Street Vendors

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

What the job involves

• 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