Consignor FAQs
Anyone can consign their items and everyone is welcome! Consigning items with Rhea Lana’s offers you the ability earn more than what a consignment store can offer, it’s less work than conducting your own garage sale and a hassle/haggle free way from selling items online.
It’s easy! Simply register to consign on our website. Be sure to thoroughly read the Acceptable Items, Merchandise Prep, and Pricing Guide tabs.
Consignors earn 70-80% of their sales.
The consignor fee is automatically deducted from your proceeds.
Consignors enjoy the experience when they allow themselves enough time to get all their items prepared and entered without feeling rushed. Organizing your items by gender and size will allow for easy entering and a quick drop off. Using our Voice Entry feature is a HUGE time saver for consignors as it allows you to enter 100 items in just 30 minutes. Consider printing your barcode labels at home to expedite consignor drop off.
Please visit our Consignor Schedule to view the consignor deadline.
Wal-Mart, office supply stores, and the Rhea Lana store
You will drop your items off at the event location during the designated Drop Off days/times.
We will have your barcode labels printed for you at Consignor Drop Off unless you choose to print them at home. You may also take advantage of one of our Early Barcode pick up days/times which allows you to pick up the printed barcodes from us and affix the labels at home.
We recommend pricing your items at 25-30%. Our Pricing Guide goes into more detail.
Yes! You’ll need to have a separate consignor number for each event.
We require plastic hangers for all items. We care about your items and plastic hangers ensure your items are protected and look great on the rack. Retail plastic hangers are acceptable!
Your hangers stay on the items and go home with the shopper. However, any items you purchase will include the hanger. If this is your first time consigning we suggest marking your items 25-50 cents higher to help re-coop your initial investment.
You’ll need to bundle items to reach the required $3.00 value minimum.
We typically recommend to allow one hour per one hundred items for Consignor Drop Off.
Your Check and Sales Report are available on Consignor Pick Up day!
The Voice Item Entry allows you to enter your items by voice description with a mobile device. It’s a game changer for consignors as they can enter 100 items in as little as 30 minutes.
Yes! Our consignors can watch their sales live from the website or the Rhea Lana App.
Consignors are not required to volunteer, but we certainly encourage you to join our team as a volunteer! Volunteers shop first and score the best deals!
It’s much less work than conducting your own garage sale and certainly safer and much easier than meeting strangers and selling items one at a time online.
We frequently sell 95% of our baby equipment, furniture, and toys! This includes outdoor toys! They are in high demand and you can earn top dollar for them at Rhea Lana’s!
We encourage you to write the number that corresponds with your item entry on the tag. This will help you keep your items in order during the consignor process. There is no need to write any other information on the tag.
We require all items either come assembled or are assembled at consignor drop off.
The inventory sheet is printable once you click ‘Finish Batch’, it is a print out of each item you’ve entered into the event and is required at consignor drop off in order for us to guarantee your items.
No, we will have everything neatly sorted for you by your consignor number.
If you are unable to pick up your own items you are allowed to notify us with whom has permission to pick up on your behalf. Please note, our guarantee is void for items when anyone other than the consignor picks up unsold items. Any items left past the designated pick up time will be given to donations as we are unable to hold any items in our rented space.
Our donated items go to local foster families and non-profit organizations in the community.
Your word is our best advertisement and it can make you more money on what you sell! If 2 new consignors give us your name as the person who referred them, you will earn an additional 5% of your sales for that event. If 3 new consignors give us your name as the person who referred them, you will earn an additional 10% of your sales for that event! Referrals must consign and drop-off their items to be counted as a "consignor".
It's that simple, so be sure to share our Facebook page, website, and information to your friends, family, school, daycare, church, little league, and playgroups (etc.)!
NEW THIS SPRING traditional consignors can earn 75% of their sales if they volunteer to help with 1 shift at the event! To sign up, simply go to the "Volunteer" link at the top of this page, select "Register to Volunteer" and look for an available "Sort Shift" on the list.
