Lindey I’m here holding back my tears. We moved to the USA in December of last year from Kenya. And in the process of trying to figure out things I got into reselling. I started watching a lot of videos and I was surprised how reselling had potential. Now I used to be jealous of the cities that had bin stores and about two months ago I was in McPherson filming a a guy who owned a liquidation business. I quickly called a fellow reseller in Wichita and he told me that there is a new one even close by. I walked into your store and I remember I called my wife and told her, “Babe, I think this store will take my reselling business to the next level.” Here is the sweet part. I saw your video this morning of who the owner is and I was surprised it’s somebody I have been watching videos of. Wow wow wow. You made me purchase godaddy bookkeeping a few months ago. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Lindey I started watching you when you were sitting on the stairs in your house and selling beauty goods you were getting from Facebook ladies. I have watched you grow through the years and I knew you were going to be a success. You are a smart hard working lady with a wonderful personality and I am so proud of you. I can't wait to see how you grow this business.
I'm a bin store addict! I travel far and wide to hit them up. I would one day love to open one.. I think😂 I think the best way I've seen pricing explained was through an overhead sound system. It doesn't look like an expensive set up. Ppl don't pay attention to sinage- myself included. If you're the only bin store in your area I could absolutely see the confusion with ppl not being aware of how they operate. One store- and actually my favorite that I shop often- gives instructions over the sound system. They do a live announcement at opening when the store fills and then have a softer announcement that plays in the background occasionally along with the rules, special pricing, test station information, etc. They are very strict about employees only opening boxes. Which I love, but it requires them to have a large staff to be available to do so. I appreciate the update. I've loved watching this from day one. I agree with something someone above said about the financial aspect. Not to be too nosey, but I've seen so many financial horror stories and as many success stories- so I'd love an honest overview from someone that I know is putting their all in and started informed and prepared (as much as you can be when opening a storefront). Thanks again! I wish you much continued success!! ❤
i have never been to a bin store but think i would totally love it. i will have to look some up but i am sure most are on the west coast or more the middle of the country and I am stuck here in PA.
Things I have learned from other bin store owners. 1. Check inside every box at checkout...shocking how stuff gets in there that shouldn't be...and no one knows how it got there :) 2. People bring their household garbage and dump it in your dumpster. Other businesses do it too. 3. If you can, have a two door exit so when shoplifters leave the first have a remote control lock so they can't get out the second. 4. Put a sign in your on your door window what the price is today.
Use the advertising clip on frames to put a "How to Shop" card on each shopping cart. Same signage (very large!) on the walls and through the store. The key is, one sign, many sizes, posted everywhere. If every sign says the same thing the exact same way people catch on.
My local bin store has a different price each day starting at $8 on Saturday going down to $2 on Wednesday. Closed Thursday and Fridays to restock. Best part and might help from other opening item and getting lost in the bins they have a station to open all boxes 4 the customers to look at if it's not wanted they tape it up and back it goes to the bins. No confusion with pricing, what ever day of the week you arrive set price on all items. So happy you are doing great, all of your hard work will pay off.
Hi, could you do a recorded announcement that repeats every 15 min. or so explaining the pricing of items? Perhaps every one of the announcements are different, maybe make up jingles to explain pricing.. My local supermarket thats family owned has announcements of specific sales in the store that week.. I dont know, just a suggestion?
Omg, I haven’t watched one of your videos in over a year…SO PROUD of your growth girl!! I’ve been watching you since your beginnings and to see your growth is just absolutely awesome. Keep up the great work and inspiring people.
Another Awesome Video! Here's an Idea " Install a couple large flat screen TV's to play a video explaining how the store pricing works and what your policy's are have it playing on loop, over and over all day, it could also advertise your upcoming events or specials as well? Good Luck I'm looking forward to your next update's!
Congrats! I was NOT at all surprised you have been way too busy to update us! Super scary you couldn’t be in your store after you opened. That must had been overwhelming stressful. I hope you healed without any lasting complications. Lol educating customers 🤣
A taped announcement at regular intervals could do the job explaining your pricing. Could also point attention to special sales, items on shelves, etc. Great job on the store's success, btw!
Awesome update! Lindey, you’re the reason I opened my Ebay store 15 months ago! I watched all your videos! I think of how much I’ve learned from you, every time I use my Scotty Peelers! Congrats and best wishes!
