Behind Ally's Place: The Reality of Small Business

Our very first 702 Chisme vendor interview is here 🎙️✨

This episode, we sit down with Joanne Lozano, owner of Allys Place — a local small business known for the cutest dog clothing and accessories 🐾

From the story behind her business name to the real highs and lows of being a small business owner, Joanne gives us an honest, raw, and uncut look into the person behind the brand.

This conversation goes deeper than business. We talk passion, growth, and what it truly takes to keep showing up behind the scenes.

Real conversations. Real people. Real chisme. ♡

Transcript

SPEAKER_02 0:42

Hi guys, it's Seven O Two Cheese Man with Sabrina and Samantha. Today we do have a special guest. Um, do you want to introduce yourself? Yeah, it's Joe from Allie's Place. And today we're gonna just ask some fun questions, get like behind the scenes of being a vendor, small business, and also a vendor with us. Let's just like jump right into it. I think the first question that's like the big question is uh when did you start your business?

SPEAKER_01 1:12

So Allie's Place uh was established in 2023. My parents uh had started it first because I would always dress up my dog Allie. And then they decided to retire and they were like, um, do you want it? Like, we'll sell you the whole business, all the products. It's named after your dog. And I was like, okay. And so I took all of the people things except for like matching stuff that they could have with their pets, and I just kind of made it completely pets, you know, because they sold both. They both like they sold activewear for women and then pet stuff. And then I was like, no, I'm gonna take the active wear out and just do matching stuff with their pets and then pet clothes.

SPEAKER_03 1:54

So you started in 2023, you said. When was your first pop-up?

SPEAKER_01 1:59

My first pop-up, I wanna say, was in 2024. And I want to say my first one was with you guys in Arizona Charlies. Was it really? Yeah, yeah. And I met a lot of people at that event. I actually am still friends with uh a lot of the vendors that like were there. They're just not vendors anymore, but I'm still really close to a lot of like bakers, obviously, you know? And they said that's where they started. And after they did that Arizona Charlie, they had did you guys for a very long time until they built such a huge audience that they couldn't even do pop-ups anymore.

SPEAKER_02 2:37

That's amazing to hear. Yeah, we love hearing that. Did you have a storefront? I remember you saying you had one.

SPEAKER_01 2:44

There was one in El Mercado, like at the Boulevard.

unknown 2:48

Oh.

SPEAKER_01 2:48

Yeah. But um we just realized that doing the pop-ups, it was more exposure than actually having a storefront. So we close the storefront and then we just do the pop-ups and then online and we like, you know, and then we obviously have to do the 702 because that's one of our most popular ones.

SPEAKER_03 3:09

So, what would you say would be the difference that you've seen in your business since 2023 to now? What's like huge changes you've made or you've seen um growing along with your business?

SPEAKER_01 3:22

Um my following as far as like pet clothes. I've become friends with people in California because of it, Arizona, um Mexico. Like I have friends in Mexico now, like that I go to and they're like helping us. And um I think just as much promotion that you guys actually do for our businesses, like helps us so much. You know what I mean? Like, I get reached out to by like um other pet foundations here because they follow you guys on your guys' markets, you know, like at the 702. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 4:01

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 4:02

So it helps a lot.

SPEAKER_02 4:04

That's I'm we really like hearing that. It's glad that we're actually like helping people. That's what we wanted to do from the beginning. I don't know if you've heard our previous podcast, kind of like how we started, but our goal has always been to support and uplift small businesses. So hearing that you guys are getting more opportunities from a market you're joining from us, it means a lot to us. It does. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 4:28

But have you? Yeah, and a lot of people do actually, because like uh I speak to a lot of the vendors that do like the 702s and are part of the 702 group and stuff. And like I talk to them and they're like, I will never skip it. I don't care what other event they're offering me. I'm going to the 702. And I'm like, I'm like, let me just tell you, they're growing and growing. I said, because when they started, it was a very small market in Arizona Charlies. I said, and then all of a sudden they were like, I had to take the summer off because I got really sick. And then I came back when you guys were at the Fantastic, you know? And then I was like, and now look, you guys are closing down roads, you guys are about to go on this trip, you know what I mean? Like, I told them, if you guys really want to grow, like the girls are there to help. Like when you guys give pushback because they like say, like, oh, we can't do this. They're not doing it because they're trying to pick on you. They're doing it because they have rules. Like, it's not always, oh, they're just making up their own rules. That's not how events work, you know. Like I tell them, um, they have to abide by so many roles. And guess what? New roles get affected through them. So they have to translate it to us. I said, so the more you guys just agree and accept the rules and be like, oh, okay, well, we're gonna have to change that. I was like, the easier it becomes for you.

SPEAKER_02 5:48

Yes. Thank you for explaining. As I feel like a lot of vendors don't understand where we're coming from most of the time. They just think that we're just really strict or we're we like being strict. But I like that you're able to see the behind the scenes and why we've become this way, you know?

SPEAKER_01 6:07

Yeah. Yeah. And like I talk to your mom and your dad a lot too, you know, and then they're just like, you know, they know that you guys don't want to come off looking bad to everybody. But um, vendors are gonna understand, you know, like as their business starts growing, and like I told you, like I have now friends that are vendors that do it to this day, and they're like, I won't, I won't like do another vendor on their vendor days, you know. Like now they're understanding. And then I'm like, yeah, because if you look at um, I was like, I do plenty of events, I said, but they really want to help promote, but they need our help as well. I said, and the more promotion, the more business you're gonna get. Um I said, they have a huge following for a reason. They have a huge uh following on social media and presence. I said, for a reason. They're not little girls. I go, they look really young, but they're adults. I said they're not 18. They are adults and you get to respect them as adults, you know? Thanks. I was like, just because we're older, I said, just because we're older does not mean that we can't respect them. Like that's not how that works. Thank you.

SPEAKER_05 7:10

I really appreciate that.

SPEAKER_03 7:14

I get it. Trust me, I get it. That's what, like Sabrina was saying, it's very hard because certain vendors have that mentality like you. And then there's those other vendors who are like, well, you're just being too strict. Well, I'm just gonna give attitude. Well, I'm not gonna help promote. So it's hard finding those vendors like you who can help us, who will help us, and who have seen the growth and seen how we do have the rules for certain reasons. And yeah, it's not many vendors we can find like too.

SPEAKER_02 7:46

I think that we have a small, a very small batch of vendors that promote, that listen to us, that don't argue, give attitude. You're one of them, of course. But I think you've seen too the people who constantly promote out of it's crazy, out of like 90, 80 plus vendors. So it makes you think, what are they not listening? Are they ignoring our group tags? Like, what's going on? We try our best to communicate everything, but it can only go so far, I think. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So we can't really do that.

SPEAKER_06 8:18

I agree.

SPEAKER_01 8:19

But what you're you're always gonna get those like certain amounts, right? That feel like they're owed something instead of like, no, if you started a business, nobody owes you anything. You owe that to yourself. And if you're giving them the platform, right? And they're choosing not to be like, oh my god, they have you know 50,000 followers. So they should just promote me because that's good enough. That's not you gotta promote yourself for your own business. Like you that's why you started making things, or it's never gonna work.

