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Products for the Professional Resaler

Your consignment, buy-outright or donations-only thrift shop will succeed faster...and easier... with Products for the Professional Resaler. Written by a career resaler for resalers, these Products get right down to the everyday concerns, situations, and opportunities unique to our industry as only Too Good to be Threw, the Premiere Site for Resale Professionals, can.

Want quick info on a situation? Try Lunch with Kate, because that's what these mini-Products feel like, and Layout Idea Kits for inspiration and examples of how your written materials can help your shop grow!

Explore our Products by category and read more at Build your Business Products, Growing your Business, and Making your Business Thrive.

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Too Good to be Threw The Complete Operations Manual for Resale & Consignment Shops

I shudder to think of running my biz w/o all the info in the TGTBT manual. Order it before you do anything else! ---Cathy
Spiral-bound, illustrated and indexed
8-1/2" x 11", 200 pages Available as hard-copy only.
$76.95 plus shipping

Recommended for all levels, all specialties

Written by a real-life shopkeeper with 4 decades of industry experience, the Manual has everything you need to get started, and to stay, on the right path so you succeed.

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KidBiz: It's NOT Child's Play

Whatever you sell, it's all very similar...but not completely! Designed as a supplement to Too Good to be Threw, The Manual, KidBiz helps those with kids on their minds.! See what's in this Product on our Kids Page.
PDQ file, 31 pages
$19.95

Recommended for family shops as well as children's-only shops

In this newly-revised and expanded Product, we cover issues specific to children's clothing and equipment.

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Pakaways: More Freedom, More Profit
"I don't understand why this never sold." There's not a resale shopkeeper who hasn't wondered this at some point.	PDQ file, 6 pages $5.99
Recommended for shops with foresight...and storage space.

If you have the no-longer-available Short-Stops Collection 4 in your business library, this is #36.
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Windows that Sell for Retail Window Display Ideas

*Windows that Sell* !**
I left "Windows That Sell" on the counter with a note "Please Read & Initial" on Saturday. When I came in Monday, they had all read & APPLIED their favorite info to our shop, they loved it! (And the store looks great). ---Sherry	PDQ file, 17 pages $5.95
Recommended for owner, staff, or free-lance service provider

Are your windows tempting passers-by or hindering your success? How do you create a window that sells? 9 chapters including *77 Suggestions for Super Windows* you will refer to again and again.
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Words that Sell helps you write advertising copy for all media

*Words that Sell* !**
Not only will it help you EARN money, but it will also SAVE you money. All this and an easy read, too.---Carol	PDQ file, 17 pages $5.95
Recommended for all levels, all specialties

Write an ad that will motivate them to buy, handouts that work and mail that brings them in! 9 chapters include 65 Ad-Starters to get you thinking creatively about your business.
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Words that Sell ! is

in hard-copy. Only available as PDQ (see above)

Secrets includes 9 Million-Dollar Ideas

Secrets of Successful Resalers
	PDQ file, 17 pages $5.95
Recommended for career shopkeepers

Proven ideas lend you years of experience. 12 Chapters PLUS 9 Million-Dollar Ideas. For shopkeepers who want to hit the big time!
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Secrets of Successful Resalers is

in hard-copy. Only available as PDQ (see above)

Names for your shop, a department, even your resale shop ad headlines

499 Names for your Resale Shop
I'm convinced that all you have contributed has helped to make consignment shops what they are today. ---Nona	PDQ file with 499 names $4.99
Recommended for those exploring the industry

Just can't think of the perfect name for your shop? Here's a compendium of names, some great, some fabulous...Get your highlighter out.
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Bag Sales, Dollar Racks & BOGO Deals: Clear it Out and Clean Up
Bag sales, dollar racks, and BOGO Deals can be fun for you, fun for your customers, and a great way to get customers in to your shop...customers who may well have never visited before.	PDQ file, 22 pages $19.95
Recommended for shops offering great deals


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Bag Sales, Dollar Racks & BOGO Deals is available as hard-copy (limited quantity). 8-1/2" by 11" softcover booklet $21.95. Shipping* and international surcharge.**

Inexpensive retail solutions for your layout

Shop Sizzle
10 Topics, hundreds of ways to make your shop look, work, and sell better, from showcases to dressing rooms to swing shops.	PDQ file, 32 pages $24.00
Recommended for all shops who want to look better

