[TAGGING]

We like tagging to be easy for our consignors.  We also want to make our systems as efficient as possible.  To make tagging more flexible, instead of using a complete online system, we now are using a “hybrid” system where barcodes are made and then printed on labels to coincide with a specific price and your number.  Barcodes are then affixed to your tags.

Barcoding is good for you as a Consignor for the following reasons:  Increased accuracy at checkout (no worries about your handwriting!), increased accuracy at Data Entry (no room for even the smallest of human error), potentially quicker checks with less to reconcile post sale.

Tags should be printed/copied on standard white copy paper (the cheap stuff is fine!)   [Currently, we are using Template Version 3 (new Spring 2012).  If you have old tags, we will “grandfather” them through the Spring 2012 sale.]

Barcodes are printed by logging in to our online registration site.  

It’s easy peasy lemon squeezy. Read all about the barcoding system as well as all of the ins and outs of tagging in our new Tagging Guidelines.

[PRICING]

• The more you sell, the more money you make! While you should price your items for what they are worth, price to sell!
• As a guideline, we suggest you price an item at 25%-30% of what you purchased it for if it is still in Very Good resalable condition.
• During the Half-Price sale, ALL items will be sold at half-price. We do not offer a “no discount option” except for items over $75- see below.
• All clothing and accessory items must be priced at a MINIMUM of $2. You may group (securely please!) smaller items together. Prices should be in whole dollar amounts ONLY (no cents).  Parenting/Pregnancy books can also be priced at this minimum.
• All Toys (including children’s books) should be priced at a minimum of $5. Please group (securely please!) lesser-valued items together.
• Items MUST be properly tagged following the tagging guidelines.
• Have an item that you are pricing for $75 or more? Items that are $75 or more are eligible to have a NON-HALF-PRICE tag.  The tag must be green (either printed on green paper or colored with a green highlighter).  you may print the tag template on GREEN PAPER.  Please also indicate on the tag “Not Half-Price“. Remember, though, that most of our shoppers at the half-price sale are return shoppers looking for a good deal. If your item is unsold by the half-price sale, your item will most likely not sell – so price it to move!

[LINKS]

TAGGING GUIDELINES (new Spring 2012)
TAGGING TEMPLATE (new Spring 2012)
Where to buy Labels CHEAP (new Spring 2012) – equivalent to AVERY 5160 (Can’t afford to order labels?  We are offering up to 5 sheets of labels per consignor free, pick-up on Madison’s East Side only.  Contact us for more information!)