Street Vendor

Overview

Street Vendors sell goods or services to customers at street or market locations.

Day-to-day

• collects goods and transports them along established routes and to street and market locations
• displays and demonstrates goods, and explains the qualities of goods to customers
• informs customers of new goods and services
• receives payments from customers and gives change
• records transactions on customer receipts and sales records
• wraps and packages goods sold
• develops lists of prospective customers and calls on them to obtain new business
• orders and purchases goods for sale, and monitors and maintains stock levels
• may attract attention by playing music, singing and calling out goods and services for sale.

Considerations

• requires driving.