Also…one tip that I learned from her. Moms and dads are more likely to purchase clothing if it is bundled together. My sister bundles outfits together that her daughter wears and sells them all together because then it is so easy for that mom/dad to just pick up the whole outfit and purchase it. She then can charge .50 cents more on the outfit then individually pricing it!

Anytime i have every had a yard sale i feel the big items are what people want more than clothing. on the flip side any time i drive past a sale and only see clothes i typically keep on driving.

So my recommendation is not only sell small items but also big ones so you get more people to park their cars and approach your sale.

Include your address! This should be a given, but almost every week, I’ll see an ad, want to go to the sale, but there’s no address. If you’re uncomfortable giving the exact address, give a rough address, like 54xx Itaska, or a nearby intersection. But if I can’t find you, I won’t be there.

Include the time! This also should be a given. But a fair number of ads leave off the time. On a given Saturday this time of year, there are easily 200 sales in my metro area. If I plan really well and really hustle, I can make it to 30. If I have to choose between two sales, and one doesn’t have a time listed, I’m going to skip that one rather than risk getting there too late or too early.

Tell me what you’ve got. If your ad says “Huge sale 54xx Itaska, 8-12,” I won’t go. But I’ll tell you what. If you list what you have and a price, you have something I’m looking for and I like the price, I’ll do everything I possibly can to be there when you open, and I’ll bring lots of money, and you won’t have to worry about hagglers because I’ll buy it before they even have a chance to make a lowball offer.

Don’t bother posting your sale weeks in advance. Pretty much everyone will just ignore it until the Monday before your sale. The only things we plan in advance are the really big, recurring neighborhood sales.

And let’s talk about your sign for a minute. If your sign looks *too* professional, that can be a drawback. At best, that tells us you do this every year. But your best stuff probably sold last year, or the year before. At worst, that tells us you’re a “picker”–someone who cruises garage sales all year buying stuff, then once a year holding a sale to sell the wares at markup. Maybe I’ll stop, but if I’m running behind and feel the need to save a few minutes, I’ll think about skipping it. A good sign is big enough and well placed enough to be visible from the street, and legible.