5 Best Garage Sale Apps
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Everything today feels quite disposable, but it always seems like a good idea for both the environment and your wallet when you can find treasures out of another man’s trash. Whether you are looking to buy or sell second-hand clothing or goods, it’s good to know you can now find the best sales in your area down to your ZIP code, all from user-friendly garage sale apps.
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5 Best Garage Sale Apps
Sometimes when you want to shop in a thrifty fashion at a garage sale, the convenience of location and distance come into play. If you are looking for sale listings from more localized spots than what Facebook Marketplace can offer, then finding sales through great buy and sell apps such as the following could be helpful:
- 5miles
- Estate Sales
- Nextdoor
- VarageSale
- Yard Sale Treasure Map
1. 5miles
As one of the highest-rated marketplace apps for buying things locally, 5miles is a great option and a free app to have on your phone to buy and sell stuff in your neighborhood. It has over 10 million users and has helped bring in more than $1 billion in sales for local finds and products.
Where to download the app: Google Play or the App Store
2. Estate Sales
EstateSales.NET is a fantastic way to help you organize or find an estate sale near you. It’s a sale finder app that can send you notifications to keep you up to date on what estate or tag sales are happening in your area. It makes finding the best deals near you all the more efficient.
Where to download the app: Google Play or the App Store
3. Nextdoor
More than just a local neighborhood news app for your phone, Nextdoor also lets you use it as a way to promote and list your garage sale items. Nextdoor is a great app to have to find out what is happening on your street, who is having a garage sale near you, and find opportunities for clothing swaps.
Where to download the app: Google Play or the App Store
4. VarageSale
Having a reputation for being family and community-driven, this virtual garage sale app allows users to easily buy and sell items in their backyards or surrounding areas and to great success. VarageSale has a communal feel filled with verified users and doesn’t charge any listing fees.
Where to download the app: Google Play or the App Store
5. Yard Sale Treasure Map
The Yard Sale Treasure Map app is available and free to download for iOS and Android users. It’s a great app to plan your treasure hunt adventure, or in other words, find local deals or sales presented in either map or list format.
Where to download the app: Google Play or the App Store
Final Take To GO
Garage sales are a great way to meet your neighbors and support local commerce, and in this digital age, virtual garage sales allow you to more easily find who is having these types of sales near you. Whether you are trying to buy or sell items, a virtual garage sale is a great way to both repurpose and resell items rather than just throw them, and the money you could make off them, away.
