Where to Find the Stuff to Sell (1)

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Where to Find the Stuff to Sell

• I decided to start a flea market business. I have
  enough homemade crafts and decor to fill a table
  and even some vintage finds that I have tired of
  and am willing to sell. But, what happens when I
  sell all of this stuff? Well, I will have to make
  more and buy more for the next weekend. Part of
  the excitement of starting this new business is
  that I get to go out and find more stuff! As time
  goes on, I will know what sells and what doesnt
  and I will become more focused in what I am
  actually going to sell.

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Yard Sales are the best place to start. I have
been going to these for years and know pretty
much what to expect. If I want to sell kitchen
items, kids toys and books and old craft
supplies, yard sales are the place to load up.
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Going to yard sales in older neighbourhoods can
net a lot of vintage items. These areas are
usually well established with families who have
lived there for decades. Their treasures may be
a bit older and a bit more interesting than the
newer suburbs with young families who have lots
of baby clothes, toys and newer home furnishings.
Church rummage sales, neighbourhood sales, and
block sales are all filled with some great
merchandise too.
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Estate Sales are great places to find things to
resell also. They are usually a bit more
expensive than a regular yard sale because they
have an outside company coming in to set up and
sell for a family. These normally happen
after a family member dies and they dont want
the day to day items from ones life. Depending
upon where you live, estate sales dont happen
every single weekend.
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Thrift Stores are my favourites to find really
good stuff to sell. Their prices can range widely
depending on who is setting the price. Thrift
stores cost a little more than yard sales, but
they usually have more of the stuff you are
looking for to resell.
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Then, there are other flea markets and antique
malls. I can claim that I dont come out of these
with many items that I want to resell because the
prices are higher. But I do find lots and lots of
things that I add to my own collections at home.
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Storage Unit Auctions or other Live Auctions
are great places to find tons of stuff if you are
willing to pay a price. For a storage unit
auction, you have to be willing to find the whole
storage unit. And then you have to go through
everything, load it up and take it away.
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Classifieds ads in newspapers are great places to
find things in the for sale column. You can
look in your regular newspaper, your shopping
guide and on Craigslist again.
Face book also has a section where people sell
things called Marketplace and then there are
swip-swap groups. Both swip-swap and craigslist
are live postings and if you are not looking on a
regular basis, you may miss some items as the
postings get moved down the list.
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There are people called Antique Pickers or just
Pickers who go out looking for items for you on a
regular basis. They go to the same places that
you do, but sometimes, a second set of eyes can
help find what you are looking for. Stores
going out of business or closing and their
subsequent liquidation is a way to find newer
items at deep discounts. You can buy display
fixtures and storage cabinets, glass displays and
clothing racks.
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We bought a giant paint mixer when Kmart closed
its doors along with hundreds of clothing hangers
all for under 50.
And finally, you can find items to purchase for
resale just about anywhere. One day on a long
country road, we saw a wicker couch laying on a
front lawn.
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Mannequins, jewellery busts, lighting fixtures
and lots of old stock items are easy and cheap to
get at a store liquidation sale.
We drove past a couple of times to see if the
couch was old. Finally, we stopped and knocked on
the front door. The lady of the house said that
it had fallen off the porch when 2 of her dogs
went running through.
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