Price & Tag

Make sure DVDs are in the case (Don’t seal the case). Put all pieces for toys into a seal top bag and attach to the toy with a zip tie.  If you are doing book bundles – bundle like books together by type (board, early reader) or age, or reading level. We recommend string or ribbon to bundle your books. Books bundled in resealable bags don’t sell as well. Clean off your baby equipment and wash the pads if necessary. If you have specific questions about preparing/packaging an item, we suggest you ask in the Seller Support group on Facebook or email us!

Bundling is putting items together to sell as a group.  Same or similar items.  Same size items.  Items that just go together. We recommend bundling smaller items in resealable bags and taping them shut. Remember we have curious, little shoppers with little fingers at our sale. Bundling is optional.

DO:

• Bundle 5 infant onesies together in a bag and tape shut
• Bundle same size/type of socks together in a bag and tape shut
• Bundle the same size of clothing items (up to size 4T) to make an outfit.
• Bundle same Brand Name and size into an outfit
• Bundle Bottles of same brand together
• Bundle a bag of bath toys together in a bag and tape shut
• Bundle bags of small toys or miscellaneous toys together for our “Grab ‘N Go” section, tape shut
• Bundle Bibs together by Gender or Holiday or color in a bag and tape shut
• Bundle Birthday Party items of similar themes into a bag and tape shut
• Bundle books by Reading level or Author
• Bundle Children’s Jewelry or Hairbows in bag and tape shut

DON’T:

• Do not bundle different sizes together
• Do not bundle a stained item (like a onesie) into the middle of a bundle hoping that people won’t see the stain. The whole tag will get rejected.
• Do not bundle items into outfits in larger clothing sizes (5T and above). You limit your chance to sell if a child is not the same size on top and bottom when they get older and outfits don’t sell as well in bigger sizes.
• Do not bundle extra random pieces or broken items.

We recommend you bundle no more than 3 clothing items together (three shirts, three pants, shirt/pants/sweater). Any more than this gets heavy for the hanger and doesn’t sell as well. 

We recommend when bundling your books you use string or ribbon and NOT a resealable bag. Books in bags don’t sell as well.

Read through Bundling Items for Consignment Sales for helpful hints and rules.

Log into the tagging system using your consignor number and password.  Go to My Homepage – then Menu – then Work With Consigned Inventory.  This takes you to our pricing module.  Using the drop down boxes, select a category and size for each item.

First, we suggest you ask yourself, “What would I reasonably pay for this item?” Start there! If you’re still unsure…

 We recommend you ask a friend what they would pay for the item. They will normally give you a fair price because they’re not emotionally attached to the item. If you’re still unsure…

Look up the item on amazon and multiply the cost by 0.30. Charge more for items that are new with tags, excellent condition, rare items, items that are new in box (with manufacture seal intact), and fancy stuff. Charge less for infant and play clothes, older toys, and maternity clothes. 

Pricing is typically 20-40% of what you originally paid for the item.  Clothing generally sells from $2 -$15 per item with $15 being reserved for Nike or Under Armour items. You can get more for boutique items.  We will always tell you to not let an emotional attachment to an item cloud your pricing judgment.

We have a $2 minimum price for each item entered so if you wouldn’t pay $2, then bundle with a like item or don’t sell it.

The half price box means that your item will be discounted by 50% if it hasn’t sold during the first days of the sale.  We HIGHLY Recommend selecting this box to give your item the best chance to sell.  The donate box means that if this item does not sell at the end of the sale – you will be donating this item to one of our partnered charities.  We also HIGHLY recommend this option as you will be helping local families in need!

When you mark an item “to donate”, it automatically discounts the item. 

Once you have entered some or all of your tagging information, (you can print as needed) you are ready to print your tags. You will do this through your main menu. 10 tags print on one page of WHITE CARDSTOCK, which you will then cut out to attach to your items. Colored and shiny cardstock doesn’t scan at the register.

When you print your tags, look them over! Are the barcode lines straight and clear? Make sure your ink is not running low and /or the entire tag is faded or unable to read.

Important to note: If you change or edit a tag, you MUST reprint it.  We will not accept hand edited tags at the register.

• When attaching a tag to a book or game, we suggest covering the original barcode when applicable. 
• When attaching a tag to a bag of items, we recommend you put it on the BACK so you don’t block the customer’s view of the item in the bag.
• When you hang clothes on the hanger, make sure your hanger looks like a question mark when you are looking at the front of the item! 

• Use children hangers for sizes newborn-5T and use adult hangers for sizes 6T and above.

• Plastic and wire hangers are acceptable!
• Using a 1.5 in or 2 in safety pin, attach the tag on the LEFT lapel. This is where your hand should lay when you say the Pledge of Allegiance. This makes it easy for customers to see the tag quickly when shopping the racks!
• Tagging guns will damage the left lapel of a shirt! If you’re using a tagging gun with a shirt, attach it to the original size tag in the center along the neck or in the armpit of the shirt.
• Try not to attach a tag with a zip tie.  Use zip ties to attach shoes together and attach the tag with a safety pin.
• Use zip ties to attach accessories to a piece of baby equipment or toys.

Get a Claim tag –  At drop off, you will want to get a pink claim tag for large items – (not easily moved around the floor), or expensive items.  A claim tag allows people to take the bottom half to go through check out with, while leaving the large item on the sales floor to pick up after paying.

