Printing Tags and Prepping Your Consignment

Organize Items Into Groups

Before you begin entering items, organize them into groups by gender and size.

Example: Separate GIRLS – SIZE 2 from BOYS – SIZE 5. Repeat this for each gender and size. The system “holds” the category (Girls Clothing) and size (Size 2) until you change it. This saves 2 keystrokes per item as you work through each category/size stack.

ALSO, Keep the items hung/stacked in the same order as you entered them so it is easy to match up tags after you print them. Call The Picky Chick Consignment for more details.

How to Enter Items?

1. Log into your seller account with your user id & password.
2. Click on ENTER ITEMS.
3. Select PRICE, SIZE & CATEGORY from drop down boxes.

• PRICE:  Minimum price is $2. Put 2 or more items together to meet the minimum price.
  
  
• SIZE:  Enter the first size on the garment tag. Example: If tag says 3-6 months, enter as 3 months. If tags says 10/12, enter size 10.
• When entering sizes in the computer for your tags, DO NOT use the letter sizes (S,M,L)  for infant or children’s clothing. These are ONLY used for Juniors and Young Men’s. 
• For children’s clothing tagged by manufacturer as S, M, L…enter a corresponding number size.
  Example: If garment tag says XS on boys shirt, enter your sons size when he wore it. Usually boy’s XS = size 4/5.
• Teen clothing AKA Juniors & Young Men’s clothing has more size options in the drop down menu. Simply enter the size as it is printed on the manufacturer tag. You can select letter sizes (S,M,L) number sizes (6, 7, 8) or waist sizes (28, 30, 32).
  Entering your tags correctly helps us plan and organize the sales floor efficiently during set up! 
  
• CATEGORY: Select the most accurate category from the drop down menu. This step is really IMPORTANT – the categories you enter tell us how to plan the sales floor. If you enter 100 Juniors clothing items as Girls Clothing – we will allow too much room in the Girls section & NOT ENOUGH in the Juniors section. 

• Category examples:
• Infant & Children’s clothing – Use Boys Clothing or Girls Clothing.
• Teen clothing – Use Juniors or Young Men's Clothing.
• Shoes – Same as clothing – we have separate categories for Boys, Girls, Juniors & Young Men's shoes.
• Toys – Choose from girls, boys, large, outdoor…. there are a lot of choices to appropriately categorize your item. Please take the time to do this correctly, it helps us allow enough space per category on the sales floor BEFORE drop offs begin. 

4. Check the DISCOUNT BOX for items to sell ½ price on Saturday. The box will remain checked until you uncheck it.

5. Check the DONATE BOX for unsold items to be donated. The box will remain checked until you un-check it. NOTE: Items checked DONATE will automatically be marked 1/2 Off.

6. Enter the brand name in the first DESCRIPTION box and a brief yet specific description in the second box. Good descriptions help us match up loose tags to items.

The system “holds” your SIZE and CATEGORY selections until you change them. Save key strokes by grouping your items by size and category prior to entering them. DON’T FORGET to change the size & category as you work through your stacks. We use this information to plan space on the sales floor. Incorrect sizes and categories cause overcrowded racks and poor spacing! The system is down for maintenance from 12:00-12:15am EST every day. If you have problems logging into your account:

• Try clearing the cache on your computer.
• If using an iPhone/iPad device, enable cookies & try again.
• MyCM software prefers Mozilla Firefox. If using IE or Chrome, make sure you have the latest edition. 

Only access your account via the link on The Picky Chick Consignment website.

• Use white or light pastel card stock. Do NOT use regular copy paper.
• 60# to 67# card stock works best. Heavier weight card stock can jam a home printer.
• Only black ink is preferred. Do not use colored ink.
• Use an inkjet printer on normal or draft print setting. The “best” print setting is usually too dark and bar codes will not scan.
• Tags print 8 per page. Conserve paper by printing tags in increments of 8.
• Don’t “Print All” tags at one time. Print small batches to make sure your barcodes look crisp. If you’re unsure about your printer, just have your tags printed at a print/copy shop. Email them the pdf file or copy to a thumb drive and take to a print shop. It’s very inexpensive.
• Cut tags apart and put in number order. If your items are arranged in the same order that you entered them, you can quickly match up tags to the items.

How to Attach Tags?

PLEASE DO NOT put tape over the top of bar codes! The scanners are unable to read through the tape. When cashiers have to quickly & manually enter all of the tag information, mistakes will happen which can result in you NOT being paid for the item.

PLEASE DO NOT tape the bottom of the tag down. The bottom part of the tag needs to remain “free.” At check out, all of the tag bottoms are torn off & handed to cashiers to scan the bar code.

IMPORTANT: If tags are not printed properly, the bar codes do not scan and cashiers have to manually input the tiny print at the bottom of the tag. Mistakes happen when typing which could result in not getting paid for a sold item.

Pricing

The general rule of thumb for consignment sale pricing is 25% to 30% of retail. There are exceptions though, such as high demand and boutique items which can go for 50-75%. Here are 2 great resources to help you:

• Little Red Hen Suggested Pricing Guide
• ConsignmentMommies.com Pricing Guide & Brand Reference List

$2 Minimum

Our minimum price is $2.00. You can put 2 or more items together to meet the minimum price. Call us for more details.

50% Off Day

Consignment shoppers want DEALS! Price reasonably and mark your items for 1/2 price on Saturday. Your goal is to SELL, not take items back home!

Clothing

• Check your clothing for flaws, tears, broken zippers, missing buttons, stains or holes.
• Please be smart about how you hang your clothing. Don’t stretch out infant clothing on an adult hanger.
• Give the hanger a good shake to make sure your item doesn’t fall in the floor at the sale.
• WATCH THIS FUN video made by my girls, “How to Hang the Picky Chick Way!”
• PIN PANTS to the TOP (neck) of the hanger, NOT the horizontal bar. Pants that slide all over the hanger will end up in the floor. See video above!
• Hang items on hangers facing left. The hanger should look like a question mark (?). See image below.
• Pin tags on the right side of clothing with safety pin through the tag where it says www.myconsignmentmanager.com.
• Pin tag to another area if pinning on the right side could damage fabric.
• Here’s another helpful video from The Little Red Hen Consignment Tagging Service for the correct way to hang sets, pants and attach tags.
• On delicate fabrics, pin on the tag inside the clothing or another area that will not cause damage.
• Tagging guns can RUIN clothing if not used properly. Attach tags at the seam or manufacturer tag.
• Draw attention to BOUTIQUE and DESIGNER CLOTHING by tying any color curling ribbon on the neck of the hanger.
  
• Brands like Gymboree, Polo and Northface are very desirable but NOT considered boutique.

***Smoke, pet or musty odor is unacceptable. If you smoke in your home or store items in the basement, your clothes need to be freshly laundered and pet hair free.

Shoes

• Shoes must be SUPER CLEAN!
• Keep shoe mates together with zip ties. Soft infant shoes can be safety pinned together.
• ONLY use zip lock bags if there is NO possible way to zip tie them.
• Secure your tags well, they are easily lost when children are trying on.

Toys and Misc.

• Use clear packing tape NOT scotch tape to secure tags to toys and equipment.
• Battery operated toys must have working batteries.
• Gather loose pieces in a zip lock bag and attach securely to the main toy. Tape the bag shut with packing tape so pieces don’t get lost.