ACE Women’s Business Center Savannah
is proud to announce:
Makers & Merchants Matchmaking
Businesses must be located in the Savannah Region. Savannah is a tourist destination and everyone visiting wants to take a memento of Savannah home with them!
Let’s get your products into more retail outlets.
If you are a local maker of any type of products, food and beverage, jewelry, pottery, leather goods, wood and metal working, glass making, body care, hair care and any other products not listed, we want you to be a part of this movement!
Here’s why you should participate in Makers & Merchants Matchmaking:
Merchants from downtown Savannah and Pooler area are eagerly anticipating meeting and shopping with local makers who are fully vetted and prepared to offer their merchandise wholesale.
Learn how to price, market and wholesale your products.
Create a wholesale program that you can use to create a new revenue stream and grow your business.
Get your products into more retail outlets.
Generate more revenue!
To participate in the Makers & Merchants Matchmaking Series, all participants are required to have the following:
Employer Identification Number (EIN)
W-9 Form
Phase 1
Workshops to Attend
Participants must complete all workshops and the in-person 1:1 Consultation session to move forward to participate in the main Makers & Merchants Matchmaking event on April 20th, 2023.
You only need to register and attend one of the Introduction to Makers & Merchants Matchmaking event. Simply pick the day that works best for you!
Introduction to Makers & Merchants Matchmaking
Live Online Webinar via Zoom
March 3, 2023 @ 12 pm – 1pm
Cost: Free
Learn the details of the Makers & Merchants Matchmaking event and the steps you will need to take in order to prepare yourself with all the tools you will need to participate in this fantastic opportunity to grow your business.
Introduction to Makers & Merchants Matchmaking 2
Live Online Webinar via Zoom
March 10, 2023 @ 12 pm – 1pm
Cost: Free
Learn the details of the Makers & Merchants Matchmaking event and the steps you will need to take in order to prepare yourself with all the tools you will need to participate in this fantastic opportunity to grow your business.
Introduction to Makers & Merchants Matchmaking 3
Live Online Webinar via Zoom
March 16, 2023 @ 12 pm – 1pm
Cost: Free
Learn the details of the Makers & Merchants Matchmaking event and the steps you will need to take in order to prepare yourself with all the tools you will need to participate in this fantastic opportunity to grow your business.
You only need to register and attend one of the Wholesale & Pricing Workshops. Simply pick the day that works best for you!
Wholesale & Pricing Workshop
In-Person at ACE Women’s Business Center, Savannah Region
(305 Fahm Street, Savannah, GA 31401)
March 19, 2023 @ 1 pm – 3 pm
Cost: $20
Learn important tactics to help you price your product, create sell sheets, and develop wholesale forms and processes to prepare you to present and sell your product to local merchants.
Wholesale & Pricing Workshop
In-Person at ACE Women’s Business Center, Savannah Region
(305 Fahm Street, Savannah, GA 31401)
March 20, 2023 @ 6 pm – 8 pm
Cost: $20
Learn important tactics to help you price your product, create sell sheets, and develop wholesale forms and processes to prepare you to present and sell your product to local merchants.
You only need to register and attend one of the Marketing/Branding/Packaging Workshops. Simply pick the day that works best for you!
Marketing/Branding/Packaging Workshop
In-Person at ACE Women’s Business Center, Savannah Region
(305 Fahm Street, Savannah, GA 31401)
April 2, 2023 @ 1 pm – 3 pm
Cost: $20
Learn how to prepare marketing materials, sales strategies, package design and product development to prepare you to present and sell your product to local merchants.
Marketing/Branding/Packaging Workshop
In-Person at ACE Women’s Business Center, Savannah Region
(305 Fahm Street, Savannah, GA 31401)
April 3, 2023 @ 6 pm – 8 pm
Cost: $20
Learn how to prepare marketing materials, sales strategies, package design and product development to prepare you to present and sell your product to local merchants.
Phase 2
In-Person 1:1 Consultation Session
In order to to participate in an 1:1 Consultation, you must have previously attended the Wholesale & Pricing Workshop, or have an established wholesale program in place with traction.
In-Person 1:1 Consultation Session
In-Person at ACE Women’s Business Center, Savannah Region
(305 Fahm Street, Savannah, GA 31401)
April 4, 2023 – April 6, 2023 & April 11, 2023 – April 13, 2023
Cost: Free
Once clients have attended at least one Wholesale & Pricing Workshop and one Marketing/Branding /Packaging Workshop and have been vetted into the program, clients will receive a link to schedule their in-person 1:1 Consultation Session.
These meetings will serve as mock demos to ensure clients are equipped with wholesale sell sheets, wholesale order forms and marketing materials.
Phase 3
The Main Event
Once you have completed the workshops and individual 1:1 sessions, you can register to attended the Makers & Merchants Matchmaking event. If you do not complete the prerequisites, you are automatically ineligible to attend this event.
Makers & Merchants Matchmaking
In-Person at ACE Women’s Business Center, Savannah Region
(305 Fahm Street, Savannah, GA 31401)
April 20, 2023 @ 3:00 pm- 8:00 pm
Cost: Free
An event for local makers and local merchants to meet in order to do business together. Local merchants are eager to learn about and purchase goods from a talented Savannah maker like yourself. By the time of this event, you will be equipped with a wholesale program that qualifies you and your business to participate. You will make valuable connections, establish your products into more retail outlets and increase your revenue!
We are excited to help give you the tools you need to expand your business and increase your revenue, and we look forward to watching your success at the
Makers & Merchants Matchmaking!