Thinking of setting up a market stall

[johnstrangey]

Hi all first post on here, I'm thinking of running a stall in local markets a few of my local towns don't have a quality B&M store. I'd love you open a B&M store but thanks to my ex wife I don't have have capital or the credit rating to do so. I'm thinking of stocking a range from your egos to your quality mods with a range of 1/2 decent factory juice and a gourmet range.

Do you guys have any advice ( or criticism of my idea) to get this off the ground

Cheers vapers

[Get Off My Cloud]

Hello and welcome to AAEC i know nothing about running a business but i believe markm started with a market stall maybe he can give you some advice on the business side of things.
Good luck.

[Chrissie]

Hello & welcome johnstrangey

It would have been best if you had introduced yourself first in the New members board, before asking advice on running a business.

[Saferciggie]

do some research on the likely effects of regulations before committing your money, also don't sell cheap crap as you may well find a lot of nasty exploding ego batteries could land you in serious trouble. Just buy quality products and sell at sensible prices tbh I would not bother with standard ego style as you can get these anywhere now even home bargains. The profit margins are not so great these days with everyone jumping on the band wagon but if you get the right products it will still be decent enough. good luck whatever you decide.

[qsplan]

I guess the very first thing you should have done, as Saferciggie said, is to study all the relative legislation and relative drafts as well (drafts can help you spot the keypoints of whatever is about to come)

A few links that might help you in that
www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/440991/TPD_Consultation_Doc.pdf
ec.europa.eu/health/tobacco/docs/dir_201440_en.pdf
ec.europa.eu/health/tobacco/products/revision/index_en.htm

Personally, I wouldn't risk anything, especially now that everything seems to be so misty and uncertain... On the other hand, if you make a fully detailed business plan, plus a risk assessment it may prove that now is the right moment...

[Bobsbeer]

Welcome and good luck. Like any other business, you are going into it to make a profit first and foremost. So to me the first thing to ask is, do you have enough of a customer base to sell enough products. As the saying goes, location, location, location. Good luck with it if you go ahead.

[peter12]

For me there are 3 local vendors. I always end up using the one in town for convenience of its location.
Also a massive plus is that they have testers of almost all their flavours unfortunately not the pricey ones like five pawns although they use all their own standard little cleoromisers pre set up with flavours and labeled so you can test. Flavours little muted but you get the idea of what its like