I’m In! How does it work?
You have seen My Mommy Mart on the news or social media, shopped at one of our events, and seen how quickly we sold out of items. Now, you want to know exactly how to participate in our next event.
I think the best way for you to learn more is to learn the terms we use.
Consignors - Our sellers. They sign up and pay the consignor registration fee, then they use our online tagging system to enter in their items to sell. Our consignors earn 65% on each item they sell. They choose the prices and if they want to discount and/or donate their items at the end of the sale. We guide our consignors along the way and have pricing and tagging guidelines on the website and an exclusive consignor group on Facebook. Our consignors have their own time to shop after the helpers. P.S. CoNsignor not co-signer (I’m not co-signing anything for anyone)
Helpers—Our helpers make our events possible by contributing their time to ensure everything runs smoothly. They inspect items to ensure they meet our standards, organize, help our shoppers at checkout and large item pickup, and make sure we get everything in and out of the building. We will train you on what we need you to do, I promise - we are nice moms! Best of all, our helpers shop first! Helpers can choose to sign up for one, two, or three four-hour shifts.
Sneak Peek Sale - Our Sneak Peek Tickets are among the hottest tickets in town! For the last 3 events, tickets sold out in less than 5 minutes! Those with Sneak Peek passes come in and shop on their own special day before we open to the public. A portion of Sneak Peek ticket sales is donated to local organizations.
Public Sale - No admission fee! Depending on the season, we will have one to two days of open shopping for the public ahead of the Half-Price sale.
Half-Price Sale - This is the last day of our regular event. Our consignors choose if they want to let their remaining items be sold at a 50% discount. They can choose to discount one, some, or all of their remaining items. After this sale, consignors pick up any items they want to take home.
Dollar Dash—Once the consignors have picked up any items they want to take home, we invite everyone in to “shop” our donations. This is because we overwhelm our charities with the remaining items—there have been times when we have sent more than 5 truckloads to our charities. Items that were in our event and priced under $15 are $1 each, and the items that were $15 and more are $5 each. We then donate that money to local organizations instead of the items. Dollar Dash is cash only.
We usually have our Spring/Summer event in March or April - it really just depends on how Easter and local Spring breaks get scheduled. Our Fall/Winter event is usually the third weekend of October - just before Halloween!
For the last 15 years, we have been at the Washington County Fairgrounds in Marietta, Ohio in their Junior Fair Building. We will make sure to announce if that changes.