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Bundling Items for Consignment Sales
Bundling: putting items together to sell as a set. Bundles are of same or similar items, or same size and/or brand of clothing itemsSuccessful consignors know that bundling can boost their sell thru rate because adding value helps things to sell. Do you want to buy...
Transitioning Closets from Fall/Winter to Spring/Summer
Well ladies and gents, that pesky groundhog made his prediction, the flowers from Valentine’s Day have faded, the days are brighter and longer, and Easter Candy has hit the stores. Spring is almost here in Western PA. With the Spring Sunflower Sprouts sale ready to...
Let’s Talk About Safety Pins
Where can you find the most safety pins at one time in one place? A children’s consignment sale of course! Safety Pins are your friend to help make sure your items sell great! Just like hangers (see previous blog on the subject of hangers), a safety pin is a much...
Toddlers and Kids: 5T – size 20
Consigning Queens Listen Up! This is going to be one of those helpful articles that answers some of your tagging and sizing questions and consequently will help your items get placed in the correct sizing sections for the easiest shopping experience. Easier shopping =...
Let’s Talk About Hangers
Do I have to buy them?Do they have to be plastic or can I use wire?Should I mark them with colored tape?Hangers are your friends in consignment! Let’s face it, when your items hang neatly, they sell better. So, let’s talk about them.First and most important: when you...
Is there a difference between 24 month and 2T clothes?
This is going to be one of those helpful articles that answers some of your tagging and sizing questions and consequently will help your items get placed in the correct sizing sections for the easiest shopping experience. Easier shopping = more of your items sold and...
Infants: Clothes size 0-24 months
*Consigning Queens Listen Up! This is going to be one of those helpful articles that answers some of your tagging and sizing questions about your infant clothes and consequently will help your items get placed in the correct sizing sections for the easiest shopping...
What sold and what didn’t – Fall 2022 Edition
As consignors gain experience, they use it to help their items sell better and at better prices during consignment sales. Learning how to package items in nice bundles, learning how to clean items to look their best, and learning what items sell best can all help...
5 mistakes 1st time consignors make
You’ve signed up to consign at your local children’s consignment sale. For some, that decision was easy, “Heck yes, let’s clear the clutter and make some money!” For others, you eased into the consignment waters slowly, taking your time and talking to friends about...
How to pick a consignment sale
Consignment Sales are gaining in popularity and we put together a list of reasons that explains WHY in our previous blog. Check that out here: I can tell you are ready to run and register to consign at a sale right now! Now comes the second part of your daily dose of...
Why Should I Sell At A Consignment Sale and How To Pick One?
Consignment Sales are gaining in popularity like all things pumpkin flavored in the fall. It’s safe to say that consigning items that your family has outgrown or no longer has a use for has become hugely popular and is here to stay. There’s good reason for this as...
Make Room For All The New Toys!
Who wants a clean organized house? Me! Me! Who can picture the explosion of wrapping paper, boxes and new toys that will take over your house in the next two weeks? Also, me. To balance these two scenarios, all moms and dads need a master plan, one that is easy to...
I Want To Maximize My Consignor Paycheck! Tell Me How!
You may be a seasoned consignor with several sales under your belt, or this may be your first time consigning with a children’s consignment sale, but your goals all align with the stars spelling out “let’s make more money” in the sky! I’ve been consigning and selling...
Transitioning your kids closets from Summer to Fall
Well ladies and gents, fall has officially hit the calendar and Western Pennsylvania like a wrecking ball. It’s like Mother Nature rubbed her eyes, looked at her planner and was like “holy heck, no time to transition, summer must go NOW”. So long to the days of...
Consignment Sale Shopping Tips 6 – 10
Hello Friends! This conversation today will pick up where we left off in our shopping tips, hints and recommendations from last time. We were all prepared to shop at the sale, luggage packed for the train station, and now we have ARRIVED at the venue. Woot Woot! Let’s...
Consignment Sale Shopping Tips 1 – 5 | All Aboard!
The dates are circled on your calendar. In red. The excitement builds for the deals you might find. You question where you should head to first, what’s most important to find. Here’s a special guide from a shopping pro to guide your consignment sale adventure. Ready?...
Springtime Consignment Sale Finds!
It’s Spring! It’s Consignment Sale Shopping Time! Yay! It’s the time of year here in the Northeast to start to get out of the house and blow the dust and cobwebs off the stroller seats, wagons and bikes that haul our kids to the park, playground and around the block....