What to Sell in a Sari Sari Store: Homebased Market Research

June 30, 2008 – 1:17 am

One of the most common home businesses for moms in the Philippines is the sari sari store, or mini-grocery. If you live in a village very far from ‘civilization’ like I do, you’ll notice that there’s a mini-grocery at every corner. What differentiates one from the other?

It’s the goods. Some stores offer necessities that others don’t think of. One example is combs. If you have a child who hides your comb just because he thinks it’s funny if you look all over the place for your comb, you probably know what I mean.

A nice way to discover what others like is via a poll or a survey. That, or you could attend community gatherings and ask stay at home moms like you directly.

I found a nice free survey place over the net, which I can use on my blogs: www.easy-poll.com - free online polls