Fluther: What’s a great item to sell at a market night?

What’s a great item to sell at a market night?

Asked by JLeslie (65411

) September 8th, 2018
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Where I live there are market night 4 nights a week. Vendors set up canopies around the downtown square here and sell a variety of things. Belts, personalized house signs, mugs and sunglasses with your favorite football team, and I was trying to think of what else might sell well.

There also is a farmers market two mornings a week. The produce sells very well there, baked goods and plants seem to move slower. I’ll take ideas for the farmers market too.

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Candles, and you could have lots of candles lit to light up your table.

Adagio (14059

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^^Oh, interesting idea. I’m thinking maybe the fake candles. I’m not very keen on things that are on fire. If you give me a candle it goes on my regift shelf.

You also have me thinking maybe hurricane supply items like wind-up radios and flashlights.

JLeslie (65411

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Jewelry but only if you make it.

Tropical_Willie (31118

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What’s your skill set?

raum (13206

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Not sure if you have this skillset, but hand-made cards with quality lettering might be viable. Also, novel pet product ideas might sell (handmade collars that are unique in some interesting way, homemade dog treats, etc.) depending on the market you’re in.

gorillapaws (30512

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Hot chocolate, or Glühwein.

ragingloli (51957

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@ragingloli I’ll drink to that !

Tropical_Willie (31118

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Hot soup in an edible cup or bowl.

ragingloli (51957

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Ooh I know…GUNS!!!
Tis eeh-merry-kah after all ;-}

ucme (50047

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Can you serve food? At our local farmers markets the stands selling tacos & crepes seem to be consistently busy.

This morning a salon was selling shampoo & conditioner and braiding hair.

There’s a honey co-op that sells honey plus beeswax products. It’s neat because a few bees show up as if they’re helping move the goods.

One guy selling produce also sharpens knives. A very clever move if you plan to be consistently at the same spot each week, so people who see you one time bring their knives the next.

I had a friend who sold leather dog collars and leashes all summer at street fests. She kept it up for at least three years, so I think it paid.

A few people were selling their home cooking, packaged to go. I like to think their friends loved it so much they convinced them to go commercial (on a tiny scale).
—One guy had soup in quarts and half-quarts
—A couple were selling jam
—Another had bottled bloody mary mixer
—Two guys had gluten-free pancake mix powder.

All those products had a home-packaged look (Ball jars, etc.) but they all had printed labels to make them look a little professional.

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