If you’ve ever participated in a garage sale, you know they can be hit-or-miss. It’s often hard to know whether it’ll be a weekend spent hanging out in your front yard with a few friends and family members, or if it’ll turn into an all-day party where you’re constantly ringing up new customers.
Fortunately, there’s hope for the latter! Whether you’re hosting a garage sale or simply attending one, these are our top picks for apps that will make sure this weekend is one to remember!
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Best Apps For Garage Sales
CPLUS FOR CRAIGSLIST
First up is good ol’ Craigslist, the staple website and mobile app that lets people post classified ads. Licensed by Craigslist, the CPlus app is bare-bones — its interface looks like it’s straight out of the ’90s — but it gets the job done. And, given how long it’s been around, Craigslist drives an immense amount of traffic every day. You can post ads for specific goods or promote your upcoming garage sale to generate a bigger turnout.
Available on iPhone and Android
VARAGESALE
Want to skip a garage sale altogether and sell your used goods online instead? Like Facebook Marketplace (basically Facebook’s version of Craigslist), VarageSale lets users post their wares for sale online for free and allows local shoppers to purchase them. What makes the app different from Craigslist, though, is that it allows sellers to establish credibility by showing their ratings from past customers and average response times.
Available on iPhone and Android
OFFERUP
Another Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace competitor, the OfferUp app lets its users post classified ads. In addition to smaller goods like baby clothes, books and jewelry, you can also sell exercise equipment, kitchen appliances or even cars. Shoppers message sellers directly to negotiate a price. The app has no listing or transaction fees.
Available on iPhone and Android
YARD SALE TREASURE MAP
This mobile app is a way to get your garage sale noticed by more people. Once you’ve posted an announcement on Craigslist for the event (make sure you fill out the address), you can enroll it in Yard Sale Treasure Map’s system, where it will appear on a map that local yard sale shoppers can use to find your house. You can also print personalized garage sale brochures directly from the app.
Pro tip: GLICKIN Garage Sales, 5Miles and Garage Sale Map are three other apps you can use to maximize your garage sale’s exposure.
Available on iPhone and Android
SQUARE POINT OF SALE
Yard sale browsers aren’t always equipped with the right amount of cash, which is where the Square Point of Sale app comes in handy. It allows you to process transactions from credit and debit cards, and the funds get deposited into your bank account in one to two business days. In addition, the app lets you send receipts via email or text message, access real-time sales data and complete sales history, and track inventory in real time. The caveat? Square charges a 2.75 percent processing fee on all swiped transactions, and a 3.5 percent plus $0.15 fee for manually entered transactions. Buying a Square Reader ($6.05 on Amazon) that you plug into your smartphone can be a worthwhile investment.
Available on iPhone and Android
TALLYSHEET
Throwing a yard sale with a few neighbors? TallySheet lets you easily track the total amount earned by each seller, eliminating any confusion over how much each of person made when the sale is over. The app, which generates real-time reports with total payouts for each seller, allows an unlimited number of friends to connect as cashiers to your event. It also reduces human error by calculating the change owed to the customer.
Available on iPhone and Android
NEXTDOOR
Throwing a joint yard sale can help make your event a success, since you’ll have more people spreading the word. If you don’t know any neighbors who want to participate, you can search for like-minded folks in your community using Nextdoor, a private social network in more than 197,000 neighborhoods across the U.S.
Available on iPhone and Android
BOOKSCOUTER
Downsizing your home library? Download BookScouter, a mobile app that lets you compare real-time price quotes online for used books and textbooks. Though BookScouter is designed for you to sell your books through the app, it can also be a good tool for determining what price tags to put on your used books.
Available on iPhone and Android
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- VarageSale
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varagesale app showing local garage sales
VarageSale helps you connect with local sellers trying to get rid of their “garage sale” items without actually having a garage sale. A lot of items will be listed individually on VarageSale so you can find exactly what you’re looking for, connect with the seller, and snag your item.
However, you can find local garage sales as well by simply searching for the term in the app. This will show times and dates of garage sales near you that you can physically show up to and shop at.
And what’s unique about VarageSale is that everyone who joins the app goes through a manual review process before they’re ever allowed to buy or sell an item. This ensures maximum safety on both the seller’s end and the buyer’s end.
Download: VarageSale for Android | iOS (Free)
- CPlus for Craigslist
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cplus for craigslist showing garage sales near me
Craigslist has always been a great way to find garage sales online. While the Craigslist website has always been easy to navigate, it’s also been home to a few sketchy or just plain weird postings.
The CPlus app makes Craigslist even easier to use and navigate classified ads. If you want to look for garage sales in only your city, you can; but you can also look for garage sales in multiple cities nearby and then save this search to your home page.
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Then, whenever you’re feeling the need to hit up a garage sale, you can just open the app and instantly see search results for garage sales or yard sales near you. And if your goal is to set up a virtual garage sale posting, you can easily do that through CPlus too!
Download: CPlus for Craigslist for Android | iOS (Free, in-app purchases available)
- Nextdoor
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If you live in a housing development, you’ve surely heard of the Nextdoor app. Nextdoor allows you to connect with your neighbors and find out who’s having a garage sale or just selling one or two items.
You can browse through the home page to see what your neighbors are up to or just get right to it and search for garage sales. With each posting, you’ll usually find details about what sort of items will be included as well as, of course, the address of the garage sale.
Download: Nextdoor for Android | iOS (Free)
- Facebook Marketplace
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Facebook’s Marketplace section is a great way to find garage sales online. Similar to the other apps, all you need to do is search up the term garage sale or yard sale and you’ll find a lot of options nearby. Or, if you’re looking for a particular item, you can search specifically for that item and not have to go sorting through a ton of garage sale items.
If you do end up meeting someone for a sale of a particular item, make sure you take the proper precautions. Unlike members of VarageSale, Facebook members are not manually reviewed. So be cautious of where you meet someone for an in-person sale and maybe consider taking someone else with you, whether you’re buying or selling.
Download: Facebook for Android | iOS (Free, in-app purchases available)
- Estate Sales
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an estate sale listing through the estate sales app
While estate sales are generally a lot larger than your traditional neighborhood garage sale, it’s still a great way to find awesome products at a lower price. And if you’ve never shopped at an estate sale, you’re missing out. It’s so easy to find a beautiful piece of furniture or home décor; sometimes even easier than at a traditional yard sale.
You can look at a map view of your area and see all scheduled estate sales. When you click on one, it’ll give you a ton of information. You’ll often see a picture for every item being sold as well as necessary info like the date, time, and place the estate sale will take place. Some estate sales are even fully online.
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