Insurance Links for Pop-Up Retail Spaces
Short-term retail tenants buy their own liability coverage through one link, with your space and the landlord named as additional insured.
Set up my link →How insurance works at pop-up retail spaces
Pop-up retail exists because the lease is short. A brand takes a storefront for six weeks, a maker takes a kiosk for a holiday season, a label takes a bay for a weekend sample sale — and the leasing paperwork that works for a five-year tenant is far too slow for any of it.
Insurance is where that speed breaks down. The license agreement requires a certificate naming the landlord and the property manager, and a small brand's broker takes a week to produce one, if the brand has a broker at all.
A link turns a week into a few minutes. The tenant buys coverage for the term of the pop-up, and the certificate naming the right parties is issued before they take keys.
What you're actually exposed to
- A customer is injured inside the pop-up during the tenant's occupancy.
- A tenant's fixtures, build-out, or removal damages the storefront, floors, or systems.
- A product sold during the pop-up causes an injury after the tenant has gone.
- A short-term tenant has no coverage at all and the landlord is the only insured party.
There are two links — most places need both
A renter's policy covers their event. It does not cover the food vendor they hired or the band they booked. Those are separate businesses with separate exposure, so they need their own coverage — and you need to be named on that too.
Vendor link
For each business working inside the event — they buy their own policy for their own booth or act, and your grounds are named on each of those policies.
Food vendors, entertainers, product and merchandise sellers, antique dealers, clothing sellers, crafters, service vendors.
Whole-space link
For the person or company renting your entire space for their own event. They buy a TULIP for the dates they have the place, and you're named as additional insured on it.
Weddings, receptions, reunions, birthday parties, clubhouse rentals, conferences, corporate offsites, fundraisers, memorials.
You can set up one or both on the same form below — there's no extra cost either way, and the renters and vendors buy their own coverage.
How it works for your grounds
Require proof of insurance from your vendors and space renters without collecting it by hand. One set-up, then the certificates come to you instead of you chasing them.
You Sign Up
Complete a short one-time form to open your grounds' account — free, no obligation.
We Create Your Links
We build a custom link for whoever rents the whole space, and one for your vendors.
You Share Them
Put the links in your vendor packet, booth application, rental contract, or event page.
They Buy Coverage
Each vendor or space renter buys their own event liability policy in minutes.
Certificates Auto-Issue
A certificate naming your grounds as additional insured is emailed to them and to you.
Your vendors are eligible too
It isn't only the person who rents your space. The businesses that work your events can buy their own event liability coverage through your vendor link — for a single day, a weekend, or a whole season of dates.
Booths, stands, concession trailers, and food trucks serving at your event.
Bands, DJs, dancers, magicians, face painters, and stage acts.
Booths selling goods, gifts, souvenirs, or packaged products.
Flea market, swap meet, and estate dealers selling from a booth.
Boutique, vintage, and apparel vendors working your market.
Handmade goods, art, jewelry, candles, and maker booths.
Rentals, staffing, inflatables, photo booths, and setup crews.
Host something that isn't on this list? Tell us on the set-up form and we'll confirm whether it's eligible.
Each vendor is named on their own policy and your space is named as additional insured — so one vendor's claim stays with that vendor.
Ready to set up your link?
Set-up takes about two minutes and costs you nothing — the renter or vendor pays for their own policy. We provision your custom link from there.
Free to set up · No contract · The renter or vendor pays for their own policy
Set up your link
Complete this one-time form and our team will provision your custom link. You'll receive it by email once your account is set up.
Frequently asked questions
Can a policy match a six-week pop-up term?
Yes. Coverage can be written for the dates of the occupancy rather than a standard annual term, which is what makes a short license agreement workable.
Can the landlord and property manager both be named?
Yes. Your link can be configured with multiple additional insureds, so ownership and management are both named without the tenant having to understand your structure.
What if a brand already has a commercial policy?
Then they can send their own certificate as usual. The link is for the tenants who don't — which in pop-up retail is most of them.
What does the link cost us?
Nothing. Set-up is free and the renter or vendor pays for their own policy.
Is everything eligible?
No. Coverage is subject to the carrier's eligibility rules, and some events and activities can't be written. Your link tells someone up front if they don't qualify, so nobody shows up thinking they're covered.