Handicraft Market in Hong Kong

Handicraft Market is a platform for everyone, especially DIY artists, to show or sell their originally artistic works and it is highly encouraged in recent years. Usually, the handicraft markets in Hong Kong are held on weekends and holidays. They can be held in various places such as universities, one example is The Afternoon Market in City University in Hong Kong; Malls, just like the weekend creative market in the mall APM; industrial buildings such as the Wonder Market in Kwun Tong sheung wang industrial building. All these can be one of the venues. To join a handicraft market, the host companies which provide the venue will call for application few months before the market started. Each Handicraft Market will have a specific theme, for instance, the market for different seasons or the markets for different age groups are held. The applicant needs to send some samples of their artistic works and brief introduction of them to the host, after the selections, the host will invite the one who have an ideal style related to their main theme and requirement to join and the application then succeed.

Nowadays, the handicraft industry in Hong Kong is getting more and more attention. Instead of just having an online shop, many artists choose to set up a real shop and join the Handicraft Market. With the increased demand of the Markets, some websites are set up to gather all the big events and markets together, people can now get the information of the market and more places are welcome for the artists to join. Online platform became an important tool to promote the handicraft market in Hong Kong. The following are some example of online platforms:

The development of handicraft market is in the initial stages, it is not as mature as other places such as Taiwan. The handicraft market in Hong Kong facing three main challenges. One of the challenges is the area for holding a handicraft market. Take Taiwan as an example, they can even hold a handicraft market in the park, however, the handicraft market in Hong Kong can be hold in some specific place only. Apart from the limitation of the space, only a few holders can apply for borrowing the area of the handicraft market in Hong Kong. Lastly, to attract both the sellers and buyers to join the handicraft market may also be one of the challenges, as the handicraft market in Hong Kong is not really prevalent, compared to other places.

More handicraft market in Hong Kong is coming very soon. We can see that all types of market is holding and the style of handicraft market in Hong Kong is getting diversified.

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