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Make it for your shop: Make It Merry!

November 13, 2017 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

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 Continue Reading »

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Set the Scene for Social Sharing

November 12, 2017 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Can your shop provide a photo opp for your customers to use and post on their social media?

With these Continue Reading »

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Flippin’ out over Being Backwards?

November 9, 2017 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Facebook Live Voideos backwards? TGtbT.com tells you how to flip!

If there’s even more you’re confused about in the resale industry, you need to click on the pic and grab all of TGtbT.com’s info!

If you’re flipping out over your Facebook Live videos being backwards, here’s how to correct that!

Or rather, here’s LOTS of ways… try them all and see what works easiest for you!

Try this fellow and his phone: Fixing Facebook Live.

Another source, complete with headgear. You won’t want to miss this. I think. But then again.

Great article on prepping for an effective Live Video, even though he doesn’t address the problem we’re working on.

Bonus tip from Authentic Storytelling:

Easy way to test anything in Facebook Live or Facebook in general. Change the status of the post or video to “only me.” Now you can publish and only you can see it. Just be sure to change it back to Public, Friends or a custom list later when you post the next time. Facebook will treat this as your new default setting until you change it.

And resale/ consignment-specific advice from Auntie Kate:

Points on SELLING via Live Video

Points on keeping your Video going!

Are any of these incorrect or confusing? Tell us in the comments, below…

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Help the Kids Learn the Gift of Giving

November 8, 2017 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

I was cleaning out files the other day and came across this layout for a quarter-sheet bag stuffer I made up for a nonprofit resale shop I used to volunteer with. Which reminded me how much Continue Reading »

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Is the problem cheap customers?

November 7, 2017 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Recently, I was witness to an exchange between a shopkeeper who draws enthusiastic customers from an hour and more away, and one which says her customers are so cheap “they expect thrift-store prices”. The shops carry the same range of merchandise, so what’s going on here?

Let’s call the shop with enthusiastic buyers Shop A, and the other, Shop B.

Will your cusomers pay your prices? asks Kate Holmes of TGtbT.com

Is it "cheap" customers or something else? A Too Good to be Threw blog post.Is it the income level of the two shops’ market areas? Shop A is in a city with Continue Reading »

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