Selling at a Flea Market of Swap Meet

Tips and Tricks to High Profits at the Flea Market

Flea Market Tips & Tricks

If you would like to enter the world of selling and making big profits at flea markets and swap meets, there are several basic things you need to know. Many people come to a flea market or swap meet with a large assortment of garage sale type items and just toss them on the table or ground and wait.

Nobody comes to a flea market to dig through someone else’s garbage. They want to be coaxed into buying something… some treasure that they can not do without. As a flea market vendor, it is your job to reveal that treasure to them.

Pick the right Flea Market or Swap Meet.

Many flea markets specialize in a particular type of product: antiques, crafts, used assortments of items, or new products. Go to a flea market or swap meet that matches the type of product you are offering! You do not want to go to an antique market if you are selling stereo equiptment or new plastic toys.

Pick the Right Products. 

There is really no right and no wrong product for flea markets and swap meets, except out and out junk.

It is up to you what type of merchandise to sell. If you are into antiques, you must learn all about antiques and determine what people want to buy. If you are not into antiques, you have two choices: used or new merchandise.

You can find used merchandise to sell at the flea market or swap meet in your own home, thrift shops, yard sales and garage sales, or get items from friends.

New items can be bought through a wholesaler.

Set Up the Table for Maximum Profit.

You can not expect people to dig through a jumbled up pile of stuff on your table. Make it easy for them to see your merchandise!

Books should be stacked neatly with spines showing the titles. A low cardboard box is good for this. Records fit well in old milk crates where shoppers can flip through them easily. Clothing should be hung on hangers on a clothing rack or folded neatly on the table or a sheet on the ground. Collectibles, statues, and figurines should be neatly spaced and arranged with the tallest at the back or on tiered risers.

There are many inexpensive ways of setting up your table so it looks enticing.

Attract Attention.