If you are experiencing poverty, homelessness, or living on a low fixed income, and you want to earn some money with a job that gives you flexibility, come to our vendor training to learn more. If you know of someone interested in joining a community and learning skills send them our way!
Our Vendor Program offers:
- Training
- Mentorship
- Branded gear
- Skills-building workshops
- Opportunities for creative self-expression
- Community engagement
- Team-building activities.
New vendor orientation is held at our Vendor Hub every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:00pm (please arrive 5-10 minutes early).
For more information:
- Visit our Vendor Hub at 312 Main Street, ground floor (East Cordova Street entrance)
- Email devon@megaphonemagazine.com
- Call 604-255-9701 ext. 137
No personal identification is required to become a vendor. At a new vendor orientation, you will be set up with everything you need to get started:
- Vendor ID badge
- Branded Vendor gear
- License to sell Megaphone products in Vancouver
- Product to get you started
- Three paid mentorship sessions with a veteran vendor (see below)
Vendors buy Megaphone products at wholesale prices at our Vendor Hub to sell on the streets of Vancouver at pre-determined prices, keeping the profits and tips.
- Megaphone magazine: Vendors buy for 75 cents and sell for 2+
- Voices of the Street anthology: Vendors buy for $5 and sell for $15
- Hope in Shadows calendar: Vendors buy for $10 and sell for $20
Vendor Mentorship Program
New vendors are offered an opportunity to participate in our Vendor Mentorship Program. Three 2-hour personalized mentorship sessions are available with some of Megaphone’s most experienced vendors. Together, mentors and mentees travel to a location in Metro Vancouver to talk about good sales techniques and practice engaging and selling to the public. We also host monthly skills-building workshops. Both mentors and mentees are paid for sessions and workshops. Ask us for more information!
