# How to Have a Garage Sale: a Step-by-Step Checklist > Pick a date, sort sell / donate / keep, list every sell item in a Garage sale box in Hoardo, print QR labels, export a CSV, then advertise. A printable checklist is on this page. Published 2026-10-16 by Hoardo. Original: https://www.hoardo.com/articles/how-to-have-a-garage-sale A garage sale is a weekend of tables, cash and neighbours who arrive 20 minutes early. The work that makes it calm is the week before: sort, price, label, tell people. This is a garage sale checklist you can print, plus the Hoardo steps that keep the list on your phone instead of on peeling stickers. *A garage in Hoardo with three boxes: Garage sale, Donate and Keep.* ## How to have a garage sale, in one page 1. Pick a Saturday (or Friday plus Saturday) and a rain backup. 2. Walk every room. Each thing goes sell, donate or keep. No fourth pile. 3. Put sell items in a **Garage sale** box in [Hoardo](https://www.hoardo.com/). Photograph or voice-add them, then type an asking price. 4. Print QR labels via **Prints** in the room menu so sale bins match the list. 5. Export a CSV price sheet from **Export**. 6. Advertise, set up, sell, donate the leftovers the same day. The [pricing chart](https://www.hoardo.com/articles/how-to-price-garage-sale-items) has the numbers. This page is the order of operations. ## Garage sale checklist Tick it here or print it. Copy the ticks into Hoardo the same day, while the piles are still in front of you. **Two weeks before** - [ ] Pick a date and a rain backup - [ ] Check local rules, permits and parking - [ ] Walk each room: sell, donate or keep - [ ] Make a Garage sale box in Hoardo - [ ] Photograph or voice-add every item for sale - [ ] Put an asking price on each item **One week before** - [ ] Print QR labels via Prints in the room menu - [ ] Export the room as a CSV price sheet - [ ] Make signs, balloons and a cash float - [ ] Post the sale on Facebook, Nextdoor and Craigslist - [ ] Tell the neighbours - [ ] Set aside tables, a till spot and bags **The day before** - [ ] Pull sale items into the garage or driveway - [ ] Stick prices on, or keep the CSV at the till - [ ] Charge your phone - [ ] Prep water, snacks and a chair - [ ] Group similar things on the same table **Sale day** - [ ] Open on time, with the list on your phone - [ ] Hold first-hour prices, then drop them later - [ ] Mark sold things in Hoardo as you go - [ ] Count cash before you pack up - [ ] Donate leftovers the same day - [ ] Box keepers and print QR labels for the move ## Two weeks before **Date and rules.** Saturday 8am to 1pm is the default in most US neighbourhoods. Some cities want a permit or limit signs on lamp posts. Check before you print 20 arrows. **Sort room by room.** Open a cupboard, make three piles, move on. Do not start with "the whole basement". In Hoardo, make three boxes in the garage room: **Garage sale**, **Donate**, **Keep**. Number them. An unnamed box still shows as "#12". **List what you're selling.** Walk with your phone: - **AI Speech scan** is fastest for a pile: say the things, check the names, add them. - **AI Image scan** for one item in the brackets, or a cluster on a table. Each item can have one photo. - Typing for a single leftover. Turn on **Price** in Settings › Show on items if it is hidden, and put an asking price on each sell item. You decide the number, from the [garage sale pricing guide](https://www.hoardo.com/articles/how-to-price-garage-sale-items). *AI Speech scan in Hoardo: say what's going on the table and it writes the items. Fastest when there are many.* *AI Image scan, single-item mode: frame one object when you want that thing named, not the whole table.* ## One week before **Labels.** Open **Prints** in the room menu. Print a QR label for each sale bin, donate tote and keep box. Stick it on the end you'll see. Point the camera at it later and the list opens, so you don't unpack a donate bag to see if the slow cooker is in it. *The Prints screen in Hoardo: pick your sticker sheet, then print a QR label for every box in the room.* **Price sheet.** **Export** in the room menu downloads a CSV: box, item, quantity, price. That's the till list. Share the room with whoever is taking money. **Tell people.** Facebook, Nextdoor, Craigslist, a sign at the corner. Hoardo is the catalogue, not the listing site. For finder apps vs a catalogue, see [garage sale apps for sellers](https://www.hoardo.com/articles/best-garage-sale-apps). **Kit.** Cash float in small bills, tables, bags, a phone charger, water, a chair, a rain plan. ## The day before Pull sell items into the garage or driveway. Group likes with likes: kids' stuff, tools, kitchen, clothes. Keep the Donate and Keep boxes closed and labelled so nobody sells the stand mixer you meant to keep. Charge the phone. The list lives there. ## Sale day Open on time. Early birds will still come early. Hold the first-hour prices from the sheet. Last hour, halve what's left. When something sells, mark it in Hoardo (a note, or take it off the box) so the person at the other table doesn't sell it twice. At close: count cash, sweep, and move leftovers the same day. Donate bags go to the car. Keepers go into numbered boxes with QR labels, especially if this garage sale is really a [moving sale](https://www.hoardo.com/articles/moving-sale). ## After the sale What's left is not a new "maybe" pile. Donate, or box it for the next house. If you're emptying a home, the [storage unit inventory](https://www.hoardo.com/articles/storage-unit-inventory-app) and [QR labels](https://www.hoardo.com/articles/barcode-inventory-system) pages cover the stuff that still has to travel. ## Keep reading - [How to price garage sale items](https://www.hoardo.com/articles/how-to-price-garage-sale-items) - [Moving sale: sell what you won't move](https://www.hoardo.com/articles/moving-sale) - [Declutter and sell](https://www.hoardo.com/articles/declutter-and-sell) - [Best garage sale apps for sellers](https://www.hoardo.com/articles/best-garage-sale-apps) - [What is an inventory app?](https://www.hoardo.com/articles/what-is-an-inventory-app) ## Free for the whole driveway [Hoardo](https://www.hoardo.com/) is 100% free. One photo per item. Printing labels and exporting CSV do not cost extra. There is no paid plan.