If you are hosting a garage sale, then you need to advertise it. While you should definitely utilize strategies like social media promotion and spreading the word at your workplace and hangouts, one of the best ways to draw people to your garage sale is with attractive signs. Whether you want to purchase ready-made garage sale signs or take a stab at making your own, this guide will show you how to use signs to bring in traffic to your garage sale.

Where To Buy Garage Sale Signs

Plenty of popular retailers sell garage sale signs. At chain home improvement stores like Lowe’s and Home Depot, you’ll be able to find a wide variety in the signage area. We also encourage patronizing local hardware stores. There are additionally plenty of trusted online retailers you can order garage sale signs from, such as Amazon and eBay.

When considering garage sale signs, you need to understand exactly what you want the sign to communicate. For instance, do you just want to inform people in your neighborhood of a garage sale nearby? Then purchase signs that simply show a directional arrow pointing toward your garage sale. Do you want to inform people of specific details, such as the exact address, time and other important factors? Then you should purchase signs that allow you to include this information. You might also want to purchase signs for the site of your garage sale, just to be as clear as possible.

Be sure to consider how many signs you purchase and where you place them. The smartest strategy is to spread out the signs so that they aren’t crowding one specific area. Also, be smart about when you put up your signs. If you have signs have a specific date on them, then you can put them up a few days early, so that people can prepare. However, if you have the signs with directional arrows, then you shouldn’t put those up until the actual date of the garage sale. Otherwise, people will feel misled. Finally, be sure to take down your signs right after the garage sale has ended!

Making Your Own Signs

This is where things get fun, at least to us. You might not have ever thought of making garage sale signs as being a creative pursuit, but that’s only because you weren’t thinking hard enough. As long as you have a couple hours to yourself and a willingness to let your creative juices flow, you can make some truly spectacular signs.

Expenses for garage sales sign supplies are negligible, given the low price of markers and poster board. Take time to craft a design plan on sketch paper before finalizing it. If you are working with others, designate different roles to people. For instance, if one person has great handwriting while another person is a talented illustrator, assign each person the role they’ll excel at.

Make sure that your signs are aesthetically pleasing and easy to read. Just like with a store-bought sign, your homemade signs should be attractive and straight to the point. You don’t want to risk somebody driving by your signs and having no idea you were advertising a garage sale.

We hope this has given you a good idea about how to purchase and make garage sale signs. While no two people have the same approach for advertising garage sales, we hope our tips have given you some good ideas. Whether you’re buying them or making your own, we hope that your signs allow you to advertise your garage sale in the best way possible.