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 60 - 70% 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 do have a item limit of 500 items per consignor ID in Dalton. As always, 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 100 items that are poor quality and marked too high. Although if you have exceeded 500 high quality items and still have more excellent quality or new items you may sign up for another consignor id *Please note there will be a consignor fee per consignor ID.
Option 1 - Let us print them for you free of charge. You'll pick them up and label your items at the store on one of the Drop Off Days. (This is most popular.)
Option 2 - Let us print them for you free of charge. You'll pick them up early (the day before check in) and label your items at home. Then bring your already labeled items on Drop Off Days. You will need to bring them in the order they are entered to receive the Item Guarantee or sign a Release of Guarantee form.
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 bring them in the order they are entered to receive the Item Guarantee or sign a Release of Guarantee form.
We are allowing consignors to bring 1 Guest of choosing. You may give your guest pass to others so they can shop later in the evening before the public. Our consignors have worked hard to earn this special shopping privilege and we want to honor them.
Due to new 2020 policies, along with Social Distancing measures & Capacity Shoppers you may NOT bring your children to the Pre-Sale. No Children under the age of 14 years old are allowed into our Private Presale! Just bring a tape measure and their measurements and enjoy a mom's night out or a fun date night! Thank you for understanding & helping us maintain a socially distance, sanitized and Fun Presale!
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.
Yes, but you will need to enter your items online in separate batches per franchise - one for each sale. Be VERY sure you enter your items for the correct sale.
No Wire Hangers are allowed. These snag clothing and end up on the event floor. Use children's plastic hangers for sizes 10 and below. Use larger plastic hangers for sizes 12 and above. No wire hangers, please!
This is important: Place them in a ziploc bag and then seal the ziploc with clear packing tape, also place a piece of masking tape somewhere on the item in case the tag goes missing!
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 tag inside the bag. Make sure the tag is visible.
We suggest you bring a tote, a large shopping bag, or a stroller. All large bags will need to be checked at the door.
Although we do our best to have extra shopping bags and carts when available for us to borrow from a local department store.
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.
Due to the latest recall regulations by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, we will not be accepting ANY drop side cribs. Please email brooke@rhealana.com if you have a crib you would like to sell so that we can make sure we are able to accept it.
Yes, you may enter additional batches until the database closes. Yes, Rhea Lana's of Dalton item minimum is 30 items. We all have 30 items lying around taking up space. Choose the best 30 items to make you the most money.
Yes. Most of the childrens furniture displayed in the Furniture Nook is sold in the first two days of the sale. Contact Brooke about bringing larger furniture items and read more about what items are not accepted (dishes, collectibles, and accessories, etc.) before listing furniture for the sale.
We have lots of sponsorship opportunities at affordable prices for those of you who want to reach your target market - moms with families. Another possibility is a website sponsorship. Contact us for complete information.
706.229.9009 or email. brooke@rhealana.com