SPEAKER_02 8:53

And that's actually something we've heard before, too. So thank you. You really understand us on a like a deeper level.

SPEAKER_03 9:02

But for you, because markets is a big thing, what are your red flags and green flags for a market?

SPEAKER_01 9:10

So um my green flags are if I followed um, like I follow a lot of promoters, right? And to see how much they'll put in to not just themselves, because obviously you guys have to promote yourselves. It's it's still a business at the end of the day, right? But how much they're willing to put in for their vendors and vice versa, right? So if I see all of these small businesses promoting this one vendor, but then I go on the vendors page and the only person they're promoting is themselves because they have their own, let's say, pop-up in their market, right? So they have the licensing to do the market, but then they also have like a small business in there, and the only person they're promoting, that is such a red flag for me because that means you don't care about the other vendors that are coming, right? They're just giving you money and to you, that's just like a double income. Like that's it. I'm getting my money from you guys, and then I'm gonna make my money because my business is like booming. Like I'm promoting it left and right, um, letting everybody know. Like to me, that is a big red flag.

SPEAKER_06 10:13

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 10:14

And then another red flag is um when they say, Oh, we're guaranteeing you 600 people, right? And then you look at their post, and their post has like 20 likes. Like, how are you getting 600 people, but only 20 people have seen your promotion? You know, that's a big red flag. And um, a green flag is something like what you guys do, right? Like you guys, like I said, you guys have to promote 702, but you guys also promote us that are coming. You guys are trying to give us the tools like this is what we've researched, this is what I've learned. Um, if you guys do your displays this way, it brings and draws in more attention. Um, where you guys like do the giveaways. I've also done um, well, I've done like dog events, like complete dog events, you know, where they're like promoting and promoting and promoting. And then they'll be like, We really love your little store. Can you please come back this year, right? And I'll be like, okay. And then I love it because then I see all of these dogs everywhere. So it's it's how much like love and support that the actual event person puts into their event. Meaning, like um, when they're promoting, they're trying to show, like, we're trying to be diverse and we're trying to bring in all of these different groups. Like, we're gonna bring in bakers and we're gonna bring in people that make candles, and we're gonna try our best to accommodate like a lot of vendors in the space that we have. To me, that's such a green flag because you're promoting everybody, you know, and that is such a green flag. But there are a lot, a lot of event people that take from a lot of small businesses. I was in a a chat and it's like vendors of Las Vegas or something. And there was a lady asking about an event, and I'd done the event, and I told her my honest opinion. I said, it could be different for you. She's like, it's because I just started and she's like, in the fees a little bit high. And I said, well, I said, um, it's catered more towards what I sell, I said, which is pet apparel. I said, and I'm not going back. So I was like, I don't know if that helps you. I was like, and that's their supposedly their event is promoted towards animals. I said, so if I'm not going back, where that's what my niche is, right? That's what I sell, that's what my store is. Yeah. And that's not, you don't sell anything like that, then you're probably gonna just give them money and you're gonna walk away losing versus making. And I started to do that. I started to track events. Like I would just join events, join events, and then on the calendar, you know, how much my fee was and how much I walked away making. And then that's where I'd be like, no, I can't go back there because you guys aren't promoting your guys' business the way you should. Like, I can't promote it for you. Like I'm promoting and I'm tagging you and I'm letting you know that I'm letting people know. But if you're not even gonna like push your own agenda, like it's not gonna work. So that's why I I'm very strict now from where I was at the beginning to now, I'm very strict where we are gonna do a pop-up.

SPEAKER_02 13:36

So you've learned basically. You've learned what to watch out for, what to keep an eye out for. So giving advice to another small business that just started, what advice would you give them when joining markets?

SPEAKER_01 13:50

I would go to markets that you see so many vendors are fighting to get into. And the reason is because if all of these vendors are applying, like, you know, that's telling you there's a reason why they're fighting for that spot. Right. Uh, versus if they're like, oh, we're still looking for vendors and it's like two days before the event. Yeah, telling you something else. Like, stay away from that. You know, they're just trying to fill spots at this point to make money for themselves. They're not, because how are you supposed to promote your business in two days? How are you supposed to get the foot traffic for yourself for two days, you know? So I would say that, like, really pay attention. And and they can, because I mean, um, you can search up Las Vegas events, you can search up all these things, and it'll show you and it's gonna show you sold out, start looking at their social media, you know, going through their stories, going through their posts, their reels. And that's gonna show you if it's even worth investing. Because if not, I mean, then you're losing money, you're not making money at that point.

SPEAKER_03 14:56

So as a vendor, do you guys look at because we're we we're vendors, we're not really out there anymore. We're focused more on the market and everything. But as a vendor, do you guys look at likes? Is likes a huge thing? Like how many likes are on a reel, how many likes are on a flyer? Is that like eye catch you guys?

SPEAKER_01 15:18

I think more is like the how many people tag you. Like um, because not only do you like share our promotions, right? But like everybody that goes to your markets, right? And they're like, oh my god, I came to this market, you guys have to check it out, and they're like recording and they're taking pictures and they're posting and they're tagging you guys, and you guys that is actually more important than seeing somebody's likes. Because I'm sorry to say it, like you can buy likes. You know what I mean? Like if you think about it, that's how a lot of people get their numbers up is you buy likes, but you can't buy people promoting you for free.

SPEAKER_06 15:57

That is everybody tags you guys.

SPEAKER_01 16:00

So I mean, like, that's free promotion right there for you guys. You know what I mean? Like these are people that are like, yeah, we love this event, we're coming back, we love the music, we love the vibe, we love the energy, we love the vendors. Like that right there, you can't buy.

SPEAKER_02 16:14

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_01 16:15

And we've actually got to look at it.

SPEAKER_02 16:17

We have reached out to um influencers to come check us out. But I remember in the beginning, my dad was shooting emails left and right to uh these big influencers, but they're charging us. How much were they charging? They were charging over like $400, $600. So to us, it's like, okay, why are you charging us to give like this is your natural opinion? This is we want it to be organic. We're not asking you to come out and tell the people what we want you guys to hear. You guys have to form your own opinion, your own experience at our markets. So seeing when people post us random people, it makes us like really sad and emotional because they're giving little hauls of what they bought at the market. They're making TikToks or walkthroughs of the market. So it's like really cool to see that. But since we're on the topic of likes, do you think flyers matter? This is like this is a feedback that this is um an argument me and Samantha have. Like we want to do the same flyer because it's easy. But then I tell her I feel like it would be boring. It's gonna get too repetitive. People are not gonna get uh catch attention. So what do you think?

SPEAKER_01 17:29

So I think uh changing the flyer to your theme works. So changing it does work, right? Because it's like you say, like, let's say if you guys made one kind of like in your guys' color scheme and it just seven 702 market, right? And then everybody puts in the new date. Because obviously we're gonna help promote. So every just every month you would like, yeah, it people would be like, oh, that market already passed. Oh, that market already passed. So if it always looked the same, they're gonna say, Oh, that one already passed because I already saw that. I saw that last month because they're so used to you guys changing the theme, you know, like that if if they got like one flyer out there, they're gonna be like, no, that's an old one. That was like two months ago. I saw that one already, you know, like, and it could be like literally the one for that month, you know. So I do think changing it does help grab attention versus keeping like a the same flyer.

