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.
There is NO limit to the number of items you can consign.
Are clothing items limited by season?
Yes. For our Spring events, we do not accept winter clothing such as winter coats, snow boots, heavy sweaters, Christmas wear, etc. Please save these items for our Fall events.
For our Fall events, we do not accept summer clothes such as shorts, tank-tops, sandals, etc. Please save these items for our Spring events.
Let us print them for you free of charge. You'll receive the labels and place them on your items at home. Another option is for us to mail them to you. You can find a link to sign up for mailed bar codes under our Consignor Links section. Mailed bar codes are $4. You may also print them on your own.
Yes! You may bring one person with you to the Pre-Sale.
Please do not bring children on Pre-Sale days. Children are welcome to attend on any of the public shopping days.
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 expect to have an abundance of 0-12 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. Please take a look at our price guide.
Yes, but you will need to register for each sale separately.
No, please use plastic hangers. We do not accept any clothes on wire hangers.
Place small items in a Ziploc bag and then seal the Ziploc with clear packing tape. If the small pieces belong with a larger item, attach the bag to the larger item using a safety pin or packing tape.
For all items in bags (except shoes), please attach the string tag to the outside of the bag. For shoes, the string tag must be attached to a shoe either with a safety pin or by looping it through itself around a lace, buckle or loop.
If it meets our "excellent quality" standards, then group it together with one or two more similar items and sell them as a group. Pin the items together on a hanger, or group them in a Ziploc bag and put one price for the entire group. Clothing grouped together must all be the same size.
Wrinkled clothes do not sell well! Remember, the better they look, the more likely they are to sell.
Yes, you may enter additional batches using the same consignor ID number. You will only be charged the $10 participation fee once per consignor ID number. To start a new batch, log-in and click on the pink button labeled "Start New Batch."
We have lots of sponsorship opportunities at affordable prices for those of you who want to reach your target market - families. Email ashleydelfavero@rhealana.com for additional information or to feature your business through our event.
We are not able to accept ANY clothing that has odor of any kind. When it is hung on the rack with other clothes, the odor spreads. We must be sensitive to children and families with allergies and we absolutely cannot sell any items with smoke odor, pet odor, or any other kind of odor. Clothing with pet hair is also not acceptable - please clean off any pet hair or other debris.
Yes! We have lots of sponsorship opportunities at affordable prices. Let us help you reach your target market - families. We offer vendor booths, website sponsorships, and more for local businesses. Email ashleydelfavero@rhealana.com for additional information or to feature your business.
We are very proud to support multiple non-profit charitable organizations through our event. At the conclusion of our event, in-kind donations are made to local charitable causes that will distribute the items directly to those in need in our community.
