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5 Consignment Hacks
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged competition, resale shopkeeping, starting a consignment shop, success on November 27, 2017|
Slay your competition with these 5 hacks for consignment, resale, and thrift shops, to make your consignment shop be
your marketplace’s FIRST CHOICE for secondhand:
1- Don’t let your shop not be seen for the forest.
Click to read how very simple this truly is.
2- How you price affects how you sell.
How you price affects whether you succeed. Click for the most-requested Product for the Professional Resaler.
3- Stand out from the Crowd
Don’t bore them. Delight them. EVERY day. Make your shop SIZZLE! Click for resale-friendly advice.
4- Do something DIFFERENT and EASIER (for you and your shoppers!) :
Click to read “The Bag Sale That Isn’t”
5- And finally, let THIS be your guiding light:
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Resources to help you use these hacks:
The MoneyWise Guide to Accepting & Pricing for Resale.
10 Tactics to make your Shop Sizzle.
Pinterest: The Business of Consignment, Running a Resale Shop, Thrift Store How-tos
Underdog Tactics for Black Friday
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, christmas, Facebook, holidays, social networking, success on November 21, 2017|
Just because you can’t afford a circular in the paper on Thanksgiving Day, and you’re not about to open at 5am for those crazy shoppers….
…doesn’t mean you can’t tempt some holiday bucks into your register this week!
Some tactics that are especially attuned to your scrappy-little-dog shop, to highlight how small can be mighty:
First off, don’t sacrifice profits!
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Do they get your Facebook Group notifications?
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Functional Friday, Shopkeeping talk, tagged Facebook, resale shopkeeping, small business, web on November 17, 2017|
Bummer, right? No matter how cute and interesting and vital your page is, very few of those who follow you will ever be offered the choice to read it. Is there a solution? YES. (Well, MAYBE. Read on…) (more…)
Make it for your shop: Make It Merry!
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas, holidays, resale shopkeeping on November 13, 2017| 2 Comments »
There’s enough time, still, to make your holiday decor in your shop stand out from the crowd.
Here’s some picks from the TGtbT and HTC Pinterest Boards that will wow, amuse, and maybe even start people talking about your shop when (more…)
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