how to consign

MAKE SURE BEFORE EVERY SALE YOU READ WHAT IS NEW ON THE CONSIGNOR LINK IT CHANGES FREQUENTLY

Prep

Gather

  1. Gather all items desired to sell in sale.  

  2. Please make sure items are season appropriate.

  3. Make sure all clothing items are in great condition! No stains, rips, holes, smells or piling.  

  4. Count pieces to puzzles, make sure toys work and have working batteries. Children are very good at helping with this.

  5. Wash any items that require washing. Clean toys. Put stuffed animals through the wash if able.

  6. Organize items into size/gender/type for your ease and organization. This helps for entering, tagging, and dropping off!

  7. Combine small items into zip lock bags if applicable.

Enter

  1. Enter items into the sales manager online.

  2. Login using consignor number and password.

  3. To navigate the sales manager and work with consigned inventory/enter items: Activities Menu>work with consigned inventory>Active Inventory

  4. Enter Items into sales manager first by selecting a category

  5. Choose Category/enter size/description (there are two lines for this)

  6. Price

  7. Quantity (only applies if there are more than one of the same exact item)

  8. Check to Discount or Donate. Submit.

  9. As you are entering descriptions, remember to use abbreviations like NWT (New With Tags) AND to make sure you include as much descriptive information as will fit.  If a tag becomes separated from an item, we use these descriptions to try and find the items and attach the tag.

  10. You can work with inventory, edit items, and various tasks on the active inventory page.

Tag

  1. There are options to print tags.

  2. Printing 10 tags at a time then tagging the  10 items helps when you are planning to add a lot of items to the sale.

  3. Print Tags (on white cardstock paper)

  4. Cut out tags

  5. Secure tags

  6. All items must be tagged at drop off and clothing on hangers. No exceptions.

  7. All tags must be crisp and clear with no fuzzy lines and printed with black ink on white card stock.

  8. Use some sort of indicator on your items if you are picking them up. This helps you and pour team find them better. A stamp, sticker, or ribbon helps a lot. Please also highlight if you are donating this too helps with sorting.

Drop Off

  1. Make sure you have chosen a drop off time when you register for the sale.

  2. If you would like a inventory list you are welcome to print one but we do not use them.  

  3. Once at the location check in with the team member at the table. You will need to inital a form that you brought what we accept. It is you responsibility to make sure your items are acceptable. If we find items not acceptable on the floor it will be removed and noted. If we continue to find unacceptable items you will be asked not to come back. We understand if items get in by mistake but we pride ourselves on quality.

  4. Once you are checked in you will proceed to the sales floor to put away your items by category/size/etc. We will have team members to help assist you. If items are put in the wrong place they will be moved during sorting to the right spot.

Tagging Supplies:

( Most you can get at the Dollar Store)

  1. Metal Hangers( Please take what we have during and at the sale since we save them for you.) Dry cleaners may have used hangers also. Looking on Facebook helps too. If you can only get plastic ones that is acceptable.

  2. Zip Ties

  3. Card Stock or Cover Stock (65lb or higher)

  4. Ziploc bags

  5. Packaging Tape

  6. Tagging Gun/Barbs or Safety Pins

Tagging Guidelines:

Clothing Items

  1. Make sure hanger opens to the left (like a question mark) See picture below

  2. Pants/Skirts must be pinned to the angled top part of the hanger

  3. Clothing items MUST BE hung in the hanger through the neck and arms.  No more than 2 items per hanger unless a multi-piece set. New items can remain on the original hanger. If you want to sell many shirts. Put them all on separate hangers and zip tie them together.

  4. Use large safety pins for heavier items. Do not fold pants over the hanger.

  5. Consider using zip ties to attach items when applicable.

  6. Since our venue is larger we have no limits for items.

  7. Consider a unique identifier on your hanger to make pickup of unsold items easier (ie: ribbon tied to top, unique tape around top)

  8. Tag must be either attached with a tagging gun (secure tag either through neck tag or right armpit of garment to avoid putting holes in the items ) or safety pinned to upper right of garment.  

  9. Outfits: Hang top piece on hanger with hook to the left. Flip over and attach second piece to the back. See picture below.

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Shoes

  1. All shoes must be zip tied together.  Tag should have tape on them, a hole punched and run through zip tie before closing

  2. Do not use a plastic bag for shoes unless you are unable to ziptie the shoes together.

  3. NO WET SHOES!  Make sure you clean them and give them time to dry.

Toys

  1. Make sure the item has MOST pieces. If you can not use the item without all the pieces please do not bring.

  2. Secure any loose items in a plastic bag.  Bag must be secured to toy with either a zip tie or packaging tape.  I suggest listing your consignor number and items number on the bag incase they become separated.

  3. Make sure all toys that require batteries, have batteries and work.  You can buy cheap batteries at the $1 store. There will be a $5 fee if we need to add working batteries.

Books

  1. Single books – secure tag to back cover.

  2. Bundles of books – place in Ziploc bag and seal, or secure with strong twine or present curling ribbon.  Secure tag to cover. Include a list of books, if the titles can not be read on the spine of the book.

Puzzles & Games

  1. Make sure all pieces are included.

  2. Tape sides of box to seal package shut.  Adhere tag to outside of package.

  3. If selling a board puzzle (without a box), put the puzzle in a Ziploc bag and seal shut.  If it’s large, you may need to use two bags. If you prefer to wrap the puzzle, put together on the board, in plastic wrap, make sure the wrap is tightly secured so no pieces fall out.

  4. Children are great at making sure everything is complete! Please do not bring unless you know it is complete.

Big Items  

  1. Big item claim tickets will be available at drop off.  When you get to the sale, you will fill out the big item claim ticket and put your bar-coded tag on the ticket.  

  2. A big item is considered anything large/bulky, over $20 or important to you. We keep track of these at the register.

Socks/Hats

  1. Secure socks in Ziploc bags and attach tag to outside. You can use a tagging gun on socks you want to see better.

  2. If selling a single hat, attach tag to item with safety pin or tagging gun.

  3. Tags can be secured to the item or secured to the outside of a bag. Just make sure the tag is secure and will not come off the item.

This is a guideline to best practice. Placing as piece of clear tape over any safety pins also helps them not fall off items. We are here for you every step of the way and are always there to help guide at drop off!