Welcome Prospective Vendors,
The Winter Market is part of a grand holiday light festival at the Greater Vancouver Zoo from
November 18, 2025, to January 10, 2026
This is a curated market. Our goal is to ensure a diverse mix of product types that boosts your sales and preserves the uniqueness of your offerings. As such, the application process will be robust to ensure we fully understand your business and products.
We anticipate this application will take approximately
30 minutes to complete.
Please email us at
marketplace@gvzoo.com if you have any questions.
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Important Dates and Information:
Applications submitted on or before
October 15th, 11:59 PM will be considered in our first pass review and given priority.
Final deadline to be considered is
November 3rd, 11:59 PM.
We will return responses and confirmations from
October 22nd to November 10th.
We highly recommend drafting answers in a separate working document, then copying your responses into the questionnaire when you are ready to submit.
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Steps to complete before you begin your application:
1.
Read the Vendor Guide Please read through the Greater Vancouver Zoo Winter Market Vendor Guide, including the Code of Conduct by
following this link
2.
Product photos (4-5) We would like clear images of your products. These images may be used to promote the event. (JPG, PNG, or WEBP, max 5 MB per image)
3.
Booth photos (1-2, if available) If you have displayed your booth before please show us. These images will help us with space planning. They may also be used for event promotion. (JPG, PNG, or WEBP, max 5 MB per image)
4.
Workspace photos (1-2) Gives us a sense of your process. These images are for internal use only, they will not be shared publicly. (JPG, PNG, or WEBP, max 5 MB per image)
5.
Website or Social Media Links Optional but helpful for promotion and getting to know your brand. (JPG, PNG, or WEBP, max 5 MB per image)
6.
Booth Ground Plan Worksheet Use the
provided groundplan grid to sketch your basic booth layout. Include large items like tables, racks, shelves, screens, additional lighting.
7.
Save Your Submission Answers Keep everything in one place, you will likely reuse them next year.
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To complete your application:
1.
Fill out this questionnaire.
2.
Click Submit.
3.
Check Your Submission After submitting your application, you will see "Submission Successful" and be able to review the answers you just submitted. If you do not see "Submission Successful" it means we did not receive your application. Contact us at
marketplace@gvzoo.com BEFORE
November 3rd, 11:59 PM.
Vendor Application Form