SPEAKER_02 18:26

Okay, so do you think uh, well, we put a lot of detail into everything we do.

SPEAKER_03 18:32

And we've the thing is, is when we started doing like the whole themes and everything, I was like, people really need to get into these themes. And I was getting frustrated, like, why aren't vendors following the themes? Like, if we're doing this theme, like, come on, come on.

SPEAKER_02 18:47

Because we see other markets and we're like, okay, they're doing a strawberry theme. All their vendors have one item, one product that's strawberries. We're like, okay, or they're decorating their tent with strawberries. We're wondering how did they convince them to do the theme? And in the beginning, that's how it was. You guys, well, I think you were. You were calling you were, but the rest of the vendors, they were doing their own thing. And we that's something that me and Samatha would get frustrated about until finally I think it just clicked. Yeah. And you started going like really extra with your themes. What made you want to know?

SPEAKER_01 19:24

Well, okay, so naturally, naturally, I'm very extra, like personal life as well. Like, um, my my wife will show up and we'll have a new colored wall. Like, that's you know, like she shows up to surprise us. Let's just put it that way. And like, even parties, uh, when I throw parties, it's always a theme. Like, it's a theme. I do watch parties, it's a theme. Like, everyone has to come dress up. Like, I did a Bridgerton party, everybody dressed up like Bridgerton, you know? That's cute. That's cute. So I have so much like party decor. Like I have a storage, let's just put it that way, like for Halloween, for Christmas. Like all of my party decor is in there. And so then when you guys started saying, well, let's theme. Let's make a theme, I was like, I'm such a theme girl. I'm totally down for some themes, you know? And then um, I think the reason that like the Halloween one worked for you guys, um, especially like, because you guys had a lot of vendors that like actually did the Halloween one uh when you guys wrote The Fantastic, is that you basically told them, we'll have a vote in whoever wins can get like the next month or the following month for free, right? And um, I think that's why they were like, well, shoot, I'll put in some extra money and buy some decor real quick. You know what I mean? No, you know. And I think that like motivates them because obviously, like I said, I naturally very extra, so I just have a lot of decor. But if they're gonna invest money, there has to be some type of payback for them. I guess that's how a lot of people feel. And um, and not everyone's ever gonna want to do the theme, but at least they're kind of dressing up for your themes as well. Like if they if they don't add decor, they will dress up. I've noticed they they will put an outfit on. And then this last one, which was the calle, um, and I told my mom and my dad came to visit because they like retired, they're in Arizona now, but they came to visit and I told my dad, I have an idea. And he's like, okay. And my dad's very extra, just like me. And um I was like, I want to make the front of the pop-up look like the buildings in Mexico. Like, we're Mexican. Uh, I'm very proud to be Mexican. And I told my dad, but I want to make it look like a building. And he's like, okay. He's like, well, what did you do? And I said, I saved, I made my sister save all her boxes. We had to buy a new fridge. I saved the bus, everything. I was like, I'm going to Home Depot. And then he's like, okay. So I like sat down and I made the drawing. And then while I was at work, he was painting. He was painting for me. My dad was painting. And then he's like, okay, it's your turn now. Like it's painted. You cut it. And like, okay. So then I started getting the paper flowers. And then I have bins of flowers, of like regular flowers. So I got paper flowers and I got regular flowers. And I just started like decorating the whole thing, right? And then um I started hanging it up. And then my mom's like, what are you gonna do with this after? And I said, I have no idea. I was like, and then I didn't even think about like from my house to the Ferguson. Okay. So you have to think our tents are 10 by 10s. So the the top was a 10 foot, like 10 wide, right? And it was, it was gonna be four feet tall, but then the wind did advisory up, and so we cut it down. Like, so then my dad's like, he puts the the wooden panel on the back and everything for me, so I can like really mount it to the tent. And then he's like, I'm gonna give ask you a question. And I said, Yeah, he's like, I know that you're using the truck, which is my sister's truck. And I was like, Yeah, and he's like, You know, this is a 10-foot thing, right? And I was like, Yeah, and he's like, the truck's bed is not 10 feet. He's like, How are we gonna take it? And then I was like, Oh my god, I didn't think about that. I didn't think about that. And I was like, and he's like, and we can't fold it because I just like restructured the bottom with wood for you. And I was like, oh my God. So he's like, okay, he's like, I'm gonna tell you how to do it. And he's like, and hopefully I'm back on time and I can go with you, but if not, just go to the back roads. So we like put it in the truck, we put like the my weights for the tent on top of it, right? To weigh it down and my crate. And then we tied like a red sock on the end of it. So some of it's sticking out the front, some of it's sticking out the back, and I'm driving, taking Okie all the way down to Ferguson, right? Oh my God. Yeah, and it's never busy. Like I've gone down every time I go to the market, I just take Tori Pines, Okie, and then drive all the ways down till I hit 7th Street and then churn, right? Tell me why that day Okie was like busy. That one day it had to be that. Then I have like the emergency lights on. I have to keep tolling to the side so they can go find me because I have like a huge line behind me. Because obviously I can't go fast because it's windy, and then I have like the thing laying in the back of the truck. And then I finally my wife gets there before me. She left after me. My best friend who does it 13 stitches, it's there, he's there, and he's like, I'm just waiting for you in the parking lot. Whenever you get here, we'll help you. You know? I was like, Oh my god. And so then, yeah. So when I did it, he was like, you know, he's like, you can't go back now. He's like, you can't go small now. He's like, you gotta just keep going crazy. Like that's what he said.

SPEAKER_03 24:56

It held up though. It did a dedication. And it held in that win. Like it was. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 25:02

The girls, uh, the the barber that she was doing the brain. Yes. Okay. Um, she had a strap because we thought there was a strap in the truck, but there wasn't. So she actually had a strap. We went up, we poked it home, we strapped it and tied it to the back of the tent so that the wind couldn't shift it. Okay. That's smart. Yeah. That is smart. Yeah. So thank God she was in front of us. And thank God my best friend knew her because then he's like, I need to borrow your strap. And she's like, Okay.

SPEAKER_02 25:29

I know that you got a lot of, I remember people reposting it. So it was beautiful. It was the effort that you put in. I think everyone saw that. And I'm yeah, like I Samantha said, I'm surprised it withheld that wind. Yeah. You were lucky that day.

SPEAKER_01 25:44

And even like an industrial hot glue gun this time, because when we did the cowboy theme, it was windy and it kept pulling everything. Because I had just like double-sided taped it with like the gorilla double-sided tape. And it the wind kept pulling all the stuff off of like the mirror. And I was like, no, well, this time it's gonna be industrial glue gun, you know. Nothing's coming off of this day, building us.

SPEAKER_02 26:09

Damn, you're out there struggling in the wind. I know. I don't know why our markets keep getting windy too. Yeah. It's like the whole thing. Look at the wind picking up again. I know.

