Saturday, June 10, 2006

Want to open a consignment shop or a retail store.... need advice? please? -

Heres the deal... My aunt is a shopaholic... we have 4 huge storage units and about another 4 bedrooms filled with clothes and houseware stuff - ALL BRAND NEW with tags and they are all brand names..... We need to sell all of it to get her out of debt etc.... ebay would be too tedious and we just want to open a store for a few months to get rid of it all.... any ideas on how to begin? thanks in advance!

Best way , and better than opening a retail store for few months .. Retail store will cost you rent, preparation, attracting traffic, signs, etc............... which will probably exceed more than $15.000-$20,000 for only couple of months..so best way .. start making a plan for a yard sale (and make it every 2 weeks).. you need a very careful and clear plan first, about all the steps.. 1- you need to pick the place (better to make it in a alot of traffic area) ask your church or a near relative who have place like that.. this is better than making in her yard if there is no high traffic) 2- Decide the date.. (Dates) for how long etc.... 3- Make fliers (Print them even copy print on staples or office depot) it will cost at most $50.00 for 1000 flyers.. and then you have to start pass them 2-3 days before the yard sale .. and on the days of sale as well.. 4- make a classified ads on your local newspaper , runs for a week / 3 days.. the costs no more than ($20.00-$50.00).. 5- don t forget to put your flyers on the boards of restaurants, churches, etc..... you will find that your total costs with all of that would not exceed $200.00 with all those ads and preparation.. less than 1% of the costs of store and etc.. Plus you could start it this weekend or the next .. not like the store which will need 3-8 weeks to make it ready .. hope this help,Good luck and have a great day ..

Do the posting in local news paper, Publish classified ads through internet, Submit your store listing in google local business, Submit your business information on shopping sites. I have promoted my business on http://www.rpreport.com Here you can also publish your business information.Ihope all these activity definately work for you.Thanks.

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