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At the start of a new season, some consignment shops are tempted to mix things up a bit…switching to being a buy-outright shop, or perhaps trying their hand at a little buying outright to see how it goes. After all, the profit potential is much higher…or is it?

If you’re pondering this,

The BIG Book of Buying Outrighttake a look at this Resalers’ Resource, which will save you time, effort… and which will MAKE you money.

The BIG Book of Buying Outright includes, amongst other meanderings:

Buying Outright…is it for me?
Should I start my shop as a Buy-Outright?
How do I learn to buy outright?
How much should I pay?
How can I switch from consigning to buying?
Maintaining and Managing my Open-to-Buy
Face-to-Face with your Seller
How do other shopkeepers do it?

Not interested in buying outright?

Your Money-Wise Guide to Accepting & Pricing is a help to resale and consignment shopsBut still feeling that your intake procedures are a bit more cumbersome than you’d like? The Money-Wise Guide to Accepting & Pricing could be a time- and sanity-saver when all those folks spring clean and come in! Reinforce your decisions on whether something will sell to your clientele, and at what price, while presenting a confident and professional attitude to your suppliers.

Wondering where you’re gonna PUT all this stuff?

Space: use it wisely in your resale shop

Tired of hearing shoppers complain “It’s so crowded in here I can’t see anything”?

That really is the #1 complaint of your shoppers. How can you present more selection and build more value into your merchandise without busting out the walls? Maybe The Essential Guide to Using All Your Space will help.

Happy New Season to all!

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Bandaid puppetsHere’s a past resale/ consignment post which bears repeating.

Are you sabotaging your business in obvious and subtle ways?

Read how I found yet another reason not to numerically limit incoming goods when I was forced to follow a rule that makes no sense. Besides the reasons we already can see. ‘Cause it messed with my head.

A pinprick here, a pinprick there and pretty soon your business is bleeding real bad.

The photo’s from http://www.momsmarbles.com/ which is a pretty cute site.

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Participant #9, Winner of this week's TGtbT.com Wacky WednesdayJeanette, will be receiving her pair of silver bracelets from TGtbT.com as winner of our random drawing at last week’s Wacky Wednesday.. as soon as she lets me know who she is.

Thanks for joining in the discussion, Jeanette, and give Max a pat on the head for me.

Which brings up an interesting topic: pets (more…)

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Enthusiasm, openness, and knowing when you need assistance are the keys to resale successThe best thing, in my view, about consignment and resale shops, is the PERSONALITY. There’s an amazing variety of styles, approaches, and emphases in our industry. Some do it one way, others another. But I think doing it WELL can be summarized with these 4 Rules of Making it Big Time. What do you think? Have I overlooked a key to success that you rely upon?

Keep these points in mind if you want to make it in resale:

1- Look around (more…)

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Wacky Wednesday Free Giveaway for consignment and resale shopsIt’s Wacky Wednesday once again. A free giveaway for consignment, resale, and thrift shop owners/ managers.

And this week’s thought-provoking question, about which (more…)

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