community on vintage and sustainable fashions!
The Op Shop maintains and builds an online presence through our website, and social media. This online presence includes:
Monthly E-newsletters to our list of 2,000 customers and vendors to share upcoming sales, events, and trends.
Maintaining The Op Shop’s reach of over 8,000+ followers on Instagram, which includes direct customer interaction via direct messages and comments.
Running online campaigns for advertising on social media.
Uplifting individual vendor pages to help the entirety of The Op Shop community build its reach.
Relationships with local colleges to advertise The Op Shop and its vendors.
The Op Shop builds relationships with a variety of businesses, philanthropies, small business owners and the Rochester community.