HOUSEHOLDS THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD MAKES $273 Garage Sale Trail is about re-using great stuff, helping people think differently about waste, meeting your neighbours, stimulating local economies, and providing an awesome platform for fundraising. All made possible by your local council. 350,000+ PEOPLE GARAGE SALES You can register your household sale online for free from 10 August - 24 October at www.garagesaletrail.com.au Simply click on the Register a Sale button and follow the prompts to give your sale a fun name, upload 5 photos of your best items and attract those shoppers. Once registered you get a personalised sale page, pinned to a national map for everyone to see and a full suite of ready-to-print materials to promote your sale. If you want to host a sale with other households simply follow the prompts to register a GROUP SALE. Host a garage sale to de-clutter, make some pocket money, meet your neighbours and have fun in the process. Raise money for yourself or for a cause that is important to you. DE-CLUTTER MAKE MONEY JOIN A NATIONAL MOVEMENT MEET NEIGHBOURS AND HAVE FUN Whatever your reason, this is a ready made opportunity to raise some dough – sell old stuff, sell new stuff, sell anything… and it’s FREE TO PARTICIPATE! REGISTRATION OPENS 10 AUGUST 2015 AT GARAGESALETRAIL.COM.AU 8,000+ HOW-TO GUIDE SELLERS 150+ COUNCIL AREAS PARTICIPATING
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HOUSEHOLDS
THE AVERAGEHOUSEHOLD MAKES $273
Garage Sale Trail is about re-using great stuff, helping people think differently about waste, meeting your neighbours, stimulating local economies, and providing an awesome platform for fundraising. All made possible by your local council.
350,000+PEOPLEGARAGE SALES
You can register your household sale online for free from 10 August - 24 October at www.garagesaletrail.com.au
Simply click on the Register a Sale button and follow the prompts to give your sale a fun name, upload 5 photos of your best items and attract those shoppers.
Once registered you get a personalised sale page, pinned to a national map for everyone to see and a full suite of ready-to-print materials to promote your sale.
If you want to host a sale with other households simply follow the prompts to register a GROUP SALE.
Host a garage sale to de-clutter, make some
pocket money, meet your neighbours and
have fun in the process. Raise money for
yourself or for a cause that is important to
you.
DE-CLUTTER MAKE MONEYJOIN A NATIONAL
MOVEMENTMEET
NEIGHBOURSAND HAVE FUN
Whatever your reason, this is a ready made opportunity to raise some dough – sell old stuff, sell new stuff,sell anything… and it’s FREE TO PARTICIPATE!
REGISTRATION OPENS 10 AUGUST 2015 AT GARAGESALETRAIL.COM.AU
8,000+
HOW-TO GUIDESELLERS
150+COUNCIL AREASPARTICIPATING
Thanks to your Council when you register you get;
• A personalised sale page on the national website where you can showcase what you will have for sale on the day and upload information about yourself, who you are selling with and what cause you might be selling for.
• Pinned to a searchable and interactive national map.
• A suite of posters and flyers on your dashboard for you to download to promote your sale locally.
Make your sale impossible to walk past
with a few easy tips.
REGISTER YOUR SALE PROMOTE YOUR SALE
Display all your great stuff together.
Think about bargain bins and create
irresistible deals.
Think what else you can do to attract
attention. Dress up? Facepainting?
The only limit is your imagination.
• An awesome, creative sale name.
• Attractive pictures of items on the
website and an eye-catching cover image.
• Cool wares and quirky stuff.
• Good promotion via word of mouth,
social media and local advertising.
Most importantly have fun!
RETRO RARITIES TO MAKE THESNAP HAPPY GO PHOTO LOCO
Creative sale nameAttractive picturesof sale items Eye-catching
cover image
Tell friends, family and anyone in
your area about your sale, get your
neighbours involved too;
Put up posters around the
neighbourhood; or make your own;
Post and update information about your
sale (including lots of images) on your
seller page;
Use social media and newsletters to
tell everyone the details of your sale;
We run a campaign to promote the program
nationally, but the really successful sellers get
their hands dirty too. We provide the tools and
materials on your dashboard so you can:
jump onto www.garagesaletrail.com.au
from 10 August and register your sale
Give your sale a ripping name
Entice shoppers by uploading 5 pictures
of the best items you have to sell
Let people know what else is happening
at your garage sale, maybe some music,
a theme, you’re the boss so do what
works for you and tell people a little bit
about yourself. It’s a community event
after all so don’t be shy.
The first 2500 sellers registered before 25 September will receive ;
• A printed seller kit containing posters, flyers and information to help you promote your sale locally.
But don’t worry, if you miss out on the printed kit you can still download all of the same materials from your dashboard.
ON THE DAY - 24 OCTOBER
Sale registration opens 10 August 2015.
To get the most up to date information,
check out: garagesaletrail.com.au
and sign up to our Trail Mail.
After being made redundant, Star Wars super fan puts his extensive 3000 item collection up for sale on Garage Sale Trail. He wanted to make some money from his collectibles and his wife wanted to declutter the house! His story generated media attention and he even made an apperance on Network 10 News. On the day he made over $8000, with tons of shoppers making the trip to his garage to view his remarkable collection. To make the sale that little bit more ‘spesh he screened Star Wars movies on the wall of the garage.
STAR WARS GLORY - QLD COMPLETE CLEAR OUT - A STAR WARS FAN’S DREAM
Sasha Deloe was the Garage Sale Trail’s Winner of the People’s Choice Award for Favourite Garage Sale in NSW with the most number of likes on Facebook! This Sale was featured on SBS Online. She sold a range of items from books, toys, furniture and general bric-a-brac. All proceeds went to support her sister and nephew as her sister battled ovarian cancer.
GLORIOUS GARBAGE FOR A CAUSE - NSW
This street got together and sold 200+ items including household goods, kids toys, hand made gift cards, cookies, books, glass vases, doll clothes, earrings, and lots more! Neighbours got to know each other, and had a great day while raising money for their families.
“We organised our street to come together for the Garage Sale Trail. With 12 sales, it was a busy day. Everyone had a great time and we also made $350! We can’t wait for this year’s sale”
SPRAY STREET GARAGE SALE - VIC 150 LOCALS ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY