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When And When Not To Have Your Sale

Everything about your garage sale seems to look great on paper. You set great prices for great products and your sale system is perfectly organized. But you still fail. What happened?

One reason could be due to inopportune timing. Timing is another key factor that determines the success of your garage sale. Know when and when not to have your sale to avoid incurring financial losses in the future.

SUMMER, SPRING, FALL BUT NEVER WINTER
There’s a logical reason why winter is the only season that’s not conducive to garage sales. During winter, a number of roads are sure to be difficult to tackle and that’s bad for the business, especially if the affected roads are what most of your clients would have to manage in order to reach your shop. There are also more accidents in the winter than any other season and it’s why safety conscious people tend to avoid leaving their homes as often as possible during this particular time of the year. Lastly, winter tends to make people feel quite lazy…lazy to even go shopping!

MAKING USE OF A GUESTBOOK
This is a technique that will ensure the future – rather than the present – success of your garage sales. Designate a person to handle the guestbook of your garage sale. That person must have no task except to focus on getting all the customers to sign in the guestbook. Customers must at least provide their email addresses – if not their complete contact details – in the guestbook. Have your saleslady ask the customers if they are amenable to being contacted or emailed about future garage sales. For best results, choose a particularly charming person who will easily succeed in persuading customers to reveal their contact details.

YOUR FAVORITE NUMBERS ARE 15 AND 30
Why? Because these are the most important dates on the calendar as they generally coincide with people’s paydays. Most people are faced with an inordinate urge to spend once they get hands on their pay. And since you’re a generous and kind civilian, don’t you think it’s your responsibility to accommodate their simple desires by holding your garage sales during those specific dates?

If possible, make sure that your garage sales can last three to four days, particularly from the 13th to the 16th and from the 28th to the 1st day of the succeeding month.

AVOID HOLDING GARAGE SALES DURING THE HOLIDAYS
Contrary to popular opinion, it’s rare for garage sales to enjoy profit and success during the holidays. People tend to be very busy during the holidays and they rarely have time to spend scouring garage sales. It’s more likely than not that your garage sales will gather buzzing flies rather than busy customers intent on shopping.

HOLDING YOUR GARAGE SALES DURING WEEKENDS
If you wish to ensure the success of your garage sale, try your best to hold them during the weekends. Garage sales, unlike typical stores, run only for a temporary period. It’s why each day counts. The best time and the best chance for garage sales to enjoy profit is no doubt during the weekends. Only a few individuals still have work during Saturdays and most of them only have to attend half days at work. They can spend the rest of their day however they wish and why not give them more choices to choose from by holding your garage sales during the weekends as well? For best results, open your garage sale on Thursday and if possible, let it run till Sunday night.

SMALL AND MORE IS BETTER THAN BIG BUT FEW
Don't make the mistake of treating your garage sale like a typical store. The success of your garage sale depends on the small but numerous items you’re selling. Items that are priced expensively will rarely sell no matter how rare or hard-to-find they can be. For that reason, collect as much miscellaneous items as you can. These items can range from being useful to cute but the common factor they should share is LOW price tags.

IT’S ONLY THE FIRST ITEM THAT’S DIFFICULT
Organizing the items in your garage sale may seem like a Herculean task to accomplish but don’t let the visible chaos intimidate you. Categorizing the first item is the most difficult thing to do but the rest will come surprisingly easy.