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We hear it all the time from vendors at their first few events. "It is just a table. I will figure out the display later." That thinking costs real money. And it keeps costing you for as long as you let it. A bare table with products spread across it is not a booth. It is a yard sale. Customers treat it like one too. They pick things up without asking. They lowball you. They walk away without a second look. Meanwhile, the vendor two tables down with a STRUCTURED display and products at eye level is making double the sales with half the inventory. Same con, same foot traffic, same day. The difference is entirely presentation. The "just a table" mindset comes from thinking about display as a cost. It is not a cost. It is a revenue tool. Every dollar you spend on proper presentation comes back multiplied through higher conversion, higher average sale, and fewer wasted table fees. Think about how many table fees you have paid this year. Now think about how many of those events you left thinking "it was a slow day." Some of those slow days were not slow. Your booth was just invisible. A modular display kit turns a table into a booth. Frosted panels, solid connectors, five panels high for eye-level display. Sets up in under 30 minutes, packs flat, and ships from Sydney to 50+ countries. Stop thinking of it as "just a table." Start thinking of it as your storefront. Because that is exactly what it is. Check the full kit range.

Your Table Is Smaller Than You Think We see it constantly. Vendors treat their 180cm table like it has unlimited capacity. Every square centimetre gets filled. And then they wonder why customers glance and keep walking. Here's the uncomfortable truth: most booths have at least three items on the table that aren't earning their spot. They're not selling. They're not drawing eyes. They're just... there. Taking up space that could be breathing room for the pieces that DO work. The Earning Test Every item on your table should pass at least one of these checks: It sells consistently (top 30% of your sales) It draws people in (the piece they photograph, point at, pick up first) It supports a sale (the sticker that pairs with the print someone's already holding) If a piece doesn't do any of those three things, it's furniture. Remove it and watch what happens to the items around it. They become more visible. More touchable. More sellable. Vertical Space Counts Too This isn't just about the table surface. Your vertical display panels are real estate too. A modular display kit gives you 175cm of height. That's five rows of panels. Each row should earn its spot the same way each table item does. We've watched vendors fill all five rows with prints and then wonder why nobody looks above row three. Eyes have a natural scan zone. Put your STRONGEST piece at eye level. Let the rows above and below support it, not compete with it. Less Inventory, More Intention The vendors who sell the most at cons are rarely the ones with the most stuff on display. They're the ones where every piece looks like it was placed with purpose. That's not talent. That's editing. And editing starts with asking one simple question: does this earn its spot? If the answer is no, it goes in the box under the table. Check out the full kit range to find a setup sized for your best work, not all your work.