Preparing Your Items
Pricing tips:
Pricing tips:
- Ask yourself: would I buy these items at the price I am asking?
- Usually consignors use the rule of thumb "do not price more than 50% of what it was purchased for."
- Keep in mind the age and condition of the item.
- Iron
- Zip-loc bags
- Clear packaging tape
- White card stock (#60-67)
- Silver safety pins
- Zip ties
- Wire hangers
- Tagging gun (optional)
- ALL clothing must be on wire hangers. This is for protection of the items and space on the racks. If your clothing is on plastic hangers when you check-in, you will be asked to rehang it all on wire hangers. You can get them for free from dry cleaners or purchase them from Wal-Mart or Dollar General.
- Clothing should be attached to the hanger in a secure fashion. You do not want your items slipping all over the place on the hanger - it is more likely to fall and get overlooked.
- The hook of the hanger should face toward the right shoulder of the item. (The hook will appear left when you look at it laying flat and face up - like a question mark.) ?
- All tags must be printed on card stock (#60-67). No plain paper tags will be accepted. The cheapest place to buy this is loose leaf from staples or office depot.
- The tag should be pinned with a silvertone safety pin on the left shoulder of the item. (The tag will appear right when you look at it laying flat and face up.) Do not use small gold safety pins or straight pins. You may also use a tagging gun, like they use in traditional stores. Some sellers use these when they have a high volume of clothes to sell. It needs to be positioned in the same area (left shoulder).
- If your tags are pinned incorrectly, we will ask you to re-pin them, so that they will show properly when hanging on the racks.
- Pins should be placed above the dotted line on the printed tag.
- If the item has multiple pieces, pin them all together so they do not become separated.
- Pants on a paper-covered hanger will slide less and look neater, helping them to be seen better.
- Many dry cleaners will give you hangers, or you can purchase light-weight wire hangers from Wal-Mart, Dollar General, etc.
- Toys with small parts should be placed in a ziploc bag, with the bag securely taped with clear packing tape. Please do not put tape over the bar code.
- If small parts go with a larger item, please secure the bag to the larger item with packing tape.
- Shoes should be placed in a ziploc bag with the tag taped to the outside of the bag. Please do not put tape on the barcode.
- You may want to attach the shoes to each other with zip ties to ensure they stay together in case the bag is opened during the sale by a shopper.