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Help The Jersey City Oddities Market Open a Community Storefront!

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Project Description

Who Are We? 

Founded in 2016, The Jersey City Oddities Market is a niche marketplace event specializing in offbeat crafters, odd art, and a love for nature and biology. 

What Have We Done?

To date, we have held over one dozen events, including partnerships with The Historic Harsimus Cemetery, and Liberty Science Center After Dark series. 

In 2017, we were the first place winner of The Start Something Challenge- a business pitch competition hosted by Rising Tide Capital.

We are currently working with Midnight Market Events at a pop up food hall and retail experience called Garden State Public Market, located right inside the Westfield Garden State Plaza Mall. We are featuring over ten artist's work through the month of June.  

Why Should You Care? 

Each event hosts over fifty artists and small businesses and provides a platform for makers to reach new customer bases face to face, without the risk of high commercial space fees. 

Many of the artists are considered too "strange" for typical craft fairs and markets despite the rise in popularity of "oddities". We provide a space where the obscure is not only welcomed, but encouraged. 

Through personalized marketing, each artist and vendor is spotlighted across various social media platforms boosting visibility of their work and customer reach. 

What's Next? 

The Jersey City Oddities Market has secured a storefront space for July, 2018- and we are asking for community support to help us launch! The storefront will operate much like our events, featuring rotating work from the talented artists and crafters we have had the pleasure of working with over the last two years.

Your contributions will provide a boost in advertisement for the new location, funding for a mini docu-series highlighting the artists (produced by local full service production company Backslash Bomb), and the ability to hire staff for the store location and pop up markets! 

We appreciate all of the support we have received from vendors, artists, sponsors and customers alike- and we cannot wait to bring you Jersey City's first oddities shop. 

 

Updates

The Campaign FAQs

Follow our social media accounts for updates on our current projects and progress on the store opening! 

Instagram.com/jcodditiesmarket

Instagram.com/jerseycityodditiesshop

 

06/24/2018
Surprise Oddity Package!
$25
06/23/2018
"Misunderstood" Opossum TShirt
$35
06/23/2018
"Misunderstood" Opossum TShirt
$40
06/21/2018
Monetary Contribution
$5
06/21/2018
Shout Out!
$100
06/21/2018
Surprise Oddity Package!
$20
06/20/2018
Monetary Contribution
$35
06/20/2018
Surprise Oddity Package!
$20
06/20/2018
Surprise Oddity Package!
$20
06/18/2018
Surprise Oddity Package!
$108
Monetary Contribution

Just Because I Care

12 Supporters
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20.00 USD
Surprise Oddity Package!

Backers at this level will have one surprise mini oddity package mailed! 

This could be bone jewelry, patches, pins, natural history collectibles- the possibilities are endless and weird. 

25 Supporters
None available
30.00 USD
"Misunderstood" Opossum TShirt

"Misunderstood" Opossum T-shirt, designed by Corinne Dodenhoff and printed by 8Bit Fusion. 

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10 Supporters
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50.00 USD
$25 Store Credit!

Backers at this level will receive a $25 Store Credit that can be used after store launch both in shop and online. 

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5 Supporters
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100.00 USD
Shout Out!

Backers at this level will receive one "Misunderstood" Opossum shirt, and a social media shoutout expressing our gratitude! 

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4 Supporters
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250.00 USD
Event Sponsor!

Backers at this level will receive the "Misunderstood" Opossum shirt, a $25 store credit, and event sponsorship status! 

Event sponsors are listed on our promotional artwork, and receive multiple social media spotlights prior to events. 

Sponsorship will apply to the next event, once announced! 

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3 Supporters
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Rewards

Monetary Contribution

Just Because I Care

12 Supporters
Select this reward
20.00 USD
Surprise Oddity Package!

Backers at this level will have one surprise mini oddity package mailed! 

This could be bone jewelry, patches, pins, natural history collectibles- the possibilities are endless and weird. 

25 Supporters
None available
30.00 USD
"Misunderstood" Opossum TShirt

"Misunderstood" Opossum T-shirt, designed by Corinne Dodenhoff and printed by 8Bit Fusion. 

10 Left
10 Supporters
Select this reward
50.00 USD
$25 Store Credit!

Backers at this level will receive a $25 Store Credit that can be used after store launch both in shop and online. 

5 Left
5 Supporters
Select this reward
100.00 USD
Shout Out!

Backers at this level will receive one "Misunderstood" Opossum shirt, and a social media shoutout expressing our gratitude! 

3 Left
4 Supporters
Select this reward
250.00 USD
Event Sponsor!

Backers at this level will receive the "Misunderstood" Opossum shirt, a $25 store credit, and event sponsorship status! 

Event sponsors are listed on our promotional artwork, and receive multiple social media spotlights prior to events. 

Sponsorship will apply to the next event, once announced! 

1 Left
3 Supporters
Select this reward