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ThriftCart All-in-one Thrift Store POS. Everything you need to manage sales and donations.
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📣 Still building your holiday promos from scratch? Don’t.As part of Small Business Season, we’ve put together two free r...
10/30/2026

📣 Still building your holiday promos from scratch? Don’t.

As part of Small Business Season, we’ve put together two free resources to help you get ready:

🎨 Marketing Kit — flyers, signage, and social/email templates, ready to customize so you spend less time designing and more time selling

https://hubs.ly/Q04CBwGn0

📋 Readiness Kit — a step-by-step checklist to make sure nothing falls through the cracks before the holidays hit

https://hubs.ly/Q04CBwkb0

A thrift shop supported by more than 60 volunteers needs a system everyone can use. Youth Homes Thrift Shop was handwrit...
10/29/2026

A thrift shop supported by more than 60 volunteers needs a system everyone can use. Youth Homes Thrift Shop was handwriting inventory tags and using a general retail POS that wasn’t designed for donated goods. Both slowed donation processing.

After switching to ThriftCart, the Bay Area shop tagged approximately 1,000 clothing items in two hours. Faster tagging helps the team move more donated inventory out of the backroom and onto the sales floor.

In their words: “ThriftCart has allowed us to be more streamlined, more efficient, and make that bigger impact that we’re wanting to do.”

For a store that supports foster youth, every donation that reaches the floor faster is money moving sooner toward the kids they serve.

Where you put things on your sales floor changes how much people buy. A few layout principles, used throughout retail, w...
10/27/2026

Where you put things on your sales floor changes how much people buy. A few layout principles, used throughout retail, work just as well in a thrift shop:

✅ Design a decompression zone: The first five to 10 feet inside the door is where shoppers adjust to the light and space. Don’t waste it on your best items or sale bins — they’ll walk right past them.

✅ Send traffic right: Most people instinctively turn right when they enter. Put new arrivals or a sale section there to start the trip strong.

✅ Build a destination at the back: A reading nook or a furniture vignette pulls customers deeper into the store, past more merchandise.

✅ Break the pattern on the racks: Clothing is usually shoulder-out, so shoppers only see the side. Turn one item outward every five to seven feet to catch the eye.

✅ Put checkout at the front left: Since shoppers drift right, a left-side counter means they loop the whole floor before they pay.

None of this costs you a dollar in new inventory. You’re moving the racks and tables you already have so more of your donated stock actually gets seen.

A bad donation can cost your thrift store money without ever reaching the sales floor.“Anything helps” is a generous sen...
10/26/2026

A bad donation can cost your thrift store money without ever reaching the sales floor.

“Anything helps” is a generous sentiment, but it fills sorting rooms with items that never sell. Disposing of them isn’t free either. An 8-yard dumpster with weekly pickup can run about $200 a time, which adds up to more than $10,000 a year. That’s before extra fees for bulky furniture or hazardous appliances.

It also costs time in labor. Staff often spend 15–20 minutes sorting a large bag of donations whether or not anything inside is sellable. Every hour spent sorting junk is an hour not spent helping a customer, thanking a donor, or funding your programs.

Our free guide breaks down the full cost of bad donations and the strategies that keep them out of your store.

Small Business Season officially kicked off October 1st, running through December 31st. https://hubs.la/Q04BDJFt0It’s ou...
10/19/2026

Small Business Season officially kicked off October 1st, running through December 31st. https://hubs.la/Q04BDJFt0

It’s our season-long initiative to help independent retailers get more visibility heading into the holidays — not just a one-day promotion, but three months of tools, resources, and community support:

🛍️→ A free merchant listing so local shoppers can find your deals
📥→ A ready-to-use marketing kit (flyers, signage, social & email templates)
🌐→ Networking events and webinars with fellow retailers
🎤→ A chance to be featured in our Main Street Voices series

Ready to join in? Head to https://hubs.la/Q04BDJFv0 and get your business listed — it’s free and takes 5 minutes.

You're invited to our inaugural Main Street Meetup: a no-pitch conversation & networking event for retail owners 🛍️Regis...
10/14/2026

You're invited to our inaugural Main Street Meetup: a no-pitch conversation & networking event for retail owners 🛍️

Register: https://hubs.ly/Q04Bdj9y0

Small Business Season is here. Join other retailers for an open conversation about what’s working right now:

✅ Staffing up for the season
✅ How much to stock
✅ Driving foot traffic without a big budget

🗓 October 21 (Pick the time that works best for you)

🕖 Two sessions to choose from:
- 7:00–8:00 AM ET
- 7:00–8:00 PM ET

👉 Save your spot: https://hubs.ly/Q04Bdj9y0

It's the last day of Habitat for Humanity International in Atlanta! We're wrapping up at booth 230. If you're still on t...
10/08/2026

It's the last day of Habitat for Humanity International in Atlanta! We're wrapping up at booth 230. If you're still on the floor, this is your window to swing by. Ask us about our show offer: $750 to get set up, with a $750 rebate once you're live, so switching your ReStore to ThriftCart is practically free!

Big week coming up — ThriftCart is exhibiting at Habitat for Humanity International in Atlanta, October 5th through 8th....
10/01/2026

Big week coming up — ThriftCart is exhibiting at Habitat for Humanity International in Atlanta, October 5th through 8th. We'll be at booth 230 all show, ready to talk through what running your ReStore looks like on software built specifically for the way you operate, not a retrofit of a generic POS.

Roundup donations turn small checkout contributions into a steady fundraising stream.Instead of running a separate campa...
09/29/2026

Roundup donations turn small checkout contributions into a steady fundraising stream.

Instead of running a separate campaign, thrift stores can give customers the option to round their purchase up to the nearest dollar during a transaction.

A few cents at a time can add up quickly when the opportunity appears consistently across hundreds or thousands of purchases.

With ThriftCart Payments:

💳 The ask happens at checkout: Customers can choose whether to round up as part of the payment process.
📊 Roundups are tracked separately: Donation income stays distinct from merchandise sales.
🙌 There’s less manual work: Staff don’t have to tally individual roundup contributions separately at the end of the day.

For mission-driven thrift stores, fundraising can happen alongside the work the team is already doing.

The individual contribution may be small. The accumulated impact doesn’t have to be.

Nonintegrated payment processing can add 45 to 60 minutes to a thrift store’s closing routine.When the POS and card read...
09/24/2026

Nonintegrated payment processing can add 45 to 60 minutes to a thrift store’s closing routine.

When the POS and card reader operate separately, every transaction creates two records. Staff then have to reconcile the terminal report against the POS report and the bank deposit.

Here’s where the extra work comes from:

🧾 Manual entry: Staff key the sale total into the card reader by hand for every transaction.

🔁 Double reconciliation: The terminal report gets matched against the POS report, then both get checked against the bank deposit.

📞 Separate support: When something goes wrong, staff may have to work with the POS provider and payment processor separately.

Integrated payment processing removes those duplicate steps. The sale total moves directly from the POS to the card reader, transaction records stay connected, and one support team can handle both sides.

For thrift stores working with limited staff and volunteer hours, that’s time worth getting back.

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Provo, UT
84604

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Monday 8am - 6pm
Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 6pm

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