Here are some tips or holding a garage sale:

• Advertise when and where the sale is. Advertising is easy on the Internet. Make Advertise on Craigslist, Facebook, and social media.

• Price items correctly – The key is not to overprice your items. You want to get rid of them. If prices are too high, people will walk away without buying.

• Be willing to negotiate – Most people who visit your sale, want a “bargain” and will ask if you will take less. Be prepared to negotiate.

• Have lots of stuff – The more items you have, the more you will sell. And, the more money you will make.

• Promote a street sale – Tell your neighbors you are having a garage sale and encourage them to do likewise. If they do, advertising a street of multi-family garage sales will bring more people.

• Shoppers often arrive before the start time. Hold them off until you are ready. Otherwise, you will struggle to complete getting set up.

• Keep the cash box out of view. Play it safe. Keep some change in your pocket and make the change from there. As you sell things, bring some of the cash inside.

• Only accept cash. Let me repeat this… only accept cash.

• Determine what you will do with the leftover items. People wait for the sale to be over and pick up the free items you set by the road. The last thing you want to do is put unsold items back in your house or garage.

• Hold a half-price sale on the last day. It’s a great way to minimize the number of unsold items after the sale is over. 

• Celebrate – Use some of the sale money to treat your family to dinner at your favorite restaurant. Or, use some of the money for a trip or event.