[Merged] tiangge business

[pastalover]

if anyone of you has been given a chance to sell something in bazaars or in tiangges, what would u sell? me, it would have to be food, as in pastas and homemade goodies!

[nix]

I used to sell cookies two years ago. I did pretty well since my cookies tasted good, were boxed, and had a brand.

[KuyaDanny]

The problem I have with tiangge merchandise, especially food, is that I buy stuff, I try it out, I like it, and I want to buy some more. But when I go back to the place, the vendor is nowhere to be found! :(

I would advise that you always leave a means of contact, so that satisfied customers can reach you for repeat business even after you've left the stall for good.

[Leigh]

An old but timely topic since it's almost Christmas and am sure a lot of people are interested in putting up booths.

Let's discuss tiangge again - if you would sell anything in bazaars, what would you sell (as asked by pastalover before)?

- Where would you want to sell them, villages? hotels? churches?

- For those who have experienced selling in bazaars, how much do you usually spend to put up booths? how much do you earn a day?

- Any tips for first time bazaar merchants?

[ohmy]

we almost joined several "bazaar" type of tiangge, but the overhead cost was simply too high for us to make a decent earning, plus our product that time is kinda big and on made to order basis only.

we ended up selling our products to friends in their offices, which was pretty good, considering the overhead for a start-up. we earned 4 times of what we put in during xmas session.

awhile back, a tiny space in greenhills would go as high as 30-50T a month. which is too high, then again, depends on your merchandises.

nowadays its filled with mobilephones, and accessories.. crazy world.

[enchantress]

greenhills is way too overpriced. and the competition is really stiff, especially during christmas. whatever you're selling (exept if it's food na you own the recipes to), there will be several others selling the exact same thing. plus, if you do manage to find something unique to sell, believe me, it will stay unique for a maximum of two days only.

best bet would be the smaller tiangges. the greenmeadows one is good (in christ the king) because we've had a booth there for the past two years. if you are selling upscale items, try out the corinthian gardens tiangge. of course, the walang kamatayang polo club and the yearly xmas bazaar in world trade or pttc. la vista tiangge is not too good, buti na lang we never got a booth there.

if you guys know of good tiangge sites, post them here na rin. :)

[diwata28]

bazaaristars should start first at small bazaars in villages and schools. atleast sa mga ganun, mura lang ang fee. yung iba just ask for a percentage of the net sales, yun iba mga P200-800 lang. kapag hotels, mga P3000 and above...

[blue[]ce]

Hello, we are planning to go for the bazaar business this Christmas season. Anyways, can anybody refer me to contact details with regards to bazaars? example phone and contact info. help would be very much appreciated.

[diwata28]

may alam ba kayong bazaar sites which are great for ukay-ukay clothes?

thanks

[Bida]

Was thinking of trying out joining bazaars and tiangge with my sis next year. Meron ba ritong mga may experience with this type of business, who'd like to share their tips?

[robin]

We joined the bazaars just this year and i think it would be nice to have tried to look at some of the past or upcoming bazaars this year and find out what type of products sell best and what price range. From what we observed (we started arnd October) The farther away from xmas the more that ppl are buying for themselves...the closer to xmas, the more they are buying for presents. And the farther away from xmas, the least they are willing to spend and so on...hope this helps

[Bida]

Thanks! That would definitly help...

Aside from the merchandise, what else do we need to join tiangge?

[Renee]

I joined some bazaars this year and the results were not bad.. not amazing, but ok na for the effort I guess. One thing I noticed in order to generate a lot of sales is to have a variety of merchandise... kasi it's hard to just depend on one or two types of products.. you can't predict for sure kasi what will be the "in" thing each year or in each venue.

If I were to join a bazaar next year, I'd make sure that I'd maintain a variety of merchandise such that I'd have cheap items/ trinkets that are somehow "patok" that a lot of people would buy. And syempre I'd have my main goods.. good quality items targetted for the pickier shopper :).

