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 65 - 75% 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.
We have a limit of 300 items per consignor ID in North Cincinnati. We encourage you to bring your best items so that you sell a high percentage of your things. There is NO limit to the TOTAL number of items you can bring. If you fill up all 300 item spaces on your consignor ID, you are welcome to make an additional ID. Each consignor ID will be charged a $10 consigning fee out of their final check.
Option 1 - Let us print them for you free of charge. You can pick them up early during a local pick up option. (Check our Facebook page for dates/location.)
Option 2 - Barcode labels mailed to you! A $5 charge will be added to your consignor fee due to the high cost of postage.
Option 3 - Print your barcode labels at home using a COLOR PRINTER. Follow the directions CAREFULLY that appear after you enter your items. Label your items at home. Bring your labeled items on Drop Off Days.
No matter which label option you choose, when applying the barcode labels to the hang tags, please take extra care to fold the label perfectly in the center so that the barcode is all on one side of the tag.
One guest is allowed per ticket during our paid ticket options, consignor shopping, and mom-to-be shopping. Any child except for non-walking infants do count as your "plus one" on the ticket. We do not recommend bringing children to Launch, Platinum, or Gold times simply due to potential crowds.
We suggest you set the price at 30% of the retail value. For example, if your item is currently selling for $20 at a store, we recommend pricing a used version of the item at $6 and a new with tags version of the item at $10. Baby Equipment, Furniture and Large Indoor/Outdoor Toys usually sell for more and are in high demand. Maternity and Junior clothing are not shopped as heavily, so price these competitively. It is highly recommended to bundle newborn through 24 month clothing and price competitively as we receive an abundance of these sizes. Our minimum price per item entry is $4, so when consigning "value brands" such as Garanimals, Circo, Cat & Jack, etc. please bundle these items together to meet the pricing guidelines.
Use children's plastic hangers for sizes 6 and below. Use larger plastic hangers for sizes 7 and above. Plastic coated wire hangers may be used if you prefer but metal, wire hangers without a plastic coating are not allowed. Tops should be hung as usual. Pants should be safety pinned by the waist to the top of the hanger. A string tag should be hung on the upper right of the item.
Place them in a ziploc bag and then seal the ziploc with clear packing tape. Then either tape or zip tie the bag with small pieces to the larger item. Label the main item "part 1 of 2" and label the bag with pieces "part 2 of 2" along with your Consignor ID. This is important!
First, be sure to stick the bar code label to the correct size string tag. Do not stick it directly onto the bag. Then attach the string tag securely to the bag with a safety pin or packing tape. If possible, we recommend placing the string tag inside the bag so it does not fall off at the sale.
We have a limited number of shopping carts available along with large tote bags for your use. You are welcome to bring your own reusable bag or wagon. Please have your wagon labeled with your information so we know it came with you and wasn't for sale at our event.
If it meets our "excellence quality" standards, then bundle it together with other 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! Please do what is necessary to make your clothes look clean and nice. An alternative to ironing is to have clothing freshly washed and dried or use a steamer. Remember, the better they look, the better they sell!
Yes, you may enter additional batches. Just click on "new batch" on the enter items page. A consignor may have an unlimited number of batches but only a total of 300 items per consignor ID as described above.
Yes. Shoppers are looking for large items like this! However, please read about what types of furniture are accepted before listing furniture for sale. The furniture should be geared toward children only. For example, a twin bed would be fine, but a living room sectional couch would not.
