The tables that look to be piled with nothing but crap everywhere I don't give a second glance.
Yep~lay it all out so folks can see what you're offering. Always a task to accomplish, but I too walk past a table that I would have to 'dig' through.
I don't quite understand 'niches' as a
storage unit buyer has such wide variety of items. We've never bought a unit that was all one category. And as such we've never had a swap meet run with a 'theme'. I can see a niche as a picker, but that's another show altogether~
We do however (try to) organize everything. Housewares on one table, tools in another area, collectibles have their spot and so on and so forth.
We ALWAYS get a corner space. Yes we pay a bit more, but you've got traffic from two directions plus 'elbow' room. And the added benefit of not having to maneuver the truck when quitting time arrives.
We're actually going to head out tomorrow morning and if we can find a couple spaces together (becoming more difficult as other vendors have found out about our little 'junky' flea market) I'll set up with my antique/retro items. I'm finding the antique fairs aren't proving all that profitable and since we're there anyway........