There are several types of itinerant traders that operate without a fixed place of business. Hawkers and peddlers carry products door-to-door or on wheeled carts, calling out names of items for sale. Street traders arrange goods at busy streets and areas near transportation or commercial centers, dealing in low-priced everyday products. Market traders sell items on fixed weekly or monthly schedules in different marketplaces, common in small towns and villages. Cheap jacks do not stay in one location, renting shops short-term in residential areas depending on sales and dealing in inexpensive goods like clothing, produce, and more.

1. Itinerant traders
o They do not have fixed place of business.
o Itinerant traders are found in all cities, towns as well as villages.
o Deal in light and cheap consumer goods of regular use. e.g. :- household
utensils, bangles, articles of small value.

2. HAWKERS AND PEDDLERS
• Carry their products on wheeled carts or on bicycles or
• Carry their products on their back or head or in baskets or shoulder
bags.
• They move from door to door in residential area and call out the names
of articles they are selling.

3. Street traders
These traders generally arrange their wares at busy street corners or
pavements of busy street of big cities or near railway stations, cinema
halls, commercial areas or in and around offices.
These retailers deal in low priced products of common use like ready
made garments, hand kerchiefs, towels, magazines, newspapers,
stationery etc….

4. Market traders
Sell their articles on fixed days in different market places.
They come with periodicity (weekly, monthly, fortnightly) and
their weekly market days is fixed.
They are very common in small towns and villages.
These traders sell all types of goods like food grains, vegetables,
ready made garments, utensils etc.…

5. Cheap jacks
 Do not stick to particular place of business.
 They hire small shops centrally located in residential areas.
 Depending upon the scope for sales, they keep on shifting from one
locality to another.
 They also deal in cheap consumer items like fruits, vegetables, ready
made garments etc….

6. Types of Itinerant traders
1. Hawkers and peddlars
2. Market traders
3. Street traders
4. Cheap jacks