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.
Consignors can enter 300 items per consignor code. If you wish to enter more than 300 items you will need to create another conisgnor code and pay an additional consignor fee.
Newborn Items - There is a limit of 30 HIGH QUALITY pieces of clothing (sizes 0-9mo.) per consignor. We get an abundance of Newborn clothing and they don't sell as well as the older ages do.
Maternity Items: You are limited to no more than 15 maternity items per consignor.
Option 1 - Let us print them for you free of charge. You'll pick them up at one of our Early Barcode designated times and label your items at home, and be ready at Drop Off Day. (This is most popular.)
Option 2 - Let us mail to you for a small $4 mailing fee. Send me a message with your mailing address no later than 2 wks prior to drop-off to ensure your labels arrive in time.
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 labelled items on Drop Off Days. You will need to sign a Release of Guarantee form.
We are allowing consignors and all shopping times to bring a guest with them. Our consignors have worked hard to earn this special shopping privilege and we want to honor them.
We strongly suggest that you NOT bring your children to the Pre-Sale but they are welcome if they are supervised.
Be sure to bring a shopping bag or basket to shop, and a tape measure!
We suggest you set the price at 30% 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 too.
NO - Rhea Lana's DOES NOT ALLOW WIRE HANGERS! They tend to tear clothing and don't stay on as well.
We recommend using children's plastic hangers for sizes 4 and below. Use medium or larger plastic hangers for sizes 4 and above as they tend to stay on better without safety pins. You can get plastic hangars at Dollar Tree, Amazon, Wal-mart, and Retail stores.
Place them in a ziploc bag and then seal the ziploc with clear packing tape. This is important! Also put your consigner number on the ziploc bags in case the tag falls off.
First, be sure to stick the bar code label to the price tag. Do not stick it directly onto the bag. Then attach the price tag securely and place both item and tag inside the ziploc bag. Please make sure the price tag is visible.
We suggest you bring a large bag or basket with your name on it. Large bags will need to be checked at the door. We also have a supply of laundry baskets and shopping bags that you are welcome to use.
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 ziplock bag and put one price for the entire group.
Wrinkled clothes do not sell! We will likely send them home to you if they are extremely wrinkled. Please do what is necessary to make your clothes look clean and nice. Remember, the better they look, the more likely they are to sell and the more likely that you will make money!
Yes, you may enter as many batches as you would like. We recommend that you can separate your gender clothes in different batches, and your toys in another batch just for simplicity at check in.
Yes! We have lots of sponsorship opportunities at affordable prices. Let us help you reach your target market - moms with families. We have Vendor Booths in our Gallery of Friends.
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! They also are easiest to tag!
We require all items either come assembled or are assembled at consignor drop off. We also require all pack and plays, and cribs to be assembled at drop off
