Design Pattern: First-Come, First-Use Merchant Spaces

Some areas may provide first come, first serve merchant spaces.

These type of merchant spaces are located in public areas with pedestrian traffic. Although the spaces appear to be first-come, first serve there is an opportunity to create a system that facilitates scheduling or sign-up to use the spaces. This may become problematic in terms of number of merchants vying for the space. There also may be bias from those maintaining the system.