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.
not at this time. We encourage you to bring your best items so that you sell a high percentage of your things. A consignor who brings 75 great items will do better than a consignor who brings 150 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 at consignor drop off. Your items will be guaranteed.
Option 2 - Let us print them for you free of charge. You'll pick them up on our early label pick-up day (or we can mail them to you for $4) and label your items at home. Then bring your already labeled items IN ORDER on Check In Days. Your items will be guaranteed after all the items are accounted for at check-in.
We accept clothing in sizes newborn-teen, junior sizes and maternity clothing in-style and in good condition. Many TEENS wear adult clothing, so we will accept adult sizes , but ONLY in popular teen styles and brands
For the Spring Event, we will accept spring and summer clothing, as well as lightweight jackets,, pants, jeans, and long-sleeved shirts that are �spring like� in fabric and look (although, they sell better in the Fall). We will NOT accept heavy jackets, sweaters, sweats, fleece, corduroy clothing, or snow boots (rain boots & cowboy boots are acceptable). Don�t forget about� 4th of July, rain gear, swimwear, and pool accessories! We also will take costumes for dress up play!
For our FALL/WINTER event we will accept cold weather items, Christmas and Halloween themed outfits, Childrens Halloween costumes, long sleeves, short sleeves, jackets, coats, snowsuits, hats, gloves, boots, tennis shoes, and jeans/pants. We will also accept athletic shorts here in OK. No flip flops or sandals, sleeveless shirts or tanks.
We suggest you set the price at @25-30% 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, also. You can use our Pricing Points Guide to help. My #1 pricing tip: Think "What would I be excited to pay for this?"
Yes, but you will need to enter your items into the database separately for each specific sale, as well as get new labels. Be sure you enter your items for the correct sale.
YES!! We allow consignors to bring one GUEST with them to shop
NO, please do NOT use wire hangers. Clothes DO NOT stay on wire hangers and they can snag clothes.
**Use size appropriate plastic hangers to assure your clothes stay on! We suggest to use adult size hangers at @ size 7/8.
Your clothes will not sell on the floor.
You can use any plastic hanger you have received from a store like Old Navy or Target
Place them in a plastic clear bag and then seal with clear packing tape. This is important!
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 place inside the bag, or pin it to the outside of bag. Make sure the tag is visible. Place consignor number and price on bag with a Sharpie in case the tag comes off
We have several rolling shopping baskets and large bags you can use. Or you can bring a laundry basket, wagon, or a stroller. All bags/totes/strollers/carts will need to be tagged at the door.
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.
YES! Wrinkled clothes do not sell! The better they look (and smell), the better they sell!
Yes, you may enter additional batches. Consignors are only charged the consignor fee of $10 only one time per consignor code, not per batch.
Yes. Furniture for baby or children's rooms.
We will NOT accept any cribs manufactured before Dec 31, 2010.
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.
