Advice on items to make to start my small buisness at flea markets

[Wildwest2029leathercraft]

Will you guys give me advice on 5-10 smaller quick buy items to make an inventory of to put at my booth in flea market in daytona beach please or other items big or whatever that will hopefully sell

[DieselTech]

Key chains, minimal card wallets, coasters, dog leashes. Bracelets. Dog collars.

Every demographic area will change for hot seller products/inventory.

[HandyDave]

If your in Daytona beach area definitely have some "biker" type items. Wallets for men and women. Keychains, can koozies, maybe some small handle bar bags. 

[fredk]

Have a look at what I just posted up 

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Edited 11 hours ago by fredk

[chuck123wapati]

 

Give you advice or do it for you? What are your thoughts and ideas, and I'll help expand on those.

[Mulesaw]

Maybe a strap saying: Daytona beach 2025.

Just a small strip of leather with either stamped or branded onto it. Make a hole and a cut in one end, so it can be attached to a regular button on a vest or a denim jacket.
You could make the same strap as a keyfob. 

But like @chuck123wapati said, what are your own ideas? You could make custom chaps, or belts or leatherwrapped locking chains (for keeping your motorcycle locked and still looking good), but it is easier to give hints/help if we know sort of what you'd like to bring yourself. 

Brgds Jonas

[toxo]

15 hours ago, Wildwest2029leathercraft said:

Will you guys give me advice on 5-10 smaller quick buy items to make an inventory of to put at my booth in flea market in daytona beach please or other items big or whatever that will hopefully sell

If selling is your priority you must think like a seller. Regardless of what you choose to make, your target audience is about to walk past your stall in seconds not minutes. Your job is to catch their eye and get their attention. Bright colours rather than classic brown. Most won't give a toss if you stitches are nice and neat or did you use Tokenole on those edges. Once you have their attention the next thing they'll look at is price. Most won't start the day with buying in mind and might not have a lot of cash in their pocket. Of course if you are able to take card payments. that a whole different ball game and product range.

[JLSleather]

I'm the odd man out here.  Again.  WHile it's clear that Daytona loves bike stuff (and also spring break crap and racing stuff) I can tell you what i"ve seen over the years.  If you make "quick, cheap, token" items for quick sale, that's what you'll be remembered for.
IF you want to get known for quality, lasting, CRAFTED goods, then I suggest that you start making and offering that right from teh start. 👍

When we did "shows", we always had those little "key fob" things with a tandy stamp on there and a key ring. We didn't sell them - we GAVE THEM to little kids.  Cost us less than $1 and a minute er two each.  REASON being it made the kids happy to get SOMETHING, and thus they weren't putting their hot dog soaked hands on a 3-digit handbag or a $100+ holster .. no mustard on the goods

SOME of the girls (mostly) would hear there wuz some dummy over that was givin free stuff for the kids and show up, with no intention of buying anything. Which is fine - no harm done (plus, we LIKE kids as a rule).  I can't even tell you for a fact that we ever sold anything BECAUSE of these little things - prolly not.  But it did make room for those who wanted to see the real stuff.  At the shows, we had some stuff you could touch, feel, smell... and ALSO some photos of other stuff you could order.

BUT WE QUIT doing 'shows" ... SO MANY people love to go to these things for "something to do"... might as well have been a walk in the park with a hot dog vendor (and sometimes the food guy was the ONLY one making any money).  Last straw for me was when i went to a supposed so-called "gun show" and had a guy telling me all about the wonderful holster he bought from a guy who "designs them hissself""... and then showed me a picture of MY holster he bought from this somebody   I showed him the DESIGN, but he just wasn't having it - ya kaint fix stupid.  This guy wasn't there to buy anything either... just wanted to "talk guns" with some other people not there to buy anything....

[JLSleather]

OH, OH, OH... 

I DID see one gun show about an hour from here.... we took a BIG bowl of individually wrapped candy for anybody who wants to help theyseff to it.  No worries.  Brightly colored tables and candy.... might as well have been a flashing red light

But nothing much selling.  COuple fellas ordered holsters for later shipment, which was fine and good.  But the ONLY thing of QUALITY I saw there, barring us, was a older fella making gun slings.  Making GOOD slings. NICE slings.  Put yer name on em and finish em right there - pay, come back in half an hour and gityer stuff.  Started - if I remeber right - around $90.  After 2 days he wuz downta like half that, and STILL no orders.  

Guy spent most of the time over there eating candy and talking with me and my son ...