Congrats on the early success. Maybe you could have some sort of signage where the customers first enter that says something like “If this is your first time shopping with us, this is how our store pricing works:” and then briefly explain. Some will ignore but some might read it too.
I love seeing these brick and mortar videos, Lindey! Retail is where my heart is. Being a retail, boutique and trade show veteran myself, I can imagine what you’re going through with the bad apple customers. I grew to expect them daily and took it as a good day when there weren’t any! 😬 You can’t please everyone. About the pricing- you can never have too many signs. At least until people start to get used to your store. You could put a standing sign inside the door or over where they grab carts, signs above or below the actual bins, the checkout counter, etc. Think of eye level and where the customer’s eye falls naturally. Hopefully that would create less headache and broken record repetition answering questions about pricing. Good luck, I can’t wait to see more!
Happy to hear your store is successful! I hope it grows and your success encourages others to take a plunge, especially during these crazy times! You are an inspiration, Linsey!
As to your pricing, how about having a floor stand that holds fliers next to the shopping carts. They can take one if they want one and have it with them as they shop. And/or have someone hand them out to customers. Congrats on your new bin store!!!
@@christinacottrell6505 it’s always cheaper to print in volume at a print shop and they could be 2-up or 4-up per sheet and cut. There are cheaper ways to print then an office printer.
Well instead of flyers why not have something on the shopping carts and baskets that states the price? I can see maybe something on the side of the baskets that have the price or something on the carts that have the price, such as in the basket portion. It’s permanent, and will take a while to be damaged/scratched. Hopefully at that point people will have already gained the knowledge of a bin store and not need to look at it as a reference when it’s worn out.
This is exactly what I would do. Hang 2 TV right from the ceiling that get seen as you walk in. Have flashy animations on them saying "All items in this store are $x today! Yes EVERYTHING!" The animations will draw people's attention and they'll 'be forced' to read the message. You could also have hanging signs over each bin saying "Everything in this bin is $x".
As far as the cardboard and plastic if you can find a way to bail it and take it to recycle yards you can make money off of that as well. All retail places i have worked did it that way to bring more money into the company.
If that was your worst customer, you have been very lucky. No wonder you don’t want to tell us your supplier, you hire a fleet of getaway drivers and porch pirates. We had about 10% of our customers at our store in a small town announce to us that they would never return when we started requiring face masks In the summer of 2020 and we haven’t missed them if they stayed away.
Congratulations Lindey!! Sounds like it is really going great!!! That crazy lady at the end is definitely CRAZY!! People say the weirdest stuff!! Maybe you can do audio announcements over a speaker to say how the pricing works like "Remember folks everything at Bullseye Bins is only $5, yellow dot is etc., etc., etc... and all sales are final, no returns"
Hi Lindey, how about having one of your employees talk in a mic/mouth piece with a speaker and announce how the store pricing works while the customers are walking in and shopping. Also let customers know not to open items. If they have a questions bring it to the employee talking on the mic. You are awesome!!!
you should create a video that plays on loop on a tv at the front of the store that uses you and your employees acting out a typical shopping experience at your store. That way they get a visual , verbal thing they are watching and hearing. Kind of like before you get on a ride at Disney they prep you with info on a cute intro video before you enter the ride with pertinent info.
Lindey, I've been self employed most of my life and if there's one thing I'd like to share and that would be that there are some CUSTOMERS YOU DON'T WANT, like the " bla, bla, lady " you referred to in this video. Just keep smiling and MOVE ON. !!!!!
Maybe posting one of your employees as a door greeter provide cart and bag to incoming customer and explain the store pricing if it their first time shopping and when it slow that employee can float around to other work such as restocking carts, assisting at check out. ect..
Congratulations! Suggestion about prices...may be every table should have a two sided placard or a small board in the center with the pricing model in addition to the walls... info on wall can be missed
Do you have a stand by the front door/cart area with the pricing model on it? Kind of like some goodwills do with their color of the week signs. That might help new customers since people are more likely to look at a sign right in front of them when they walk in than they are the walls (or at least I am lol).
You need a cardboard thing at the entrance that has "today's items cost $ ____ " and change it daily... or announce the price before letting folks in...people shopping will fill each other in throughout the afternoon.
