Street Selling/Hawking: A Business Never Out Of Style [ENG/ESP]
Scrolling through my phone gallery, I came across a photo I had taken of a lady who was selling a street food (we call it Abacha) to me after over an hour of searching for who sells the meal around. The photo reminded me how happy I was when the woman passed by at that time.
Hawking is one business in my country, Nigeria and other African countries that have been in style for as long as it started and as long as I remember. Other countries call it street foods selling, but over there, the street sellers mostly do have small kiosks or shops to sell their products.
Here in Nigeria, we have a combination of both. Those selling in small kiosks or shops and a lot of them selling their products by walking about in different streets searching for customers. It's only sad that children are allowed to do this business which have caused dangers on them.
If we leave out the downsides of hawking in my country, the one style that this business will always be appreciated for is, the availability of products it brings to customers even when they are not looking. I think there are less people hawking about unlike time past but it's still there.
I know of people who could get all they want from food items to other products just by sitting outside to watch out for hawkers passing by. I remember how surprised I was to see a woman passing by selling so many things at a time, she had a whole kiosk moving about by the roadside.
There are a variety of goods that these hawkers can bring to your doorsteps and still sell at good prices which when compared to visiting the market for the same goods, you'd appreciate them for the services. It's amazing how making your products available can boost faster sales.
I can't tell how more risky, stressful and dangerous this business is as I've never had to hawk to make my products available but I can understand to an extent how peaceful it is to have customers come find you at your shop and you get good profits for just having the products.
While hawking has made product selling and advertising business strive, having your own shop to sell them and marketing it in other ways rather than hawking is better. But this is not me downgrading the hawking business, it's actually quite the opposite. I really appreciate these hawkers for making products more available.
It's not a business for many but the ones who do it, I see a whole definition of resilience in them. They have to deal with thieves, low profits, heat in the sun and cold in the rain while they go about everyday to have their products sold. Some buyers even prefer some of these hawkers for long term patronage, to show their importance.
First image used is AI generated.
Second image is mine.
! [Spanish Translation]
Recorriendo la galería de fotos de mi teléfono, encontré una foto que le tomé a una señora que vendía comida callejera (llamamos abacha) después de más de una hora buscando a alguien que la vendiera. La foto me recordó lo feliz que me puse cuando la mujer pasó por allí en ese momento.
La venta ambulante es un negocio en mi país, Nigeria y otros países africanos que ha estado de moda desde sus inicios y desde que tengo memoria. En otros países se le llama venta de comida callejera, pero allí, los vendedores ambulantes suelen tener pequeños quioscos o tiendas para vender sus productos.
Aquí en Nigeria, tenemos una combinación de ambos: quienes venden en pequeños quioscos o tiendas y muchos otros que venden sus productos caminando por diferentes calles en busca de clientes. Es triste que se permita a los niños dedicarse a este negocio, lo que les ha causado peligros.
Si dejamos de lado las desventajas de la venta ambulante en mi país, el estilo por el que este negocio siempre será apreciado es la disponibilidad de productos que ofrece a los clientes incluso cuando no están mirando. Creo que ahora hay menos gente vendiendo a diferencia de antes, pero sigue existiendo.
Conozco a gente que podía conseguir todo lo que quería, desde comida hasta otros productos, simplemente sentándose afuera y observando a los vendedores ambulantes que pasaban. Recuerdo mi sorpresa al ver pasar a una mujer vendiendo tantas cosas a la vez; tenía un quiosco entero moviéndose al borde de la carretera.
Hay una gran variedad de productos que estos vendedores ambulantes pueden llevarte a casa y venderlos a buenos precios, lo que, comparado con ir al mercado por los mismos productos, agradecerías sus servicios. Es increíble cómo poner tus productos a disposición puede impulsar las ventas más rápido.
No puedo imaginar lo arriesgado, estresante y peligroso que es este negocio, ya que nunca he tenido que vender para vender mis productos, pero entiendo hasta cierto punto lo tranquilo que es que los clientes vengan a tu tienda y obtengas buenas ganancias simplemente por tener los productos.
Si bien la venta ambulante ha impulsado el negocio de la venta y la publicidad de productos, es mejor tener una tienda propia para venderlos y promocionarlos de otras maneras en lugar de hacerlo a través de la venta ambulante. Pero esto no significa que yo menosprecie el negocio de la venta ambulante, sino todo lo contrario. Realmente aprecio a estos vendedores ambulantes por hacer que los productos sean más accesibles.
No es un negocio para muchos, pero veo en quienes lo hacen una clara muestra de resiliencia. Tienen que lidiar con ladrones, bajas ganancias, calor bajo el sol y frío bajo la lluvia mientras se desplazan a diario para vender sus productos. Algunos compradores incluso prefieren a algunos de estos vendedores ambulantes como clientes a largo plazo, para demostrar su importancia.
La primera imagen utilizada es generada por IA.
La segunda imagen es mía.
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Un trabajo duro esto de vendedor ambulante. En mi país, Venezuela, existe Li que llaman economía informal, constituida por vendedores que tienen su puesto de venta en la calle y en menor cantidad los ambulantes.
Yeah, some countries call them that. It's really hard being one which makes it quite admirable. Every legal and good business should be admirable when done well.
Yes... Ooh... But is not really easy to hawk, because for me it fall out of proper way of running business, but it pays a lot for those who really know how to do it, well done for this .
Yeah, it's not something I'll advice anyone to do but people are doing well with it.
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