Channel
Trade-show kits
Show booth sample kits and follow-up shortlists that turn corridor chats into launch work.
How it works
How the desk runs this channel
Trade shows waste money when samples dont match a follow-up shortlist. We build kits that become next week's desk work.
Launch-Ready Catalogue, Office, and Outdoor get sample cards with MOQ and lead-time honesty visitors can photograph.
Follow-ups go out on a calendar, not when someone remembers.
Who it’s for
Who usually books this lane
- Teams booking Midrand or Cape Town trade floors.
- Suppliers who want samples to become shortlists.
- Sellers testing a wholesale conversation in person.
Starter suppliers on this path: Launch-Ready Catalogue, Office Supplies Bay, Outdoor & Garden Cell.
SA notes
South African operating notes
SA trade shows still run on printed price honesty and quick WhatsApp follow-ups. Kits support both.
Load-shedding at venues is real. Keep paper MOQ cards and offline PDFs.
Coastal shows need humidity notes on outdoor and pantry samples sitting under lights.
Desk card
Checklist and pack cues
| Sample kit | Booth-ready, labelled |
|---|---|
| MOQ card | Photographable |
| Follow-up calendar | 48h and 7-day |
| Shortlist | Post-show lock |
| Desk review | Rosebank optional |
Before you open the channel
- Read start-narrow-then-scale and trade-show-follow-ups.
- Print MOQ cards.
- Schedule 48h follow-ups before the show.
- Keep offline PDFs.
- Send the shortlist draft to info@ after day one.
Failure modes
Common ways this lane goes wrong
- Handing samples with no reorder path.
- Losing leads because follow-up waited two weeks.
- Showing a price you cant honour next Monday.
- No paper backup when venue Wi-Fi dies.
Read Start narrow, then scale before you scale. Browse projects, stacks, and resources for matrices you can reuse.
Suppliers
Start with these
Starter pack
Launch-Ready Catalogue
A compact range-planning pack for testing product-market fit before scaling.
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Office
Office Supplies Bay
Stationery and small-office supplies for B2B and hybrid-work sellers.
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Outdoor
Outdoor & Garden Cell
Garden tools, braai, and outdoor living suppliers with seasonal stock maps.
Explore →Extra desk note
What we tell sellers in the room
Corridor chats vanish without a 48 hour follow-up. Hand out photographable MOQ cards, keep paper backups when venue Wi-Fi dies, and turn day-one leads into a shortlist before the flight home. The booth is the easy part, follow-up isnt.
If you want that written onto a pack card for your SKUs, email info@dropshippers.co.za and bring the shortlist you already trust.
Next step
Talk to the desk
Email info@dropshippers.co.za with your shortlist notes, or book time at a regional desk.
Talk to the Dropshippers desk
info@dropshippers.co.za · Rosebank Trade Studio