Preparing & Tagging Your Items
Make sure everything is clean and working with no missing pieces, no stains nor rips. We will be checking the items as you bring them in. Biz and Lestoil work great on most stains.
Step 1. Sign in using your consignor number and password.
You can add a few items each day or all of your items at once. The online tagging system will save the information for when you are ready to print out and tag your items.
Select the first option Work with my Consigned Items.
Enter information for item.
Click Submit
Note: All items must be entered into the online tagging system by 11:59 PM on Monday, March 5, 2012. The system will be shut down after that time and no more items will be able to be entered.
Category:
Please select the correct category from the drop down menu. This information is used to determine how many tables and clothing racks will be needed for the sale.
Size: (This is new!)
Please put the correct clothing size on the tag. Do not enter a different size in the system to accommodate if that brand of clothing runs big or small. For children's clothing, please equate Small, Med, Large, X-Large sizes into an appropriate number size.
Small, Med, Large, X-Large, XX-Large should only be used for maternity clothing.
Size Catergories: Preemie, Newborn, 0-12 months (should include 0-3;0-6;0-12 month sizes), 3 months, 3-6 months, 6 months (should include 6-12 months), 6-9 months, 9 months, 9-12 months, 12 months, 12-18 months, 18 months, 18-24 months, 24 months.
Brief Description:
Type out a very brief description of the item. (pink dress) You may want to add the original price if you think that may help show the buyer how great of a deal they will be getting.
Price:
Minimum price for each item must be $2 to make it worth your time to prepare. Bunch items together if individually they can't be priced for $2 or more.
Example: bag 4 books together or a small bag of baby bibs to set price at $2.
Discount:
Sunday is the 50% off sale day. Indicate, using the check box, if you would like to discount your item. If you choose to have your item discounted to 50% of the price, nothing will show over the price printed on the tag. If you choose not to have your item reduced it will show "No Discount" over the price printed on the tag. If you choose not to discount your items, they will still be available on Saturday night and Sunday for purchase at the original price assigned.
Donate:
Unsold items may be donated at the end of the sale or returned to you. Indicate, using the check box, if you would like to donate your item. If you choose to donate your item, the word "Donate" will be printed on the tag so that we will know to donate your item. If you choose not to donate your items, all unsold items must be picked up by the pick up time stated in the consignor agreement or they will be donated.
Example of a printed tag:
This tag prints 10 tags per page. You can leave the white margins on when cutting your tags so that you only need to make one vertical cut.
Step 2. Print & Tag Your Items
To speed up the tagging process, you can buy yourself a tagging gun with 1000 barbs for $6.50 (includes shipping) at www.bargainprice4u.com
These are some of the supplies you will need to tag your items:
- Wire hangers for all clothing (even baby onesies)
- White or cream card stock paper 60 - 67 lb. ONLY (NO Textured paper and NO regular PAPER - it will rip easily) - White or cream , 60-67 lb, card stock paper is available at Staples.
- Safety pins (NO straight pins) or a tagging gun
- Use clear packing tape only for attaching tags to toys and books
- Large zip lock bags to secure small toy pieces or accessories
- String or zip ties to attach to shoes or toys
Gather together all supplies, along with all of your items when you are ready to begin tagging.
Clothing
Place all items of clothing on WIRE HANGERS with the hook facing so it looks like a
question mark. Put accessories in a Ziploc bag and pin them to the hanger.
For pants and skirts, use two safety pins and put a pin in each end of the waist band then pin the article of clothing to the angled sides of the hanger. If you put one pin on each angled side, the article of clothing will lie flat and not move around / fall off the hanger. If you are making an outfit, you can use the same hanger to hang the top.
You can purchase 100 wire hangers for $5 from Sea Breeze Cleaners in Middletown. Their contact information is 1040 New Jersey 35, NJ 07748-2604. (732) 671-2550
Attach your tag to the size tag or size tag area of the piece of clothing with a safety pin or tagging gun. If you are using a tagging gun, make sure you put the gun through the size tag.
Toys, Books, Videos, Furniture
Attach the tag to the item using only clear packing tape or a zip tie if applicable. If a toy or item contains small pieces, please place all small pieces into a zip lock bag and use clear packing tape to tape the bag to the main part of the toy. Please do not cover the barcode on the tag.
Do not put packing tape over the barcode on the tag. Please tape over top third of tag.
After you are finished tagging your items, sort the clothes by gender and size. This will allow you to get in and out quickly on drop off day!
Quick Hints & Tips:
Sort all of your clothing by size and gender before you start entering information into the system. The database keeps most of the information in the boxes after you enter an item so you'll only need to change a few boxes if you already have the gender and size filled in.
If you have a lot of clothing that is the same size / gender and you want to price all of the items the same way, you can type in the information for a tag and type 25 in the quantity box.
When pricing your items, remember that you are competing with 275 other consignors and their prices. Ask yourself what you would pay for your item.
The consignors who make the most at EVERY sale are the ones who price their items a little lower but sell almost all of their items. Think volume.
The maximum number of items that you are allowed to consign at one sale is 325. Please pick your best 325 items.
