Pithy point for all retailers, ESPECIALLY us consignment, thrift, resale shops, about Facebook convos. Even the negative comments. Thanks, Vertical Response.
Read more about Facebook No-Nos. Pay attention to #5 lest you end up in the TGtbT.com Hall of Shame. (It doesn’t exist yet, but if you keep on posting terrible photos, it will. I have your number. Be afraid, be very afraid of the Resale Guru. Example, this photo, recently posted by a consignment shop to motivate future brides to shop. Heck, I haven’t been a future bride for 45 years and I still find this photo less than, shall we say, motivating?)
Auntie Kate The Resale Expert 
OH I see thank you
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There are not many resale stores that are as glamorous as the full price stores in the pictures you are recommending.
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You are SO right… why not? Resale, consignment, and even thrift shops serve as wide a group of consumers as do “real” stores and therefore, could have as wide a range of decor/ service/ amenities.
I have been SO fortunate in my long career in the biz to have seen some truly, truly elegant resale shops. A Cancer Society thrift in the Philadelphia area remains in memory; a small consignment shop in Kansas City had my mouth hanging open; another in Ocala Florida. Here’s a photo I took.
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I’m Sorry I must be missing something What is wrong with it? Other than they are all together but that may be all the space she has, or am I’m I missing something, please tell me so I do not do it:)
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Hi Elwanda, thanks for your observation. Let me explain better:
There’s nothing “wrong” with the photograph of how her merchandise is racked, if she’s simply documenting what her shop looks like. What’s wrong is that no bride-to-be is gonna say “Wow what a gorgeous selection and I must rush right down to this beautiful venue!”
The photo is not a “selling point.” It doesn’t do what the shopkeeper had hoped it would… inspire dreams and yearnings. Example of a better shot would be something like http://www.pinterest.com/pin/139470919680540398/ or http://www.pinterest.com/pin/436919601319522443/
Just like you don’t want to woo a suitor with a shot of you in your every-day at-home attire in an unflattering light, photos meant to woo customers need to be “fluffed up a bit.” Sorry I was unclear, and hope this inspires your shop to “be all you dream it can be”!
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