Step Into HPMKT
With Your Sourcing
Friday, October 16 — the day before the doors open. 20 designers. One private stretch limo. And the trade resources your competitors will spend all five days failing to find.
SOLD OUT!!!
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2026 | 8:45AM – 4:30PM | HIGH POINT, NC
20 SEATS. ONE LIMO. THAT'S THE WHOLE THING
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHERE YOUR SOURCING TIME GOES.
Not the design. Not the client meetings. Not the install.
Sourcing.
The scroll. The thirteen tabs open comparing lead times. The rep who doesn't call back. The "I know I saw the perfect piece somewhere" spiral that eats a Tuesday afternoon and produces nothing.
Add it up across a year and it's not hours. It's weeks. Unbillable, invisible, exhausting weeks.
And Market is supposed to fix that. Except here's what truly happens at Market.
You land. You get the map, the app, the color-coded shuttle lines, the 180 buildings, the 11.5 million square feet.
And then you walk
You walk until your feet quit. You duck into the showrooms with the shortest lines and the biggest signage, the same ones every other designer in the country is posting that week. You collect catalogs you'll never open. You take photos you'll never specify from.
And on Wednesday you fly home with sore feet, a tote bag, and not one new account
That's not a stamina problem. It's an access problem
Because the resources that genuinely change your margins, you know, the makers, the craftsmen, the small-batch upholstery shops with lead times that won't blow up your install, aren't the ones with the biggest signage. They're the ones you'd never find on your own.
So we're going before everyone else gets there.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2026 | 8:45AM – 4:30PM | HIGH POINT, NC
You're not sourcing product.
You're building a team.
Here's the thing nobody tells you about sourcing.
My design practice hit seven figures. I did not do that alone, and I did not do it with a big payroll. I did it with a team of trade reps — people who knew my aesthetic, knew my clients, and did the legwork so I didn't have to.
No salaries. No benefits. No HR. Just a team that made me faster and better on every single project.
That's what this day actually is. It's a recruiting trip.
Every stop on the tour is a potential member of your No-Payroll Sourcing Team — a vendor who knows your name, has met you face to face, and will pick up the phone when you're in a jam three months from now.
That's the difference between "I think I saw a sofa like that" and "I have a resource for that."
It's also how you cut your sourcing time in half and come back with selections that are twice as good.
Not because you searched harder. Because you stopped searching and started calling.
And there's the other thing.
When you specify from the same resources every other designer specifies from, your client can price-shop you in about ninety seconds. Phone out. Screenshot. "I found this cheaper."
You know the feeling. You've been shopped.
Original resources are the fix. Not a better contract, not a firmer conversation, resources your client cannot find, cannot price-check, and cannot get without you. That's what makes your work look like yours instead of like a mood board everyone's already seen.
That's also what lets you uplevel. Better resources raise the ceiling on the projects you're able to say yes to.
And the reason we go on the 16th, before Market opens, is simple. When the streets are light on traffic, the owner walks you through the line. Not a temp. Not a rep juggling forty people. The person who actually makes the thing.
You cannot get that on Monday.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2026 | 8:45AM – 4:30PM | HIGH POINT, NC
The last seven tours sold out.
Here's what the seats were worth.
"I provided her with a list of over 250 vendors and said I'd attend only if none of them were on the tour.
I wanted resources I didn't already have. They had to be high quality, well priced, excellent value for my high-end clientele. Melissa delivered."
Wright Interior Group · Naples, Florida
"It was my first Market, and this was a fantastic way to meet actual owners and makers.
Having the day planned and every detail handled made it incredibly easy to focus on what matters, finding trusted vendor partners for my projects."
Interiors by Bethany · Colorado Springs, Colorado
"Each stop was off the standard path. Without the tour we wouldn't have come across them.
High Point can be exhausting. This gave us one whole day focused on resources we didn't already have. She took care of every detail, so we could take our time with the products and with the other designers."
DesignMACS · Hoboken, New Jersey
"She promised the right vendors, right now. She was right.
Meeting the owners firsthand, hearing what they make, how they make it, and why, opened opportunities to grow project revenue with sources we didn't previously know existed."
Lee Meier Interiors · Cleveland, Ohio
"Being transported stop to stop in a stretch limo, without plotting out the next showroom, refreshing!"