Awesome video and congratulations on your new shop! Since people are still confused about pricing I would play pre-recorded audio announcement with the instructions of pricing. So that people could constantly hear it while shopping...
I was thinking the same thing. Hopefully, it’s mostly lower priced items so the theft doesn’t hurt so bad. It’s a shame but in retail we have to assume there will be certain percentage of loss to theft.
I have a local store with a similar 'bins' pricing model. They seem to have a very effective way of dealing with new customers when they walk in. Everyone is greeted when they walk in, and are asked if they've been in before. If yes, off they go. If no, a quick 'everything in the store is $5' (or in your case, all prices are posted on the boards) seems to pretty much solve the issue. :-)
Hope this doesn't sound harsh but the general public by and large MUST be told what to do. If you fail in this it turns into romper room very quickly. Keep it ultra simple, almost childish be the bent. I say this coming from a diverse career of Big Box retail to Business only wholesale to now online commerce. The simpler the better always. Assume all are 12 until such time they surprise you.
You hit the nail on the head... common sense! That's severely lacking in today's world, coupled with the fact that people don't read signage. Whether it's just laziness or inability is still bewildering to me. Congratulations on your successful venture! You're doing great!
Congrats on your success.. takes a lot of courage to start a storefront. I remember when dollar stores first started here and people were constantly confused about pricing.. there isn't much that can be done. Maybe if you had a video at your doors on repeat explaining the pricing so people can stop on the way in or a paper flyer.
Hi Lindsey! I'm a new Subscriber. Congratulations!!! Will you share which Licenses and Permits you had to get to purchase the Pallets and to Sell your goods? Thanks!
I’d put up a Facebook post with the instructional video. And I would also put up a tv stand in the front that customers can watch when they first walk in
Lindey I’m here holding back my tears. We moved to the USA in December of last year from Kenya. And in the process of trying to figure out things I got into reselling. I started watching a lot of videos and I was surprised how reselling had potential.
Now I used to be jealous of the cities that had bin stores and about two months ago I was in McPherson filming a a guy who owned a liquidation business. I quickly called a fellow reseller in Wichita and he told me that there is a new one even close by. I walked into your store and I remember I called my wife and told her, “Babe, I think this store will take my reselling business to the next level.” Here is the sweet part. I saw your video this morning of who the owner is and I was surprised it’s somebody I have been watching videos of. Wow wow wow. You made me purchase godaddy bookkeeping a few months ago. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Lindey I started watching you when you were sitting on the stairs in your house and selling beauty goods you were getting from Facebook ladies. I have watched you grow through the years and I knew you were going to be a success. You are a smart hard working lady with a wonderful personality and I am so proud of you. I can't wait to see how you grow this business.
Yep same
I'm a bin store addict! I travel far and wide to hit them up. I would one day love to open one.. I think😂
I think the best way I've seen pricing explained was through an overhead sound system. It doesn't look like an expensive set up.
Ppl don't pay attention to sinage- myself included. If you're the only bin store in your area I could absolutely see the confusion with ppl not being aware of how they operate.
One store- and actually my favorite that I shop often- gives instructions over the sound system. They do a live announcement at opening when the store fills and then have a softer announcement that plays in the background occasionally along with the rules, special pricing, test station information, etc. They are very strict about employees only opening boxes. Which I love, but it requires them to have a large staff to be available to do so.
I appreciate the update. I've loved watching this from day one.
I agree with something someone above said about the financial aspect. Not to be too nosey, but I've seen so many financial horror stories and as many success stories- so I'd love an honest overview from someone that I know is putting their all in and started informed and prepared (as much as you can be when opening a storefront).
Thanks again! I wish you much continued success!! ❤
i have never been to a bin store but think i would totally love it. i will have to look some up but i am sure most are on the west coast or more the middle of the country and I am stuck here in PA.
Having your staff run the store is the idea!!!!!……keep
It moving …time is everything……great job!!!!
Things I have learned from other bin store owners.
1. Check inside every box at checkout...shocking how stuff gets in there that shouldn't be...and no one knows how it got there :)
2. People bring their household garbage and dump it in your dumpster. Other businesses do it too.
3. If you can, have a two door exit so when shoplifters leave the first have a remote control lock so they can't get out the second.
