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Renaldas Gražys, one of the creators of the craftson.lt (or kaziukomuge.lt) platform, which began operating this week and was unofficially named Kaziukas fair, says that due to the great interest it was even necessary to increase the resources of the systems. .
“We planned that the volume would be 50 stores, after 20-30 works, around 1,5 thousand. In total. However, when it turned out that the fair would not take place, a great flow came,” said R. Gražys to BNS.
“To date, 250 people have opened their store, the system has brought about almost 6 thousand people. Products. There was a large influx on Thursday, the servers could not support it, I had to respond quickly and increase resources. We see that there is still around out of 50 new registrations, ”he said.
According to R. Gražis, the creators of the platform sought to provide people with information on how to trade online.
“Even those people who thought they were completely lacking in computer skills learned to understand the situation. Many older creators, representatives of the national heritage were helped by children and grandchildren, they manage them e. stores, ”said R. Gražys.
One of the initiators of the craftson.lt platform emphasized that it is basically not a Kaziukas fair as the platform will run all year round, but the Kaziukas fair weekend has been symbolically chosen to start.
“Everything disappointed with the communication that the name of the Kaziukas fair was placed. But in principle, this is a long-term project, which will not be limited to this weekend and the artisans will be able to place their products there on a regular basis, “he said.
He received most of his income during the fair
However, several traders interviewed by BNS regretted that the Kaziukas fair did not take place and claimed that the income from the fair represented a large part of the family’s income.
Jeronimas Mikolauskas from Ukmergė, which makes wooden cookware, said this year it began to consider whether or not to close the workshop. According to him, in the past, during trade shows, it was enough to keep a house, two cars and e. disappointed trade.
“It just came to our attention then. Until you touch it, you don’t buy it, and you buy it several times cheaper in old, highs,” he told BNS.
The owners of the Medžio kvapas company, which had been selling spoons, spatulas and other wooden products at the Kaziukas fair in Vilnius for several years, did not hide that they could not produce much for virtual trade because they could not trade at the fair. because they were not expecting it, and they offered their products on Facebook.
At the time, Giedrius Mačiuitis from Plungė, who had been attending the Vilnius and Kaunas Kaziukas fairs since 2007, stated e. satisfied trade.
“We thought it would be worse, but we sold similarly on the first day, as we did at the Vilnius fair. This is quite normal, “G. Mačiuitis told BNS.
However, he emphasized that trade is stalling a bit as it has to compete with cheaper Polish and Chinese products.
Danguolė Semeneškienė, who exchanged verbs with her family at the Kaziukas fair for eleven years, told BNS that she had not registered on the craftson.lt platform, as her daughters had not returned from abroad and she was having more difficulties with the technology of the information than with the creation. verbs.
According to her, the pandemic fundamentally changed plans: The woman did not tie verbs specifically for this year’s Kaziukas fair.
“Throughout the year I thought I planned to have at least a couple hundred verbs for the Kaziukas fair. The man traded, I, the children. And we took him to Klaipeda. Last year we managed to sell it all. Only part of it already , in advertising portals. This year they also helped the trade. Since October for 1.5-2 thousand. I sold euros, especially abroad. I invested a lot in shipping because they need to be well packaged so they do not break. I did not receive an influx of local buyers, “said the verb binder.
According to D. Semeneškienė, this is hard and unprofitable work, because they are brought from China.
“People who buy this type of product in a virtual store are disappointed, they do not buy a second time, sales are decreasing. And how to prove that you are a pine tree yourself, not a Chinese reseller”, lamented the artisan.
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