Facebook Buy/Sell Groups Are The New Yard Sales

Reselling

May 4

Raise your hand if you remember the days of hosting yard sales.

hand raised

Time was spent on getting together all the yard sale wares, then sorting them and displaying them. Maybe pricing. Maybe not. ;)

Then the longest Saturday morning ever where you walk outside before the roosters are up to be nickeled and dimed to death over your yard sale options.

1p rolls around and you spend another hour bagging up what didn’t sell and carting down to the Goodwill. Back home, you decide to count your money (the best part).

$325.50

Wait, that cannot be right! Surely I made more than that!

And then you vow to never have another yard sale as long as you live.

Well friend, I am here to tell you that you don’t have to host another single yard sale as we have a new kid in town.

Facebook Buy/Sell Groups are the new yard sales

Yes there are some general rules on these being effective so let’s dive in.

Join a popular group in your area

And by popular I mean one with active buyers and sellers. Some groups are listed as private so ask around your friend circle to see which ones they recommend and then have them add you.

Watch on the side lines to see what is selling quickly

Swimwear might be selling well in early spring. While winter jackets and ski gear in early November. Sell what is selling. ;)

Gather up 20 or so items to get started

Anything more and you run the risk of overwhelming buyers.

Maybe it is all dresses. Or dresses and jumpsuits. Try to keep it relatively organized and centrally themed.

Post one picture to create the listing and then add each item to the comment section

The picture could be of all the items for sale laying flat on the floor. Or maybe something pretty that you pulled off the internet. Say a picture of a beach for your swimsuit sale.

Price attractively

Now you don’t have to give it away but the more attractive the price the more buyers you will get

Take good photos

You can hang the items on the back of a door. You could use a mannequin. Or you could lay them flat on the floor. Just make sure the photo encourages someone to buy rather than scroll right on past

Your goal isn’t to sell out

It is unlikely that you will sell everything that you list. However, selling 60% of your items at $5 or $6 each will gross you more than selling out at a cheaper price.