Yes. Our consignor fee is $8 and is automatically deducted from your sales total. This fee will be waived for those who to help with our "Sort Shift". To sign up, simply go to the "Volunteer" link at the top of this page, select "Register to Volunteer" and look for an available "Sort Shift" on the list.
Let our VIP Consignor program help! We will hang, tag, price and transport your items to our event and you'll earn 50% of your sales and a pass to shop early at our Pre-Sale! Remember: You can bump this up to earning 60-70% through our consignor referral incentive.
We will price things so you will make as much money as possible. We have a lot of shoppers who come to buy only half-off items on our final sale days, so will strongly suggest you choose to let your items go half-price.
We'll also need to know if you want to donate your unsold items OR if you will be picking them up at the end of the event. If you choose not to come to Consignor Pick-Up day, we will happily mail your check to you within a few days!
Your consignment experience can be as simple as dropping off your gently used items, telling us your pricing/donation desires, and having a check mailed to you!
Yes, you may enter additional batches until midnight before the last Check-In day. Consignors are charged the consignor fee of $8 only one time, regardless of how many batches he/she has.
We suggest you set the price at 30% of the retail value. Baby Equipment, Furniture and Large Indoor/Outdoor Toys usually sell for more and are in high demand. We have an abundance of 0-6 month sizes, so they must be priced competitively in order to sell. Maternity and Junior clothing are not shopped as heavily, so price these competitively, also. You can use our Pricing Points Guide.
We do not accept wire hangers. We have found that clothes do not stay on wire hangers as well as plastic hangers. Wire hangers also tend to become more tangled into each other than their plastic counterparts.
Avery White Marking Tags Strung, 1.75 x 1.093-Inches. These tags can be found online or in stores. Your local Wal-Mart may also carry them.
Here are some links:
Wal-Mart - 100 Pack
Amazon - 1000 Pack
For more detailed information, simply click the "Consign" link at the top of this page, then select the "Sign Up To Consign"" option.
Option 1 - Let us print them for you free of charge. You'll pick them up and label your items at the store on one of the Drop-Off Days. (This is most popular.)
Option 2 - Let us print them for you free of charge. You'll pick them up (on our set up day) and label your items at home. Then bring your already labeled items on Check-In Days. You will need to sign a Release of Guarantee form.
Option 3 - Print your barcode labels at home using a COLOR PRINTER. Ensuring that ink is full, color, and printed correctly is exceptionally important for this option. Follow the directions CAREFULLY that appear after you enter your items. Label your items at home. Bring your labelled items on Check In Days. You will need to sign a Release of Guarantee form.
We accept seasonally appropriate clothing.
For the Spring events, we accept Spring/Summer clothing such as shorts, sandals, flip flops, Easter dresses, sun shirts, swim suits, tank tops, and other hot weather acceptable items.
For our Fall events, we accept Fall/Winter clothing such as jackets, long sleeve shirts, school uniforms, hoodies, sweaters, Halloween costumes (children sizes only, please), Christmas outfits, winter boots, and other cold weather items.
Our events are children and family focused. We welcome books such as board books, easy readers, elementary, young adult, children/young adult fantasy or series, school required reading, pregnancy/maternity, cooking, parenting, and homeschooling to name a few!
We do not accept adult romance, erotica, and adult horror.
We will have videos COMING SOON! In the meantime, simply click the "Consign" link at the top of this page and select "Merchandise Prep" for answers to prep questions!
You will want to remember 3 important pieces of information to write on ziplock bags and masking tape (you'll see this all throughout the "Merchandise Prep" page):
For more detailed description on hanging and tagging of clothes, click on "Consign" at the top of this page, then select "Sign Up To Consign".
Yes! Let us help you reach your target market - families with children. We have Vendor Booths available at our events. For the application and agreement, e-mail haven@rhealana.com or message us on Facebook!
