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+HacDC ran [HackersMart, The Hackers Convenience
+Store](http://wiki.hope.net/index.php/HackersMart), during The Last
+HOPE. Designed to be a "one stop shop" for things attendees might need
+and might not be readily available (especially at night), it's a way to
+raise money for HacDC and provide a service to conference goers. In the
+future, Hackersmart will be traveling to other
+[Conferences](Conferences "wikilink").
+
+## Hackersmart Lessons Learned
+
+### Preparation
+
+- Make sure everyone knows how to operate the [cash
+  register](cash_register "wikilink").
+- When members are scheduling their travel to and from the event, have
+  them take into account the time it will take to set up and tear down
+  the Hackersmart, including hauling and loading boxes.
+- Bring only labeled boxes. Keep things sorted as much as possible
+  throughout the event. Confusion leads to lost sales.
+- New customers are like razor-toothed gree worms. They can be
+  succulent, but sometimes they bite back.
+
+### Inventory
+
+- Keep a notepad upon which to record requests. Every time someone asks
+  for something you don't have, even if it seems like an item you'd
+  never consider carrying, write it down. Future business ideas start
+  here.
+- Establish a dedicated separate spot for "employees" to leave their
+  crap so it doesn't get mistaken for inventory. Especially on Sunday as
+  people check out of their rooms, crap piles up.
+
+### Pricing
+
+- Price everything clearly, or mark "make-offer" items as such.
+- Get someone familiar with each item to price it. If there's something
+  unique about an otherwise mundane-looking item, that familiar person
+  should write it down so that, if they're not available when a customer
+  wants to haggle, those who *are* available don't unknowingly let it go
+  too cheap.
+- Giving things away can sometimes be much more profitable than selling
+  them. Handing someone a pair of two-cent LEDs and saying "don't worry
+  about it" usually got a few quarters or sometimes a whole dollar
+  thrown in the tipjar.
+
+[Category:Materiel](Category:Materiel "wikilink")