Posts Tagged ‘preparing for a garage sale’
Great Garage Sale Signs
Your garage sale sign can make or break your sale. If you have fabulously flashy signs, people just can’t resist, they’ll head right on over to your sale!
A few things to keep in mind when you are making your garage sale signs:
- Bigger is Better
- Bright Colors are more noticeable
- Bold Black Lettering is easiest to read
- Big Arrows to point the way
- Adding Details like the distance, address, dates, headline or items always helps (if you have the room)
- Fabulously Fun & Flashy signs are irresistible
Here are a couple of great signs that I have seen on my garage sale-ing adventures:
Tags: garage sale signs, garage sales, having a garage sale, preparing for a garage sale, yard sales
Garage Sale Pricing – Free Printable Sticker Templates
As I talked about yesterday, using address label stickers that you print on your computer is one of the easiest methods I have found for pricing garage sale items!
I have made up some templates that you can print out using blank address label sticker sheets. When you print, be sure that the page scaling is set to NONE.
These stickers are ready for you to print out and then you can add your initials and a price!
These garage sale sticker templates are for the Avery 6467 or 8167 – 1/2″ x 1.75″ – 80 to a sheet:
Read more
Tags: garage sale price stickers, garage sales, having a garage sale, preparing for a garage sale, Pricing, pricing garage sale items, pricing yard sale items, yard sales
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
Tags: Add new tag, garage sales, having a garage sale, preparing for a garage sale, Pricing, pricing garage sale items, pricing yard sale items, yard sales
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!
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
Tags: garage sales, having a garage sale, making extra money, planning a garage sale, preparing for a garage sale, yard sales
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
Tags: garage sales, having a garage sale, making extra money, planning a garage sale, preparing for a garage sale, yard sales
Garage Sale Pricing – Kid’s Clothing Pricing Guide
Pricing items for a garage sale or a yard sale is one of the biggest headaches when preparing for your sale. It’s always difficult to know what price tag to put on your treasures.
Here are a few garage sale pricing tips for pricing children’s clothing.
First of all, if you have kids, you know that not all clothing is created equal! You are not going to want to sell that cute dress from Wal-Mart for the same price as the gorgeous dress you bought from Gymboree last Easter. You have to take into consideration the brand, age and condition when you are pricing and in order to get a little return on your investments! Read more
Tags: garage sales, having a garage sale, making extra money, preparing for a garage sale, Pricing, pricing garage sale items, pricing yard sale items, yard sales
Tips for Pricing Your Garage Sale Items
Pricing Your Garage Sale Items
I tend to price on the slightly higher side on the items I know are hot sellers, like kids name brand clothes for example. I don’t want to give these items away and I need to make my sale efforts worth my while! If your items are in great condition, name brand and not outdated, you can ask a little more and get it! Would you pay $5 for a pair of stylish Abercrombie jeans? I would because I know what they cost retail or even on eBay.
I find it very irritating when I am at a sale and some things are marked and some are not, I honestly don’t want to go searching for the sale person to ask “How much is this Shirt?” So, usually, if it’s not marked, I put it back. Read more
Tags: garage sales, having a garage sale, making extra money, planning a garage sale, preparing for a garage sale, Pricing, pricing garage sale items, pricing yard sale items, yard sales
Tips for Preparing Your Garage Sale Items
It’s finally starting to warm up here in WI, Yeah! We were in the 60’s all last week and that’s exactly what I needed to get me thinking about my own garage sale. I always have a group sale with my sister, mom and grandma and it is a huge to-do. One year we had to rent a tent because we had so much stuff to get rid of!
We have decided to have our sale on the weekend of our town’s annual celebration days. So there will be lots of people around and we should make some decent money!
Today, let’s talk about preparing your garage sale items. Even if you have already had your sale, I’m sure you will find some valuable tips that you can use for next year. Read more
Tags: garage sales, having a garage sale, making extra money, planning a garage sale, preparing for a garage sale, yard sales
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
Tags: garage sales, having a garage sale, making extra money, planning a garage sale, preparing for a garage sale, yard sales