SPEAKER_03 26:20

So I'm like worried we're on a rooftop. So that's something that we're stressing. We're stressing. Like, please have no wind this weekend. But it seems like it's always windy right now.

SPEAKER_01 26:30

Yeah. And and then what like with the the whole pop-up this time, like I was like, okay, like I told my wife, I'm gonna structure it. We're gonna put it in your car. Cause this time we're taking the car, because I like told you like I hadn't I have never been here. So I don't know like the parking area yet. So I don't trust myself taking my sister's truck because she has a really nice truck. Um, so I was like, after I figure it out, then I'll borrow the truck again. And she's like, okay. And then um, but I was like, everything has to be like super secured, and she's like, okay. Even like for the Benito one girl, like I had a that one, I had to order extra things, you know? Like she just like, I don't want to know. Just order which you're gonna get. I know.

SPEAKER_03 27:11

So I'm guessing you're going to allow for the two next events. Yes, yeah. Okay, okay. Okay. We're excited for that. Are you excited for this weekend?

SPEAKER_01 27:29

I am, I am, I am. Very uh the outfit, the whole pop-up is very Sabrina Carpenter.

SPEAKER_02 27:39

I think once you said that whole, oh, is it Sabrina Carpenter? Me and Samatha realized let's just dig, like, let's dive deeper into that theme.

SPEAKER_01 27:49

Yeah, well, I thought because like the lips, right? Like, because that's like her whole thing was like the lip signature or whatever, and then like uh disco balls. So then I bought like uh a huge disco ball with the turner to put in the middle of my tent. It just like showed up. And then she's like, What's this? I was like, Oh, it's the disco ball for the middle of the tent. That's I was like, and a little little motor's gonna come with lights. And then she's like, Okay. I was like, but it's chargeable. And she's like, okay. I was like, you know, I'm gonna use it again. She's like, I know, I know, I know. That's all she tells me. I love that your girlfriend's very supportive with you. I think she knows that like if she says no, it's gonna show up to the house. Well, she comes to the events too, right? Or is she just starting to she used to work on Saturdays and then they offered her to have Saturdays off and work other days if they needed her? So then she was like, Yeah, I'll take it. So now she's able to like actually come to the event without requesting a day off. Does she like being there to help, or would she rather just work? Girl, help.

SPEAKER_02 28:57

She goes and eats. Oh, so it's her like fun time while you're like help me sit up and she's like, I'm gonna go get food.

SPEAKER_01 29:05

And I'm like, okay, like okay, I see, I see. That's what that's what that's why she likes to go. She likes to try the food. She's like, wherever as long as you take me where there's food, I'm good. And I'm like, okay.

SPEAKER_02 29:20

I think that's how it is.

SPEAKER_01 29:21

I guess like you guys had um this time you guys had somebody that was making like carnitas and chicharrones and stuff like that, right? She got one of everything off the menu. Oh my god.

SPEAKER_02 29:34

We tried the chicharron, and my mom and me were eating it during doing the awas. We would eat take a little break, eat it, and then finish, wash our hands, of course, and then finish doing the hours. It was like really did you get to try it? Yeah, I got to try it.

SPEAKER_01 29:48

But I was like, why did you order so much food? And she's like, because I needed to try it all. I was like, oh, we have to bring some home.

SPEAKER_02 29:56

She's just there to eat.

SPEAKER_01 29:57

That's her eat and then how we put everything back in the car. Like at least you're getting away. Sometimes I tell her, like sometimes I'm telling her, like, okay, you're here. You know how to run the register stuff. I'm gonna go like walk, because I never, since a lot of the times it's just me and Jamie, like I never get to walk the event. You know what I mean? Because Jamie doesn't know how to work my system. Like I know how to work his. Like I can charge if he wants to go to the bathroom or whatever, I can charge for his shirts. But he doesn't know how to work my system. So then it's like um, I never get to walk the events. And it's so crazy because I know so many of the vendors, but it's because they come to my, like my pop-up, you know, my tent. And then like, uh, so this time now that she's there, I'm like, okay, now you're gonna bring people out and I'm gonna go look around and see what's going on. Like she's like, okay. That's good. Like, you have a lot of food. You don't gotta go nowhere.

SPEAKER_02 30:55

You need to teach Jamie how to do your are you using Square, your POS system. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 31:01

And he has the Square because like I just upgraded to like um where I could insert my i so it's like uh it looks like an actual register, right? But it's just your iPad linked. It's like your iPad is clipped inside and they can tap it or insert the card, right?

SPEAKER_02 31:17

Yeah, that's the one we actually use. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 31:20

Yeah. Yeah. So I just upgraded to that one because all I had was like my iPad or my phone, and I had like the little round one where people could tap or insert. Yeah. So I gave him the little round one, and because he's just using his phone, and then I got the the iPad holder.

SPEAKER_02 31:35

That's yeah, that's how we started. We started with the iPad um connected with that little square, but then I think we upgraded it. So now we have the attachment.

SPEAKER_01 31:45

Yeah, the swivel. Yeah, that's what I did. Yeah, that's what I did. And it's so much easier because then, like, when I have her watch the store, it's so much easier for her to find the stuff, search for the buttons, because she knows what every what I name everything. So she knows. And I just actually went to LA on Monday, on Sunday, and um Saturday. I went Saturday. I went for the day. And I went because my friend, she said that she had made more uh Mexico like little dresses and shirts for soccer, soccer shirts. So I went and got more of those. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 32:17

Okay, okay. Is that where you're gonna do it? She's like, I need some more and I was like, okay.

SPEAKER_01 32:22

Is that where you go to get your merchandise in Cali? So I go to my friend in California. Me and Elisa, which is my wife, me and her are learning. Her mom's a seamstress. So her mom's teaching us so that we don't have to keep going back. But I still love my friend in LA. She has a little dog shop, but she only makes clothes for smite, slight tiny dogs. So that's why like she loves that I uh tell her, can you make me stuff for big dogs? You know, because uh a lot of people come and they want stuff for big dogs. So she loves that I ask her for big dog stuff because she says only she's like here and she's like bandanas. That's all big dogs get here. But she's like, I make a lot of clothes for little dogs. So I go there and I go to Mexico. I have a friend named Noelia Mexico, and she makes me the guayaveras and the Mexican dresses and stuff like that's awesome.

SPEAKER_02 33:10

Okay. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 33:11

So that's something we're learning now so that we're able to make it ourselves when we can't like go and see them.

SPEAKER_02 33:17

I saw Elisa, I saw her sewing in a video. We were like, what is she doing? What's Allie making her do?

SPEAKER_01 33:26

I was making her make uh bandanas, but with the fat up and material. Yeah. It is cool.

SPEAKER_03 33:32

You guys are so creative.

SPEAKER_01 33:34

But that's and now we're like, uh, so like I said, her mom's teaching us, and then I was like, but I was telling her, which I have like prototypes of different bandanas now that can get included, but um I want to make, you know, the I don't know if your grandma ever wore them, but those aprons that are like checkered. Okay. Those mandiles, like they have the little pockets in the front and the little Mexican grandmas wear them when they're cooking. My mom would probably know.

SPEAKER_03 34:04

Yeah. I think I've seen them, but I don't know if our grandma ever wore those.

SPEAKER_01 34:08

So um, I want to make them for the dogs. Like we want to make them for all of and the different colors for all the dogs and let them have their mandiles, their little Mexican grandma mandiles, you know?

SPEAKER_02 34:18

That's cute. We noticed that we have a lot of dogs at our events for some reason. And sometimes there's dog fights going on. Do you think that helps you, your business?

SPEAKER_01 34:28

With the dogs, yes. Because a lot of people don't know their dog's uh size. Oh, okay. A lot of people don't know their dog's size. And I tell them, like, if they don't know, they can bring me their dog. Because we always have a mentoring tape, so we can measure them, write it down on a little card for them and give it to them. Because it's like I tell people, um, you know, people tell me, but why are you sending them to get stuff other places? I'm like, because their dogs are puppies right now. And like they'll still buy things from me, but to me, I'd rather you save the money because, like, in six months, you gotta get like a whole new outfit. Just because they're not gonna fit that same, the same outfit. And a lot of people will come with like a little puppy and it's like a pit bull. And I'm like, okay, well, it depends if you're gonna feed it a lot, if it's gonna work out, like it's gonna be big, little, you know.

SPEAKER_03 35:18

Do you notice if you have more female or male client dogs?

SPEAKER_01 35:23

I have a lot of girl dogs, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 35:27

Girl, okay.

SPEAKER_01 35:29

But lately I've been getting asked for boy stuff, so that's why we upped the boy stuff. Okay. So now I kind of have like like right in the middle of 50-50 boys and girls, because uh they say, and it's true, like I have two boy dogs, right? And we have Allie, which she's the girl. But we like dressing up our dogs. All our dogs are always dressed, they have pajamas, they have hoodies, they like obviously we run a store, so they are very, very spoiled.

SPEAKER_02 35:58

Like that is cute. Well, we saw you were going through like this phase, maybe that you're posting your dogs. I think Ali was one of them, and they would be talking like little talking bubble. We loved seeing that. I don't know if it was every day you're posting that. We were like, so it would show me all did you see what Ali posted and we're like, what? So I would see it. It was so creative, so cute.

SPEAKER_01 36:22

I know. I get Ali because when Elisa was making the aprons, I would get Ali and I'll be like, Ali said you better start working, or she ain't gonna let you keep us there tonight. Like we love that. Ali isn't gonna let us back in the house if we don't work, you know? That's cute. That's cute. But those are your babies. So yeah, no, but she's like for real, for real. She's uh, she's 12. She turned 12 today, actually. Today is her birthday. Really? And um, but she's so mean. Oh my god. She's she's at that age. She's at that age. And like if Elisa's making breakfast in the morning, she's literally like barking and stopping her feet on the floor for her earlier. Can I tell her all she needs is that thumb to like shut up and lose that yeah?

SPEAKER_02 37:09

She's sassy, she's going through that age. Yeah. Oh, that's yeah.

SPEAKER_01 37:13

So she like because she has her own Instagram. Like, so she has her own page, but sometimes we'll share things like about her on our on the work page. But we even posted like the baby one. He's a Puwauwa, he's a pug chihuahua, and he's big. Like we thought he was gonna be little because when we got him, he was this big, but he's huge, right? Like he's a big old turkey, and he loves to run and like put his hands on the back window of our house. And um, the other day we were cleaning and I told him, ah no. And I started yelling at him in Spanish, and he knows he's in trouble. And I told him, I told her to say, You make him clean that window, and she got like the towel and she's waving stuff, and she's making him wipe the window, and he's just like looking at me. That's it.

SPEAKER_02 37:58

If you're gonna make a mess, you gotta clean it, you know?

SPEAKER_03 38:00

I need to start doing that with my dog. The head. So it's Allie, and what are the other names? So Allie and then Bosley and then Skip.

SPEAKER_01 38:10

Bosley Skip. That's cute. Yeah.

SPEAKER_06 38:12

Those are cute.

SPEAKER_01 38:13

But I change everybody's name because I even call Skip Pepe, and he loves it. Because I told my girlfriend, because she got him from the shelter, and that was the name they gave him. She didn't even change his name, she just kept the name that he was in prison with, right? And I told her, You gave him like the widest name ever, Skip. It wasn't that was the name. And then I was like, babe, like you changed their names. That's like his prison name. You like left him his prison name, you know? I like prison name, his prison name. And then I was like, I'm not gonna call him Skip, I'm gonna call him Pepe. And then I was like, come on, Pepe, let's go. And he comes trotting and smiling. I go like Pepe. I think he's Mexican. His name is Pepe.

SPEAKER_03 38:58

That is so cute. That is cute.

SPEAKER_02 39:01

We can talk about your stories all day.

SPEAKER_01 39:09

I used to take Ali to my events. The only problem is that as she's gotten older, people think she's a puppy because she's only like this big. Like she's very compact, she's very little, and she always has chongos on and she's always has a dress. So automatically people think puppy, yeah, right? And they want to touch her, and she's not okay with that. And I'm like, hell no, they're gonna kick us out of the event, girl. She had a bite somebody. You know, we cannot be taking her. We used to take her in a stroller, and then now she gets super anxiety, and the and the vet's just like, maybe leave her at home. And I was like, okay. And the only one that we could probably take is Skip, because Skip is such a people person. He loves, he hates dogs, loves people. He would have liked La Gaya. He would have liked Pepe, would have loved La Gaya. Well, we try to get him, like, no, we don't bark at the dogs, we mind our own business, you know, we do tell him, but um, he'll be like, like, he don't want to play with the dogs, he's all, you know. But if there's a person right there, he's all about that.

SPEAKER_02 40:07

But if he'll look at a dog like, ugh, that's crazy how dogs have personalities. I love hearing about that too. When you see TikTok and they're showing how their dog is giving them attitude or side-eyeing them, I love to see that. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 40:21

And that's skip, like he'll side-eye a dog, but then he's in love with people, you know? That's funny. That's funny. And then Bosley's scared of everything because he was basically couldn't play with people. So now he's scared.

SPEAKER_02 40:33

So going into back into, I know the last topic we talked about your vendor booth, and it was really windy. Your setup withheld that. What is another crazy memory of a market you joined? Like a crazy experience that you won't forget.

SPEAKER_01 40:50

I did a car event. I did a car event, and we usually did it inside. So they would park all the cars outside, and then some of them would go inside, and then the booths would be around like the super nice cars, right? And for whatever reason, um, the day of that market, the people didn't show up to open up the building for the guy. So he's trying to get them to open up the building, but everybody's like rolling in. Like you have to think, like when car events happen, they tell cars to show up at this time because they gotta like roll in, get them parked. Like everybody has to kind of go into like a certain pace. And they basically said the vendors are gonna have to set up outside. And I'm like, okay, so think we don't have tents, we don't have any of that because we have to set up inside. Girl, my whole wall of clothes fell because it was so windy outside that it took the whole wall down. It took the whole wall, the clothes, everything. Thank God Jamie was with me because he kind of just helped me pick everything. And the only thing that I could have was a table. Like I had to put everything else away because it the wall was not stained up. No matter how much weights I uh he Jamie pulled out weights to put like on the bars on the wall. That was like the craziest thing. And I was so lucky because there was not a car in front of my in front of my station, because if not, the walls would have hit the car.

