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Trade Show Displays Buying Guide

The message conveyed by trade show displays can make a huge difference in the success of your business.  Whether you're trying to be subtle or bold, your tradeshow booth needs to make a statement that resonates with the buyers and consumers you're targeting.

Getting a Professional Edge With Trade Show Displays

Table space at a trade show can be very costly, especially for companies on a limited budget.  And if your display is ineffective, your investment will never give you the results you want.  To make your expenditure worthwhile, you need a display that will make your business stand out and capture the attention of potential consumers.

>From basic single-color tradeshow displays to full-color graphics, there are a variety of tradeshow booths that are affordable for just about any budget.  A well-designed booth will give you:

  • An image of distinction: No matter how great your product is, it's the environment projected by your space that draws buyers and consumers to you.  A folding table is easily lost in the bustle of a show, but a great-looking trade show exhibit is a symbol of your dedication to excellence.

  • A captive audience: Once people are paying attention, your pitch and professionalism take center stage. A booth will help eliminate unwanted distractions to keep your consumers' attention focused where you want it.

  • Portability: Trade show booths can fold into their own hard-shell cases, making transportation easy whether you travel by car or plane.

Trade Show Displays Help Maximize Your Investment

A trade show rule of thumb is that a small crowd will always attract a larger crowd.  Consumers will see all the traffic at your booth and want to know what all the fuss is about.  With a relatively small investment in a quality booth, you can make a huge difference in the revenue you generate at a trade show.

Finding A High-Quality Tradeshow Booth For The Right Price

A well-designed booth can give you:

  • An image of distinction: No matter how great your product is, it's the environment projected by your space that draws buyers and consumers to you.  A folding table is easily lost in the bustle of a trade show, but a great-looking booth is a symbol of your dedication to excellence.

  • A captive audience: Once people are paying attention, your pitch and professionalism take center stage.  A booth should help eliminate unwanted distractions to keep your consumers' attention focused where you want it.

  • Portability: Trade show booths can fold into their own hard-shell cases, making transportation easy whether you travel by car or plane.

Table Top Displays

Displays are the often-overlooked spice that makes products sizzle.  The way a product jumps out visually at consumers, rotates on a carousel or even lays on a shelf is often a key factor in the decision to purchase.  Without diverting attention from the products themselves, a properly used, quality display will support and showcase the goods you sell.  Displays can be considered the ultimate role players-constantly striving to support the stars while going virtually unnoticed.

Table top displays are often used at trade shows and offsite retail venues.  Although a table top display won't change the charisma of the person standing behind the table, a good display will add interest and make your table more approachable.

Used Trade Show Exhibits

Table space at a trade show is expensive.  There's no two ways around it.  To make your investment yield positive results, you need to figure out how to attract consumers.  One of the fastest and most effective ways to make sure your product gets noticed is to use a trade show display.

Fortunately, you don't need to make a huge investment in a booth to see a big difference in the revenue you generate at a trade show.  And if you don't want to purchase a new booth, renting a used trade show exhibit can be a smart option as long as you're able to ensure the quality you need.

The best deals on used trade show exhibits tend to be for the more expensive panel system displays.  Popup booths and table top displays can make it much easier for you to make your point.  Ranging from paneled screens to three-dimensional foldouts with shelving space, quality table top displays tend to be fairly inexpensive so renting or purchasing used trade show booth in those form factors are not as cost effective.

Popup Displays

These trade show displays are also known as pop up booths and are designed to easily pop open for set up purposes.  These exhibits are very common in the industry since they are lightweight, quick and convenient to setup, and easily transportable.  The popup displays sold by TradeShowSale can be setup by one person in about 10 minutes.

Typically these trade show exhibits come in 10 foot floor models although the 8 foot and double-sized "sea gull wing" models are becoming more popular.  In addition to floor models pop up displays also come in a tabletop size for shows that have very limited booth space.

These portable displays are normally constructed out of a lightweight aluminum or polycarbonate frame that collapses like an umbrella into a very small space.  Attached to the frame are graphic or fabric panels that form the "skin" of the booth.  The better popup displays tend to have magnetic rails on the panels, making it much easier to align on the frame for a tight, seamless fit.

A 10 foot trade show display -- including the frame, panels, lights and accessories -- all fits into a case roughly the size of a household trash can.  The better cases have wheels attached and depending upon the model may have two smaller cases for easier transport.

Graphic booths, like the Total Graphics package, have extremely high quality printing for the panels and makes for a very impressive exhibit.

Overall pop up displays are very reasonably priced and for many companies they are an indispensible marketing and sales tool.