Garage Sale Pricing – Using Printed Stickers for Tags

Garage Sale Pricing with Stickers is Easy!

Pricing your garage sale items is a dreaded part of having a garage sale, so why not at least make the actual “Putting on of Prices” a little bit fun this year?

I am currently in the throes of getting ready for my annual family group sale. The younger kids (4 & 6) and I have been sorting and pricing tons of toys! They had way too many toys and numerous times throughout the year I would come out of their rooms with a box full of toys, tape up the box and set it in the garage sale corner in my basement to be dealt with later. Well, now it’s later:) Read more

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Tips for Advertising your Garage Sale

Advertising your garage sale is a must!

And the more advertising you do, the more customer you will have and the more money you will make! Here are a few ways you can advertise your garage or yard sale.

Word of mouth

Tell everyone, your friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, church, daycare etc. about your sale.  And have them tell their friends!

Print

Post flyers around town (where allowed) at your local library, post office, bank, grocery store. Post them at work or at church. Put a creative attention grabbing ad in your local newspaper. Read more

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Tips for Writing an Attention Grabbing Garage Sale Ad

Advertising your garage sale is a must!

I truly believe that your newspaper ad is not the place to skimp! My last garage sale was a huge event, it was a group sale with 4 of us selling our treasures. Our ad cost $100, but it was definitely worth every penny! I even met a lady from a town 30 miles away at the local gas station before the sale, with my ad in her hand and a car full of friends! We sold about $4500 as a group and my hard earned profits totaled $1400.

Here are a few things to include in your Garage Sale Ad: Read more

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Time to start planning your garage sale!

After a very long winter (for me anyway), it is time to start thinking about your garage sale.  I always have a lot of stuff to sell and therefore I allow myself at least 4 weeks to get ready.

Here are a few tips to get you started.

Beginning the Garage Sale Planning Process:

1. Set a Date

decide when you want to have your garage sale. Choose a weekend that you can expect a lot of traffic, like the town’s local celebration days, but not when a neighboring town has something big going on. Read more

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