When preparing your items for sale, please be mindful of the condition that you would want to find that same item in, if you were considering purchasing it.

• If your clothing items have been stored in boxes for some time, perhaps running them through a cool dryer with a damp sock would remove the wrinkles and make them more sellable.  Downy Wrinkle Releaser spray is another good option.
• Sneakers that are still in good shape, but have some scuffs clean up nicely with a Magic Eraser sponge.  Try cutting one sponge into smaller pieces to get the most use out of it.
• Wipe down toys with baby wipes or antibacterial wipes, and if necessary a quick wipe with a Q-tip helps get dirt out of small places.
• Place any items you are grouping together into a ziplock bag and tape it shut.  Tape your tag to the outside of the bag.

All of these tips will help you make your items more appealing to buyers.  Better kept items will sell first, instead of being left to sell on half price day.

Tagging

Follow these simple instructions for tagging all of your items.  All tags will include barcodes and will be generated through our online tagging system.  Supplies needed for tagging are:

• white card stock- please do not print your tags on regular printer paper, they need to be on heavy card stock so they will last through the whole sale. Card stock is readily available at WalMart, Target, or office supply stores. DO NOT PRINT ON TEXTURED CARD STOCK – IT MUST BE SMOOTH FOR THE SCANNERS TO READ IT.
  
• scissors
• clear packing tape
• safety pins (please no straight pins)
• hangers
• ziplock bags (depending on what you are selling)
• hole puncher
• cable ties (AKA zip ties)
  

Tagging will go quicker if you prepare a quick list of your items along with their size and price you would like to sell them for.  You will need to log in to your Consignor Homepage with your consignor number and password before you can begin entering your items.  Once logged on you may go to “work with consigned inventory” to enter your items.  We find this system to be much quicker than hand writing every tag, and will allow you at the end of each sale day to log in and see what you have sold.

• Hang all clothing with the hanger facing like a question mark.  Do not hang pants over a hanger, instead, pin them to the top, upside down “V” part of the hanger.  For two piece outfits pin the pants to the hanger first, then put the shirt over the hanger.
  
• Punch a hole in the top center of the tag and pin it to the upper left chest area of shirts, and to the left waist area of pants (if the item is facing you the tags go on the right side).
  
• Secure your tags to toys with clear packing tape.  Make sure all removable parts of the toys are securely taped on so little hands won’t separate them.
  
• For tags on shoes, it helps to put a small piece of packing tape in the area where you will punch your hole and then punch through the tape.  This will keep the tag from being broken off.
• Please do not use packing tape on books, or anything else that will be ruined when it is removed.  Use scotch tape instead and leave one corner un-taped so we may remove it.
  
• Please don’t ever tape over the barcode.

The pictures can be clicked 2 times to enlarge them. The first enlargement will have a description of how to hang that item.

Pricing Guidelines

While the prices you set for your items are completely at your discretion, here are a few tips to help get all of your items sold.

• We recommend 25-30% of retail on most items.  Boutique and designer names may be priced higher, as well as items still with tags.
• Remember, getting a few dollars for a shirt is still better than getting nothing for it, especially when you’ve got a lot of them!
• It is very important to use the item description field to list the brand name of your item. This is very helpful in enabling us to replace a missing tag during the sale, and getting you paid for your item.
  
• Price to sell!!  Your items will sell on full price days if they are reasonably priced, instead of being left to sell on 1/2 price day. If you do plan on allowing your items to go 1/2 price on Sunday, consider perhaps lowering your full price, even just by a dollar, to make it a great deal at full price.
  
• Let your items go 1/2 price on Sunday.  It’s better to take home 1/2 price than to have to take back items to the closets you just cleaned out!! The goal, of course, is to sell your items on full price days, so again… price to sell!!
  

Now What?

So, you’ve cleaned out the closets, sorted, organized, tagged, and basked in the glory of your accomplishment, right? Well, now just sit back and wait until the set-up days.  On set-up day…

• Come check in first.  Here you’ll get your consignor pre-sale pass.
• Bring us a signed copy of your consignor agreement as well as car seat checklists for any seats you may be consigning.
• Bring us an empty plastic storage tub (or leave one on your way out) for any unsold items you plan to pick up.  If donating everything unsold, no box is necessary.
• Place all of your items around the sales floor.  This really shouldn’t take long, there are specific places for everything and we will be there to show you the way.  Sort all clothes by size/gender before you arrive and placement will go quickly.
• Go home, chill, and get ready for the consignor pre-sale!

We can’t wait to see you there!!