Show Me the Money! Host Your Best Yard Sale, Ever

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INFOGRAPHIC: Proven tips from a yard sale pro. This handy yard sale infographic tells you what you need to know in a nutshell to host a successful Yard Sale — everything from how to price and arrange yard sale items to how to advertise your sale.

Whether you're a yard sale newbie or an old hat at yard saling, author Abby Quillen's "Show Me the Money" Yard Sale infographic is the refresher you need to host your best Yard Sale, ever. It's short, to the point and portable. Which makes it even more useful.

It's also sound advice.

If you're hosting a yard sale, I recommend saving this infographic so you can refer back to it often. For those of you with a slow internet connection, I transcribed the text in the graphic for you below.

Show Me The Money! How To Have A Successful Yard Sale

WHY RESELL GOODS?

Prevents Pollution caused by harvesting new raw materials
Saves energy
Reduces Waste sent to landfills and incinerators
Reduces Greenhouse Gas emissions

Source: epa.gov

HOW TO PRICE GOODS

Tag everything with an easy-to-read price.
Price items at roughly 10% of what they sell for for new, or consult an online garage sale pricing guide.
Offer deals for higher quantities of similar items: $.50 cents each or 3 for $1.00.
Make larger price tags for larger items.
Use easy to add prices: $.25, $.50, $1.00 etc.
If you don't want to negotiate, write "firm" on the tag.
Slash prices half way through the last day to clear out inventory.
At multi-family yard sales, use a different color tag for each family to make accounting easier.

MAKE CHANGE

Start with $50 and change it to: one $10 bill; four $5 dollar bills; $15 $1 bills and twenty quarters.

MERCHANDISE YOUR GOODS

Use these tactics to encourage customers to buy.

Clothing

Hang clothes on racks
Display stylish outfits together
Give away hangers with purchase
Price adult clothes low since people can't try them on.

Display

Put items on tables, racks and shelves for easy viewing
Group similar items together
Prominently display items appealing to every demographic: men, women and children
Consider displaying only a portion of your items at first, and bring out more as they sell. (People are overwhelmed by too many choices,)
Make descriptive signs for unique objects, i.e. "Vintage 1963 alarm clock. Works great."

Ambiance:

Play upbeat background music.

Electronics:

Provide batteries and an outlet or extension cord for testing.

Source: apartmenttherapy.com

YARD SALE CHECKLIST

One Month Before:

Decide on a date and location
Prepare and price goods
Gather tables, racks and hangers
Call a local charity to schedule a donation pick-up to clear out leftover inventory from the sale.
Register with PayPal or Square to accept credit or debit cards.

One Week Before: