Consignor Updates for Spring 2024
My Mommy Mart - Fall 2023 This view is overwhelming to me. I know that this is what it looks like, but somehow, seeing it from above makes me slightly freak out.
Y’all don’t typically open emails…don’t lie and say you do. I can see the % of emails opened, it’s less than 20%. If email was a category for MMM, I would have dropped it a long time ago. Now, for what the email would say….
Hello friends!
I truly can’t believe that we are at the point of registering consignors for our next My Mommy Mart event. This last year was such an amazing year of growth and watching you all succeed. Fall 2023 was the first time that I have ever felt like things were going well enough to just be able to sit and monitor what was happening during the selling portion. If you wonder what I’m doing when I’m sitting in my little office area I made for myself. I spend a lot of the time researching lost tags, answering questions, and mostly making lists. The lists are what makes the event better and better every time.
I notice any problem areas and I attempt to figure out solutions. Most of those solutions are not immediate, but I start thinking of the logistics. You know…the whole “if I do this” then this happens. I’m very much an idealist (everything is fine), Nathan is my realist (that’s not going to work for ____ reason). Nicole is my rule follower. This is why I am so lucky to have them. They keep me grounded and reasonable – even when I don’t especially like it.
Let’s move on to the notes I made and the changes for our upcoming event. If you don’t want that much of an explanation, just read what is highlighted. I feel like My Mommy Mart is yours, too and you deserve to know the “why” behind any changes that have been made.
-Limit of 30 accessories tags per consignor – Too many accessories are brought in that are not priced to sell. Let’s change it up and do groupings. That means rather than tagging a single hairbow, put the hairbow in a Ziploc bag with some other hairbow friends, then enter in the item. Remember that we count tags, not individual items in a bag. (The exception to that is shoes)
-Limit on same items from each consignor – I know, you got a great deal on a bunch of stuff on clearance last year at the end of summer. When you bring in a bunch of one particular item, the items just don’t sell and then we start looking like a junk store by the time we get to the public sale. Because of this and making sure we make it fair for all consignors selling their items, we will be limiting a single consignor to 4 of the exact same item.
-Minimum sell through percentage – If you sell less than 50% for two events in a row, you will be prohibited from consigning at the next event. Don’t freak out. This starts with this event, I’m not looking in the past. Even if I were to look in the past, it is only about 15-20 people. Some of you are really, really bad about just hitting the “activate all inactive inventory” button. Just don’t. It messes up my inventory and it will mess up your inventory numbers. I’m also very tired of seeing the same items appear from the same seller every time. Just stop. It’s not going to sell after you have brought it in twice. Remember, we want your good stuff priced right, not junk that should be priced less or should just be donated.
Large Item Drop Off – I sent this in an email to myself during our last event “No large item drop-offs after 6 pm on the second day. It takes forever to organize. Consider a special evening drop-off on the second day of setup.” So, that’s what we are doing. We are going to have a special large item drop-off on the Monday evening of set up. I’ll let you know the times closer to the event. Please do not sign up for a drop-off after 6pm on Wednesday if you have a lot (like 10 or more) large items. It gets incredibly stressful and Big Nate usually ends up at the building at 6am the next day to make it all work.
-Added a second public sale day – Just one day for a public sale that isn’t a half price day just isn’t enough. I can’t extend the hours on Saturday because it is super hard to get helper commitments on that day, so now Sunday is another public sale day. Helpers and consignors will be invited in on Sunday evening to shop half-price after I have my computers reset.
-Moved half price for public to Monday – Since adding that extra public sale day in, our half-price sale had to be moved. This sale will be in the middle of the day on Monday. I try as much as I can to stick with evening hours, but with the limited time we have in the building and consignor pick-up, it just didn’t work because…
-Pick up will be immediately following the public half-price sale – We aren’t sorting anymore. We have slowly been transitioning out of sorting and this last time, we did not sort anything. I heard from several of you how much you liked it better and felt like you could find your stuff easier because it was all truly where you left it.
-Dollar Dash will be on Tuesday morning – Once again, it’s about the time we have in the building. I’ve never had Dollar Dash in the morning. I have no idea if this will work, we are just going to jump right in and try it. I do have something new that we are adding to Dollar Dash, just let me finish some logistics before I explain it.
-Hangers and Safety Pins - I will start having hangers and safety pins available around the beginning of February. I will make sure to let you know when they are available.
Whew, that was a lot of information, probably too much information. If you have any questions or want clarification on any of these things, please email me. Katie, Candice, and Nicole are handling the questions on Facebook and Instagram.
I sincerely hope you are as excited about the upcoming event as I am!
Molly