How to have a successful garage sale How to have a successful garage sale One can't help but think of America when one thinks of a garage sale. Somehow the American love affair with cars and suburbs and its love affair with buying junk it doesn't need combined to form a unique type of outdoor bazaar. But not every garage sale need be equal. With a little bit of time and organization, you can make your next garage sale more profitable and low stress than you might imagine.
Advertising is the key to any good garage sale.
Something strangely close to professional garage sale shoppers scour newspapers looking for these events and flock to them. Signs posted on busy streets near your house on the day before and the day of the sale are also effective. But the most effective way to draw people to your garage sale is to convince neighbors to have garage sales on the same day as you. By creating a veritable shopping mall of garage sales, and advertising the event well in advance, you can assure a plethora of garage sale shoppers will stroll by your driveway in search of deals. Which brings us to the garage sale itself.