My neighbor ran a garage sale last spring and ended up with more stuff at 4pm than she started with at 8am, because half of what she'd priced too high just sat there and half of what she'd priced too low got scooped up by resellers before regular neighbors even had a look.
For her next one, she used an AI chatbot to help think through the parts she'd been winging — general pricing guidance for categories of stuff (kids' clothes, furniture, tools, books), what time of day and day of the week tends to get better foot traffic in most areas, and wording for simple, clear signs that actually get people to turn onto her street instead of driving past.
It's not going to know the exact resale value of your specific items, but it's good at the general rules of thumb most people don't think to apply — pricing round numbers so you're not fumbling for exact change all day, grouping similar items together so shoppers can scan a table quickly instead of digging through boxes, and putting your best or most eye-catching items near the street to pull people in.
She also had it help write a short post for the neighborhood Facebook group a few days ahead of time, mentioning specific big-ticket items by name since a vague "garage sale Saturday" post gets scrolled past but "garage sale Saturday — kids' bikes, a real wood dresser, tools" gets people circling the date.
None of this is complicated stuff, but when you're staring at a garage full of things you need gone by Saturday, having something to bounce the small decisions off of beats guessing at all of them yourself.
If you want the slow, no-jargon version of all this — the stuff I wish someone had handed me before I fumbled through it myself — that's exactly what I built On Ramp AI for. Check it out here.