Garage Sale Advertising - how to promote your sale for success

You can never get enough advertising, hence you should advertise your Garage Sale as much as possible, using all possible mediums. This includes online advertising (using online sites such as egaragesales.com.au), your local papers, garage sale signs and community notice / bulletin boards. The more people that know about your sale the better chance you have at selling your items.

ONLINE
Online advertising is a great way of reaching a wider audience. In fact, internet will soon to become the standard for Garage Sale advertising - its only a matter of time.

Pros (egaragesales.com.au):
Reach a massive audience, advertise your Garage Sale for as long as you like prior to the start time, no llimit you to how large and detailed your AD can be, get buyer feedback.

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NEWSPAPERS

Garage Sale Advertising, advertise online

Newspapers offer an effective and popular medium for advertising.

Cons: Cost money, somewhat restrictive in AD longevity (usually only listed one day) and sale description (between 40-50 words)
Pros: Wide circulations, good exposure.

However, the positives certainly outweigh the negatives and placing an AD with a newspaper is smart business.

Your advertisenment should be short and to the point. Give the address and hours of the sale. If you will be selling any unusual items of interest or anything you think would especially attract people, you should mention it in the ad. If you are still unsure of what to say in your ad, read some other ads and copy bits and pieces from them. Ask your neighbours if they want to split the cost of a newspaper ad and hold a multi-family Garage Sale. The day of your sale, it's nice if you happen to know what other sales are going on in your area so you can direct customers to them.

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SIGNS

	Put up garage sale signs in your neighbourhood the evening before the sale (or very early in the morning the day of the sale) directing customers to your Garage Sale.
	Drawing arrows on the signs helps (our sign making tool automatically does this for you!). Use sturdy cardboard and make sure the sign is legible. I saw one Garage Sale where their signs were cut in shape of arrows - it was very easy to find it considering there were many turns involved.
	After the garage sale signs are up, drive past them and see if you can read them easily, because if you can't, nobody else can either.
	And most importantly, after your sale is over, TAKE YOUR GARAGE SALE SIGNS DOWN.

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Laws: Check with your local government or homeowner's association to see if there are restrictions on Garage Sale signs. For example, some neighborhoods only allow freestanding Garage Sale signs. Those attached to street signs may get torn down by the local authorities or incur a fine.

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