Tips For Managing Successful Moving Sales New York Residents Will Flock To

By Carolyn Thompson


When you're planning a move, it's a great idea to take this time to clean out and get rid of everything that you don't have a need for anymore. Organizing successful moving sales New York residents will come to isn't that hard. It is mostly a case of planning ahead and marketing your household items the same way you would market any product for sale.

Suggest that your family and friends join you in making this a multi-household lollapalooza. Setting up a yard sale can be hard work. It's a lot more fun when the time is shared with friends and family. Sharing the cost of advertising and supplies makes economic sense.

The bigger your garage sale, the more excited people will be to go to it. Make sure to highlight the hundreds of items and multiple sellers participating in all your advertisements. You must be careful to tag or dot each item with that seller's identifying mark to avoid confusion when it's time to settle up.

Advertising is not an option. If you don't let the public know about your sale, no one will show up. There are ways to advertise your sale for free. One of the most effective is social media. You need to do more than just mention it to your friends. You can set up a special page with pertinent information and plenty of pictures of the best items in your sale. If your community has a free weekly shopper, you might consider that. The cost to advertise is usually negligible, and people do read those papers.

Take a cue from stores when you're displaying your items. Shops group items that are alike together. They do it for a reason. It is a lot easier for shoppers to find the things they're looking for. Customers are more likely to buy when you make the shopping experience convenient. Shops don't throw their merchandise down on tables in piles and expect their customers to claw through them. Shops hang their clothing on racks. So should you.

Your items have to be priced to sell. People expect to find bargains when they attend garage sales. They won't buy anything that is near market value. It really doesn't matter what you originally paid for things.

You need to price every single item. This is time consuming, and it is tempting to batch items, but you will lose money doing it that way. You should keep your price increments simple. Instead of putting a price of $1.98 on an item, just bump it to $2.00.

A welcoming and pleasant environment will encourage sales. Display the best you have for sale close to the street, or right as people are walking into the yard. This will set a good tone. Little bottles or vases filled with fresh flowers and placed on display tables are an attractive touch. You could ask your kids and their friends to set up hot chocolate or lemonade stands. They will earn some money, and you'll keep customers who might otherwise leave because they got thirsty.




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