If you manage, direct, work or simply volunteer in a non-profit donations-only thrift shop, chances are you have some challenges consignment or buy-outright shops don’t have. The biggest one could be
How to make some donations look salable!
We’ve collected up over 100 ideas on how to Increase the Value of Your Donations in a Pinterest Board here. A sample of ideas I’ve gathered to monetize what might otherwise be 25- or 50-cent items :
You know all those utensils you get donated? Get a volunteer to make a horizontal board with spaced, cute tin cans in which to show them. Voila! An item you’d be lucky to get a quarter for, is now worthy of 3x the price! Presentation counts!
Buttons are often in good supply at thrifts… and if you have some volunteers who enjoy crafts, this could be a “holiday boutique” best-seller in your non-profit.
Another crafty-volunteer idea for your premium gift area in your shop.
Odds and ends plus some good glue and an eye for centered yields this great stand. Make some to display your jewelry and some to sell! See my version of this. Click the pic for her tutorial.
Frames are another big donation item that could be hard to sell… unless you add twine, a staple gun, and a clothes-pinned example or two. Now they’re chic! Click for exhaustive instructions.
If we’ve whet your appetite (or those of your crafty volunteers!) see all the ideas I found for you on our Pinterest Board.
Auntie Kate The Resale Expert 