a huge flea market is moving to my city, i've wanted to start a business for a really long time but never really had the money to. selling online seems like a difficult market to get into, and I'd prefer it to be in person tbh. so opening my own store when i have the money to do so is kind of a pipe dream i have. but i looked into the price for a booth is relatively cheap, commitment is only 2 months minimum. you can also just rent out booths for the day, weekend, or week if you just need to get rid of some stuff and aren't a business.i buy a lot of stuff online from china for myself, clothes and jewelry mainly. I've always thought if i had the means to i would be able to sell this stuff for much more...like everytime i go to the mall now everything seems so overpriced because i know they just bought it cheap from overseas. sometimes i even see stuff i bought cheap online in local shops for 3 or 4 times the price lol.i'm not looking for a get rich quick thing, i've worked in retail and it can suck sometimes but i do enjoy sales and working with people. i don't make any investments where i am not prepared to lose all of it if it goes bad, i know i'd be working for free at the beginning. it would be less than $1000 for the first two months (just an estimation). i also have family and friends who would be willing to help me and are also interested in starting something like this, but i'd prefer not to ask them to help cover costs when i can do it myself...instead of getting help and when/if it fails having to pay them back later. it's enough for them to volunteer their time.i'm not looking to start this asap. i'm working at a halloween shop right now, so that'll end in november. with just enough time for me to see how busy the flea market gets (as it opens oct 1), what sort of other businesses are there and which do well, and other stuff i need to research.i'd probably be selling clothing, probably more niche stuff as i don't want to sell a bunch of basic items you can buy anywhere. i dress more alternative/goth so i could include some items like that, but i'd probably expand to selling cheap clothes/accessories and items that are very trendy right now and cheaper than you would find at other stores nearby. the market moving here is one that shut down about a year ago a few cities over, they had booths of people selling clothing but it was overpriced and didn't really fit that description, of course that can change when it comes here though. i'm not dead set on that though, again i need to wait until it opens, see what does/doesn't do well, competition, etc. but i'd prefer to sell something i know a lot about and have an interest.also just some notes about how flea markets work where i live, because looking at advice for this elsewhere it seems they work differently everywhere:-prices are not always super cheap. it is definitely find good deals but it's more like a big market of small businesses, not discount stuff. a lot of stuff is very over priced honestly (although i would be keeping my stuff relatively low priced).-they are more like a mall/shopping center of small businesses. i've seen others say their flea markets are like large garage sales but most businesses sell new product with a few garage sale/pawn shop type booths. i also love thrift shopping and vintage fashion, me and my sister find a lot of great cheap/under priced stuff at thrift stores. so i definitely could also do that it just seems like a more of a hassle.this is more of something that is just a thought right now, but something i'd really love to at least try. just not sure if it's worth attempting at all or i'm just excited over the idea and not considering potential loss lol. see hubwealthy.com/wealthy
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