A young entrepreneur by the name of Ben Weissenstein created the business called Grand Slam Garage Sales at the age of fourteen. This idea originally sparked from when his mom asked his to help her out with the neighborhood garage sale one Saturday morning. More specifically, she suggested he could help not only sell items, but also organize them. A few years later, Ben and a neighborhood friend would start Grand Slam Garage Sales. Ben now has a team of over thirty part-time workers who, upon request, will come to your home, catalog your garage sale items, place them online for millions to see, notify the businesses list of interested buyers, and take care of both shipping and delivering the purchased items.
Now at age 19, his business is booming and he has also been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine and has been a guest on the Dr. Phil show. Ben just started as a young boy who was presented with a need and took it upon himself to better attend to that need. His original goal of keeping customers and workers happy has evolved into an extraordinarily successful business and is an example for all young and striving entrepreneurs.
There’s nothing worse than organizing all the junk sitting around your house that you want to sell. This is a great idea! It is really nice that this company also takes care of finding buyers and shipping the items. They really take care of everything from start to finish. Good for Ben! Thanks for sharing!
What a cool business idea attached to a concept (garage sales) that is often overlooked. I would be interested to see how widespread his business is and what his business looked like at the start. Was he just going around by himself to garage sales and cataloging items? How far into the business did he realize he needed a team? Such an interesting idea.