AGHA Melbourne Gift Fair

We had a very disappointing experience exhibiting at the AGHA Melbourne Gift Fair. The event was extremely quiet, with very few real buyers walking through the hall — it felt almost empty. We invested nearly AUD $6,000 for our booth, only to learn that other exhibitors in busier halls paid almost half the price. Many promises from the organizer… Read more

were not delivered. Even after raising concerns with the team, we didn’t receive the support or follow-up that was initially promised. What’s even more concerning is that after the show, we started receiving a large number of suspicious marketing emails from unknown companies claiming to sell “buyer lists.” This makes us believe our exhibitor information was shared without proper consent. It’s really disappointing for such a big name event to turn out this way. We hope the organizer takes these issues seriously — and we’ll be reconsidering whether to exhibit again in the future.