Make MORE money by allowing your customers to pay via credit or debit card using GarageSaleEasy!
Welcome to the new and better way to hold a garage sale with the click of a button with the GarageSaleEasy app! We’ve developed an app that’s designed to make buying desired items and selling unwanted old things a breeze with our quick and secure app.
More about GarageSaleEasy!
Garage sales are casual events where people can sell their used goods for a fair price but are not required to collect sales tax or have a business license. People conduct these sales for a variety of reasons but the main one is to make money and get rid of unwanted but still useful items. Garage sales have been a part of our cultural fabric for a long time. They are so popular that we even have a National Garage Sales Day dedicated to its honor! With a tough economy and money being tight for A LOT of people, garage sales are on the rise bringing together people looking for items and sellers looking to make money on items no longer needed. Today EVERY DOLLAR counts in the quality of our lives and care of our families. And today people are looking to stretch that dollar further cycling that must-have, practical, and useful item to the next owner.
A few of the main concerns for people conducting garage sales is creating enough traffic to the sale to make it profitable and the security of accepting some forms of payments from buyers. With the GarageSaleEasy app, the seller no longer has to worry about taking checks that bounce, potentially fraudulent checks, counterfeit money or cash theft. The seller also doesn’t have to hold goods while the buyer says….’I’ll be back’…and never shows up causing a lost sale to another prospective buyer. And buyers that didn’t bring enough cash can quickly and easily access their funds at the garage sale site to purchase those bargain and one-of-a-kind items and not lose out on the opportunity.
With the GarageSaleEasy app and website, everything you need to setup and market your garage sales to maximize profits is at your fingertips. With our app you can manage the process from start to finish in a few easy steps and get paid instantly from buyers. GarageSaleEasy allows people to take advantage of mobile technology in the garage, yard, rummage, estate...well ANY -sale market! Mobile technology currently makes up over 25% of digital sales, so why not utilize it to increase your garage sale profits and make the money your family needs.
What are the BENEFITS?
- Accept debit and credit card transaction at your garage sales
- Payment transactions are instant
- Transactions are quick, safe and secure through mobile device
- No merchant account or credit checks needed
- Avoid bounced checks and check fraud
- Setup, organize, track and create labels for your garage sales in just minutes – FREE app and website access to manage sales and print labels
- GarageSaleEasy marketing tools and merchandise for successful garage sales every time (banners, shirts, labels, sale apron, signs)
- Garage sales marketing and location services
- More productive and profitable garage sales
- Significantly increase sale profits by using GarageSaleEasy
- Pricing tools to assist for easy pricing and labeling
- Sales advice, tips and tricks to attract more customers
- Popular items lists – things people want
Organizing and planning a garage sale with GarageSaleEasy ONLY takes a few minutes. GarageSaleEasy then opens up the opportunity for you to accept Credit Cards and Debit Cards. Your customers will love the ease and convenience of have funds available for any purchase. And you can feel safe and secure with the mobile transactions.
The new member (seller) creates an account on the GarageSaleEasy site by registering for a free member ID. Once registered, the member can begin creating sale events by name, location and date.
The member can create sale inventory by entering items and uploading a photo (if desired). The member then creates scan-able pricing smart label which can be printed and affixed to the item for sale.
Buyers can now find you using our FREE and easy to use GarageSale Locator app. Every garage sale is listed in our network and your items can be featured for buyers to search.
Once a buyer selects an item for purchase, the buyer scans the label on the item and it’s placed in the shopping cart. When the buyer is ready to pay, he or she proceeds to checkout and selects a payment option to include credit and debit cards.
The transaction is posted instantly, the seller is paid and the item is moved to ‘sold items’ inventory tracker. The member can post the sale location on sale network. The buyers can search garage sales by location in your area and get a description of the types of items being sold. Buyers are not required to register unless they choose become members. Members can post items to be sold online through the site network as well or repeat the garage sales at a future date for unsold items.
For us to bring the “GarageSaleEasy” to life, we need your support!
Your generous funding will help us continue our development to finalize and launch our product. Your contribution will assist us with further development, testing, production and marketing cost for the application launch. We are committed to continuous improvement so we are always giving people the best possible solutions to meet their needs.
We will also be using the funding to:
- Expand the possibilities for the usage for consumers as well as enterprise solutions of the GarageSaleEasy
- Further customize the first version of the GarageSaleEasy
- Create additional products and services that will compliment GarageSaleEasy
The GarageSaleEasy needs pledging but above all it needs your attention and interest! If you love this product as much as we do then please take a moment to click on one of our social media buttons (Facebook, Twitter and YouTube at the bottom of the page). Help us spread the word and get things started!
If we don’t get the money we’re requesting, we’ll continue to develop the app as we believe in products and service the help all of us live better – it will just take longer.
We need about $150,000 to launch GarageSaleEasy to the market. That will include marketing, materials, labor, servers /cloud infrastructure, and related expenses for start-up.
A stretch goal of $500,000+ will allow us to immediately launch GarageSaleEasy worldwide in 50 countries and 25 different currencies. We hope to make GarageSaleEasy immediately available to the entire world of garage sellers.
Timeline
After working hard in the credit card industry for many years, most of the members in our team not only have a deep understanding of credit card and mobile technology, but after years of accumulated experience have become masters of creating safe and secure transaction environments.
In crowdfunding, there's always potential for unexpected challenges to arise, and although we hope none of these come up but sometimes things happen. Even for a team with our team experience, we are aware that we could be faced with unexpected situations along the way such as delays. That being said, our team’s experience and confidence in our merchant partners makes us confident that we can deliver the best garage sale app in the world and deliver it on time. We will continuously inform our backers throughout the whole process.
Should you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact us anytime.
Q: Is there a monthly fee or cost to purchase the app?
No. The app and site are FREE to use with your garage sale. We only charge a small fee of 7.9% + .30 cents at the time of the transaction and a small listing fee to list your garage sale online.
Q: Will the app be available in the App Store and Google Play?
Yes. We are currently beginning development on the production versions of the app for both Apple iOS and Android.
Q: Do I need a PayPal account to use the app?
Yes. The PayPal account is absolutely necessary to transfer funds and proceeds to you. We have found this to be the safest method to disburse money.
Q: Can I use different currencies and does it work in other countries?
Yes. Absolutely, we are working with our partners to have different currencies available for transactions and the app in other languages. We are planning to have this available at production launch.
Q: Is the app and service safe and secure?
Yes. The app and site are safe and secure. We act as your agent during the transaction process and no financial information is stored by us or the buyer or seller. All purchases are done independently by the Buyer at the time of the transaction on their mobile phone.
Q: What if I want to negotiate a price?
Not a problem. If you and the buyer want to change or negotiate a price, all the seller needs to do is scan the pricing label and enter a New price for the buyer. The Buyer then scans the new pricing label to purchase.
Q: What is the maximum amount that can be transacted by your service?
$10,000 is the maximum amount that can be transacted by our service.
Some people just can't contribute, but that doesn't mean they can't help.
- Ask folks to get the word out and make some noise about your campaign. Our app is designed to help EVERYONE!
- Remind them to use the Indiegogo share tools!
And that's all there is to it.
Please let us know if you have any questions, comments or suggestions!
Email Support at: support@garagesalesoft.com
GarageSaleEasy site: http://www.GarageSaleEasy.com