We get the table rental, the cost to put in the big items in the big ticket room (strollers, high chairs), concessions and than the cost to enter the sale... We rent out approx. 100 tables, and have over 600 people come through the doors.... we can make over 2,000 for the sale-- it's a 1 day 4 hour sale-- the sellers come the night before (usually a Friday) and set-up. And then come back on Sat. morning for the sale.... it's an easy way to fundraise and not tax the parents, since we get moms/dads from outside the school selling.... you can go to
Mom2MomList -Â Resale Lists & More!
to check out more info about what I'm talking about--- I believe this site is mainly for Michigan....
A charitable organization I belong to does a sale each year and everyone tags/prices their own stuff(we supply tags and cards for them to list their items). The sellers put their name on the tags and cards and number each item. When the item sells, the tag is pulled off and then there is a team that takes the tags and marks that item on the cards. The seller gets 50% and the group gets 50%. Leftover items can be picked up by the seller at the end of the sale or they get donated to other local charities.
FoxMom;145154 wrote: and moms/dads rent a spot-- bring their items for set-up on a friday night and we have the sale on saturday--- usually about 4 hours-- 8-12/ 9-1... we sell concessions the day of the event as well-- we make a fair amount of money doing these--- our sales last year brought in over 4,000.00 for the 2 sales.
Is the revenue only from the rental fees and concessions or do you also collect a percentage of the sales from each booth?
We charge $15.00 for 1 table and $30.00 for 2 tables... we also charge $2.00 for a space to put a clothing rack-- since some families like to sell dresses, coats, etc.... and then we have a Big ticket room and charge $1.00 per item that we put in.
We charge $1.00 per person to come into the sale and we advertise like crazy--- we have typically 600-700 adults come through the door.
We allow strollers into the sale-- so that promotes more families to come to the sale as well.
We have a mom2mom sale twice a year-- one in the fall and one in the spring-- we rent out tables-- and moms/dads rent a spot-- bring their items for set-up on a friday night and we have the sale on saturday--- usually about 4 hours-- 8-12/ 9-1... we sell concessions the day of the event as well-- we make a fair amount of money doing these--- our sales last year brought in over 4,000.00 for the 2 sales.
The plus about this is that it doesn't just have to be the parents at your school, anyone can rent a table-- so you get a great turn-out of families selling all types of children's items (clothes, toys, books, etc...)
