How to Have a Successful Yard Sale

Twice a year I have a huge Yard Sale with my grandma, parents, sister, and aunt and uncle.

This weekend we had another one and once again it was a huge success. We made close to $400 between us, and here is the real kicker we had very few high priced items. A lawn mower for $40 and a love seat and set of speakers for $15 each were the highest priced items we sold. We had a few other items that sold for $5 or $10 dollars but the majority of our stuff was sold for $3 or under and a lot of it was .50. So that means we sold a whole bunch of stuff.

Here are some tips to having a successful yard sale.
ADVERTISE

-Do this online; in the paper; by hanging up signs.

(this time we didn't put an ad in the paper because we noticed there were already a lot of yard sales listed in our area in the paper so people would already be out where we were at so we simply put up our signs and they followed them in)

ORGANIZE

-Organize all of your merchandise. Sort by categories (example-books, boys clothes, kids clothes, toys, kitchen merchandise, household decor, women's and men's clothes, etc)

PRICE

-Make sure you price everything. People like to see prices. In fact if I go to a yard sale where stuff isn't priced I usually won't buy anything. Price each item individually or make a sign for a certain table (example-all kids clothes .50 each).

-Also put good prices on items. It is a yard sale and people are looking for a deal. It might not seem like a lot but if you think about it if you have something priced a .50 everytime you sale 2 of those items you just made $1. I always mark my kids clothes at .50 each, with the exception of a few of my daughters dresses and my kids nicer winter coats, and guess what the whole table usually empties out fairly fast!

-The last hour of your sale mark stuff down half off of the original price.
BAKESALE

-This one is for the kids. We always make them something to sale during our yard sale. You would be amazed at how much money they make. It is also a good learning opportunity for them and they have fun doing it. Yesterday the kids sold muffins, cupcakes, and cookies for .50 each. They made $36 dollars. WOW! This was not included in our total yard sale profits.