Garage Sales in Vacaville, California (2024)

FAQs

What is the best selling item at a garage sale? ›

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Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings are usually the best time to hold a successful garage sale. Consider scheduling your sale on the first weekend of the month—when people have just gotten paid and haven't spent all their fun money yet.

What is the length of the 127 Yard Sale route? It currently spans 690-miles, beginning 5 miles north of Addison, Michigan and ending in Gadsen, Alabama.

Many experienced sellers recommend having $100 in cash for your garage sale. Not only is this a good amount to get your sale started, but it also makes it easy to calculate your profit quickly.

Although not everyone puts price tags on their garage sale merchandise, pricing your merchandise in advance will make the day of the sale less hectic for you. Additionally, it may make customers more likely to buy.

A Few Tips

Aim to have all your items priced the night before the sale. To save time, you can use blanket pricing for items like clothing, books, games, or anything you have lots of. For example, shirts– $1, pants– $2, dresses– $3. Make sure your pricing signs are clear and noticeable.

Sites like YardSaleSearch.com, Gsalr.com and GarageSaleFinder.com—and their mobile apps—enable garage sale enthusiasts to browse sale listings and even map out a route of their favorites. You may also want to do a quick Facebook search to see if you have any active garage sale groups in your area.

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How to sell more at a garage sale? ›

Garage sales usually start early in the morning, around 7 a.m., and end mid-afternoon. The busiest hours of a garage sale are often between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m., before temperatures get too high. Depending on how many items you plan to sell, you may want to spread the sale out over multiple days.

Although Oklahoma is far from the top state for the number of garage sales per capita—that honor goes to Oregon—a lot of residents of Oklahoma City, OK, must be gaga over garage sales. Oklahoma City grabs the No. 1 spot in LawnStarter's new ranking.

Choosing the Best Time for Your Yard Sale

While spring and summer are traditionally popular seasons for garage sales, don't rule out the charm of a fall sale.

Offer Profitable Extras

Whether you make them yourself or pick them up from Costco or Sam's Club, selling snacks and drinks during your garage or yard sale can take your final total over-the-top. It doesn't have to be fancy; cookies, snack bags of chips and bottled water will sell really well.

Stuffed animals have similar hygiene concerns as some other kids' items. Plus, most parents feel inundated with stuffed animals already. So, consider leaving smaller ones in a free box and mark the rest to move. The lower your price (maybe 50 cents), the better the chance of offloading them.