4. Put a sign in your on your door window what the price is today.
Use the advertising clip on frames to put a "How to Shop" card on each shopping cart. Same signage (very large!) on the walls and through the store. The key is, one sign, many sizes, posted everywhere. If every sign says the same thing the exact same way people catch on.
My local bin store has a different price each day starting at $8 on Saturday going down to $2 on Wednesday. Closed Thursday and Fridays to restock. Best part and might help from other opening item and getting lost in the bins they have a station to open all boxes 4 the customers to look at if it's not wanted they tape it up and back it goes to the bins. No confusion with pricing, what ever day of the week you arrive set price on all items.
So happy you are doing great, all of your hard work will pay off.
Hi, could you do a recorded announcement that repeats every 15 min. or so explaining the pricing of items? Perhaps every one of the announcements are different, maybe make up jingles to explain pricing.. My local supermarket thats family owned has announcements of specific sales in the store that week.. I dont know, just a suggestion?
Omg, I haven’t watched one of your videos in over a year…SO PROUD of your growth girl!!
I’ve been watching you since your beginnings and to see your growth is just absolutely awesome. Keep up the great work and inspiring people.
Another Awesome Video! Here's an Idea " Install a couple large flat screen TV's to play a video explaining how the store pricing works and what your policy's are have it playing on loop, over and over all day, it could also advertise your upcoming events or specials as well? Good Luck I'm looking forward to your next update's!
Congrats! I was NOT at all surprised you have been way too busy to update us! Super scary you couldn’t be in your store after you opened. That must had been overwhelming stressful. I hope you healed without any lasting complications. Lol educating customers 🤣
A taped announcement at regular intervals could do the job explaining your pricing. Could also point attention to special sales, items on shelves, etc. Great job on the store's success, btw!
Awesome update!
Lindey, you’re the reason I opened my Ebay store 15 months ago!
I watched all your videos!
I think of how much I’ve learned from you, every time I use my Scotty Peelers!
Congrats and best wishes!
Congrats on the early success. Maybe you could have some sort of signage where the customers first enter that says something like “If this is your first time shopping with us, this is how our store pricing works:” and then briefly explain. Some will ignore but some might read it too.
I love seeing these brick and mortar videos, Lindey! Retail is where my heart is. Being a retail, boutique and trade show veteran myself, I can imagine what you’re going through with the bad apple customers. I grew to expect them daily and took it as a good day when there weren’t any! 😬 You can’t please everyone. About the pricing- you can never have too many signs. At least until people start to get used to your store. You could put a standing sign inside the door or over where they grab carts, signs above or below the actual bins, the checkout counter, etc. Think of eye level and where the customer’s eye falls naturally. Hopefully that would create less headache and broken record repetition answering questions about pricing. Good luck, I can’t wait to see more!
Happy to hear your store is successful! I hope it grows and your success encourages others to take a plunge, especially during these crazy times! You are an inspiration, Linsey!
As to your pricing, how about having a floor stand that holds fliers next to the shopping carts. They can take one if they want one and have it with them as they shop. And/or have someone hand them out to customers. Congrats on your new bin store!!!
That’s a lot of paper to print out….
@@christinacottrell6505 it’s always cheaper to print in volume at a print shop and they could be 2-up or 4-up per sheet and cut. There are cheaper ways to print then an office printer.
@@christinacottrell6505 and a waste of trees
Well instead of flyers why not have something on the shopping carts and baskets that states the price? I can see maybe something on the side of the baskets that have the price or something on the carts that have the price, such as in the basket portion. It’s permanent, and will take a while to be damaged/scratched. Hopefully at that point people will have already gained the knowledge of a bin store and not need to look at it as a reference when it’s worn out.
could you set up a tv with an advertising loop that talks about bin pricing awesome job as usual
This is exactly what I would do. Hang 2 TV right from the ceiling that get seen as you walk in. Have flashy animations on them saying "All items in this store are $x today! Yes EVERYTHING!" The animations will draw people's attention and they'll 'be forced' to read the message. You could also have hanging signs over each bin saying "Everything in this bin is $x".
I LOVE your content and your personality exudes happiness...always leaving me with a positive outlook on life. Your family must be very proud of you!!
love the update. so glad most of it was a good thing. yes dealing with the bad ones in person SUCKS. KEEP up the good work.
