Thursday, April 9, 2015
I am doing my best to downsize all of the things in the house before moving to our new house so that we don't have all that clutter. I started with at least three trips to Goodwill to donate the small things that I didn't think that it was worth to sell.
I separated out the items that I was going to sell and make a little money. I took lots of pictures and put some of the big stuff up on Facebook (I am a member of a bunch of different yard sale groups). I also answered a few posts of people interested in things like glass bottles and sold 12 glass baby bottles without having to do much work.
I sold my son's convertible crib.
With Dresser
I also sold my husband's bed
I sold smaller stuff that my son had long ago outgrown. It is a little harder to make money selling things that are so small but it quickly adds up. I was working on lots of little kids toys and here are just a few of the many things that I sold in the last few weeks.
Throw in some clothes which don't take up a lot of space but we really don't need anymore. I started with sleepers because it seems that those are very popular. Most of the people that came to get sleepers looked through the clothes of the size that they were interested in. I even sold a few toys with the clothes purchases.
And a few larger kids toys like his wagon, rocket ship ride-on and rocking sheep.
The finally tally of my first attempt to get rid of a few things and make a little money was $788!!! I was hoping for a little more success but I am still happy with what I have made so far. I have to pull out the little clothes and go through them to see if there are some things that I might make a little money on and a few things that I have listed that I need to repost that didn't sell the first time. Here is hoping that I find a few more things that are packed away to sell and declutter.
Have you had success selling locally online?? I feel like I get a better price selling online then I do having a yard sale? Although I usually make around $200-$300 from a yard sale which I only have to work for one day and online takes a few weeks. I make a little more money selling online because you get to the people who specifically want things and know that the pricing is less then buying new. Let me know if you have any tips for me going forward!!!
I separated out the items that I was going to sell and make a little money. I took lots of pictures and put some of the big stuff up on Facebook (I am a member of a bunch of different yard sale groups). I also answered a few posts of people interested in things like glass bottles and sold 12 glass baby bottles without having to do much work.
I sold my son's convertible crib.
With Dresser
I also sold my husband's bed
I sold smaller stuff that my son had long ago outgrown. It is a little harder to make money selling things that are so small but it quickly adds up. I was working on lots of little kids toys and here are just a few of the many things that I sold in the last few weeks.
Throw in some clothes which don't take up a lot of space but we really don't need anymore. I started with sleepers because it seems that those are very popular. Most of the people that came to get sleepers looked through the clothes of the size that they were interested in. I even sold a few toys with the clothes purchases.
And a few larger kids toys like his wagon, rocket ship ride-on and rocking sheep.
I sold a stroller that we got for a vacation when my little man was much smaller and sold it for nearly what I paid for it because it was barely used.
I tried to sell a few not kids things but the only success other than the bed was the electric griddle. We have a new one that has the panini maker on the other side and we haven't used this for a long time. Super glad to not have to move it and make a little money at the same time.
The finally tally of my first attempt to get rid of a few things and make a little money was $788!!! I was hoping for a little more success but I am still happy with what I have made so far. I have to pull out the little clothes and go through them to see if there are some things that I might make a little money on and a few things that I have listed that I need to repost that didn't sell the first time. Here is hoping that I find a few more things that are packed away to sell and declutter.
Have you had success selling locally online?? I feel like I get a better price selling online then I do having a yard sale? Although I usually make around $200-$300 from a yard sale which I only have to work for one day and online takes a few weeks. I make a little more money selling online because you get to the people who specifically want things and know that the pricing is less then buying new. Let me know if you have any tips for me going forward!!!