Make your shop sizzle with innovative, inexpensive tactics. "Sell the sizzle" by making your merchandise more tempting.
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Shop Sizzle is available as hard-copy (limited quantity). 8-1/2" by 11" softcover booklet $26.00. Shipping* and international surcharge.**

The Picker Who Perished, a TGtbT Consignment Shop Mystery

The Picker Who Perished: A TGtbT Consignment Shop Mystery
For my friends in the industry, discounted from list price of $12.95, my foray into consignment murder mystery!	Trade paperback, 5-1/2" x 11", 267 pages Available as hard-copy only. $6.95 plus shipping
Recommended for shopkeepers, shop door prizes, add-on sales

"She didn�t work for anyone, she was a picker."
      "You�ll have to explain that."
        I took him out onto the sales floor and showed him some things Ilene had brought in and I could see the look in his eyes: Who would want to deal in secondhand stuff?
      Immediately I disliked him. Secondhand stuff is my life. I like turning one man�s trash into you-know-what, and I actually prefer used to new.   more >>

Show it to Sell it is a MUST for consignment shops

SHOW it to SELL it
Add perceived value to your goods with the proper display and merchandising.	PDQ file $9.95

Examples from real stores, in full color. more >>

Garage sales, yard sales, tag sales needn't cut into your resale profits

12 Ways to Beat Garage Sales
Do your weekend sales go into in a slump during garage sale season? If so, there are simple and inexpensive solutions. Cultivate a few, and watch your sales grow!	PDQ file, 21 pages $9.95
Recommended for suburban and rural shops

You can compete with garage sales. What, you say, you don't need to...your clientele wouldn�t be caught dead at a garage sale? Don�t be so sure!
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12 Ways to Beat Garage Sales is available as hard-copy (limited quantity). 8-1/2" by 11" softcover booklet $10.95. Shipping* and international surcharge.**

Make thousands more every year in your consignment or resale shop

10 Simple Ways to Make $10,000 more a year
These ideas were originally produced for shopkeepers who felt they couldn�t afford to attend the annual industry conferences. I wanted to show readers that it was not horridly difficult to make �extra� profit. --Kate	PDQ file, 12 pages $9.99
Recommended for those attuned to profitability

These $100 more a month ideas will make you at *least* $100 more a month. And if you consistently use and develop all these ideas, you will pocket at least $10,000 more a year!
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A Too Good to be Threw DOUBLE Product

229 Promotional Events for Resale & Consignment Shops PLUS Promotions Step-by-Step
A double product: 229 ideas for great events in your shop, and the nitty-gritty on how to develop these money- making, attention- getting fun promotions!	A double PDF, 32 pages + 12 pages = 44 pages $15.99
Recommended to make your shop an occasion!

Not just 229 ideas, but step-by-step to making the ones you choose successful!.
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Make EVERY promo into a profitable reputation-builder

Promote with PIZZAZZ
This companion Product to "229" above will make every single promotion you do a financial success and a reputation builder.	PDQ, 44 pages including 4 checklists $17.99
Recommended for shops who don't just dream but DO.

11 chapters, complete with worksheets to fill out for each event. All the tools you need to turn your idea into a profitable reality!
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Promote with PIZZAZZ is available as hard-copy (limited quantity). 8-1/2" by 11" softcover booklet $21.95. Shipping* and international surcharge.**

Business Valuation Kit
Lets you take a look at your business the way a financial advisor would, in private and without costly consultation fees!	PDQ, 11 pages $10.99
Recommended for all levels, all specialties

Examining your worth is a way to track progress. If your business is worth more today than it was last year, you're growing. If it isn't, you will have a heads-up on what to do to cultivate its value.
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Drop & Run is the BEST thing you can do for your shop and your consignors

Drop & Run Kit
NEW: Now contains layouts for *both* consignment and resale shops...both for one low price.	PDQ file, camera-ready layouts PLUS How-To's $15.00
Recommended for shops with eager suppliers

If you don't offer Drop & Run in your shop, now's the time to start. This time- and stress-saving system will free you up and please time-challenged suppliers. Usable in any shop with any acceptance policies.
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Grabbing Their Attention: How to Make the Media Love You
A Too Good to be Threw Product for the Professional Resaler written by Sarah Deveau of Cater Tot Consignment.	PDQ file, 7 pages $4.99
Recommended for shops who do their own publicity

