Estate Sales Flourish Over Retail In All Kinds Of Market Trends
Today we celebrate Martin Luther Kings birthday and the stock market is closed. It is a federal holiday.
Retail stores are open, many offering sales, and estate liquidation companies are preparing for another weekend of sales. Estate liquidators have few holidays.
The stock market has been on a roller coaster ride during the first weeks of 2016, but estate liquidation companies report estate sales are flourishing.
Even with torrential rains in parts of the west, snow and cold in the midwest, and severe weather outbreaks in the south and southeast, estate sales are seeing higher numbers of buyers.
Retailers by their nature, have larger floor spaces to work with, but are constricted by their corporate owners, and what their buyers have chosen to offer for sale as well as being limited to pricing the new merchandise to sell in their stores.
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Estate Sale of Audiophile in Victoria TX – Music Collection Extraordinaire
Gay Patek, owner of Simplify Your Space is holding an extraordinary audiophile sale starting January 14th through the 16th in Victoria, TX. Gay has provided us with some background for this sale. Here is a link to her website
The sale is for the father of a client who graduated from St. Joseph’s High School in Victoria, TX in 1953. After attending college and university he went to Michigan State University to get his Doctorate.
Both the husband and wife of this estate loved music and they became friends with a Corpus Christi music store owner who was a lifelong stereo buff that had a massive music collection. The trio added one more music buff, a sound engineer to their group. They would set up sound for music venues, collected, and experienced music together.
Vintage Shoes & Foot Items – Look For Them At Estate Sales
For the first Thursday of 2016 we remember when Saddle Shoes were the popular choice for children’s shoes and a Brannock Company measuring device was used by the shoe store salesman to determine what size was required. We also came across this brief video of an old shoe stretcher that was purchased at an estate sale.
Be sure to look for these and other great vintage shoe and foot items at estate sales.
The Evolving World Of Estate Sales And The Liquidation Industry
We continue to watch the estate liquidation business evolve on many levels as 2016 begins with the continuing expansive growth across the United States. With over 15,000 estate liquidation companies and counting, there does not appear to be any slow down in sight.
There are estate sale listing websites and other sites now encouraging people to become estate liquidators and some even providing them with their recommendation for education. They are branching out to become a portal for the estate sale business and any other types of liquidation services; i.e. auctions, online sales, private sales, or business liquidations. The platform for some of these websites has grown exponentially to even include offering estate sale companies that they have vetted based on their criteria. Each organization, association, or society has their own vetting criteria.
This growth has seen several off shoots including educational sites, sites that teach the use of social media, and also companies that offer to provide social media services for estate sale company owners that do not have time to produce their own social media marketing with the increasing number of sales their company is handling.
A few years back the terms “bonded and insured” was what many sellers sought out in an estate sale company, however, today bonding is not important compared to having liability insurance.
More estate sale companies are also choosing to have an on staff appraiser, (ISA, ASA, or CAGA) and many have some or all of their staff professionally trained in working with seniors transitioning. The baby boomer generation is on the move and is responsible for a lot of the growth in the estate liquidation business.
Estate sale owners are more engaged with photography, videography, and staging with the importance they play in a competitive market. Many have attended schools, seminars, or taken online courses to become proficient.
Even books, guides, and magazines such as EstateSalesNews.com have emerged from the growth in the liquidation industry.
Take a look at the number of estate sales on starting tomorrow in many places and you can appreciate how times have changed in just a few years.
With all of this you can save $$$ and have a variety of choices of merchandise and places to shop so look for these estate sales and get shopping and saving.
Keeping Your Audience “Glued” To Your Estate Sale Description
EstateSalesNews.com is excited about 2016 and the world of estate sales.
During the holiday season we had the opportunity to read several articles about the estate sale industry, liquidation companies, and how they appear. We start the new year off with some tips for estate sale companies and how they write about their estate sales.
For an estate sale company it is important to demonstrate your expertise in describing your sale and what will be sold. Keep it simple and interesting. Ask yourself what you would want to know about the sale. Converse with your audience in writing. Having a buyer reading your description about your estate sale is a key to selling success. Start selling the contents even before the sale starts through your description.
Being able to communicate effectively in writing demonstrates to your readers not only your knowledge and expertise about what your are selling, but it shows them you’re fervid about your profession and the sales you conduct.
Effective communication does not come naturally to everyone, however, there are many sources on the internet to assist you including YouTube videos, articles from writing coaches, educational associations, and marketing companies.
Writing an interesting, informative description without being too wordy will help your liquidation company and estate sale to glisten as you compete for buyers attention.
Our first 2016 remembering the good old days is our illustration from DoYouRemember.com. Keep them “glued” to your upcoming sales.
Happy New Year 2016
Estate Sales News wishes you a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year.
Thank You From Estate Sales News For A Great 2015
EstateSalesNews.com would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have helped make this our best year yet.
A heart felt thanks to Jackie Webster, of Small Web Solutions, whose unflagging support, encouragement, and her wealth of knowledge about WordPress and our professional platform keeps EstateSalesNews.com performing with perfection. Contact Jackie at smallwebsolutions for a professional website.
For over two years Crown City Estate Sales of Los Angeles and southern California has been supporting us, and we are very grateful to Jackie and Frank for their confidence and loyalty. To contact them for an estate sale Crowncityestatesales.com
Our special thanks to CRTS (Certified Relocation Transition Specialist) who have also been supporting us and have contributed articles for two years. To learn more about their program and how it can benefit you click here for CRTS.
In the spring of 2015 we welcomed EstateSale.com, a rapidly growing, successful estate sale listing website, advertising estate sale companies, estate sales, and auctions. Since we welcomed them to Estate Sales News, more than 1,000 estate sale companies have joined to be part of their success. Looking for estate sales or auctions near you check out EstateSale.com
We have been fortunate to have a nationally known appraiser and estate liquidator writing articles based on her years of expertise and knowledge for us, Judy Martin, and you can contact her at ThePerfectThing.
We welcome and thank our newest supporter, National Association of Estate Liquidators, Donna Davis, Founder and Director. To learn more about what they have to offer the estate sale liquidator contact NAOEL.com
We want to thank our audience for your continuing readership support, sharing us with your friends and family, and letting us know your thoughts. This website exists to help sellers, buyers, and estate sale companies keep up with the liquidation industry, laws, sales, and general business practices. Contact us anytime at contact@estatesalesnews.com.
We write for you and EstateSalesNews.com wishes you a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2016. Thank you, Carol Madden, Editor and Publisher.
2015 EstateSalesNews.com Year In Review – Help, Tips, Information
What a year it has been here at EstateSalesNews.com Here is a partial look at the nearly 200 articles that have been published on our front page this year.
In January we reported about advertising including the use of Facebook and SEO (search engine optimization). We also covered winter sports and finding skis, skates, snowboards, and snow shoes at estate sales. We also talked about holding estate sales in the cold, snow, and ice. This December many areas of the country are still waiting for snow while others are almost snow bound.
February we covered several memorable estate sales including one selling a Ford Model A with video, and our article about How To Find Your Estate Sale Company. We featured a liquidation sale with antique and vintage pinball machines and we wrote about several websites where you can advertise your estate sale company with out cost for basic information plus some great throwbacks.
In march we announced through a video a new advertiser, EstateSale.com. We discussed estate sales over Passover and Easter, what was selling at estate sales, having wardrobes before the age of closets, along with the difference between antique, vintage, and retro. We also wrote about what’s driving shoppers to estate sales.
