Consignor Information
Turn your kid's clutter into CA$H!
Thank you for choosing to consign (sell) with Trading Hands Kids Sale!
We offer you an easy way to sell your new and gently-used children's items: You set the price, prep, tag & drop off your items, we'll do the rest!
- Earn top dollar selling your items! Consignors earn 70% of profits. You can boost your earnings to 75-80% by helping during the sale. (CLICK HERE for details.)
- Shop Early, before the public! Every Consignor gets to shop at our 4pm Consignor PreSale, and you get to bring a friend! Kids are welcome! You receive your Presale shopping passes when you drop off your items! (Item drop off required to receive passes)
- PLUS!!! Every Consignor gets to shop our 1/2 Presale 7pm Friday of sale week! Kids and Friends can come along!!
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- Want to shop even earlier? Volunteer! The more you Volunteer, the earlier you get to shop! (Click Here for details)
- Earn $5 for each NEW Consignor you refer! Consignor must be brand new to Trading Hands and bring 25 accepted items. (New Consignor must give your name or consignor # in the "OTHER" box below the "How did you hear about us" section when they register. $5 added to your consignor check.)
- Registration Fee. This fee helps cover sales expenses such as advertising, postage, printing, venue rental, event insurance and more.
MO Consignors:
$12 Registration fee will be deducted from your consignor check. You have the option to volunteer during the event and have your fee waived, depending on shift(s) selected.
IL Consignors:
Pay your $10 fee when you register! Our PayPal option lets your pay your Consignor Fee when you register, which makes for a larger Consignor Check!! If your fee will be waived, you will have $10 credited to your check.
*NOTE: Fee is Non-Refundable/Non-Transferable. Please read instructions below prior to registration:
- Log into your consignor page. Click on "Register for upcoming sale"
- You will be taken thru an address verification, asked to sign the Consignor Agreement, then taken to the PayPal page.
- From the PayPal page, you can pay your fee with a debit/credit card or if you have a PayPal account, you can use that option.
- No debit/credit card or having problems registering? Email Julie@tradinghands.net to make other payment arrangements.
CONSIGNORS earn 70% of their sales!!
Register to help during the sale
to earn 75-80% of sales!
Returning Consignors: If you have difficulty with the link below, please Log-In using the tab at the top of the page.
Once you register, you can make and print tags, schedule a drop-off appointment (optional) and register to help during the sale week (optional). You can access your Consignor page by clicking the Consignor Log-In at the top of page. We will now be scheduling Drop-Off appointments to ensure a smoother, faster Drop-Off. (see below)
Schedule a Drop-Off Appointment!!
DROP OFF SCHEDULING OPENS:
FEB 1st for Missouri Event
MAR 25th for Illinois Event
In an effort to create a more efficient Drop-Off process, we offer Drop-Off appointments. Drop off appointments fill quickly!
Please schedule a 15 min. drop-off per 100 items you bring. You may schedule up to 7 (please pick back-to-back appointments) Ex. You are bringing 187 items, schedule 2 appointments: 3pm and 3:15pm, instead of (2) 3pm appointments. If you plan to bring over 700 items, see below.
No appointments available? You can come anytime during drop off hours, WITHOUT an appointment, as a Walk-In. Your items will be inspected when the next available Inspector is available.
Selling over 700 items? Our High-Volume Consignors will be scheduled separately. We ask that you schedule with us as early as possible because High Volume Slots are limited!! Please contact the Sale Organizer via email julie@tradinghands.net to schedule your appointment.
What can I sell?
Trading Hands accepted new and gently used clothing in Newborn-Tween sizes (up to 16 girls/20 boys), Young Men's up to 34" waist/Sm-XL, inside/outside toys, baby equipment, bedding, furniture, outside toys, books, games/puzzles and more!
Click Here for our list of Accepted Items.
All items must be clean and tagged according to our guidelines.
Visit our Tag Your Items page for info.
There is NO LIMIT to the number of items you can bring total!
CLOTHING SIZE LIMITS
Due to space limitations, we have limits on the following sizes/catergories:
- MO EVENT: Limit of 20 items per gender/size of Newborn up to size 18 months. APPLIES TO CLOTHING ON HANGERS ONLY
- IL EVENT: Limit of 30 items per gender/size of Newborn up to size 18 months. APPLIES TO CLOTHING ON HANGERS ONLY
- There is a 25 item minimum (or approx. $50 value)
- WE NO LONGER ACCEPT MATERNITY OR JUNIOR GIRLS CLOTHING (sizes larger than Girls 16).
Important Updates
We strive to maintain high standards on accepted items. Some items are not selling well, so we are eliminating them to make more room for other items.
Items we no longer accept:
- MATERNITY CLOTHING. We will continue to accept nursing bras, tanks, support pillows, etc but NO clothing.
- JUNIOR GIRLS clothing. Junior sizes are larger than Girls Sz 16. We will continue to accept girls shoes over size 6 in tween/teen styles as well as accessories: bras, camis, purses.
- GLASS OBJECTS: figurines, piggy banks, tea sets, etc. We will accept glass in picture frames.
- VHS/Cassette tapes
- Stuffed animals without a function (sing, move, interactive, Build-a-Bear, etc), unless they are intended as room decor.
- Fast-food toys/prizes, grab bags of random toys
- Crib bumpers, unless part of crib bedding set
- Party supplies: streamers, gift bag toys, invitations, plates/napkins, etc
Reminders:
- No underwear/pacifiers, unless NEW in package. Bras/nursing bras out of package accepted.
- Books must be in like-new condition: no broken spines, worn/torn pages, no writing in workbooks/coloring books, content must be baby-teen appropriate or parenting related. Books must be less than 5 yrs old
- Clothing must be free of any stains, tears, excessive wear, etc. MUST be current styles.
- MO EVENT: Limit of 20 items per gender/size: Sizes Newborn up to size 18 months
- IL EVENT: Limit of 30 items per gender/size: sizes Newborn up to sz 18 months
Springfield MO
MAR 14-16, 2019
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3001 N. Grant Ave.
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APR 25-27, 2019
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801 E. Sangamon Ave.
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