The Hastings Etsy Team is holding virtual markets to showcase the work of talented designers and makers from Hastings and the surrounding areas. On the day of each market, we will feature ‘stall holders’ on both Instagram stories and Facebook, alongside an album of images and links, which will be shared on Facebook and our event page. The customer will follow the links to the seller’s Facebook, Instagram or Etsy to make their purchases.

Any special discounts and deals will be revealed in the lead-up marketing and/or on the day, when we will reveal them on our IG and FB stories.

Some of our makers will be sharing videos on their stories and lives on the day and in the lead up so customers can get to know a little bit more about them, how they work and their products. Chatting to our customers, showing them our products and being able to answer questions is something many of us love and a huge benefit of selling in person. Obviously we can't do that at the moment but we want to use the benefits of social media to be able to connect with our customers until we can again in real life. So do look out for our sellers posts and feel free to ask them questions via their social media accounts.