The best signs for your garage sale
Signs are all-important for any garage sale. Apart from classified ads in newspapers and online noticeboards, signs are the main way that people get the news out about their garage sale.
When you make up your signs, you need to bear some things in mind:
- Make plenty of signs. You will need one to put outside your front gate, but you should also make one or two to place further down the road. This will catch the eyes of motorists, who will get enough time to stop. If you live on a quiet street, make some signs to go on lamp-posts in a main street nearby so you expose your publicity to a higher-traffic area.
- Your sign should be of reasonable quality. A scribble on a torn-off bit of brown corrugated cardboard isn’t quite enough. If you have to make your own signs, use a decent piece of cardboard – they’re not that expensive – and take some care with the lettering. You can get signs printed. Occasionally, you can find deals where if you list your garage sale via a certain channel, you’ll get a sign (usually just saying “garage sale” as part of the deal. White, pastel coloured or fluorescent cardboard makes a tidy, eyecatching look.
- Make sure that your sign is readable from a distance!
- Your sign should list the date, time and address of the sale. Signs can also include a brief description (in a few bullet points) of items that will be sold (e.g. clothing, furniture, sports gear).
- Have some signs for your actual sale, e.g “Clothing $2 a bag” “All pot plants $4 each” “Blue sticker items $1”.
- If your garage sale is in aid of a charity, include the name of the charity on the sale. This can induce more philanthropic people to come to the sale.