MILLIE'S YARDSALESHow to organize a community yard sale
Step by step
Pick the date, hours and a rain date
Choose the hours every home will keep and a rain date. Most neighborhood and city-wide sales run on a Saturday morning in spring or fall.
Get your HOA's okay, or check your city's rule
If your neighborhood has an HOA, yes. You'll give us your HOA contact, and your sale goes public once they confirm. No HOA? You can run it yourself as a resident. Some cities need a permit or limit sales per year. We show your city's rule when you set up your sale. Many cities give one permit for a whole neighborhood sale.
Sign up the homes with one link
Share one sign-up link. Neighbors add their own address and what they're selling, each household joins with its own private code, and you see everyone who's in, in one list.
Decide whether homes pay to join
Collecting fees from your sellers? We can do that too: households pay your fee in the app plus $2.50 per address, and your fee goes straight to your bank. (Coming soon.)
Make your flyers and yard signs
Put the sale's name, date, hours, area and rain date on a flyer, with a QR code. Use our free printable flyer, or book your sale and get your flyer, yard-sign QR code and Facebook post designed for you.
Tell shoppers
Post the sale where your neighbors look. On Millie's, shoppers nearby are told your sale is coming the week before and the morning of.
Run sale day
Every home is on the map, flyers are up and shoppers are on their way. One tap plans the fastest drive through every home.
Look at your results
After sale day, a results dashboard shows how many shoppers came, when they arrived, which streets they shopped and how much they bought. Use it to plan next year and to win a sponsor.
Who runs it
Questions
Do I need my HOA's permission?
If your neighborhood has an HOA, yes. You'll give us your HOA contact, and your sale goes public once they confirm. No HOA? You can run it yourself as a resident.
What about city permits?
Some cities need a permit or limit sales per year. We show your city's rule when you set up your sale. Many cities give one permit for a whole neighborhood sale.
Can our HOA or city pay by invoice?
Yes. Email [email protected] with your sale and who should receive the invoice.
What if it rains, or the sale disappoints?
If weather spoils your sale, or you're not happy with how it went, your next sale is on us.
More for organizers
Put your sale on one live map
Neighbors sign themselves up, every home lands on the map, and Millie's designs your flyers and brings the shoppers. $199 up to 100 homes, $399 up to 300.