Everything depends on what you sell at which market.
Some markets are junk markets. If you work one of these, SELL JUNK and lots of it! If you work a large market, there will be a lot of new merchandise, most of which comes from one of the wholesale magazines, (see resource section.)
This may work out for you or it could turn on you.
Example: You could get real excited about some advertised product and order a large amount only to find out that the wholesaler sent you junk - junk that nobody wants.
Often you can spot this kind of stuff by the fact it was on sale in the first place!
When you place an order over the phone, watch out for the numbers switch. I once ordered some ID bracelets from a place in Chicago. The order was around $120.00
dollars worth. It was a COD.
I really needed those bracelets and, when the UPS man came, the COD was for
$240.00! Wow! I went ahead and paid it, ouch! I opened up the package only to discover that they had doubled the order. Two dozen of everything instead of one dozen. Oh well… spend and learn!
Get serious: If you have any sort of health problems, stay away from heavy stuff; furniture, tools, books, or glassware.
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Find something that the customers like and are lightweight.
It should:
be easy to pack and unpack and
sell with a 3x-10x mark up.
Try several small orders of different lines of merchandise. It won’t take long until you find your niche.
Check out some markets and take a few mental notes. You can tell if a vendor is selling by looking at them If they are smiling and alert, it’s a good chance they’re making some money. On the other hand, if they are sitting down at the back of their booth reading a paperback – well, you know the rest of the story….
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