Selling What advantage did Roadside Trader have over those in the shop?

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Mataracy

VIP Contributor
The roadside trader displays his wares by the roadside in busy streets, roads and other public places such as outside the gates of a post office, school, factory, office,motor park, etc.

Customers of the roadside trader are mainly the passers-by and other casual buyers. This trader often displays quick-selling items on trays or racks. These items include cold drinks,pena,envelopes,cigarettes and snake such as fried or boiled groundnuts, etc.
In my country,a very large number of women ,boys and girls engage in this trade.
Most of the advantages and disadvantages of itinerant trading equally apply to roadside trading but there are several differences between the two. These arise from the following features of roadside trading:
(1) Sales are not made from door to door but at a fixed point on a busy street or place.
(2) The stock is displayed on a makeshift stall and not hawked about.
(3) Trading is usually conducted near the trader's home. The only travelling is that made to and from selling point.

What advantage did Roadside Trader have over those in the shop?
 

Kingsley

Valued Contributor
One of the obvious advantage is that they will not have to pay for the shop rent in that way they will be saving that extra cost they would have incurred in renting a shop. That is an obvious advantage. And another thing that is obvious is that they will have the opportunity of doing their business at their own pace as they can easily get in touch with their target audience without having to wait up for buyers. They will move from one point to another and get the customers so easily without stress. So this gives them the selling advantage over those that stays at the shop to wait for customers to come to patronize them.

Moving from place to place this days can be somewhat risky as the country is longer safe as it use to be. So it is not really encouraging for them to trade in that fashion again. It is indeed very dangerous. So I am encouraging those of us that have in mind to do such to be very careful due to the insecurity in the land, and we shouldnt focus on the profits that we might obtain from selling around. But the roadside business does better than those in the shop most times.
 
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