Pricing…

The best advice I have about pricing is to put aside your emotional attachment to your items & try to price items FAIRLY. Consider what you would be willing to pay for a similar item at a consignment sale. Also consider that most of our shoppers are very SAVVY, they shop sales & like to get a good deal!! Who doesn't?! Our current economy has retail shops offering deep discounts on new merchandise....so keep this in mind when pricing your quality "pre-washed" items. As a general rule, we have suggested pricing at 1/3 of retail. With the current environment you may consider a tad less than the general rule.

Nothing should be priced below $2. Put 2 or more items together to make a set in order to raise the value to $2 or more. Prices should be in whole or half dollars meaning $2, $2.50, $3, $3.50, and so on. Items priced below $2 or priced in odd increments will not be accepted.

The last day of the sale, is 50% off day. All items remaining will be sold for 1/2 of the printed price, UNLESS they have a red dot on their tag. When entering your items, selecting YES in the Discount field means to allow your items to sell at half. Selecting NO in the Discount field means that your tags will have a red dot on them & your item will not be sold at 50% off.

Note: If you are planning to donate your unsold items....DO NOT put red dots on your items and price your things on the lower end...it will be more lucrative to sell everything at a cheaper price than to only sell half of your items at a higher price.

Tagging...

Welcome to the wonderful world of electronic tagging! Once you have created your user account and registered as a consignor, you will be able to create and print your price tags using our easy, self-guided tagging system.

Some tips to remember when tagging....you may want to go ahead & create a few tags then come back and read this...it will make more sense then!

= Do NOT use all CAPS when entering descriptions on tags....this may cause you to overrun the tag borders and you will have to edit & reprint tags.

= Entering YES in the Discount field means it is OK to sell the item for 50% OFF. Entering YES in the Donate field means it is OK to donate the item at sale end.

= There are 2 Description fields on each tag. Type the NAME BRAND in the first field and description in the second field...EX: Gymboree ....in first field. Pink Dress w/Cardigan-worn once ....in second field. If your item is new with tags, point that out on the tag! Or if your item is a unique Boutique brand, you can type this on the tag with how much you paid originally....this might help justify a higher price AND educate a shopper who may not be familiar with the brand!

= Sort your items by GENDER, then SIZE before you sit down to enter them online. This will save you time when entering items. The system will "remember & pre-fill" your size and gender fields so you can save time and key strokes!

= Use the Edit Item key instead of the Delete Item key. Deleting an item also deletes that item number. When you have deleted item numbers it throws your item count out of whack! EX: the system automatically numbers your items for you (0001-0100)...that way you don't have to keep counting how many items you've entered. If you do delete an item, just remember to account for that in your item count!

Printing Your TAGS...

VERY IMPORTANT! Please read in entirety!

= Remember that your tags will have BARCODES printed on them. It is very important that you follow directions regarding print quality so our scanners will be able to read the barcodes on your items.

= Use only 60-67# Card Stock in light colors such as white, ivory, off-white or pale yellow. Bright colored paper does not allow enough contrast for the barcodes & therefore will not be accepted. No regular copier, fuzzy or patterned papers will be accepted. Regular copy paper is not thick enough to hold up against our crowd of shoppers!!

= Use an ink jet printer and be sure you have sufficient ink before you begin printing. Dot matrix printers will not print the barcodes well enough for the scanner to read them.

= Must use NORMAL or DRAFT print setting. Best quality setting is too dark and causes the barcodes to bleed. Test print one page of tags to make sure the barcodes are crisp and clear. You should be able to see white lines between the barcode. If lines bleed together, then reprint using a lower quality print.

= Once tags are printed, cut them apart & secure to items with safety pins or packing tape. DO NOT TAPE OVER BARCODES, the scanner cannot read barcodes that have tape over them. Pin tags where indicated on the tag...it says PIN HERE!

= TIP: Tags print 8 to a page. To conserve paper, be sure to print in increments of 8!

"We're PICKY..because YOU'RE Picky!"