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 60 - 70% 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 recommend pricing your items at 25-30%. Our Pricing Guide goes into more detail.
Yes, the Consignor ID you received when you registered is yours to use in each sale! The only time you would need to register for a new consignor ID is if you 1) have exceeded the item entry limit for your current ID and would like to sell more items, or 2) would like to participate with another Rhea Lana's franchise.
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 minimum.
We typically recommend to allow one hour per one hundred items for Consignor Drop Off.
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.
Yes, you may bring one guest with you.
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.
300 item limit per Consignor Number.
As always, we encourage you to bring your best items so that you sell a high percentage of your things. If you consign 300 great items and you have more great items, you may open an additional consignor number.
A consignor who brings 75 great items will do better than a consignor who brings 100 items that are poor quality and marked too high.
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. Your items WILL be guaranteed.
Option 2 - Let us print them for you free of charge. You'll pick them up (early label pick-up day) and label your items at home. Then bring your already labeled items back on Check In Days.
Option 3 - Print your barcode labels at home using a COLOR PRINTER on BEST print quality. Follow the directions CAREFULLY that appear after you enter your items. Label your items at home. Bring your labeled items on Check In Days.
For Fall/Winter Events we accept: Boy's & Girl’s clothing (All Clothing must be seasonally appropriate, clean and odor-free. Outdated clothing does not sell well.) We will take pants, jeans, long sleeve shirts, t-shirts, jackets, Fall/Winter shoes in excellent condition, boots, tennis shoes, dress shoes, cardigans, seasonally appropriate dresses, winter hats, winter coats, gloves, scarves, childrens costumes, Holiday (Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentines and St Patricks) outfits. *Please no spaghetti straps, sleeveless, swimwear, or flip-flops*
YES!! You will need to bring your pass to enter. You will also receive a guest pass you can give to a friend.
We suggest you set the price at 25-40% 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 to help.
My #1 pricing tip: Think "What would I pay for this?"
Yes, but you will need to sign up for a consignor ID for each event. Be VERY sure you enter your items for the correct sale.
Place them in a ziploc bag and then seal the ziploc with clear packing tape.
First, be sure to affix the barcode label to the string tag; do not stick it directly onto the item or the bag. Then attach the string tag to the item and tag inside the bag. Make sure the tag is visible.
We will provide large "ikea style" shopping bags for your convenience.
If it meets our "excellence quality" standards, then group it together with one or two more like items. Pin them together on a hanger, or group them in a ziploc bag and put one price for the entire group.
Wrinkled clothes do not sell as well! Please do what is necessary to make your clothes look clean and nice. Remember, the better they look, the better they sell!
Yes. Most of the furniture displayed in the Furniture Nook is sold in the first two days of our events. Message about bringing larger furniture items and read more about what items are not accepted before listing furniture for the sale.
We will NOT accept any cribs manufactured before Dec 31, 2013.
For cribs manufactured between Dec 31, 2010, and June 28, 2011, we can accept them if they have a certificate of compliance and have not been recalled.
For cribs manufactured after June 28, 2011, we can accept them if they have not been recalled.