SPEAKER_02 42:12

Yeah. Oh, that wouldn't have been your fault though. I think that it's hard as market organizers, um, predicting the weather. I mean, Vegas weather is crazy, but that's one thing that we do follow is if there's a wind advisory, we will not put you guys through that. Or if it's like any alerts that we are getting, we won't put vendors through that. But if it's before that and no other event has canceled, then we don't cancel because we've gone through those um situations where it's like it says it's windy, but then we still bend and it calms down. Yeah. So imagine if we would have canceled that day. So our luck, it would have been a beautiful day, but we're canceling because we're scared. So that's something that we don't want to do again, make that mistake. Yeah. I know that there was one event that we did cancel. It was an Easter event. And we had to cancel. I think you were a part of it, right?

SPEAKER_03 43:06

I think she was maybe at Arizona Charlie's? Yes. I believe so.

SPEAKER_02 43:11

It got really windy and we didn't know that there was a wind advisory. Yes. But we heard it from vendors and we were already out there, and tents were flying everywhere. It was becoming like a it could be a what is that word? Liability. Yeah. It could be a liability. So we just had to tell everyone if you want to go home, you can. If you want to stay, you can. And we just transferred everyone over. But that's something that we didn't want to go through again. So every time it gets windy, we we should keep going.

SPEAKER_01 43:40

It's well, I know because I saw everybody telling you guys when it was the was it the Kaya one that everyone kept saying, like in the group chat, like, oh, it's super windy, oh blah, blah, blah. Yeah. Was it that one?

SPEAKER_02 43:51

Was it it's always that one person. It's no alert relax uh reaction. Nobody pays attention to the weather, I think, but then that one. Person texts, oh, it's windy. I'm worried, is event gonna be okay? And then everyone starts looking at the weather. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 44:09

So then and it's so crazy because they do check the weather, but all I check for is the heat. Is it gonna be that's all you care about? That's it. I can hold my wall. I can hold my tent, but I can't, you know, like I'm gonna melt, you know. It's like girls.

SPEAKER_02 44:26

We cannot stand the heat. I don't know how was she there? Probably we were there when we were on the fourth name.

SPEAKER_03 44:32

I think that's when you stopped. You stopped on the floor.

SPEAKER_01 44:35

I have to so I think I did one with you guys. And I did one uh one summer when you guys were still at Arizona Charlies. And um it was so hot.

SPEAKER_03 44:51

I think it was like a going into nighttime event. I believe it was like a lot of people.

SPEAKER_01 44:55

It was like before you guys were switching. Yeah. And um, I remember like trying to put up my stuff, and I started to feel like very like I can't, you know. I had to call Elisa, Elisa's trying to get there fast. Jamie's trying to get there fast. I'm like, dude, I'm gonna freaking pass out. Like, you guys have no idea what I'm feeling right now. And they're like, we're on our way, we're on our way, you know. Like, and then um that's when I found out like I was severely anemic. So that's why I had to stop doing the summer markets because like the sun was just like killing me. Like I felt so sick. And I remember because then when I came back, your mom's like, I'm glad you're back. But then by the time I came back, you guys were over at the fantastic. And then I was like, Yeah, I'm back, I'm back. And then that's why when you guys wrote, um, I didn't know if you were gonna continue for the I was like, No, I'm better now.

SPEAKER_03 45:47

No, we need to know. That's been a question because we're like, why is Ellie's place still signing up? It should be, she should be like on a break already. And I'm like, no, mom, she's still going very new strong.

SPEAKER_01 45:59

Yeah, yeah. No, I'm better now. I'm better now. Like the anemia's under control. All my numbers are getting. That's good too. Now I noticed, like, you know, even now, like if me and Elisa go out to go grocery shopping or whatever, I'm fine. I couldn't even go grocery shopping. Like, oh my god, I literally couldn't step out of my house when it was like super hot outside. Even at night, I would tell her I can't. I have to, I'm like, just go get what we need. I'm staying inside. And she'd be like, okay. Yeah, no, it was bad. Like it was bad. And but now I'm I'm good. Like, like I said, I started doing like the treatments and all of that. And then finally I was like, okay, I'm coming back. And then she was like, okay.

SPEAKER_02 46:36

That's something that we struggle with till this day is the heat. It's something that we're like not looking forward to it. No, we're not.

SPEAKER_03 46:43

We stay hydrated. We take those those packets. Yeah. The night before. The liquid IV and stuff. Yeah, nothing. Well, for some reason, we're always like on the floor the the day of the event. We're like, no.

SPEAKER_02 46:55

And then we yell at each other, keep going, you have to keep pushing through it.

SPEAKER_01 47:00

Right?

SPEAKER_03 47:00

Yeah, it's terrible. It is.

SPEAKER_01 47:02

I know. Every time we roll up and you guys are like already bright red. I'm like, oh, they've been here since like 10 a.m. They've been here since 10 a.m.

SPEAKER_03 47:10

It's like a one-hour red already. I know. I get red fast. And then vendors are like, Do you need sunscreen? I'm like, I have sunscreen. It's just hot. It's terrible. It's terrible. But I think the last question would be. So we've no, so we know that you've been doing 702 Market with us. You're like our biggest supporter. You're always saying the girls, listen to the girls or stop doing this.

SPEAKER_02 47:43

Um what's one thing that explains your brand? Not just like um what you're selling, but behind it, what's the the connection you have towards it? Like tell the people who you are, what's your business?