Getting on television and radio as a guest is the ultimate validation of your business and an incredible business- and reputation-booster which cannot be bought at any price.
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Selling MORE is the key to profits

Selling MORE ...to MORE People ...MORE Often
There's 3 ways to sell more: more to each customer, more to more customers, and more often to both! This is info you can use every minute of the day.	PDQ file, 27 pages $19.95
Recommended for shops who believe selling is vital

From *10 Steps to Build Bigger Sales* all the way thru to *How to Increase Store Traffic*, this booklet is full of ideas to increase your bottom line: Move more product every day.
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Selling MORE to MORE People MORE Often is available as hard-copy (limited quantity). 8-1/2" by 11" softcover booklet $24.95. Shipping* and international surcharge.**

Space: use it wisely in your resale shop

The Essential Guide to Using All Your Space
The most common complaint resale shoppers have? "It's so crowded!" Crowding merchandise into your shop actually cuts down on sales. Learn how NOT to.	PDQ file, 18 pages $9.95
Recommended for all shops who really need more space

Includes The Convertible Dressing Room, TGtbT's SPAN Plan, and more
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Essential Guide to Using All Your Space is available as hard-copy (limited quantity). 8-1/2" by 11" softcover booklet $12.95. Shipping* and international surcharge.**

How to price goods for resale

The Money-Wise Guide to Accepting & Pricing
This booklet earns back its price instantly, with the very next supplier in your door. --Kate	PDQ file, 24 pages $19.95
Recommended for shops who consign, buy outright, or accept donations.

How to Say �No�, Tricks to quicken check-in, how many items to accept, How to cope with no-thank-you's *and* How to Price, Making your Goods Worth More, Developing an Instinct for Pricing, and a Formula for Pricing
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Money-Wise Guide to Accepting & Pricing is available as hard-copy (limited quantity). 8-1/2" by 11" softcover booklet $24.95. Shipping* and international surcharge.**

Display Ideas from A to Z
Don't waste time thinking up a fresh window every week: open this booklet!	PDQ file,8 pages $5.95
Recommended for all levels, all specialties

When it's time to do a SPECTACULAR window...need an idea or two? How about a whole alphabet's worth?
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Switch seasons in your consignment shop

How to Switch Seasons Easily & Profitably
The perfect time of year to increase your market share!	PDQ file, 16 pages $10.95
Recommended for shops who don't believe in "slow months"

Don't be content to coast through season changes: use them to boost your business and your visibility.
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How to Switch Seasons Easily & Profitably is available as hard-copy (limited quantity). 8-1/2" by 11" softcover booklet $12.95. Shipping* and international surcharge.**

How to Make More Money
	PDQ file, 37 pages $21.95
Recommended for all levels, all specialties

Making more money is easy. All you have to do is sell more, then keep more. Then decide: expand? Move? Improve? What to do during the slow season? How to set priorities?
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How to Make More Money is available as hard-copy (limited quantity). 8-1/2" by 11" softcover booklet $21.95. Shipping* and international surcharge.**

Have Lunch with Kate
A collection of concise and specific topics in a "can't eat just one" format.	Our "mini-Products" are just like sitting down for Lunch with Kate $2.39 each

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Layout Kits are full of inspiring ideas for your resale shop

Resale & Consignment Shop Layout Kits
Need some suggestions on design for your handouts, postcards, forms, brochures?	Suggestions for designing your forms and more. Use as-is or as inspiration for your own unique printed materials. $15-55
Recommended for all levels, all specialties

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Halloween is THE important holiday for resale shops

*How to Have a Frightfully Good* Halloween**
Hallowe'en is big business for resale, consignment, and thrift shops. Don't let this opportunity pass you by.	PDQ file, 9 pages $7.99
Recommended for shopkeepers who want to reach more customers


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Holidays in Resale

Yes, you can have as great a gift-buying, celebration-supplying business as the "real" stores. Read about:
Preparing for the Holidays
Ad heads/ email subject lines
Themes and decor ideas
Dress the window ONCE
Selling & Gift Certificates
BEST Promo: Help a Charity

PDQ file, 22 pages
$21.95

Recommended for all levels, all specialties

Find out how to make November and December months that you'll love!.
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