I had a show on Wednesday that was "open house" format. A friend of mine opened a sweets shop downtown and wanted to earn some free products for her kitchen there. It was 2 hours long. I didn't have high hopes as there was no demo or anything. Basically, people just came in, looked at a catalog, talked for a bit with me, and placed an order. Well, at the end of Wednesday night, she had $550 in orders! That was great! I encouraged her to collect $50 more in orders before Sunday (when I was closing her show) and she called me yesterday with the rest of her orders. She was over $700 in sales be the time it was done! She earned $497.51 worth of merchandise for $124.71!!! She got everything on her wish list and more! She was thrilled.