SPEAKER_01 48:01

So the whole thing with Allie was Ali was found in a dumpster. She was found in a dumpster when she was a baby by a friend, and then my friend um got pregnant really quick. So she had like a little kid and then she got pregnant. She had her infant, and then boom, she got pregnant right away. So her last two are very close together, and then Allie was little and you know, she was trying to learn still. So she I met the dog and I was like, Oh, well, if you never want, I'll take her, I'll take her. And she's like, Okay. So she called me and she's like, Joe, she's like, I'm pregnant again, and I cannot, with three kids and Allie's learning, and and I'm like, okay, I'll take her. I will take her. And then I remember telling my mom, this little dog, I said, is going to have like the best life. I said, because how can someone throw her away and think it was okay? That they found her in an alley. That's why her name is Allie. Like literally, that's like they found her in an alley in a dumpster. And I said, and so then all of a sudden I started buying her sunglasses and dresses and that. And then um we made a bunch of shirts and we uh get gave them to the SPCA, like so that when people would adopt their dogs, they can give them a shirt that said, like, they saved me. And um, and that's basically kind of the your guys' one of your guys' vendors. Um, she sells, I want to say nails and like little cute clothes and things like that. Uh Diva, Diva Factory. Diva Factory. Yes, yes. Yeah, she came up and said, Let me make you a little promotional video. And I even said it on there, and I was like, if you show me that you got your dog from a shelter, you know, I'll give you guys 10% off of whatever you buy. Because to me, none of our dogs we bought. All of our dogs are were dogs that nobody wanted. Like Skip was found in a parking lot, alley in the dumpster. Bosley was gonna end up in the shelter if I wouldn't have taken him because they didn't want him. And so um, to me, that's kind of what I want to grow. And and I even told Elisa, like um, during dog months and stuff, that's what I want to do. I want to be able to make a shirt and then give all those proceeds to shelters. I said, because um people don't understand how many dogs are like in the shelter and they keep buying and buying and buying and buying. And there's so many designer dogs now in shelters. And then I start hearing from people, which makes me sad, right? Because I feel like everybody loves animals. And now these like not the SPCA, but there are a lot of um sheltered animals, but what they do is they'll go to like the SPCA and they'll like pick which dogs they want to take because it's like a designer dog, right? So let's think of Frenchie or a Yorkie or a poodle, right? Like a miniature poodle. These other associates, associations, so they could be nonprofit, go and pick these dogs up. And this is, and I've heard it now from a few people that go like to the events and they'll tell me about it. That when they apply, they make them jump through hoops to try to get these animals. And then they're like, dude, they're like, they want to charge me like $500 to take this dog, you know? And I'm like, but what are they giving you in in the aspects of, you know, taking this dog? Are they giving you like free training? Are they giving you, is that what the reason is this money is for, right? And they'll be like, nope. And then one person said that they have a dog, so they went to go adopt a dog and that they denied him because that the dog was gonna be alone at home, not alone, by himself with the other dog for more than six hours. And I was like, what? And then he was like, Yeah, she's like, but we have a dog door, like they have freedom to come in and out of our house, they have food, they have water. They and they told me that I couldn't because I wasn't gonna be home. And that makes me so sad to hear that a lot of the organizations in Las Vegas um are denying people that want dogs because they're like, oh, you're not gonna be home for six hours. Well, yeah, people have to work, people have to make a living. Like, so are you so are these organizations saying we only want the people who have millions of dollars to come to us that can stay at home? Because if not, we don't want to give you our dog. Like, it does it doesn't make sense to me. Yeah. So to me, I guess like my whole thing is I want every dog, like every dog deserves or cats. Or pet like a chance. Like, let them live their best life. We only have them for such a little time, right? And I'm all about spoiling them. Like I told you, our dogs are super spoiled, but I spoil my mom's dogs, like I spoil my sister's dogs, you know. Like, um, I'm when we are definitely like those types of people that if we go to your house and there's dogs, you're literally gonna see us with the dogs. Like we're gonna be holding your dog, like, you know, my my niece has a Doberman, I go over there and I pick her up. Like she's a big Doberman, you know? So it's kind of like um everyone just needs to remember to be kind to their pets, be kind to people that want to get pets, and the organizations in Las Vegas really need to do better to let people love these animals because what are they gaining by keeping them in a shelter? You know? And um, so I guess for me, like I'm a big cheerleader, even for the vendors, for you guys. Like, I just want everyone to have a good time. So, like sometimes when we're in the chat and people are getting crazy, I'm like, why can't you guys just uh just have fun? Have fun. This that's what this is about. That's what this is about. And if me selling a dress to a little dog makes the owner happy, then I'm happy. You know? And that that's you know, I tell my girlfriend all the time it's just about making people happy. I said in life in general, I said with our business, in our home, when we invite people over, it's about making everybody happy. And and yeah, it's stressful to go set up and it's stressful because there's gonna be windy days and there's gonna be rainy days. I've done events and it's rained, okay? It's you gotta make the best out of it, you know. And so I think for me, it's just about making life more joyful. So doing and seeing people dress up their pets, that makes me so happy. That brings joy because when people see their pets dressed up or people see other people's pets dressed up, they're like, oh my God, you know, and they want to like go and they're like, you know, and and I love that. I love that. I love seeing because there's already too much going on in the world right now that have people like hating each other, that why not just be joyful, you know, and then that's that's who I am. I just like to have fun and I like to enjoy life. And sometimes it is overwhelming, but you just gotta keep going. You know what I mean?

SPEAKER_02 55:27

I think that's what we love about you and how you are so passionate and genuine. I've I honestly think, I think we all think that businesses like you are passionate, genuine, are the ones that are gonna thrive at the end because you put so much love into your brand, into your business that other people see that and want to support you.

SPEAKER_01 55:48

Yeah. Yeah. So And that's the time I do. Like, I love all of the vendors lately, like that I've gotten to meet, you know, like um, like the collective Haven. I love them. They're so cute and I love it. And I love uh the dreamcatcher lady, and you know, and I love that they'll message me by myself and they'll be like, hey, how are you? Like, hey, did you sign up for the 702? Did you see they already have it up? Like, I'll get those messages, you know. And I'm like, oh girl, I was two steps ahead of you.

SPEAKER_02 56:14

We love that we've we've built this community, you know. We've it makes us emotional that you guys support us and you guys want to keep doing our markets. Um, we love that you guys support each other. That's what we want. That's why we made a group chat, just a random group chat to put everyone in it and to just talk about community and get to know each other, support each other, other than just pop-ups and markets, business. So we're glad that we have you a part of our markets.

SPEAKER_03 56:45

And I think that leads to the city.

SPEAKER_02 56:47

I'm glad that I was welcomed.

SPEAKER_01 56:49

I'm glad I've I've seen you guys through it all. I've seen you guys through it all. I'm gonna keep following, I'm gonna keep going.

SPEAKER_03 56:55

And I think that would be like the last question. The last, last question. Yeah, last question is what's one major thing that you love about 702 Market?

SPEAKER_01 57:07

The community. Like, even just in and when I say community, yes, I love all of the vendors, but I think it's the way your family embraces us. You know, like I love talking to your mom and I love checking in with your mom. You know what I mean? I love checking in with your dad. Um, we see you guys and we're like, oh, there they go, there they go, because you'd be like on the rampage, you know, there they go, you know, and then uh and then I'll be like, Elisa, go fight Samantha, and he said, go find it here, give them the stuff. Like they need this, you know, and I think it's just like, um, well, for me, I can honestly say that I was embraced by your whole family, you know what I mean, when I started to do the events. Um getting to see your daughter and your mom and your dad and how much they were like, if this is what you want, we're gonna help you, we're gonna get you there. We're gonna, you know, like seeing that they believed in you guys and said, This is what you want, let's do it. We're here, you know? And I love that. And I love that so much. And then like now that I get to see a lot of the community as far as the vendors that will fight to get into the 702 now, you know? And um, when they like reach out to me in my inbox privately and they'll be like, oh my God, you know, I loved your booth and this and that. And um, I don't understand that rule. And I think that they don't want to say it in the group chat because I don't think that they kind of understand it, you know, but they don't want to come off sounding confrontational. So like a lot of them will ask me, like, I don't understand what does that mean? And then I'll be like, oh, it's just this. And they'll be like, oh, okay, okay, okay, okay. Like, you know, uh, they're like, I just didn't want to sound like I was trying to like start a fight because they didn't understand that. And I'm like, no, you're good, you know.

