If clutter is taking over your garage or you have a big move planned you’re probably starting to wonder what to do with all your stuff. Sure there’s always the traditional way of hosting a thrift sale, by setting up tables outside and labeling all of your items but what if you’ve got more collectible things or lots of furniture that isn’t really “thrift sale” worthy priced? Host an online thrift sale!
Plenty of people look at sites like Craigslist to purchase goods. Instead of listing each of your items that are for sale create online photo galleries to share and price them all in one place. While doing a sale this way may not seem like any less work than the traditional route you may be able to get a better price for your things. Here are some tips to setting up your sale and photo galleries.
First, sort through everything you have that you are considering getting rid of. Decide what you will keep, what you will sell, and what you will give away. Designate a special place in your home or garage for all of the items that will go up for sale. Next, do some research on those items so that you can find out what the going price is. If you have antiques or items that are highly valuable consider selling them to an antique shop or private collection before putting them online in order to get the very best price. If this is not possible include them in your online sale. Save the information you find so that you can add it to your photo galleries.
Third, begin to take photographs of your items. The better the photograph the more likely your item is to sell. Use good, natural light and capture the item alone, not amongst a jumble of other things. Take a shot from multiple angles and if there are any flaws be sure to photograph them as well so that the buyer knows exactly what the condition of the item is. For bigger pieces of furniture it might make sense to take pictures of it in a room instead of your dusty garage. If people can see the piece “in action” they are better able to envision it in their homes. If this is not possible, simply take the best pictures possible.
It can take a lot of time to go through all of your items and photograph them so try and break your work into chunks. Once you have finished photographing for the day set up a web photo album for each theme of items. So have one album focused on furniture, with another on collectibles and so on. Add the images and then spend some time adding information from your research to the description boxes. Most importantly don’t forget your price! In the description of your photo galleries include your contact information and how people can pay. Finally publicize your albums on your social media accounts, on Craigslist and any other local resources that publish sales.
Plenty of people look at sites like Craigslist to purchase goods. Instead of listing each of your items that are for sale create online photo galleries to share and price them all in one place. While doing a sale this way may not seem like any less work than the traditional route you may be able to get a better price for your things. Here are some tips to setting up your sale and photo galleries.
First, sort through everything you have that you are considering getting rid of. Decide what you will keep, what you will sell, and what you will give away. Designate a special place in your home or garage for all of the items that will go up for sale. Next, do some research on those items so that you can find out what the going price is. If you have antiques or items that are highly valuable consider selling them to an antique shop or private collection before putting them online in order to get the very best price. If this is not possible include them in your online sale. Save the information you find so that you can add it to your photo galleries.
Third, begin to take photographs of your items. The better the photograph the more likely your item is to sell. Use good, natural light and capture the item alone, not amongst a jumble of other things. Take a shot from multiple angles and if there are any flaws be sure to photograph them as well so that the buyer knows exactly what the condition of the item is. For bigger pieces of furniture it might make sense to take pictures of it in a room instead of your dusty garage. If people can see the piece “in action” they are better able to envision it in their homes. If this is not possible, simply take the best pictures possible.
It can take a lot of time to go through all of your items and photograph them so try and break your work into chunks. Once you have finished photographing for the day set up a web photo album for each theme of items. So have one album focused on furniture, with another on collectibles and so on. Add the images and then spend some time adding information from your research to the description boxes. Most importantly don’t forget your price! In the description of your photo galleries include your contact information and how people can pay. Finally publicize your albums on your social media accounts, on Craigslist and any other local resources that publish sales.
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