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Let’s bust a myth right away: Garage Sale Trail isn’t just about garage sales.

Every year, hundreds of car boot sales, thrift markets, suitcase rummages and thrifty street parties are part of the trail.

Whether you’re a school, charity, community group, unit block, or just a bunch of mates, hosting a market as a part of Garage Sale Trail is a great way to bring people together, raise funds, and keep good stuff out of landfill.

Fancy selling or shopping at one? Visit the sales map to find markets you can sell at.

Support for planning your group sale

If you're planning a market, hosting your event over the Garage Sale Trail weekends on 8-9 & 15-16 November might make it all a little bit easier.

Read on to find out what support is provided to market organisers.

The Garage Sale Trail website

Market and car boot sale organisers can use the Garage Sale Trail website to recruit and manage stallholders, all in one spot.

Your garage sale listing on the site functions as an advert for your sale, with community members able to request to join as a stallholder.

You'll get notified every time someone applies, together with information on how to contact them and what they are selling. You choose to approve or decline them at the click of a button.

What's more, all your stallholder details live in one easy dashboard which you can log into at any time.

How-to guide, tips & support

Once you've registered you'll get access to a how-to guide that steps you through how to plan your event, manage stallholders and advertise locally.

You'll also find ready-made templates such as a run sheet for the day and example emails to send to stallholders.

And to top it all off you'll have the support of the Garage Sale Trail team over email and an army of over 800+ garage sale experts in our private facebook group, exclusively for registered sellers.

Promoting your event

Last but not least, we make it easy to promote your sale.

Not only will you benefit from the national media and marketing campaign Garage Sale Trail and your local council runs but you'll also get a bunch of free promotional materials ready-made for you, including directional signage, price tags, letterbox slips and social media tiles.

You choose whether to use the standard materials provided or the customisable Canva templates to design your own look and feel for your garage sale / market / car boot.

And while we're here, let's not forget that by registering for Garage Sale Trail you'll be part of a national movement that saves over 418 tonnes of good stuff from landfill.

The essentials

📆 Garage Sale Trail is on next on 8-9 & 15-16 November 2025.

🆓 It's free to participate, thanks to the support of over 90 local councils around Australia.

📍 You can take part on one day or do more, Australia-wide.

Ready to join?

👉 Register your sale today.