It's Tipsy Tuesday! For most of us, the kids are off between Christmas and New Years so it can be a hard time to get your items organized and tagged for the sale season. Here is a tip I learned from Laura L., a great consignor, volunteer & shopper...get your kids involved!!
Kids are getting new clothes and toys at this time of year so have them help you clean out what they currently have to make room for the new. Put your old things away in bins or bags by season and size. If clothing or toys have missing pieces, tears, stains, etc. put them in the recycle bin now! They should only be sold or donated to organizations that can recycle them in a useful way.
Have your kids help you by going through their toys/clothes and pulling out what they no longer use or want. Can you encourage them to help you by earning a few dollars on these things? What a great lesson to teach your kids at a young age!
I have three kids so I find my kids to be super helpful when it comes to sorting through their books. From the oldest to the youngest, what my oldest no longer wants he passes down to his 2 siblings and eventually my youngest has this HUGE pile of books!! I know that I can go through his books each season (he's too little to do it on his own) and pull out a bunch for resale!
Having your kids help you can be tricky because often time they discover a new found LOVE for a toy that haven't played with in ages! This can be good because it brings life to an old toy, but usually by the next day they have forgotten about it and then it "somehow" ends up in the sell pile! :)
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Tipsy Tuesday - Where to Start
It's Tipsy Tuesday! Since a lot of consignors are just getting started with tagging for the new sale season I wanted to catch you early on with these great tips when entering your items into the online system.
1. Organize your items - In my opinion, this is half the battle! Once you can organize your items by category (clothing, toys, shoes, etc) entering and tagging is a piece of cake! When organizing your clothing in particular, make sure you seperate them by gender and size. If you do this, you will breeze through the entering process online!
2. To Discount or Not to Discount? - By clicking the little box next the word "Discount" on the tag screen, you are agreeing to sell that item for 50% off on our Discount day. I strongly recommend taking advantage of this option. You would be amazed at the number of times shoppers come back to the sale over the weekend particularly on our first & last sale days! By discounting your are getting that last push to sell your item - you don't want to bring it home do you? If you are planning on donating, then it would silly NOT to discount! I see so many items being donated on Monday that would probably have sold if they had been discounted on Sunday. You aren't planning on picking your item up anyway, so you might as well try to sell it on Sunday.
3. Gather your tools - I have that includes packaging tape, tagging gun, barbs & blue painters tape. This along with cardstock is pretty much all I need to get my items tagged! I keep it in the same place so I know where to find it each season. I might end up grabbing a few other things, but this is mostly all I need.
I find that the most efficient way to enter items is a little bit at a time. Most of my items are pre-organized b/c I do that as I am cleaning out the kids closet. When I start tagging I usually grab a bin/bag of clothing and bring it to my computer. My favorite time to tag is after the kids are in bed in front of the television. I enter the bag/bin, print the tags, and then attach them to the items! That's it! I am done! This way I can tackle as much or as little as I want at a time without getting confused on where the tags belong.
I could go on and on with more entering tips, but will save some additional suggestions for the next Tipsy Tuesday!
1. Organize your items - In my opinion, this is half the battle! Once you can organize your items by category (clothing, toys, shoes, etc) entering and tagging is a piece of cake! When organizing your clothing in particular, make sure you seperate them by gender and size. If you do this, you will breeze through the entering process online!
2. To Discount or Not to Discount? - By clicking the little box next the word "Discount" on the tag screen, you are agreeing to sell that item for 50% off on our Discount day. I strongly recommend taking advantage of this option. You would be amazed at the number of times shoppers come back to the sale over the weekend particularly on our first & last sale days! By discounting your are getting that last push to sell your item - you don't want to bring it home do you? If you are planning on donating, then it would silly NOT to discount! I see so many items being donated on Monday that would probably have sold if they had been discounted on Sunday. You aren't planning on picking your item up anyway, so you might as well try to sell it on Sunday.
