Any Advise to Newbie Like Me
 

I am keen to start my business venture and it has been my dreams to own a shop by myself. I had ordered some goods from my supplier already. Next step is I want to test out my goods with the market. So I thought so trying out Bazaars.

How do I go about registering the bazaars? What are the stardard procedures? i.e Deposit? Payment? Will appreciate any advise. Thank you.

Re: Any Advise to Newbie Like Me
 

where the goods coming from?
best wait for goods to arrive first before anything. sometimes they dun come at all.

Re: Are you a "crafty" person?
 

Why u need to rent a shop which you dont have experience before? Try to sell online 1st :)

Re: Any Advise to Newbie Like Me
 

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Re: Any Advise to Newbie Like Me
 

Hi,

It is good to have a goal in life and doing something that you like as a living. I think you are quite right, trying out at bazaars and flea market are rather good ways to test out your goods in the market.

You will have to register through an organizer, some organizers might require you to pay a refundable deposit, but usually the amount wouldn't be big as bazaar is only for short term rental. Payment wise you will certainly be required to pay in full before the event starts in order to secure your space.

Regards

Re: Any Advise to Newbie Like Me
 

pasa malam is bazaar right?If it is i am trying to find a way to contact them, any ideas?

Re: Any Advise to Newbie Like Me
 

Pasa malam is a bazaar but what exactly are you selling? Some things are not suitable to be sold at such places. Think carefully please.

Re: Any Advise to Newbie Like Me
 

there are different types of bazaars.. got pasar malam / flea-market type (where people sometimes bargain like crazy) and more "atas" type (depends on location / organiser). where u choose to sell, would depend on how you want to "brand"/"price" your goods. also, rent can be quite hefty, so choose wisely :)

Re: Any Advise to Newbie Like Me
 

hi,

I agree with EarthlyScents and pokerface, it really depends on what you are selling.

I don't know any contacts of pasar malam, but I'm sure you could get the contact from some of the pasar malam stall holders. I ever worked in a pasar malam during my school days, sometimes the organizer might just be walking or idling around the pasar malam.

Regards

Re: Are you a "crafty" person?
 

i agree. it is usually a good training ground and online is a good place to test out consumer demand. :)

Re: Any Advise to Newbie Like Me
 

times are so bad now... better dun take too much risk.. try cheaper rental like bazaar/flea market or like wat flealover says.. go online sell lor.. :)

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do i need to have a business license or register to ACRA if i planning to sell in bazaars? pushcart? flea-market? I have some stocks (fashion accessories) & i wanted to sell it out. can you give me advise. I'm willing to consign/share to those who have existing shops/place to sell already.

Re: Any Advise to Newbie Like Me
 

aiyo..u don't frighten her leh...it's her first time although it might be true..
yes, wait for the goods to arrive first and check if everything in fine. take it step by step. there's no rush..everybody does have a dream and for me it's the same like yours..having a own shop. My first step was to sell on line which didn't work cos how many working mummies r so free to sit infront of the PC and shop? Frankly Singapore is a very convenient place to do shopping and if i hv the time i would rather take the excuses to go down town & shop. Next i move to those boxes and rented 4 boxes to try my things but again it doesn't work Dunno why so "SWAY". Next i tell myself i'm going to try pushcart and work myself there....So take things easy and step by step. there's alot of hardwork...:)

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WOW! 4 boxes. You really daring. Because renting a box is not easy. I also very suay. 1st batch of goods, i was hit by currency rate. Japanese yen went up and my goods cost price went up! OMG! Hahas. rented box also did not move out at all! Sian. Then now try all kinds of ways. Bo bian. Such things need to really have the will and motivation and courage to move on! Passion will be needed to keep burning!

:yippee:

Re: Any Advise to Newbie Like Me
 

pm me.i might be able to help.tried various ways of selling.found some to be mroe successful than others..can share with u my 2 cents worth.

Re: Any Advise to Newbie Like Me
 

Start off with a online site first, registering with those blogspot/livejournal and such cost you nothing, all you need is to do plenty of uploading to the site and promote it to your target audience. Yes, is good to try out flea and bazzar, if your product range is suitable for pasar malem you can pm me,I have most contacts of them,my dad is a vendor selling fruits but be prepared to pay a bit of sum.one day or few days flea would be good, but with the right location too, I have been to some which easily give me hundreds in a few hours but there are some which gives you nothing at all..box rental is a good try out platform too,i myself is starting my 8 shelves unit at parco@millenia next week, and I am spending almost a month for preparation already things don't come easy.a good planning can take you a long way (; just some of my rants hopes it help (;

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how to have a blog without paying, is it possible, then how ppl can find you? i am confuse again, then u mean to downlaod and upload what? pls help i am trying to start something, pls advice what to sell is good nowadays, can clothing earn?what product good to selL?

Re: Any Advise to Newbie Like Me
 

ct,

In short term, you may advertise. However, it may become more and more expensive in the long run.

It may take sometimes to get traffic to your site. If you need traffic urgently, you may approach SEO company, but it is costly (It may range from 3-4 digits monthly for few keywords).

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Free sites such as blogspot/ livejournal you don't need to pay anything to use it. Or webs/webbly each have their own functions. Hmm upload means upload pictures, in online shopping we don't provide customer with actual products so a pictures tells a thousand words. So you gotta do a lot of uploading of your pictures to the site. I have not seen any site that sells without pictures. Haha, downloading may be in terms of editing tools. Or what ever you need, shopping cart or what.

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If you don't mind spenting a small fee.

I can help you setup a simple ecommerce website at a small fee. You can view my bizhub advertisement if you are interested in a more complicated shopping cart with coupon and voucher module and lotsa of module.