estate sale store

Name

estate sale store

Legal name

Estate Sales By Colleen

Website

https://estatesalesbycolleen.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Estate Liquidation Services

NAICS

Other Activities Related to Real Estate (531390)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Bankruptcy, Probate & Estate Property Auctions (BPAJAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Residential Real Estate Auctions (BPAJAEAA), Estate Administration & Probate Services (FSAAANAE)

Keywords

• Estate sale services
• Household liquidations
• Estate buyouts
• Estate cleanout services
• Secondhand estate retail

Headquarters

HQ city

Rochester

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Estate Sale Commission: Professional estate and household sales services where the company earns commission on items sold. They handle pricing, setup, sales execution, and final cleanup. Consultation and evaluations are free.
2. Estate Buyout: Immediate cash purchase of entire estates for clients who need to liquidate quickly. The company buys all items and empties the house, then resells through their store or future estate sales.
3. Cleanout and Removal Services: Post-sale cleanup and removal of remaining items, plus final detailed cleaning of the client's home. Additional service revenue beyond the core sale.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Estate Sales by Colleen plans and runs professional estate and household sales at clients' homes across Rochester, the Finger Lakes Region, and Western New York. They also purchase entire estates outright for immediate cash liquidation (Estate Buyout), and operate a physical retail storefront called the Estate Sale Store that resells liquidated estate goods directly to consumers Wednesday through Sunday.

Product overview

Estate Sales by Colleen is a local estate sales company offering estate and household sales services and a physical retail store. The core offerings include Estate and Household Sales (professional estate sale services) and Estate Buyout (immediate liquidation). The company also operates an Estate Sale Store retail location open to the public. Additional services include free consultation and evaluations, clean out and removal of remaining items, and final detailed cleaning of homes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Estate and Household Sales Professional multi-day estate and household sale services conducted at client homes, handling the full process from valuation and setup through sales execution and final cleanup, serving families in life-transition situations such as loss, downsizing to higher care, or relocation.
• Estate Buyout Immediate cash purchase of entire estates for clients who cannot wait for a traditional estate sale or do not have enough items to justify a full sale; the company buys all contents outright, empties the home, and resells items through future estate sales or the retail storefront.
• Estate Sale Store Physical retail storefront in Rochester, NY selling estate and household goods sourced from liquidated estates, open Wednesday through Sunday 10AM-5PM, with new items added daily and promotions shared via a dedicated Facebook page.

Quantifiable outcome

• High percentage rate on items sold

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• Bidsquare: Online auction aggregator partnering with regional auction houses for estate and antique sales — relevant comparison as an emerging online channel for the same estate-content inventory Estate Sales by Colleen handles.
• iGavel Auctions: Online auction platform partnering with auction houses for estate and collectible sales — adjacent channel that competes for the same estate-content buyer pool, particularly for higher-value items.

Broad incumbents

• Heritage Auctions: Large national auction house handling estate contents (fine art, jewelry, collectibles) — relevant for the high-value estate inventory items Estate Sales by Colleen liquidates, but operates at very different scale and channel.
• Bonhams Skinner: Regional New England auction house specializing in estate contents and fine collectibles — comparable inventory categories to the estate sale items Estate Sales by Colleen sells, but uses traditional auction format rather than on-site estate sales.
• Sotheby's: Global auction house with a dedicated estates and collections service — relevant for the high-end tail of estate content liquidation, though not directly competitive with local on-site estate sale operators in price point or service model.

Direct peers

• MaxSold: Online estate sale company that runs professionally managed on-site and hybrid estate liquidations for downsizers and estates — overlapping service offering and target clients (families liquidating household contents).
• Caring Transitions: Franchise-based senior relocation and estate liquidation service that handles downsizing sales, cleanouts, and move management — overlapping service mix (especially with the buyout and cleanout offerings) targeting the same senior/estate seller segment.
• EstateSales.net: Largest U.S. directory and listing platform for local estate sale companies, where Estate Sales by Colleen and similar sole-proprietor operators list upcoming sales to attract buyers.
• Everything But The House (EBTH): Online estate sale platform handling appraisal, online auction, and buyout services for households liquidating estate contents — directly comparable service model, though at much greater national scale than Estate Sales by Colleen.

Regional players

• Litchfield Auction Service: Regional auction house serving upstate New York with on-site estate and household auctions — directly comparable geographic and service overlap with Estate Sales by Colleen's Rochester/Finger Lakes footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Estate-Sales-By-Colleen-128139764451080

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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