Tanga Winstead Designs · New Orleans, Louisiana
Here's the whole day.
A Private Stretch Limo, Door to Door.
We meet at one spot. You get in. That's the last logistical decision you make all day. No redline. No blueline. No "everywhere shuttle." No walking between buildings in the shoes you regret.
Curated Stops You'd Never Find Alone.
Upholstery with lead times that hold. Customizable case goods. Art and accessory sources you'll want to keep to yourself. Soft goods that finish a room. Every stop hand-picked, and yes, a few glorious surprises.
Facetime with Owners and Makers.
Beyond a rep. You'll meet the owners, the founders, the people who built it. The source that cares about you and your design firm. You'll get the story, the process, and the "here's what we can actually do for you" conversation.
And you can open accounts on the spot.
The Sourcing Superpower System
The system behind my seven-figure practice, how to build a trade team that works for you with no payroll and no perks and cut your sourcing time in half doing it. Taught live on the tour, then delivered after Market as a full training with a Success Guide, so you can build it out at home.
Breakfast, Lunch & Mimosas
Festive breakfast and lunch hosted by VIP sources. Nobody hits the wall at 2 pm. You'll always be hydrated and energized.
Healthy munchies in your swag bag
19 New Besties
Running a firm is lonely. This is a limo full of design principals from across the country who get it. Systems, frustrations, wins, and a few tears. That's netliving.
Your team or assistant is always welcome.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2026 | 8:45AM – 4:30PM | HIGH POINT, NC
What one day of your sourcing costs
Count the hours you lost to sourcing last month. Put your billable rate on them. That number is already bigger than this tour - by a long shot.
Then add it up the other way: private car service alone for a full day in High Point runs $2000+. The Sourcing Superpower System is a training I sell on its own. Lunch, snacks, and swag on top.
Twenty seats. One limo.
When it's full, it's full, the last seven tours sold out, and I don't add a second car, because 20 is the number where you still get real time with every owner we meet.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2026 | 8:45AM – 4:30PM | HIGH POINT, NC
Questions Answered
Is my team or assistant welcome?
Always. Bring them, every seat is $797, and honestly, the designers who bring a team member (or two or three) get twice as much out of the day, because someone's taking notes while your sit testing, sofa surfing, table touching, accessories ogling, art selecting.
I've been to Market a dozen times. Is this for me?
Especially for you. Veterans get the most out of this, because you already know how much time you lose hunting for resources, and you already know how many of your sources everyone else is using too. Nan had 250 vendors on her list and still found new ones.
Will I be able to use these resources, or is this aspirational?
These are working trade resources at working price points, chosen for designers running real projects.
You can open accounts the day of. Several designers have specified from tour stops within the same month or the week!
What if I can only come for part of the day?
The whole thing is a single limo route, 8:45am to 4:30pm. Block the day, you won't want to miss a moment.
Do I still need a Market pass?
Yes, you must register with High Point Market Authority separately. Buyer passes are free through pre-registration, which closes October 14, and $30 onsite after that. Don't leave that one to the last minute.
How do I reserve my seat?
Click the button and complete checkout. You'll get a confirmation email immediately with the meeting location, timing, and what to bring. Everything else: transportation, food, itinerary is handled.
Friday, October 16, 2026 | 8:45am – 4:30pm | High Point, NC |
I'm Melissa Galt, business coach and marketing consultant to interior designers globally, and a former residential designer with my own practice for three decades. You deserve a thriving creative business without sacrifice, I show you how to achieve it.
I've got a B.S. from Cornell, and I spent the first five years of my career as a purchasing agent for 5-star properties across the Southeast. If you ate it, drank it, wrote with it, or slept on it in one of those hotels, I bought it.
Sourcing has always been my superpower.
On October 16, it's yours.
And when you want unfiltered advice, strategy and practical tips, listen into my podcast weekly Design Business Freedom™. Or grab my four books known transform your business when you implement, whether it’s Marketing Luxury Design, Design Discovery, The Language of Success, or Proximity to Profits.
Can’t wait to have you with us,
Melissa
Show Up. Ride the Whole Day. Meet Every Vendor.
Nan handed me a list of 250 vendors and dared me to show her something new. I did.
I've got your back, always!