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Using a flea market
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Flea markets are not only useful as a place to earn an extra income, but can help introduce you to the
idea of working from home more easily. Selling a product or service at a flea market may just be the start of
a highly successful business run from home. Being involved in selling or promoting a service at a flea market
can help you learn how to work from home.
A flea market is also often known as a craft market or art market. A flea market is where people gather in a
public place to sell their products or advertise their services. Stands are set up mostly outdoors, or in
large tents. Each little business is allocated some space for its stand, and the business will display products for
sale, or posters and brochures and other advertising materials that give people visiting the flea market more
information about the products or services of the business at that stand.
The word "business" may make a brand new little work from home business owner feel intimidated, but many of the stands
at flea markets belong to people just earning some extra income, or just starting out with a new home business.
Selling something at a flea market can give people the confidence to take their home business
further, learn how to improve it, or give them ideas about other products or services they should add to it.
One does not even really have to already have decided on what one would like to do from home to try selling something
at a flea market - or even have a lot of money to set up a stand at any particular flea market. Bring a huge cooler
box filled with ice and some cooldrinks and sell those for your first time at a flea market. Put the
cooler box on the ground, with a sign stuck to it displaying prices, next to your car and sit in your car with the
doors open. How cheap a stand is that? That's
cheap! And you may make a little money on the sales of cooldrink! While at the craft market, walk around and get an
idea of what others are selling or promoting - this can even be done before the day of actually setting up your own
stand - remember to walk around thinking about what you yourself can sell - don't stop and buy everything you see and
forget about your main reason for walking around! Jot down some notes as you walk along.
Ask one of the stand owners to point out the supervisor of the flea market so that you can go ask them how much it is
to have a stand at the flea market, and if there's place for you. Perhaps start with a small flea market that is held
just one morning a week, so that you do not feel overwhelmed and chicken out from continuing. If you want to
work from home, starting out at a flea market is a great idea.
© Teresa Schultz 2009
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