It’s yard sale season and many of you are looking for ways to maximize your yard sale profits so today I’m sharing my best kept yard sale success secrets!
These secrets are ones that have earned me hundreds of dollars every yard sale season and I hope they can help you and your family earn money this summer.
Why do a Yard Sale?
While yard sales are a lot of work and you may be wondering why you should do a yard sale, there’s so many benefits to doing a yard sale. But I need to warn you, yard sales are no joke! They are a lot of work, but when done right, you can clear some clutter and earn a decent chunk of change.
What do You Need to Have a Successful Yard Sale?
While you technically don’t need anything other than stuff to have a yard sale, there are a few items that you can purchase or borrow to have more success at your yard sale and those include:
- Tables
- Flashy sale sign (I recommend this one)
- Tablecloths
- Ziplock bags (keep reading to find out what to use these for)
- Pricing gun (not necessary but it will make pricing items so much easier and quicker and you can buy one for under $15!)
Yard Sale Success Secrets
Advertise
Whenever I see a yard sale pop-up on my Facebook feed, I stop, look, and read. Even if I am not looking for anything in particular, I sometimes want something to do, so I plan on going to that yard sale on that day.
The most successful way to advertise your yard sale is by posting signs/ advertisements on social media, telephone poles, and through word-of-mouth. I recommend using these techniques at least three days in advanced because most people who visit yard sales are already looking and you can help assure your yard sale is seen by them.
While you can advertise your yard sale in the newspaper, newspapers are costly and less efficient for this day and age. Facebook Marketplace is the best place to advertise for FREE!
Pick the Perfect Day to Have Your Yard Sale
Whenever you are planning your yard sale, be sure to take note of everything; weather, town events, holidays. You are ultimately going to want to throw your yard sale on a 2-4 day stretch when the weather is sunny and warm. More people are out and about on these days and the good weather will cause people to spend more money.
You also want to take into account any community yard sales in your area. If you have a community yard sale nearby, people are going to already be out looking for yard sales, so there’s more of a chance your yard sale will get more attention.
Clean-up Your Items
Nothing turns me off more than a yard sale that is dirty. It seriously does not matter how many people you get to your yard sale, if you are dirty, you’re probably not going to be that successful. I recommend dusting off any knickknacks, washing clothes, and wiping away any dirt and grime that you can before you start your yard sale.
Set Your Items Up Neatly
One thing that will turn many people off from your yard sale is if you have your items laying on the ground and not neatly organized. People do not (&sometimes) cannot bend down to look at your items. Your items need to be at a level where people can easily pick them off a table.
It also helps when you bundle like items together. I sometimes use ziplock bags to bundle small kid’s toys together and I end up selling things that I normally would throw away. For example; kids loose dinosaurs are great to bundle together and sell as a set. You’ll make more money this way and get rid of more clutter.
Don’t Over Price
One thing that can really kill your yard sale is over pricing your items. People do not want to pay new prices for items that have been used (& sometimes abused). Yard sale prices should be at minimum half-off new prices. That means if you paid $400 for something 3 years ago but it’s now $200 new, you would sell your item for $100 or less. This is the general rule of thumb and usually works great for pricing all of your yard sale items.
Price Everything!
Finally, the las thing that can kill your yard sale is not pricing every single item. A lot of people do not feel comfortable asking for price on an item and no matter how much they love it, they will walk away without buying your item when it is not priced.
And, while I know this is a lot of work, you can always purchase a handy price tagging gun from Amazon for just under $15 to make this job more tolerable.
I hope these yard sale success secrets make your yard sale amazing!
What are some things you do to make your yard sale successful?
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Last Updated on 4 years ago by Crystal Carder