Tips for a Successful Garage Sale
by Helen Walters
Published on this site: March 1st, 2006 - See
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Everyone wants to throw a successful garage sale. However
exactly what success means is different from person to person.
This article is based on the idea that a successful garage
sale does two things well.
- makes you money.
- cleans out your house and yard.
Below we provide you a collection of tips youcan use to
make sure you have a truly successful garage sale.
You want customers to stick around and buy something, so
one of the most important tips for a successful garage sale
is to have an attractive display. Put a tablecloth on that
table piled with china. If you want to spruce it up with a
candelabra and a vase, then you would probably be well served
to do so with a candelabra or vase you are actually selling.
Otherwise, people will continually carry those items up to
you and ask, "How much for this?" You want to save
yourself the need for explanations of just what is for sale
when you are trying to move stuff out of your home.
You also need tips for a successful garage sale if you really
liked the first experience and want to have repeat customers.
While you are setting up, you can help your sales by carefully
aligning separate types of merchandise such that there is
a flow between the various portions of the items on display.
If you have a variety of car-care manuals, put the books near
the automotive parts. Put the automotive parts near the tools.
Put the tools near the gardening implements. Put the gardening
implements near the camping gear.
Always try to make one section seem to be a logical fit with
the items that are in the next section. That way, you will
create a sort of logical buying flow in the mind of the buyer.
As a result when they are looking at one item, they have a
much better chance of seeing another, somewhat related item
next to it that has a greater chance of catching their interest.
Following these tips for a successful garage sale will bring
in lots of customers and in turn lots of sales.
Helen Walters, <a href="http://www.garage-sale-riches.com">Garage
"Sale Tips</a>provides excellent resources on how
to hold a profitable garage sale with the least amount of
work and hassle. Great selection of tips and advice will guide
you to a very profitable and enjoyable garage sale experience.
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