Popular handmade items for garage sale?
Has anyone had success selling crafts/handmade goods at yard sales…What items (if any) are popular sellers…
I’m looking for unique/crafty ideas so please feel free to share yours maybe something you have sold yourself OR something you would like to see more of at yard sales…. Items like wedding decor.. One of a kind hand decorated photo frames…. Anything bedazzled or jeweled.. Bags, jewelry… and so on… How did you price it, did it sell well… Thanks again
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my family made (for lack of a better description) sticks for your garden or yard that tell you how dep the snow is and another with a cylinder on them that showed how much it rained. the snow one we made snowmen out of wood from the craft store and glues them on and the one for rain we used birds.
We sold alot of lemonade that day aswell.
Hm. Well, I make a ton of hemp jewelry, and my mom and I are planning a garage sale by the end of the month. I usually sell my jewelry on Etsy.com, but I am thinking of just switching to craigslist.com.
I don’t think that people will be willing to pay the fair price that a hand made item deserves in a garage/yard sale, sadly. ):
I have found the prettier and more colorful things are the more favored they are by possible buyers.
I would LOVE to see more of jewelry or beads at yard/garage sales, because I enjoy taking it apart and using it to make my hemp jewelry.
Honestly I think the problem with selling crafts at a yard sale is that people typically go to a yard/garage sale to buy used goods at a deep discount. I usually associate such sales with people who are about to move or who are cleaning out their house and when I buy I usually try to talk them down on price because from my point of view I’m doing them a favor.
I think handmade crafts or jewelry can do better if you sell them at a place that was intended for them. Like a craft fair, people who go to them are looking to buy crafts/handmade goods so your target audience is much more aligned with what your selling. If you can’t find a fair in your area you can look online, I know there are multiple places where handmade goods are the only thing being sold. There’s 1000 Markets, which you have to be “accepted” into. There’s Etsy which works off of the ebay model of listing/relisting fees and a final valuation fee which is a percentage of the sale. Theirs ArtFire which is a monthly fee for unlimited selling, or you can just try their basic account for free for as long as you want to see how you like it.
Those are the three players I know as far as selling handmade is concerned. ArtFire is the only one that’s actually free to try so I would suggest giving it a shot, there’s not really any downside to free. Other than that, keep an eye out for craft fairs in your area where your goods would stand a good chance, there’s most likely a booth fee so if you do end up going make sure you do your research and have enough inventory on hand make a profit.