It is the well -kept secret of flea market professionals and garage sale.
With the sun that points the tip of its nose and the holidays that are linked throughout the month of May, the flea market and garage sales season is more relevant! The French like to stroll there to kill time, enjoy the good weather, while finding beautiful clothes. But if for some, it remains a hobby, others take the thing very seriously and come to sell and make money. The main difficulty? Set his sleeping clothes quickly, and at a decent price.
However, there are simple techniques to sell faster and more expensive – supporting experts! The first is to label the clothes: whether directly on the clothes (as in store), on the boxes where they are stacked, on the hangers and/or the holders where they are hung. This method avoids excessive price negotiations and maximizes (as much as possible) profits. A strategy that visibly bears its fruit: on Tiktok, the testimonies of sellers having tested and approved it multiply: “I made 250 euros in profit” (@dressmemarie),, “I made two garage sales each time I sold for 100 euros of clothes!” (@Popooo6z))
Seeing the labels with the written price black on white, unconsciously, the buyer says he is fixed and that he cannot negotiate as much as he wants: negotiation is therefore not as aggressive as on a stand where clothes do not display any price. “With the prices on the hangers I never have no one who asked me again and it avoids negotiation”explains the tiktofer @dressmemarie. Another accustomed to garage sales confirms it to us, “This technique makes it possible to avoid the bargaining of carpets”.
But if the labeling makes it possible to maximize profits, it also saves energy and sell faster. Indeed, the potential customer already sees the signs and labels from afar: it is therefore free to come on the stand if it interests it or to go on its way. A real time saving for the two parties: “Prices?A just avoid asking for each piece how much it is !! “ outbid @dressmemarie. Labeling acts here as a kind of “skimming strategy”, sweeping too undecided profiles with a backhand.
To increase the attractiveness of their stand, minimize the cerebral work of the customer and therefore facilitate the sale, other second -hand dealers as @Popooo6z go further by showing the sizes and marks of said clothing: “The rest was in boxes, well folded, with written sizes/brands on the boxes”. You just have to test.
