There's also alot of competition out there, but they haven't all taken this course.  ;-)

So here's yet another way to set yourself apart from the crowd doing mostly the same thing.  Have unique items.

One of the most obvious things you can sell is packets of pre-separated dreadlocks and slinky twists, and clip-in braids with beads and feathers.  Folks often like a human touch for these things, and you can make very realistic or very artistic things.  One of the cutest are blonde and pink or black and red slinky twists.  Put some skull beads at the tips of some of the black and red ones, and there will be a crowd of Goths around your table until they are gone, in some areas.

Beads

Large hold beads suitable for dreadlocks are somewhat hard to find, but really cool ones are REALLY hard to find.  If you've got a 1 cm diameter pen, some wire, and some polymer clay, you can make all kinds of beads.  Not only are they good for dreadlocks, but for sash belts and bandanas as well.

Beading Tools

Beading tools are nearly impossible to find, but they are nice to have.  Not everybody likes the "Bead Magic" plastic beader or that electronic contraption.  A simple bent 24 gauge wire is enough to do the job, but you can make a more enduring and pretty tool by making a polymer clay handle for it.  Just remember to spiral the wire so that it doesn't pull out of your formed handle.  If you make the long handle ones, wrap some wire around half a popsickle stick or craft stick, to form the handle.  These can last for years and years with 24 gauge wire.  With 20 gauge, they can last a lifetime.

Bindi

Many people who like braids also like bindi (forehead or body stickers).  You can buy 100 packs of these for less than $30 some months on eBay.  In fact, I'll announce it in the course when I notice a good deal.

Aside of having more items to sell, having drapey, colorful things around is attractive to the eye.  Some things like tams and beads big enough to actually fit over mature dreadlocks, and African headwraps with woven designs or with aso oke hand printing, are difficult to find.  If you or someone you know makes them, they will very likely sell as soon as enough folks know you have them.

Then of course there are Black hair care products, and products for White people who wear African hairstyles.  You can even become a sort of distributor for a hair products company, if you get a consistent space somewhere, and can sell enough.

Research your market before deciding what kinds of peripheral items to sell.  Keep a variety of things in stock so you'll be able to cover a variety of markets.