The Marketplace Collective (MBS Convention)

Hi Vendor,

🎄 THE MARKETPLACE COLLECTIVE 2026 IS BACK — AND WE’RE GOING BIGGER. 🎪⚡

After 2 amazing years at MBS, The Marketplace Collective returns to Marina Bay Sands on 12–13 December 2026 — right in the heart of the Christmas shopping season.

And this year, it’s not just your usual Christmas market.

🎅 200 Christmas Market Booths
🎪 UNCLE RINGO CARNIVAL — taking up a major event space
🃏 DEDICATED POKÉMON and Others TCG VENDOR SECTION
🎁 Thousands of Christmas shoppers, collectors, families & event-goers
✨ A festive weekend designed around shopping, discovery & entertainment

BONUS: First 50 vendors to sign up, with payment, will get a FREE $40 Uncle Ringo Game Card per stall.
First 51 – 100 vendors to sign up, with payment, will get a FREE $20 Uncle Ringo Game Card per stall.
The Game Card can be used to play in our carnival during the event.
The perk of being our vendor is, you can purchase as many Game Cards as you wish to. Every $10 spent on a Game Card, you get a $20 value in it! You may buy them for your own use or buy them on behalf of your friends / followers.

Read on to find out more how to join as a vendor.

Whether you’re a Christmas gift brand, lifestyle label, handmade creator, food & beverage operator, collector, reseller, or Pokémon TCG business — this is your opportunity to be part of one of Singapore’s biggest festive marketplace weekends.

🎁 LOOKING FOR:
• Christmas & gifting brands
• Fashion & lifestyle
• Handmade & artisanal products
• Toys & collectibles
• Prepacked Food & beverages
• Local brands & small businesses
• Pokémon TCG vendors
• Trading cards & collectibles
• Hobby & gaming businesses
• And unique brands that shoppers will love

📍 Marina Bay Sands
📅 12–13 December 2026

If you’re looking for a strong Christmas-season sales opportunity, new customers, brand exposure and a festive crowd — we’d love to have you with us.

🔥 Vendor applications are now open.

Spaces are limited, especially for the Pokémon TCG section.

 

🎄 The Marketplace Collective 2026

Details:
Dates: 12 – 13 December 2026 (Sat & Sun)
Time: 12pm – 9pm
Venue: Marina Bay Sands Expo Hall A

 

Activities & Event Specials

1) INFLUENCERS joining and setting up booths
2) Game booths and More Game Booths by Uncle Ringo!
3) Photobooth + Xmas Decorations
4) Spend & Win Lucky Draw. To encourage consumerism and spending, shoppers who spend $100 in our event gets to participate in our Lucky Draw. Spend $200 and get to have a Lucky Dip.
5) Many freebies giveaway during the event
6) Workshop spaces
7) Pokemon / Hobbyist TCG
8) Performances and others…

 

Other Activities

1) Roving Emcees to promote our vendors’ products and entrepreneurial journey
2) Best decorated booths will receive a TROPHY from us!
3) And many others which we will fill vendors in along the way

 

 

The Perks of joining as our vendor EARLY:

– Free product advertising on all our related Marketplace Collective pages. Vendors’ Product Discount Items will also appear at the entrance of the event hall. This helps in attracting shoppers to your stall.
– Chance to be featured on our social media which we run on paid ads.
– FREE Uncle Ringo Game Card (valued $20 / $40)
– Discounted Rent

 

Concurrent Events in MBS

– E-Sports (Game on Dreamers) in basement

 

Rental Details (Early Bird)

Rental – $520 nett for 2 days (For first 50 vendors signed up)
Original rate: $600

 

Each stall is given:

– A raw space of 2.5m by 1.5m (you may put up to 3 tables or 4 tables if selecting a corner lot)
– 1 free table (3ft by 3ft, no skirting)
– 2 free chairs

 

We are renting out the following:

– Additional table = $50 (all 2 days)
– Additional chair = $10 (all 2 days)
– Electrical powerpoint = $100 (all 2 days)

 

Stall Selection

Choose your own stall location by paying additional $30 (any stall). [OPTIONAL]
Front Row Stalls Selection (eg. A01, B01, C01, D01, E01, F01, G01, H01 … etc) are going at $200 (instead of $30) in addition to rental $520.

Check out the floorplan and choose your ideal location today! The better location often goes out fast.

For vendors who decide not to go for the Stall Selection, their stalls will be randomly located by our Randomizer System and you will be informed of your stall location 1 week before the event.

Important Note: All vendors are to handle their own transaction and collect their own sales. There is NO GTO, and NO Central Cashier involved.

 

Publicity for The Marketplace Collective

The focus of the event is on advertising as most of the resources are used to ensure good human traffic throughout the 2 days.

– Facebook Paid Ads
– Instagram Paid Ads
– Forums and other web advertising
– T.Cartel’s and MBS Expo website and Social Media
– Local Publication Agency
– EDM Blast
– LED screens around MBS
– Pull-up Banners placed around MBS on event day
– Catchy and Christmasy display outside our hall

Target Number of stalls: 200 (lifestyle and prepacked F&B stalls)

More information about the event and photos of our past fairs can be found in the photos below.

 

Why you must join:

– MBS has interesting demographics of shoppers
– Good location
– Festive shopping crowd
– Big stall space (2.5m by 1.5m)
– Air-Conditioned
– Close to Christmas! People will start to buy for Christmas gifts.

Come join us as a vendor on a busy weekend in MBS Expo!

Stalls are selling FAST daily. You may want to register with us as early as you can, ideally today, to avoid any disappointment. Join us now!

See more photos of past events below.