How to Create Successful Banner Designs for a Market Stall — Made Easy

Written by Yara Hartkoorn

There are two reasons to have a banner on a market stall. The first and most important reason is to let customers know what you are selling and the second is to identify your brand. Getting your banner design right is essential to ensure success at your market stall.

There are many things to consider when designing a banner for a market stall, from its size, the message, legible fonts, effective colours and ultimately how to attract the most attention for your stall. Why have a banner? They allow you to advertise your wares above the heads of the crowds and get your stall to stand out.

You will get used to your banner being an essential part of your stall set-up. Your banner will be the no. 2 item on your REMEMBER TO TAKE to the market checklist, after your table cloth! Forgetting to take your banner with you to a market will make your stall look incomplete and undressed. You will feel discombobulated. Seriously, your banner is the essential final touch to your stall. If you don’t have it new customers will not know what you are selling and you will get fewer sales. It’s like having a shop without a name.

Size

Banners for markets stalls are usually either long and shallow (e.g. 120cm x 40cm) or…