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Hold Your Estate Sale on a Weekend Day For the heaviest amount of traffic and the most prospective buyers, host your estate sale on the weekend. Keep in mind that hosting your estate sale over a holiday weekend can be a toss up, though, since many people travel out of town.

What Percentage Do Estate Sales Take? Estate sale companies generally charge a standard commission rate between 30 to 40 percent of sales. Before they agree to take on a client, they'll typically provide a gross sales minimum. This means that the total value of all the items to be sold must meet or exceed that value.

Weekends and mornings are usually the most popular times for estate sale shoppers. There is more competition with other estate and garage sales in the spring and summer seasons. If the items lend to the character of the house, it may be beneficial to hold the estate sale while you're trying to sell the home.

Advertise your estate sale on one of the major estate sale advertising websites, like EstateSales.org to get seen by millions of visitors in a short time. EstateSales.org offers unlimited, big-sized photos because it's a fact more people attend an estate sales when they have seen photos of items beforehand.

Haggle, but don't be a jerk about it Plus, they're in this to make money for their client too. So, yes, you can absolutely bargain with the seller. “But don't haggle like an a—,,” says Monica Tyson, 29, who owns Vintage Finds Estate Sales, an L.A.-based estate liquidation company. “If someone says $100, don't say $20.”

As a guide. commission fees charged by liquidators are generally between 30% and 50% nationally, with the higher quality service providers being at the top end of that range. Some estate liquidators may charge a lower commission fee in addition to a flat fee for set up and/or cleaning out the home afterwards.