Find Fast Selling Wholesale Flea Market Products

Melanie L. Marten
In the warmer months of the year, thousands of flea markets from coast to coast fill up with merchants looking to make a quick buck. Some are one-time sellers who just want to unload the junk from their garages or basements. Others make a living attending various flea markets and selling items, they purchase wholesale to resell.

This article deals with the later type of flea market vendor. The atmosphere of flea market sales usually means that you must have enticing products that can be sold cheap. Flea markets, after all, are not boutique shops that attract big spenders. Finding fast selling wholesale items will ensure big profits at the flea market.

Finding the Right Product for Your Flea Market

As mentioned above, flea market products should be inexpensive and lead to impulse buys. However, the actual product can vary greatly based on the flea market that you attend. Investigating a particular market is always a great idea before you decide what to sell there. The perfect, fast-selling products will coincide with the price range of a particular market's offerings, but it should not have much competition.

Researching Wholesale Companies

One of the most important aspects of deciding what to sell at the flea market is finding a low-cost wholesale company that sells that product. If you decide on sunglasses, for example, you have to be sure to get a reputable supplier who will be able to fill orders quickly. You also want to find a wholesale product supplier that can give you the potential for the largest profit.

Impulse Buy Items

Whatever product line you decide to sell at the flea market, it is always a good idea to offer a few impulse buy items as well. These impulse products are those that draw crowds: either by being very unusual, very trendy, or be advertised for a very low price. "Diamonds! $1.00!" will draw a crowd faster than anything. Of course, you should never lie at the flea market.

Impulse buy products can be weather related items like umbrellas, shade hats or parasols, personal fans, or even bottled water where allowed. They can also be products marketed specifically to children. If you sell costume jewelry, you might want to offer a "Husband Box" with hand tools for him to peruse while his wife shops for earrings.

Finding wholesale products that sell quickly is the goal of almost all flea market vendors. Selling these items to the large crowds of people that visitor the thousands of flea markets across the country is the best way to make a big profit. Flea market vendors sell all types of merchandise. The one thing they all must know, however, is how to find fast selling wholesale flea market items.

Published by Melanie L. Marten

Melanie Marten is self-taught and self-employed. Besides freelance writing, she dabbles in website design and owns dozens of websites and blogs. Work is squeezed in between parenting two boys, homeschoolin...  View profile

  • Finding fast selling wholesale items will ensure big profits at the flea market.
  • You must find low cost wholesale items to sell at the flea market.
  • Finding wholesale products that sell quickly is the goal of almost all flea market vendors

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  • anne.jaa319/2/2010

    Good information that must be known before starting the retail business to get more from little investments.
    Wholesale Flea Market Goods

  • Matthew6/6/2009

    Which one of the below items (1-4) would you be mostly likely to buy at a Flea Market?

    1.Pet products
    2.Baby products
    3.Health & Nurtrition products, or
    4.Children toy prodcuts

    Thank you for your feedback!

  • mike2/19/2009

    I just started selling at the farmers market in my city last week. started with only shades and basball caps....now im coming on to my second week in a couple of days and I have at ton of other stuff ready to display.

  • suzanne2/4/2009

    I am trying to find kitchen canister sets that i sell at a flea market.. they are rooster, fruit, grapes, chef etc.. I was able to find them, so I'm trying to find a wholesaler.. Any ideas?

  • Allen Farlow6/30/2008

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  • K.D. West5/19/2008

    I buy lots of pet toys at flea markets, but not food or medicines. Often times, the date on these items has expired. Giving a outdated vaccine could cause more problems that it prevents. Just be educated.

  • Les Denk (e-mail: huntzp@yahoo.com )3/28/2008

    Forced out of the corporate job due to age. Spent year looking and now I need to make money to survive.

    I want to sell at swap meets but I need to find a product that is reasonably priced I can turn over fast. All sugestions will be deeply appreciated

  • Jeff12/3/2007

    wholesale directoy www.keysfleamarket.com/vendors/

  • sonia morales10/9/2007

    Do you think that a pet supply store is a good business for a flea market? if so, which are the most demanded products? thanks for your answer soniamorales0504@hotmail.com

  • Nick Howes5/28/2007

    Some great ideas!

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