Include Accessories if it came with it.  Items that sell better with their accessories include doll houses, kitchens, train tables. Ask for help for ideas on how to keep these items together! 

If you have purchased or received an item that is New in Box (NIB) and have never used it and the manufacture seal is broke YOU MUST TAKE IT OUT AND ASSEMBLE IT. This is important for baby equipment and larger items. It is helpful to go online and print out a picture of the item along with the retail price to tape to the box showing what is inside.

People want to see that all pieces are there and that it works. That’s why we have you put together your cribs, toddler beds, pack ‘n plays, bouncy houses, play houses, etc. If they are going to spend a higher amount of money on something, they want to see it completely first.

Don’t want to type in all of your tagging information??– there is a mobile friendly voice entry option that lots of our consignors love. Just try it! You have nothing to lose! The directions are online in your back office. You speak in the options from the tagging menu for quick and easy tagging. Give it a try as it can save you a ton of time!

Pittsburgh consignors have the option to give their items a Second Chance to sell in Erie!  Anything marked to “DONATE” and is unsold at the end of the Pittsburgh sale, will be pulled to go on the truck to Erie.  Four more days to sell your items!  It’s free to participate!  To take advantage of  this option – basically if you are donating anything at the end of the sale – you MUST fill out the online form prior to the sale so that we know to register you for Erie and turn your tags on.  If you fail to do this step, you won’t get paid for any items that sell in Erie. 

THIS IS THE FORM

There will again be no registration fee for Pittsburgh consignors to give their items a second chance in Erie. (Yay it’s Free!) 

New: There will be a 5% transportation fee on all SOLD items.  This amounts to $1 on every $20 in sales and pays for the transport of your items to Erie, and the staff hours for placing your items on the sales floor.  If you sell $100 worth of items in Erie, we will deduct $5 from your paycheck for this.  Let’s all agree this is a very nominal fee for the service.  There is no transportation fee on unsold and donated items leftover at the Erie sale.

For all Pittsburgh consignors, you must decide if you are sending any single, multiple, or all items to Erie by designating it to be Donated on your item tag.  You must decide by the last day to enter a tag.  It is the tags that let us know what items are headed to the truck to Erie.  You can not change your mind on pick up day and ask for your leftover items that have already been sorted into your consignor number to go to Erie.  If you fail to pick up your items, they become the property of Sunflower Sprouts at 7:00 p.m. on pick up day.

You do not have to retag any unsold items from our previous sales unless you edit the tag. You DO, however, have to make this older inventory ACTIVE in the system.

To make inactive items active follow these steps:

• Log into your account
• Select Work with Consigned Inventory
• Select Work with Inactive Inventory – this then lets you select the specific inventory from the past sale that you plan to bring to the upcoming sale. Click the box in front of the item number to select the item.
• Click the “Make Items Active” button at the top of the screen.
• We appreciate you taking the time to keep your active inventory current. If you’ve gotten rid of past items, you can also delete them in the same manner.

When one sale is complete, you will not have access to that sales inventory until proceeds have been processed. You must always wait for an email saying “OK to transfer“ before you will be able to move your inventory from the sale that just finished to another sale location. 

Transfer inventory OUT:

1. Log into the first account and click “work with consign inventory“ 
2. Click “move inventory out“ 
3. Select the affiliated sale you’d like to move your inventory to 
4. Enter the consignor number and password AT THE AFFILIATED SALE 
5. Click “select all“ to move all the inventory 
6. Re-enter the password AT THE AFFILIATED SALE
7. At the bottom of the page click “submit“ (do not click this multiple times)
8. You will receive a batch number for reference when it is successfully moved OUT
9. Close all windows until you are back at www.Pitt.sunflowersprouts.org

Accept inventory IN:

1. First, make sure both active and inactive inventory are EMPTY before following the steps 
2. Log into the sale locations account in which you are wanting to receive inventory
3. Click “work with consign inventory”
4. Click “receive inventory IN”
5. You should see a list of batches available to be received. Select the batch and click “submit“
6. Your inventory will now appear in that sales location account

Do you need to re-tag? 

Because we are an inventory system, the item ID and barcode in information are VERY important 

• If you transfer incorrectly the item ID in your account may be different than either ID on the barcode tag. If there is a discrepancy, we sell it for WHAT IS ON THE TAG. Be sure to check your item IDs if there is a discrepancy, you will need to re-print those tags. 
• If you want to discount an item that already had a tag on it, you MUST change it in your account and then print a new tag. The discount is imbedded in the barcode. Therefore, you cannot add your “red dot“ to the tag. It will not scan correctly!!! 
• If you see problems with your sold item report when the event is in progress, it is due to incorrectly transferring inventory. (item numbers are not matching up, blank description field, etc.)

We have a new section we are calling Grab ‘N Go.  Everything in this section is in a sealed zip top bag.  Nothing is priced over $5.  This is bundling of like items at its finest.  This helps us keep our toy tables clear of small $2 items.

Examples:  Bag of McDonald’s toys for $2, Gallon bag of bouncy balls, bag of bath toys (no mold!), Bag of little farm animals, Bag of army men, Bag of small finger puppets.  The goal of this section is an EASY way for parents who bring their kids to the sale to grab a small toy for being a great shopper!  It’s an easy yes, because it’s small, priced right, and doesn’t matter if it gets lost under minivan seats on the way home.