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What Pickerty does

Pickerty replaces the paper sign-up sheet or manually juggling appointments.

Every estate sale has the same problem. People arrive at 6 a.m. A paper list goes up. Someone argues about who was really first. You spend the first hour of your sale sorting out the line instead of selling.

Pickerty moves the list and appointments online. Shoppers claim a spot from home or on the go. You arrive on sale day with a customer list in hand. Same for appointment-only sales.

How a sale works, start to finish

  1. You create the sale. Title, dates, address, photos. It takes about 5 minutes.
  2. You publish it. Pickerty gives you a web link and a QR code.
  3. You share that link. Post it on Facebook, on estate sale listing sites, in your email newsletter — anywhere you already advertise.
  4. Shoppers sign up. They pick a day, get a number or appointment, and receive a confirmation email.
  5. You run the sale. On sale day you open Pickerty and check people in as you let them through the door.

The payoff you might not expect

Every shopper who signs up is asked whether they'd like to hear about your future sales. The ones who say yes are added to your subscriber list — names and email addresses you keep.

So every sale that takes sign-ups doesn't just run more smoothly. It grows a mailing list you own, at no extra cost. After a year of sales that list becomes the cheapest way you have to fill the next one. See Your subscriber list.

Walk-in days don't build the list

A day set to Walk-Ins Only has no online sign-up, so there's nobody to opt in. If growing your contact list matters to you, use a sign-up sheet or appointments for at least one day of every sale.

The three words you'll see everywhere

WordWhat it means
SaleOne estate sale, which may run over several days.
Sale dateA single day of that sale. Each day has its own list.
RegistrationOne shopper who has claimed a spot for one day.

Where everything lives

Click the menu button in the top right corner of any Pickerty page. That menu is how you reach everything.

Your dashboard. Drafts sit at the top, then live sales, then finished ones.
Your dashboard. Drafts sit at the top, then live sales, then finished ones. Tap the picture to see it full size.

Your dashboard is the page you'll start from most days. It has three sections, top to bottom:

Published sales have a Manage button; drafts have Manage Sale.

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