Why Consign with Make Room 4 More?
How to Become a Consignor
Preparing for the Sale
Consigning Tips
Pricing Guidelines
Environmental Benefits of Consigning
Why Consign with Make Room 4 More?
Make Room 4 More is an opportunity for families to sell their gently-used children’s clothing and equipment. Because there are so many sellers and a greater selection of merchandise, buyers will be attracted to shop at this sale as opposed to garage or yard sales.
We will pay you 60% of the selling price. There are opportunities to earn up to 70% by volunteering at the sale.
Consignors also get first dibs on all the best stuff at the Consignors Pre-Sale.
How to Become a Consignor
The description below may seem complicated, but the system is really very user friendly.
- Register – each seller must first register to use the online tagging system
- Above, hold your mouse over “Consigning” at the top of the page, then click Consignor Login (or just click here)
- If you are a new consignor, click “Create User Account”
- You will receive a verification email
- Continue to follow the prompts to then register for the Make 4 More Sale
- Click on “Register Here” when complete. Now you have created an account and are registered for one sale
- Log in to the online tagging system by holding your mouse over “Consigning” at the top of the page, then clicking Consignor Login (or just click here). Log in using the User ID and Password you used when you registered. Remember that the User ID and Password are both case-sensitive. If you are a returning seller, sign up to sell at the current sale by clicking “Register me as a seller”
- Read “Preparing for the Sale” below
- Visit the Seller Home Page and get started!
Preparing for the Sale
WE are COMMITTED to ensuring that Make Room 4 More has high-quality merchandise in good or excellent condition. Because we promise this to our shoppers, they are more likely to come and purchase YOUR items and to return to future sales.
Items Accepted at the Fall Sale
Maximum 125 clothing items per consignor
- Long Sleeved Shirts
- Sweatshirts
- Jeans or khakis
- Winter Jackets
- Leotards and dancewear
- Halloween Costumes
- Athletic wear
- Pajamas
- Princess dresses/dress-up clothes
- Shoes – dress shoes., sneakers (limit shoes to 10 pairs in excellent condition, do not bring worn out sneakers)
- Baby equipment – high chairs, bouncy seats, walkers/excer-saucers, baby gates, strollers, Pack-n-Plays, cribs, swings, car seats (check cpsc.gov for recalls)
- Nursery bedding and décor, blankets, sheets (should be in great condition)
- Breast pumps
- Rocking chairs/gliders
- Toys, toys, toys…
- Books, DVDs, video games (Nintendo, Leapster, etc…) No VHS
- Puzzles (check for pieces), games
- Small furniture (tables and chairs, toddler beds, bikes, riding toys, power wheels vehicles, outdoor toys, bicycle helmets)
- Little Tykes play equipment (please clean outdoor toys)
You are responsible for making sure items you are selling have not been recalled. Legislation has been passed regarding the resale of toys and baby equipment. Click here to visit the Consumer Product Safety Commission recall page
Consigning Tips
Consignors must us the MY Consignment Manager tagging system for your items. All tags must be printed on light colored 60 – 70# card stock (available at Staples). We can not accept tags that are printed on paper. The computer system is unable to read these tags. We would hate to have to turn your items away for not having the appropriate tags. One more important rule, please do not tape over the barcode on the tag. While it is important that your tag be attached securely, please do not over tape. We highly recommend using zip-ties/wire-ties (Home Depot, Lowes, Dollar store). With the zip ties you can secure your tag to clothing, toys, shoes, etc. The tags are easy to remove at checkout and there is less damage to the tag. Please attach tags DIRECTLY to clothing with a safety pin or zip- tie. Clothing frequently falls off of the original hanger and is placed on a new one during the sale.
Clothing
- Please hang your items so that when you look at them the hanger looks like a question mark. It is important that when so much clothing is on the racks it is all facing in the same direction.
- If you have a multiple piece outfit please pin/zip-tie your items together so that they can be seen by the shoppers.
- Please do not place clothing in zip-loc bags. They will not sell well.
- If a shirt has a wide neck please be sure to pin to the hanger so it does not fall off.
- Attach zip ties to the garment, not the hanger (garments often become separated from their hangers).
Toys
- Please be sure that all pieces of your toy are included and fastened to the toy. Please use zip-ties, tape or Ziploc bags to contain small pieces. We do our best to monitor the toy room, but unfortunately there are sometimes unsupervised children that take things apart and scatter pieces. The more secure your toy is the better.
Small Items
- Small items such as hair accessories, jewelry, belts, small toys, etc, fit great in zip-loc bags.
Pricing Guidelines
It is most important that you price your items to sell!! There is nothing better than coming in to pick up your items on Sunday and having very few things left. You will have cleaned out your house and made some money in the process!
Please consider letting your things go for half-price on Sunday. It is better to get 50% and clean out your closets, than to have to pack it up and take it home again. If you plan to donate your unsold items, you definitely should have them go for half-price.
Here are some pricing guidelines that we hope you find helpful. This is only a guide you are free to price things as you wish. Please take in to consideration the brand of the items and the condition when you are pricing.
- Clothing:
- Play shirts: $1-4
- Dressier shirts: $2-7
- Shorts: $2-5
- 2pc outfits: $4-12
- Jeans and khakis: $3-10
- Dresses: $3-10
- Books: $1-5 (or group together and sell in sets of similar books)
- DVDs: $2-6
- Equipment:
- Stroller prices vary widely depending on condition, brand and double/single. Strollers do sell very well, especially jogging strollers. Prices typically range in the $20-$100 range.
- Cribs range from $25-75 depending on age, style, condition and brand. Please be sure that all pieces are included in a zip-loc bag with instructions. It is also beneficial to include a photo of it put together. If you are confortable, including your contact information would increase the chances of selling an item like this.
- Walkers, bouncy seats: $5-15
- Excer-saucers: $10 – 30
- Car sears: $15–40
