1. Choose what kind of sale you are going to have. - I did my first sale on seconds and old stock that I have had sitting round for ages. I chose 15 items made up of pendants, stud earrings and necklaces.
2. Announce to the world- I started doing this about 4 days before the sale and advertised through my facebook page and these promotion pages: F.B.G.S , and Promote My Fan Page. I also had my friends to shout outs about my sale.
3. On the day I took photos of the items and wrote down all the item specifics about 2 hours before the sale started. As I was selling seconds and old stock I listed any faults or damage to the piece. Here is an example:
Item Number: 15
Description: Alice and the caterpillar pendant from Alice in wonderland. Size: 55mm x 28mm.
Faults: quite a bit of crystallization spotted around the pendant
Price: $8 without chain or $13 with chain (Normally $35)
Postage: $3
4. At 6pm I listed the rules.
"Jubly-Umph F.B.G.S Old Stock Garage Sale is starting in one hour. We have 15 items- necklaces, pendants and stud earrings.
Here is how it works. I will load a pic of the item along with details such as description, condition, price and postage cost. To win it be the second person to comment on it and say 'mine'. (you will need to already 'like' our page to be able to comment.)
We will email you tomorrow with bank details and totals. BTW you only pay one lot of postage if you are purchasing more than one item.
Hope that makes sense.."
I had been told by seasoned F.B.G.Sers that it is better to have the second or third person who comments win the item. This is to stop fights apparently. I think it is more of a problem when you have dozens of people all wanting the same items.
A good example of where I could have taken better photos
5. At 7pm I listed the first item by uploading the picture into the wall comment box and coping my description into the text box. (See image)
