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Hannah Lally posted a new Topic
Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Gift Shop Best Sellers
Hello! We are in the process of reevaluating our merchandise and gift shop offerings. Our "shop" is small, really just a little display case with back-of-house storage, but we are pretty successfully selling shirts, stickers, etc. We don't have a ton of room for knick-knacks or small toys, but we could likely offer a few. I am also trying to be mindful and sell things that reflect our mission of inspiring curiosity without offering items that just end up feeling like clutter, either...
Shelby Koninckx posted a reply on Re: Light and shadow exhibit
Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Said: How fun! Thanks for sharing!
David Kaczor posted a new Topic
Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Direct Service Delivery Discounts
We’re exploring a partner discount model that supports active service delivery (e.g., social workers, therapists, mentors bringing families as part of a scheduled session), rather than employment-based discounts.
For those of you offering similar access programs: how do you define eligibility, and how do you verify use without creating barriers or awkward front-desk interactions?
Any lessons learned or guardrails you’ve found helpful?...
Jazzmine Harsch posted a reply on Re: Consignment rates for gift shop
Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Said: We currently have the 20 us - 80 them model as well. So I'm interested to see others what others do as well. We don't sell any artwork specific, just "toys".
Consignment rates for gift shop
Hello. We have a gift shop within our nature center and have some items sold with consignment artists. We are doing some research to see how much other organizations are doing the ratio of the sales split. Currently we are doing about 20% for the nature center and 80% to the artist/vendor but discussed moving it increasing the revenue to 40% to the nature center since we need to augment staff time, gift shop space, and other sale options. What are your consignment percentage rates for gi...
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