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How will they know about your clearance sale?

Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on July 9, 2014|

When you want to create some interest in markdowns in your consignment or resale or thrift, how will you let the public know?

Not like (more…)

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What is it worth secondhand?

Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on July 7, 2014| 2 Comments »

“What’s it worth?” is always the question, right?

TGtbT.com finds another resource for helping you price consignment goods

Click for “Accepting & Pricing”, one of our best-sellers in our TGtbT Products for the Professional Resaler

Whether you are consignment, resale or donations-only thrift, it all comes down to

How much can we sell this for?

While many factors go into determination of what something will sell for in your business (location, traffic patterns, reputation, size of marketplace, even how much space you have to keep something on the sales floor until the right customer comes along), many shopkeepers like to have a starting point for their staffers. Just one of the concepts explored in our

 Money-Wise Guide to Accepting & Pricing from TGtbT.com.

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Brilliant Facebook Entries, 4th of July Edition

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , on July 5, 2014|

The best thing about using Facebook to keep your consignment, resale or thrift shop on people’s minds, is that

Auntie Kate loves how resale shopkeepers enjoy the 4th of July with their Facebook posts!it’s so timely.

Here are some shopkeeper examples I received in (more…)

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Holiday weekends for entrepreneurs

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, Weekend Warrior on July 3, 2014| 5 Comments »

If you have a resale, thrift or consignment shop, chances are that your business might be a mite slow over any holiday weekend, as your customers enjoy family gatherings, community events, or just kicking back.

Not that we wish slow sales upon you, but…

Consign to Design is a past consultee, and current Sponsor of our consumer-oriented site, HowToConsign.com

Consign to Design’s “front door” to their site. Find their live links on the Resale Shop Directory at HowToConsign

for an entrepreneur, this slow sales time could be a boon. It gives you time to research, try out, do some of those pesky details inherent in running your social media.

Maybe this series on Auntie Kate the Blog might be your weekend task:

Optimizing your Web Site for Resale Shoppers

Start here with Day One and follow the “next post” to see all four in the series

 

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