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Check out not just the news story, but the video for Twice that headlines this article.

TGtbT.com thinks all ways of "passing it on" whether consignment, buy-outright, or charitable thrift,  are great!While Twice is just another player in the fast-growing field of “ship it to us” resale vendors on the Internet, what I find most interesting is

how the word “consignment” is now a POSITIVE

word, rather than a negative. Witness how Continue Reading »

Flat is uninteresting. Think bosom, land, consignment shop showcase.

Make your resale shop show cases look, and sell, better with TGtbT.com

A little change in elevation could be all your shop needs to take a boring presentation to Continue Reading »

Making money with smilesAs shopkeepers, we all strive to be kind and nice and friendly. We want our clients to be happy with our business policies and happy with us.

But there’s a balance we have to strike between accommodating and operating a profitable business.

And how to find that balance is today’s Continue Reading »

“You never get a second chance to make a first impression” is a truism that is majorly important to consignment, resale and thrift shops.

What impression is your business making on first (and all) contact?

Be just the type of consignment shop she thought you'd be, by TGtbT.comIn person, we do a lot to make our “look” suit our style of shopkeeping. But what about our Internet “voice”… our web site, our blog, our mass emails, and Facebook updates?

Here’s a few examples I’ve saved for you of how to get your business personality across. Take a look and see if you don’t feel connected to the real-life folks running these companies. Hey, you might even find yourself smiling… always a good thing, if you can

get your viewers smiling at the thought of your company!

First, an email entitled Our First Ever Bag Sale. Gets their personality across.

Next up, a video on how an online consignment business works. This reassures viewers that this business is organized (stuff won’t go missing!) and super-clean. The same company (since sold to another company) did a great Moving-Day video and an intake specialist shows some common NTY reasons.

And last, a blog entry that manages to teach and endear the business at the same time. The subject? Girl Math.

Tell us how you

turn your conversations into conversions

in the comments below, or share some examples you keep for inspiration:

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Colorful swing shop, from TGtbT's Pinterest Boards

A great merchandising display.

Merchandising your goods in your consignment, resale or thrift shop is a constant activity… and sometimes, a challenge!

I’ve found a series of short videos that Continue Reading »