Money making hobby idea: how to make fast money from home in your own backyard.

Illustration by Jeff 'Wizard of Draws' Bucchino at Cartoon Clip Art

WHERE TO FIND ITEMS TO SELL

- Your own stuff, go through cupboards, drawers, storage boxes, nothing is excluded from garage sale material. Once my bestselling item was unused photo frames, who would have thought.
- Ask family, friends & neighbours to donate anything they don't need.
- Visit other garage sales in your area, pick out the bargains to resell at a profit.
- Visit charity or used clothing shops, again pick out the bargains.
- Local outdoor or flea markets.
- Buy lots on eBay.
- Make your own, eg, bags of cookies, home-made cakes, sweets, popcorn.
- Crafts that you (or friends) can make during the weeks prior to your sale. A friend makes cement frogs in a plastic mould, hand paints them in football team colours, they sell at Sunday markets and are a winner.
- Plants you've grown in plastic pots from seed or cuttings. Vegetable and herb seedlings in individual pots are very cheap to grow from seed. Herbs are especially popular.

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GOOD PROMOTION IS ALL IMPORTANT

- Run classified ads in your local paper(s).
- Prepare banners for outside your home.
- Signs directing visitors from a main street or crossroads nearby.
- Posters for your local community or supermarket notice board.
- Word of mouth, ask your friends and neighbours to spread the word.
- Letterbox drop with a simple leaflet in your immediate vicinity.
- Advertise an Early Bird pre-sale one hour before official opening time. Offer an incentive, eg, 10% discount, free coffee, free something else.

ARRANGING YOUR GARAGE OR BACK YARD

- Create a positive buying attitude.
- Neatness is important.
- Make sure the area is clean and free from any distractions from your sale.
- Remove cobwebs, dust, unsightly junk.
- Hang colourful streamers or balloons.
- Put the real bargains out front.
- Arrange tables or displays to invite customers to work towards the back displays.
- Consider offering tea, coffee and home-made cookies at the rear, free balloons for the kids.

HOW TO PRICE YOUR ITEMS

- As a rough guide prices should be around one-quarter of original new price.
- Newer items, higher price.
- Collectables or treasures, higher price.
- New or as new, higher price. (Say so on your price ticket.)
- Be prepared to bargain, set your lowest bargaining price in advance.

FINAL TIPS

- Start planning 3 weeks ahead.
- Be in attendance at all times, arrange for a relief guard when you need to leave.
- Keep your house locked at all times.
- Have plenty of change.
- Be prepared for Early Birds looking for the pick of the sale.
- Consider marking down your stock near the end of the day.
- Be friendly, co-operative, helpful.
- Keep records of every sale.
- If you have the space away from the road make a sand pit, throw in some buckets and spades, keep the kids occupied while parents browse longer and without distraction.
- Check with your accountant about the tax rules in your country.

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