Marketing and selling your product or service is critical to building a sustainable business. Knowing the right market for your product is the first step and easier than you think.

The focus of CDI Market Support is to open up a wide variety of opportunities for creative entrepreneurs and designers to enter the market; and to create platforms from which leads, orders and sales can be generated.

Market Support provides opportunities for all levels of designers and craft producers – from emerging through to export-ready. We assist in matching businesses to a range of relevant channels, from local markets to national and international trade and consumer events, as well as supporting B2B matchmaking. We also help you prepare for these opportunities to get the most out of them.

Market Support Opportunities:

• Craft and Design sector markets
• Trade and Consumer Shows – National and International

• Export Markets

The CDI also runs a market at the Castle of Good Hope, Kuier@TheCastle, creating opportunities for over 100 businesses monthly to trade. This monthly market has become a top City of Cape Town attraction and one of the city’s favorite family-friendly creative destinations - where visitors, both locals and tourists, experience a day filled with art, culture, and community spirit. (Apply to become a vendor here).

We operate South Africa's biggest platform for craft and design - www.peek.org.za - which showcases over 7000 local products to the local and global market.

If you run a design business or are a craft artisan simply sign up as a CDI member to benefit.

Access Market Support:

Register as a member of the CDI for free on our website - simply fill in the registration form here.

Once you have registered with the CDI you will receive updates on market opportunities and can fill in an application form online as we share opportunities monthly.

Book a consultation to get guidance on how to get your products into the market:

Call CDI Market Support on 021 461 1488 to make an appointment.