Transition Squad® offers one stop shopping to help clients downsize. We offer a menu of services that we package together based on each client's needs. Our core specialty is to help our clients sell their belongings through our unique Online Auction + Estate Sale Combo via our own auction platform.
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(Fees & commissions vary. Contact us for a free consultation)
You simply provide us with photos and descriptions, and manage the pickup of items that are won. We do the rest. We provide you with free training and support throughout the process, after which you'll be an expert on everything from how to price your items to how to manage the pickup. As well, we:
If you're a Professional Organizer, Realtor, Charity or Dealer that conducts auctions of your own more frequently, would like to offer auction services or start a downsizing or buy-sell business, ask about our Senior Downsizing Academy and Partner Network. You'll get coaching, mentoring, training, potential lead generation, access to free or low cost inventory, discounted commission rates and much more.
The entire process can take as little as two weeks. We recommend you do not get rid of anything in advance as items you may throw away or donate may have more value than you think.
Unlike most companies in this business, we are not just liquidators and do not start everything at $1. Depending on your requirements, we research items and price them fairly but aggressively to entice bidding. It takes us a little longer to do the homework than just starting everything at $1, but ensures that you get a better value for your belongings.
If you just have an estate sale, then everything including the higher value, more desirable items, get liquidated at garage sales prices. Even items that are already priced to liquidate are reduced even further as bargain hunters haggle them down. Often, the more valuable items also sell for much less than they're worth or not at all.
On the other hand, if you just have an online auction, many garage sale items may not sell and are typically left for disposal. However, the total dollars that can be made on garage sale type items can really add up.
Transition Squad®'s unique two step process gives you the best of both worlds. First, we conduct an online auction so there is a bidding war for all the desirable items and the bidding frenzy carries over to the mid and garage level items as well. Then, for anything left unsold, we hold an estate sale in conjunction with the pickup of the auction winnings. We continue to sell until the end of the pickup period. The end result is that more items are sold overall and more money is generated for you overall. Using this approach, we've actually had many a situation where virtually everything was sold.
CONDOS ARE OUR SPECIALTY! Most companies cannot conduct auctions or estate sales in condos or restricted areas. But we can. Our unique approach and turnkey service make it possible for us to do things that other companies can't.
After an auction is over or if there is no time to do an auction, we'll provide you with a quote to clear out the entire premises. We will donate what we can through donation centers before disposing of them.
Moving can be stressful. Our Moving Services can handle your entire short or long distance move including packing and transportation, all at competitive rates to provide peace of mind and ease of relocation. For long distance moves, we are aligned with national and international carriers that can help relocate you, your contents and even your vehicles wherever you want to go.
However, we often get inquiries from those that have a small volume of items that they want to sell. You can post such items yourself on our Virtual Consignment Store Facebook Group in your area. This is a free self-serve community service we provide that leverages the power of Facebook Marketplace and Facebook Groups.
Or, if you need to free up the space in your home quickly, we can connect you with our independent Consignment Network. Just send us pictures and your location and we'll distribute it to the network to see if they have space and can accommodate.