What’s one category many donation- only thrift stores accumulate too many of?
Odd plates.
And what can a customer do with odd plates? Well, a perennially popular idea is the wall of plates, as seen in this Pin from the Too Good to be Threw Pinterest Boards (it’s been repinned 82 times!):
Source: mmmcrafts.blogspot.com via Kate on Pinterest
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But many shoppers, although they love the look, hesitate to collect plates for their own decor for two reasons:
- Lack of time to find and select a variety of mismatched plates, platters, saucers.
- Lack of confidence in their ability to artfully select what “goes together.”
Solve both problems when a volunteer with an artistic eye creates sets of plates that a customer can buy! That’s what Top Drawer Finds did, listing this on Etsy:
This is a fabulous idea, whether you sell in-store or on-line. And you’ll note, I am sure, that these components are making your shop more money than if they were stashed in some cardboard box under the men’s suits with a “50-cents each” sign… don’t you agree? Thanks, Top Drawer, for bringing this merchandising idea to our attention!
What odds-n-ends in your shop do you collect up to make a larger, more appealing purchase for YOUR customers? Tell us by commenting below!
Explore what Too Good to be Threw is telling your potential shoppers about using secondhand goodies in their home decor, at the consumer-oriented HowToConsign “Home with a History” Pin Board!
Auntie Kate The Resale Expert 