Prayer Mats in Street Bazaars

In every densely populated roadside market and shop of a Muslim country, you will surely spot street vendors selling Islamic Prayer Mats. The wares sold by these hawkers are usually inexpensive and affordable. They will reserve a niche for themselves on the pavements, spread out a tarpaulin sheet or place a wooden platform, display their inventory and start business. Passersby are certainly going to look at the exhibited items; most inquire the price but very few buy. 

For shoppers with limited funds there is definite advantage to buy prayer mats from the street shopkeepers; with a little haggling over the asked price, the buyers can manage to bring down the amount slightly, pay and depart with their purchase.

Prayer Mats put on the street bazaars are made as imitations of rugs, they are not very finely made but prove a good buy for those who want to spend less; especially if you are traveling and you do not wish to keep them then it is wise to buy them for a less price. Pilgrims to the Holy cities of Mecca and Medina prefer these mats for their short duration stay.

The road side sellers usually have a very small number of items in their inventories; they may even proffer as few as fifty prayer mats in their shops. As they do not have proper show rooms to advertise their merchandise, they do not want to carry a heavy burden daily to and from their sight of trade. In addition their shops pose hindrance to the pedestrians by occupying a large area of the pavement and they often have to move from one spot to the other. This way as soon as their goods are gone they can leave.

The profit margin of these on the road merchandisers is not very high. People hardly ever pay them what they ask for, also the number of goods sold is small and they make very little money daily. The risk factor is also high for the street sellers of Muslim Prayer Mats; any unusualness of weather is no doubt going to affect them. Rainstorm, thunderstorm, and even a very dry hot day will reduce the number of buyers wandering on the streets, and influence sales.

Street vending is illegal in most of the countries, whenever officials raid these self erected markets, these poverty stricken traders of prayer mats are also hit hard. Their meagerly income is further reduced if they are fined.