Neighborhood sale

How to run it in person

One sale can be online during the week and in person for a few hours. Neighbors see the neighborhood and the hours, never a home address.

Handoff method patent pending. A U.S. provisional application is on file. It is not an issued patent.

1. Step 1

   Set the dates

   When you start a new listing, pick a start date and an end date. Each day has a fee. You’ll see the amount on the form, and on Fees. Plus covers 5 days a month, and sale days on +++ are free. A sale can run up to 14 days.

   The online window is when people can make offers or pay your asking price. It starts out as Tuesday through Thursday, but you can change the days.

2. Step 2

   Turn on live hours

   Tap Add live in-person hours, then pick the days and times. Saturday 9:00 to 3:00 is pretty typical.

   Write a short meetup note. Name a spot in the neighborhood, not a house number. The note stays hidden until someone pays for an in-person handoff, and an official store pickup never shows it.

3. Step 3

   List the items

   Add a photo, your asking price, and the lowest you’ll take. That lowest price stays hidden.

   Official store handoff stays on, since that’s the main way. You can also offer a public place, and in person during your live hours. It’s up to you which ones to offer.

   Put the item in an outer box when you can, and say so. A couch, anything over 50 lb, or anything not in a box is in person only, because a store counter won’t take it. You meet as handles. Nothing ships.

4. Step 4

   Let people pay before they come

   During the online window, a buyer can pay your asking price or make one offer under it. You can say yes, send one counteroffer, or decline. A decline ends it, so there’s no long back-and-forth.

   Once someone pays for an item in the app, don’t sell it to a cash walk-up. If you sell it somewhere else, mark it Sold outside app. That ends the listing, and no Rummlee payment moves.

5. Step 5

   During your hours

   The public card shows the hours and “In person · hours only,” but no street. Once someone pays for an in-person handoff, they see your meetup note.

   Boxed items can still go to the official store. You and the buyer each get your own code for the same sale. The store scans yours, then theirs, and names stay off the counter.

   The sale isn’t done until you both confirm, with the scan or the 6-character code.

6. Step 6

   Afterward

   You each give a thumbs up or a thumbs down. A comment and a photo are optional, and the comment stays private. How it was packed counts toward that rating.

7. Step 7

   Keep it up, or put it first

   The day before your sale closes, Rummlee asks if you want more days. You can add 1, 3, or 7, up to 14 days total, and Plus free days still apply.

   You can feature one item, or the whole sale, so those listings show up first until the sale ends. Prices are on Fees. If test credits don’t cover the days or the feature, the rest comes out of your next payout.