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From Listing to Sold: Simple Tips to Sell Furniture Faster on Marketplace

You can pour your heart into flipping a beautiful piece of furniture — but if no one sees it on Facebook Marketplace, it won’t sell. Nothing is more discouraging than hearing crickets after hitting “publish” on your listing. The truth? Marketplace is a numbers game. The more people who see your piece, the faster it will sell — and the more likely you’ll get the price you’re asking. In this post, I’ll share a few of my best Marketplace listing tips to help you: Get more views Attract serious buyers Sell faster and for top dollar These are the exact strategies I use for my own pieces. Let’s dive in! Prefer to listen? Why Marketplace Success is a Numbers Game Facebook Marketplace runs on exposure. Your job as a seller is to make sure your listing gets in front of as many eyeballs as possible. More exposure = more chances … Read more

Furniture Flipping Bad Advice Alert #3: Repaint!

Don’t be a Confidence Killer Recently I came across a post by a flipper asking advice about her finished project. Jade wasn’t sure about her design. We often go through that, second guessing ourselves. It’s a real thing, but usually unfounded. We want to turn out a beautiful piece and sometimes we are too hard on ourselves. If we look at it through the eyes of our customers, we would see it differently. Let’s talk about Jade’s post on FB. This is Jade >>> This piece is an example of a very fine redesign that needed NOTHING else to make it desirable to a future client. Yet, comentors jumped on it and recommended some very bad advice… I say, be careful who you listen to. Here is the original listing. I tried to comment, but once again, the comments were turned off. URGH! I ended up messaging Jade to let … Read more