Maybe have an announcement play over a loud speaker every 10 minutes or so to help them understand the prices
As far as the cardboard and plastic if you can find a way to bail it and take it to recycle yards you can make money off of that as well. All retail places i have worked did it that way to bring more money into the company.
Self employment rocks, my brother and I are planning on starting our own bin store
What about stale stock? How often do you rotate and what do you do with stuff that doesn't move but isn't broken?
If that was your worst customer, you have been very lucky. No wonder you don’t want to tell us your supplier, you hire a fleet of getaway drivers and porch pirates. We had about 10% of our customers at our store in a small town announce to us that they would never return when we started requiring face masks In the summer of 2020 and we haven’t missed them if they stayed away.
Oh lovely I will have to take a drive when I travel back home to Kansas city
Congratulations Lindey!! Sounds like it is really going great!!! That crazy lady at the end is definitely CRAZY!! People say the weirdest stuff!! Maybe you can do audio announcements over a speaker to say how the pricing works like "Remember folks everything at Bullseye Bins is only $5, yellow dot is etc., etc., etc... and all sales are final, no returns"
I love everything about your store, the bins, colors, layout, name and concept! I would totally shop there on a regular basis!
Hi Lindey, how about having one of your employees talk in a mic/mouth piece with a speaker and announce how the store pricing works while the customers are walking in and shopping. Also let customers know not to open items. If they have a questions bring it to the employee talking on the mic. You are awesome!!!
you should create a video that plays on loop on a tv at the front of the store that uses you and your employees acting out a typical shopping experience at your store. That way they get a visual , verbal thing they are watching and hearing. Kind of like before you get on a ride at Disney they prep you with info on a cute intro video before you enter the ride with pertinent info.
Watching you make money in your store 🏬 and making your customers happy with their purchase 😊
Lindey, I've been self employed most of my life and if there's one thing I'd like to share and that would be that there are some CUSTOMERS YOU DON'T WANT, like the " bla, bla, lady " you referred to in this video. Just keep smiling and MOVE ON. !!!!!
Hopefully this busyness carries over into 2022 after Q4. fingers crossed
Maybe posting one of your employees as a door greeter provide cart and bag to incoming customer and explain the store pricing if it their first time shopping and when it slow that employee can float around to other work such as restocking carts, assisting at check out. ect..
You may want to.make storewide announcements stating your pricing models. That would be helpful
Wow! Much success and many blessings. Happy Holidays
Congratulations! Suggestion about prices...may be every table should have a two sided placard or a small board in the center with the pricing model in addition to the walls... info on wall can be missed
Do you have a stand by the front door/cart area with the pricing model on it? Kind of like some goodwills do with their color of the week signs. That might help new customers since people are more likely to look at a sign right in front of them when they walk in than they are the walls (or at least I am lol).
I love following your journey! Congrats on your successes and failures! Sounds like you are on the right path!
Wow, you are wonder woman! Glad you recovered from covid. How exciting to have a brick and mortar store!
Great to hear it’s going well! Let’s hope THAT customer really doesn’t come back!
Way to go Lindey. Always thinking out of the box. Wishing you lots of success
I've never seen or heard of a bin store. Every time I'm in dollar tree I hear people asking about prices
You are amazing! Continued blessings.
Location is everything
You need a cardboard thing at the entrance that has "today's items cost $ ____ " and change it daily... or announce the price before letting folks in...people shopping will fill each other in throughout the afternoon.
You need some kind of a mask & some acetone. Have some one break down the syrefoam into glue, sell the glue.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!
Wow on the initial morning crowd!
You remind me of Resale Rabbit, so much work going on. 🔥
Congratulations 🎉👏 you're a genius best of success. I wish I was there to support you!
So proud of you!! Congratulations again!♥️♥️♥️
Awesome video and congratulations on your new shop! Since people are still confused about pricing I would play pre-recorded audio announcement with the instructions of pricing. So that people could constantly hear it while shopping...
Congrats!!!!
