How to Sell Books at the Flea Market

Selling books at the flea market can be profitable.

If you love books, you might like to turn them into a business. Among the other places they can be sold, selling books at the flea market can be fun and profitable. The following step will provide you more insight into the selling process.

Things You'll Need

• Books
• Shopping bags
• Marker
• Poster board
• Tape
• Table cloth
• Table
• Cardboard boxes

Instructions

1. Choose which books to sell at the flea market. Used books are great sellers, especially cookbooks, nonfiction, craft and children's books.

2. Pack books by type in cardboard boxes or crates for transport. Pack shopping bags -- used grocery store bags are fine, and free -- marker and poster board to make signs, tape, a table cloth and table, and drive to the flea market.

3. At the flea market, cover the table and arrange the books by type in neat piles or standing up so their spines are visible to shoppers.

4. Create signs and hang them up. These should show prices for each type of books: paperbacks are 50 cents, hardcover novels are $1 and nonfiction priced as marked. Price your books accordingly.

5. Sell the books. Be prepared to haggle prices with the customers or give discount prices on quantity purchases.

6. At the end of the day, pack up the leftovers, drive home and count your money.

Tips & Warnings

• Sell only books in good condition.

• Some books do not sell well like romance paperbacks, condensed books and outdated nonfiction.

References

• Flea Market Mama: Home