Morocco Travel Tips: when haggling in Marrakech

Whether for food, drinks, or souvenirs you can bring back home, shopping in Marrakech is a great experience. Like anywhere we shop, we want some discount so we can stretch our travel budget. We line up some tips which may come useful when buying different items in the markets of Marrakech:

Knowing if it is right to haggle
Haggling for some discount is a matter of right timing. You need to know when it is appropriate to haggle and what items are not okay to haggle, like food.
Do you really want it?
You need to decide if you want to see an item at your display case back home. You cannot haggle and just walk away while in the middle of a good deal. Sellers in Marrakech, or even in other market places, will consider your rude.
Have fun shopping
You are not closing a multi million business deal. So drop the seriousness and have some fun while shopping. Compliment the store keeper and ask everything you want about the stuff you want to buy.
Haggle in style
Once you know the offer of the shop owner the ball is in your court and you can offer something really low and watch his or her facial expression and body language. Try to meet in the middle where you will be happy with the price and still let them have some profit. Most of the time you can negotiate and close the deal as far as half the original price.
Be considerate and see things in the right perspective

The market place in Marrakech is a micro-economy and a community made up of people who do not enjoy social care and other benefits. They are in the market to make some living and you as a buyer should understand that they also need some profit to buy what they need on a daily basis.