Ready to sign up as a vendor for the market? Great! There is no commitment or fee involved - you can try it out and withdraw at any time. Here’s how to get started:

1. 1.Go to http://stj-alfa.org/market
   

2. 2.Register as a customer. Leave the last field (Market) blank for now.
   

3. 3.Sign in with your new username and password.
   

4. 4.Click on “My Account” in the box on the right side of the screen.
   

5. 5.Click the check box that says “I WANT TO SET UP A NEW WEBPAGE FOR A VENDOR” and enter your farm or business name.
   

6. 6.Click “Save Changes”.
   

7. 7.Click on “Vendor Admin” in the box on the right side of the screen.
   

8. 8.The Vendor Administration page is where you add inventory for sale and personalize your farm page. Hovering your cursor over the question marks by each category will bring up a box that tells you what you can do in each category.
   

9. 9.Click on “Market Links”.
   

10. 10. Click on “Add New Link”.
    

11. 11. Select Vermont, then select St. J ALFA Online Farmers’ Market.
    

12. 12. Click on “Save Changes”.
    

You are almost done! A St. J ALFA staff member will have to activate your account before your products will be visible to other customers, but you can go ahead and add inventory and personalize your farm page (see step #8). Before we can activate your account, St. J ALFA must receive confirmation that you agree to the expectations itemized in the "STJ ALFA Expectations for Producers" document.  A simple email sent to info@stj-alfa.org stating the following will be sufficient:    [Your Full Name] agrees to the expectations itemized in the "St. J ALFA Expectations for Producers" document.

HOW TO SIGN UP AS A VENDOR

HOW TO ADD PHOTOS

To add pictures of your inventory or pictures of your farm, the images have to already be on your computer. The images have to be in .jpg form. You can add pictures of each item you have for sale, and we encourage every farmer to personalize their farm page by adding pictures, as well as text describing their farm and growing practices (customers are especially interested in whether farmers use organic methods).

To upload photos of inventory:

1. 1. Log in
   

2. 2. Click on "Vendor Admin" (on right)
   

3. 3. Click on "Inventory" (on left)
   

4. 4. Click on "Edit" next to the item you want to upload a picture of
   

5. 5. At the bottom of the box under "Item Detail Image", click "Choose File"
   

6. 6. Select the photo (from your computer) that you want to use
   

7. 7. Click "Save Changes"
   

To edit your web page:

Click on "Vendor Admin" (on right)

Click on "Edit Web Page (near the top middle of page)

Hover your cursor over the question mark above the words YOUR CHANGES WILL NOT BE SAVED UNLESS YOU CLICK ON "SAVE CHANGES"

That should explain how to upload an image.