Wow you opened a STORE, it’s no small feat. That’s definitely gonna keep you busy!!! 😮
Yes… I’ve been in business! Hardest thing was stealing ! They come in groups and drop stuff in open big bags! Don’t know how you control that🤷🏻♀️
I was thinking the same thing. Hopefully, it’s mostly lower priced items so the theft doesn’t hurt so bad. It’s a shame but in retail we have to assume there will be certain percentage of loss to theft.
Your video was great. I am new at this so your information helped me a lot
Hey how is about a sign on the bins. Example Red tag is $5, Blue is $3 Etc, Etc.
I have a local store with a similar 'bins' pricing model. They seem to have a very effective way of dealing with new customers when they walk in. Everyone is greeted when they walk in, and are asked if they've been in before. If yes, off they go. If no, a quick 'everything in the store is $5' (or in your case, all prices are posted on the boards) seems to pretty much solve the issue. :-)
Congrats I love bin stores . Now we need to come to yours!
Hope this doesn't sound harsh but the general public by and large MUST be told what to do. If you fail in this it turns into romper room very quickly. Keep it ultra simple, almost childish be the bent. I say this coming from a diverse career of Big Box retail to Business only wholesale to now online commerce. The simpler the better always. Assume all are 12 until such time they surprise you.
Congratulations Lindey, you deserve this...keep on going and stay strong..
You hit the nail on the head... common sense! That's severely lacking in today's world, coupled with the fact that people don't read signage. Whether it's just laziness or inability is still bewildering to me. Congratulations on your successful venture! You're doing great!
"You're all a bunch of porch pirates!" 😆 Too funny. But seriously, you are amazing Lindey and I see you opening a 2nd location in the near future.
Yeah no
I wonder if a small pamphlet, one sheet, tri-fold, that explains the process and how the groove is through the week
Who wouldn’t want to shop there? I know I would and I look forward to visiting one day.
😂😂🤣, you had your first Karen. I hope she is the only one. Your doing a GREAT JOB 👍👍, Congrats on the store.
Congrats Lindey.............you go girl. Keep up the good work
So so SO happy the store is a success! I'll be taking a trip from St. Louis to come see you soon! 😃
Congrats on your wonderful success!! Sounds great!
Congrats on your success.. takes a lot of courage to start a storefront. I remember when dollar stores first started here and people were constantly confused about pricing.. there isn't much that can be done. Maybe if you had a video at your doors on repeat explaining the pricing so people can stop on the way in or a paper flyer.
Wow, this is incredible! Good job Lindey
Awesome! Great update and wish you must success!
Love the update!!!! Great work!!!!
Congratulations on your new business!
You’re doing amazing!! I wish there was a store like this near me. It looks so clean and nice!
That woman sounds like a very sad unhappy person. Remember hurting people hurt people.
putting smaller signs on some of the bins in the isles may help them then the pricing system is right in front of them ..
Great job!! I'm so excited to hear you have lots of customers!
You Rock!!! :-) Congrats on your successful opening and long may your success continue!!! :-)
You are a true inspiration. Lots of luck
Hi Lindsey! I'm a new Subscriber. Congratulations!!! Will you share which Licenses and Permits you had to get to purchase the Pallets and to Sell your goods? Thanks!
I’d put up a Facebook post with the instructional video. And I would also put up a tv stand in the front that customers can watch when they first walk in
I'd never heard of a bin store before I watched you. I don't think they are a thing in the west.
never heard of them either and i am on east coast (PA)
CONGRATS ON YOUR NEW STORE.
Congratulations. I think your doing amazing.
OMG. That was the best thing when I saw your first video. I think it's great and said to my husband I wish I would've done that in my store. LOL
Congrats! So good to see your journey. I've had two retail stores ( at the same time) and it is no joke! LOL!
Way to go Lindey!! 🙌
Make a small price list leaflet you can hand to customers when they come in
Wish you all the success
Some people are just miserable. And misery loves company. Best wishes to you
Congratulations!
You’re doing an amazing job!
Keep your head up, only 33 days until Christmas !
Congrats❤❤❤
Long time subscriber… YOU GO GIRL! (Though I do have some BULQ boxes of stuff you can have. Lol)
I can't see how people are confused by your prices. Maybe the day of the price changes, but not the prices themselves.
Yeah🎉🎉 I’ve been wondering how it was going Lin…..
I was worried about the waste of goods. Going to the local store I can only imagine how much.
I am proud of you.