Yardy FAQ — Yard sales, estate sales, flea markets

Yardy is a local search engine for estate sales, yard sales, auctions, and weekend community sales. We aggregate listings from 20+ sources daily so buyers and sellers in the Southeast can find every nearby sale on one map without bouncing between five tabs every Friday night.

Yes. Browsing, searching, favoriting, getting directions, and messaging sellers is free for everyone, forever. Posting a sale is also free — one listing per month, no credit card needed. The optional Yardy Pro tier ($4.99/month) lifts the listing cap and removes ads for sellers who want more.

Yardy aggregates publicly listed one-time sales and time-limited events from EstateSales.net, EstateSales.org, EstateSale.com, Craigslist, GarageSaleFinder, gsalr, YardSaleSearch, Eventbrite, Patch, HiBid, MaxSold, and Google Events. Sales are refreshed daily via an automated scraper. We deliberately do not list permanent storefronts — no thrift stores, antique malls, or pawn shops.

Yardy covers 81 cities across the Southeast — primarily South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Virginia, and Alabama. Coverage is strongest in the Charleston, Atlanta, and Tampa metros. Want a city added? Email hello@yardy.sale.

As of May 2026, Yardy tracks roughly 1,200 active upcoming sales across 81 cities. Breakdown: ~810 estate sales (65%), ~420 yard / garage sales (34%), plus a handful of short-window auctions and pop-up community events. Permanent storefronts (thrift, pawn, antique malls) are intentionally out of scope. The full live snapshot — refreshed daily and citable for press or research — lives at yardy.sale/yardy-index.

Open yardy.sale, allow location access (or type a zip), and the map shows every upcoming sale within driving distance — yard sales, estate sales, neighborhood sales, and short-window auctions, color-coded by type. Filter by sale type, category, or distance. Updates daily.

Estate sales are professionally run liquidations of an entire household — usually after a death, downsizing, or move — with priced inventory, photos posted ahead, and shoppers entering the home. Yard sales are casual driveway sales with mixed inventory and last-day haggling. Estate sales open early Friday; yard sales run Saturday morning.

The fastest path is an aggregator like Yardy or EstateSales.net — both pull from professional liquidator networks. Smaller family-run sales land on Craigslist, gsalr, and local Facebook groups first. Sign up for liquidator email lists for early access; many move best inventory to subscribers before the public preview.

For best selection, arrive 30 minutes before the posted opening. Most professional yard sale shoppers (resellers, antique dealers) hit the first three hours and skim the high-value items. For deals, arrive in the last hour — sellers slash prices to avoid hauling things back inside. Saturday morning is the peak; Friday evening sales are smaller but less crowded.

Look for a mix of permanent vendor stalls (the established sellers with branded signage) plus rotating tables (where the deals are). Markets that allow outside-vendor setup on weekends usually have the best estate-buyout finds. Avoid markets that are 90% new wholesale goods — those are retail, not flea.

Pick a peak weekend (late March-May or mid-September-November in the Southeast), price 70-90% off retail, lay it out like a store with categories grouped, advertise on three aggregators plus six physical signs, and slash prices 50% by 11 AM. Plan for the lot to clear by 1 PM; haul leftovers straight to donation before you decide to "save them for next time".

Adult clothes $1-3, kids clothes $0.50-1, kitchenware $0.25-5, books $0.50-2, furniture $20-150, small appliances $5-15, tools $5-25. Group small items into bins ("$1 each, 5 for $5") instead of pricing each one. Anything over $20 needs a one-line story or it gets walked past.

It depends on the city. Most Southeast cities require a free or low-cost permit ($5-25) and cap residents at 2-4 sales per year. Some HOAs add their own rules. Charleston, Atlanta, and Tampa all require permits; many smaller cities do not. Check the local code before posting signs — code enforcement does patrol on Saturdays.

Skip anything that earns 10x more on eBay or Facebook Marketplace (vintage cast iron, designer handbags, signed memorabilia, branded electronics). Also skip recalled items, expired car seats and cribs, and prescription drugs — these create legal exposure. Donate or list separately.

Goodwill (clothing, housewares, electronics), Salvation Army (furniture, appliances), Habitat ReStore (building materials, large furniture), local shelters (toiletries, baby items), libraries (books in good condition), and refugee resettlement (kitchenware, kids clothes). Most accept Saturday-afternoon drop-off without an appointment.

Sign up with email or Google, tap "Create" in the bottom nav, fill in title, address, dates, photos, and a short description. Free accounts get one published listing per month. Yardy Pro lifts the cap to unlimited. Listings auto-archive when the end date passes.

Yardy Pro is $4.99/month. It lifts the one-listing-per-month cap to unlimited, removes display ads from your browsing experience, and gives priority email support. You can cancel anytime in your Stripe customer portal — no contracts, no annual lock-in.

Yes. Save any combination of city, sale type, category, or keyword from the Alerts page. Yardy emails the moment new matching sales go live across our 20+ sources. Free accounts get up to 3 saved searches; Pro accounts get unlimited.

Yes. Tap "Message seller" on any sale detail page. Conversations are private to the buyer and seller, with read receipts and notification badges. Sellers control whether their phone number is shared.

Tap the "Report" link at the bottom of any sale detail page, pick a reason (expired, duplicate, scam, real-estate listing, other), and add a one-line note. Reports are reviewed within 24 hours and confirmed offenders are removed from the index.