3. Gather your tools - I have that includes packaging tape, tagging gun, barbs & blue painters tape. This along with cardstock is pretty much all I need to get my items tagged! I keep it in the same place so I know where to find it each season. I might end up grabbing a few other things, but this is mostly all I need.
I find that the most efficient way to enter items is a little bit at a time. Most of my items are pre-organized b/c I do that as I am cleaning out the kids closet. When I start tagging I usually grab a bin/bag of clothing and bring it to my computer. My favorite time to tag is after the kids are in bed in front of the television. I enter the bag/bin, print the tags, and then attach them to the items! That's it! I am done! This way I can tackle as much or as little as I want at a time without getting confused on where the tags belong.
I could go on and on with more entering tips, but will save some additional suggestions for the next Tipsy Tuesday!
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Tipsy Tuesday - Identifying your Tags
Now that consignors are starting to register & tag I thought it would be a great time to start...Tipsy Tuesday!! I will share a tip with you and feel free to share your tips here as well...
Why not use a unique color for your tag? Or identify them in some way to make them unique? It is harder on your eyes to look for your blue striped shirt, white polke dot shirt, plaid pants, etc. If your eyes are just looking for a particular tag it will help you to find your clothing items more quickly!
1. Tags don't all have to be white...our scanners can read most tag colors EXCEPT DARK COLOR, stay away from neons & dark shades. Pastels are a great choice or if you are a scrapbooker, you might know where to find unique cardstock colors (AC Moore, Micheals, etc.).2. Scissors - why not try to cut your tags using a pair of scissors with a different kind of an edge! There are a lot of inexpensive scissors you can get that will cut your tags with some sort of rickrack or wavy edge!3. Sticker or Stamp your tags -After you have printed your tags, stamp or stick them with a character, initial or design that is unique. I prefer the stamp b/c you can use it over and over and it never really needs to be replaced.
4. Mark your hanger - Instead of looking for a particular tag, looking for a ribbon or piece of yarn that is attached to your hanger. I do want to warn you that it is not as fool proof as marking your tags! Items fall off of their hangers all of the time throughout the weekend. They are not always placed back on the same hanger. For that reason I don't recommend this option as highly, but it is a good way to grab a handful of your items quickly at pick-up!Once you have picked your "theme", stick with it! You can use the same supplies from sale to sale and then you won't have to remember what you used last season. You will always know to look for the pastel blue wavy edged tag with the "G" stamp on them! This little bit of extra work will make your pick up process go much quicker!
Why not use a unique color for your tag? Or identify them in some way to make them unique? It is harder on your eyes to look for your blue striped shirt, white polke dot shirt, plaid pants, etc. If your eyes are just looking for a particular tag it will help you to find your clothing items more quickly!
1. Tags don't all have to be white...our scanners can read most tag colors EXCEPT DARK COLOR, stay away from neons & dark shades. Pastels are a great choice or if you are a scrapbooker, you might know where to find unique cardstock colors (AC Moore, Micheals, etc.).2. Scissors - why not try to cut your tags using a pair of scissors with a different kind of an edge! There are a lot of inexpensive scissors you can get that will cut your tags with some sort of rickrack or wavy edge!3. Sticker or Stamp your tags -After you have printed your tags, stamp or stick them with a character, initial or design that is unique. I prefer the stamp b/c you can use it over and over and it never really needs to be replaced.
4. Mark your hanger - Instead of looking for a particular tag, looking for a ribbon or piece of yarn that is attached to your hanger. I do want to warn you that it is not as fool proof as marking your tags! Items fall off of their hangers all of the time throughout the weekend. They are not always placed back on the same hanger. For that reason I don't recommend this option as highly, but it is a good way to grab a handful of your items quickly at pick-up!Once you have picked your "theme", stick with it! You can use the same supplies from sale to sale and then you won't have to remember what you used last season. You will always know to look for the pastel blue wavy edged tag with the "G" stamp on them! This little bit of extra work will make your pick up process go much quicker!
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