Tips For Organizing Successful Moving Sales New York Residents Will Want To Browse

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.

The bigger the sale, and more households that participate, the better. Organizing a yard sale is time consuming. It will make the time pass quicker if you're working together with family and friends. Combining all your stuff into one huge sale, and sharing the costs of supplies and marketing, makes sense economically.

Great big sales attract more people than small ones. Don't be afraid to advertise the fact that multiple sellers are involved and hundreds of items will be available. You do have to keep the items belonging to individual sellers clearly marked so there's no confusion when you 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.

Display your things the way shops display their merchandise. Shops group like items together for a reason. That's the easiest way for shoppers to find what they're looking for. Shoppers are more likely to purchase what is easy for them to find. Stores don't pile their merchandise on tables in big heaps either. They hang their clothes on racks in order. Stores also display signs directing shoppers to specific merchandise.

Your things have to be priced to sell. People come to yard sales because of the prices. They are not going to pay retail for anything they find there. You have to forget how much you paid for things when you're having a sale like this.

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.

Invite customers in with a pleasant, welcoming atmosphere. You should put your best things, or ones you think will be popular with customers, close to the street, or just at the entrance to your house so they are the first things people see. Fresh flowers placed on your tables is a great touch. If you can talk your kids and their friends into setting up lemonade or hot cocoa drink stands to make some money, your customers will stay longer and buy more.




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