SPEAKER_02 58:59

That's not what we're not gonna freaking bite people's heads off asking questions. We're here to answer questions, we're here to support you guys, uplift you guys, bite you guys up.

SPEAKER_01 59:11

I don't even think necessarily it's you guys. I think sometimes like in the chat, it gets the people get a little like, you know, I think because some of us have been with you guys for such a long time, like that we kind of know the rules already. And then, you know, when something comes up and it's somebody new, obviously that yeah, it kind of gets a little catty. So I think sometimes like people will just be like, I don't want to ask in there. Like you're gonna get attacked by everybody.

SPEAKER_02 59:40

Yeah, we need to welcome, I think we need to talk to our vendors, like guys. We know you guys know the rules and understand it, but there might be new people that don't understand it. So we have to just kind of maybe explain to them on a different level. Yeah. So yeah, like uh we have to talk about it.

SPEAKER_01 59:57

Hey guys, we have a new addition to the community.

SPEAKER_03 1:00:00

Like, yeah, welcome them, please.

SPEAKER_02 1:00:07

I don't know if they get like, oh, we're in the 702 family, who are you kind of theme. Yeah, when we're not we're not about that. The when I say I always say this to my family, and I've said it on the podcast before, you guys are truly like family members to us. There's vendors that we've seen their kids grow up. One market they're sh they're tiny in the next market, they're growing, and we we grow with them, we grow with your business too. So when you took that break off, we didn't know it was for health uh conditions, but we would have checked up on you if we did. You know, because we did miss you. And when you came back, I think my mom talked to you, like, where were you?

SPEAKER_01 1:00:46

We missed you because yeah, we I I kind of just disappeared though, because it was just like so much like finding out the I was so like drastically anemic. No, you know, like uh I just kind of disappeared off, I didn't even like really post anything either. And um I didn't really post clothes, I didn't really post content. Um, I think now I'm posting more content. And it was funny because for the longest time, um, like my best friends, I have a girl and a guy best friend, they'd be like, you know that nobody knows that you're the one that runs Allie's place. And I'm like, why? And they're like, because you never post yourself. Like you never, and so then they're like, you need to start talking. Like you need to, like, hey, it's me. I'm the one who runs Allie's place. You know, like, and I'm like, oh, that makes sense.

SPEAKER_02 1:01:39

That makes sense. No, that's what my mom tells us, too. We need to post more. That's like a discussion we have.

SPEAKER_01 1:01:46

But so that's good that you guys are doing the podcast because like you guys will post, you know, like, hey, we're gonna be on the podcast today, blah, blah. And then people are seeing that it's you guys and it's um it's your guys' business. Yes, you guys have your mom and dad to help, but it's still your guys'. It's like your baby, you know?

SPEAKER_02 1:02:04

Yeah, it is. You guys it is 702 Market is our baby. We we see you guys as our babies. So when we see you guys grow or like get accomplishments, we it makes us happy.

SPEAKER_01 1:02:21

Yeah, that's what we gotta tell. Even the older ones, you guys are still our babies.

unknown 1:02:25

Yes.

SPEAKER_02 1:02:26

You guys mean so much to us. So even when we get criticism or um mean comments, it does hurt us because we're human, but also we put so much heart into it. So when we get feedback like that, it it hurts on a different level.

SPEAKER_01 1:02:46

What you guys need to remember is if someone's talking bad about you, you're doing something right. That's what you guys need to always have like in your head. Like, um, I don't know if you guys heard about the little girl that they shut her down or whatever, right? Like she was selling limited or something. And it was devastating for her, you know, and her mom and her heard a lot of things. And at the end of the day, when somebody's doing something so good, like you guys, right? Like, you guys have built a community. Like I said, people fight to get into 702 at this point, right? Because you guys can only have so many of the same type of vendor, like for there to be a diverse thing. Um, so when you they see when your competition, because that's how they see it, that they're the your competition, right? Uh, like another event planner's they're always gonna try to tarnish the positive that you're doing, the growing that you're doing. They're gonna try to set you back and they're always gonna try to pull you down. So, what you guys always need to remember is talking good is amazing because it promotes you, but talking bad means you're doing something right. For them to want to talk about you negatively, knowing that you guys put so much heart and that there's people fighting left and right to be in your market, you you can't be doing something bad. You know? So that's what you guys have to keep in the back of your mind is that some you're always gonna get like those people that are gonna hate on your success because they're not putting as much effort and they're not if they would concentrate more on theirs, they wouldn't even have time to be talking about yours. That is true. I know that is true, and that's how you have to think about it. And like I know you guys are young, and I know that you know, you guys are young and it's gonna hurt, yeah. Like, you know, it's but you guys have to remember that. Like, you guys are building something to give to your kids, to give to your family, to give to your community. Like, think La Gaia was so big because it was a Mexican celebration, right? And that's how you guys have to look at it is that we're young and it hurts us, but we know we're not doing anything wrong. We're trying to make something better for other people.

SPEAKER_03 1:05:10

Yeah, they like that. Thank you. That is true. Words of wisdom. Yes, yes.

SPEAKER_02 1:05:16

Thank you. I really appreciate that.

SPEAKER_03 1:05:18

But we're really glad we brought you on first for our first one that we thought of because we were Samantha's like, oh, we need to do interviews, and I'm like, do Allie.

SPEAKER_02 1:05:27

Yeah. Yeah. And I'm not saying your dog Allie, I mean you, but everything that we just know it as vendor name. So that's how we remember, so that's how we like we like to distinguish each other, if that makes sense. I know.

SPEAKER_01 1:05:42

I a lot of the vendors I call them by their booth names. Like the dream, see what I'm saying?

SPEAKER_02 1:05:48

Like I know we have with them. It's uh it's like an attached memory we have.

SPEAKER_01 1:05:53

It it just connects. Yeah, like Whimsy. I call her Whimsy, but I know her name. Like I didn't probably know her name.

SPEAKER_02 1:06:01

That's how it is with us. Yes. But thank you again. Thank you for coming, taking the time to talk to us, to share uh more about your business, to share experiences that you've gone through, and to share a little bit of how it is mark being in markets with us.

SPEAKER_01 1:06:17

Um thank you guys for having me on.

SPEAKER_03 1:06:22

Yes, thank you. Um we'll see you guys Saturday so we can party like Sabrina Carpenter.

SPEAKER_01 1:06:29

Yes, we're excited.

SPEAKER_02 1:06:30

We'll see Saturday. No wind, we'll manifest it. There will be no wind. It will be a beautiful day. Yes. Beautiful.

SPEAKER_01 1:06:39

Yes, we need sensor up there just breathing. Because if not, we're gonna show up and you guys are gonna be all red already.

SPEAKER_02 1:06:46

Maybe we'll match the beam. I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 1:06:49

There you go. You guys will be cherries. Yes, that's the thing.

SPEAKER_03 1:06:55

Yes. Yes, thank you again. We really appreciate it. Okay. Bye.