Yard Sales Near Me Today Craigslist (2024)

FAQs

Is there an app for local yard sales? ›

Yard Sale Treasure Map is an app for planning your treasure-hunting adventure. View your local yard sales in map or list format, view sale details and photos, get directions, and take advantage of advanced organizational and route planning features. List your sale in this app or at yardsaletreasuremap.com.

As you likely guessed, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays are known as the best time to have a yard sale because that's when most people can attend.

Sites like YardSaleSearch.com, Gsalr.com and GarageSaleFinder.com—and their mobile apps—enable garage sale enthusiasts to browse sale listings and even map out a route of their favorites. You may also want to do a quick Facebook search to see if you have any active garage sale groups in your area.

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Post your garage sale flyers around the neighborhood a few days before the yard sale. Make sure to place them in high-traffic areas like marts, parks, office elevators, and churches so people will see them. You can also ask your friends and family to help out.

Early spring (around late March, April, and May) is the most popular time for a garage sale.

If you want to advertise in the local paper or church bulletin, do it at least a week in advance. Or post about your event online on Yard Sale Search, Garage Sale Finder, Facebook neighborhood groups, or Facebook Marketplace. (Who knew Facebook could still be useful?) But remember: Keep it simple and don't stress.

Although not everyone puts price tags on their garage sale merchandise, pricing your merchandise in advance will make the day of the sale less hectic for you. Additionally, it may make customers more likely to buy.

How to make good yard sale signs? ›

Whether you print, draw or buy signs, choose large, thick lettering that is bold and easily visible from a distance. Aim for contrast with text that sharply stands out against the background, such as black on white or hot pink.

Assess the condition of your items and start pricing using these guidelines that will leave you room to come down in pricing when negotiations begin: Excellent or like-new condition: 50% of original retail price. Good condition: 25%-30% of original retail price. Fair or poor condition: 10% of original retail price.

Plenty of cash.

Get two rolls of quarters, a stack of 50 $1 bills, 10 $5 bills, and 5 $10 bills. Do it two days before the sale so that, if you forget, you can still get the change on the day before.

TallySheet POS is the best way to checkout customers and track payment transactions at your next event. Track payouts for multiple sellers in real-time. It is great for your next yard sale, garage sale, craft sale, bake sale, and other multi-seller events!

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