Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee (GIMT) is one of 72 member Goodwills in the U.S. to offer merchandise for sale on shopgoodwill.com and is ranked as the third best selling e-commerce team in the country. To make it easy for shoppers to browse merchandise donated to our Goodwill and listed for sale, we have launched onlinegoodwill.com. This homepage takes shoppers directly to our Goodwill’s online listings, which tops more than 1,500 items including jewelry, books, art, musical instruments and other collectibles.
“Shoppers in our Goodwill stores have always enjoyed the thrill of the hunt, looking for unique and collectible finds which have been generously donated to support our mission. We believe that we have an obligation to obtain from those donations the maximum benefit for the people we are privileged to serve, and onlinegoodwill.com and shopgoodwill.com allow us to garner fair prices for collectibles and unique items,” says David Lifsey, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee.
Our Goodwill’s foray into Internet sales started in 2001 with three employees and the sale of 63 rare bobble head dolls. Today more than 25 employees work in e-commerce, furthering our mission of providing employment and training opportunities for people who have disabilities and others who have trouble finding and keeping jobs. It is expected that onlinegoodwill.com will account for more than $1 million in sales in 2009 for GIMT.
Recent sales on onlinegoodwill.com have included a rare bronze tiger which was part of a three-piece desk set issued by Tiffany® Studios between 1902 and 1932 and sold for $568. A 1903 first edition of Call of the Wild by Jack London sold for $582.03 in June and a bidder purchased a Marc Chagall hand-signed lithograph for $4,010. New items are listed daily, which makes the hunt as enjoyable online as it is when shopping our 32 stores throughout middle and west Tennessee.
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