Bida: Aside from the merchandise, some other things you'd need are a good location, good timing, transportation for delivery of items, and some racks and tables that you could use for display... Good luck to you next year. Keep us posted na lang.. malay mo if things push through I could supply for you also :D.. ;)

[diwata28]

i have a question:

regarding this year's bazaar's left overs, what should the sellers do about that?

another thing--kelan dapat ang start ng bazaar business for 2002?

thanks

[Renee]

hey diwata28 .. I have the same problem :p. Most of my items were under consignment, but I was stuck with some items due to an unscrupulous supplier !!:mad:

Hehe neways, what am doing now is asking officemates, friends, and even our helpers if they'd like to sell the goods that am stuck with. And I just offer it to them at cost.

If that doesn't work, will probably give some of them away, while the rest, I'll just stock until an opportunity to dispose of them comes along :D

Another thing you could do is to pass on the goods to someone who owns a store/ shop full time.

[KuyaDanny]

One comment:

We used to own some gift shops. Ending up with excess inventory of unpopular merchandise is inevitable in the retail business. What we could not unload by placing on sale at markdowns we would set aside for the bazaar season. Then we would rent some space and have our salespeople run the booth. We would the split the proceeds. It was quite effective.

[cookiemonster]

Based on my experiences as well as feedbacks from other vendors, bazaars that are great to join are the ones in AAVA, Manila Polo Club, Dusit Hotel, Makati Sports Club. But of course it also depends who the organizers are. Corinthian Gardens & Valle 6 are nt so great. The 1st World Bazaar of WorldBex wasnt great either. The organizers let it seemed like the market would be class AB ppl but turned out to be CD ppl who thought they were shopping in Divisoria. There were some AB ppl but in general, I prefer to join AAVA n Manila Polo since sales there are way higher than what you would earn in WTC.
I tried selling Branded overuns of men's polo for 500.- like the ones in GH for 650.- and customers will ask if the 500 is buy one take one! I'm like......ugh! go to divisoria! It can be quite frustrating!

I guess I've learned my lesson from this experience. :)

[Bida]

Originally posted by Renee
I joined some bazaars this year and the results were not bad.. not amazing, but ok na for the effort I guess. One thing I noticed in order to generate a lot of sales is to have a variety of merchandise... kasi it's hard to just depend on one or two types of products.. you can't predict for sure kasi what will be the "in" thing each year or in each venue.

If I were to join a bazaar next year, I'd make sure that I'd maintain a variety of merchandise such that I'd have cheap items/ trinkets that are somehow "patok" that a lot of people would buy. And syempre I'd have my main goods.. good quality items targetted for the pickier shopper :).

Bida: Aside from the merchandise, some other things you'd need are a good location, good timing, transportation for delivery of items, and some racks and tables that you could use for display... Good luck to you next year. Keep us posted na lang.. malay mo if things push through I could supply for you also :D.. ;)

Renee: Hey thanks I will give you all feedbacks... will try to check out some and maybe get some supplies from you.

[Bida]

BTW, mga how much pala usual joining fees?

[diwata28]

it varies from location to location--
from my experiences:
P500 per day to 2,500 per day to 12,500 per day

[guy_fawkes]

so anybody knows an ideal place for a tiangge business? we're planning to sell shoewears and bags. somewhere which had a decent rental cost and a good opportunity to sell.

[zaechi]

sana you can suggest a good tiangge place.. we sell hams kasi sso seasonal talga yung binebenta namin... pls pm po kung meron... thank you

[tinaorange]

Hi! Sorry for the short notice but I have a full booth for the pAMAsko Bazzar 2009 I need someone to share it with. This is organized by some Ateneo students.
Details: Nov 21-22 (ingress/pre-selling on Friday), 10AM-11PM
No tables and chairs provided though. P4000 (so 2000 each).
I'm selling US brand cosmetics and a other random ladies' accessories. Let me know if you're interested. Please PM me.
Thanks!
Curly Boo Cosmetics