A Unique Children’s Consignment Event
What is a Consignment Event?
This is a fun, quarterly pop-up 3 day event where buyers and sellers meet, and you can be both at once! In fact, that is encouraged.
The Fancy Firefly specializes in kids’ and moms’ items, such as clothing, shoes, toys, books, furnishings and decor, homeschooling items, hobby supplies, and maternity goodies. Even a reading nook where you may purchase books of interest to moms and kids. This is our very first event in this area, so we are very excited to start on this new adventure and would love to have you join us. We need sellers/vendors, buyers, and volunteers. And our team of helpers will get very special benefits for making sure all goes smoothly.
The Fancy Firefly offers buyers a wide selection of new, nearly new, and pre-loved items at very reasonable prices, thereby helping to stretch your budget at a time when that’s a very welcome thing. Also, it allows sellers to make some money on those items that have become clutter, outgrown, or just extra (so much extra!). Additionally, you have the option to donate any items that don’t sell, which will be given to our very deserving donation partner, the Five Hive, which supports children in foster care in our area, and the families who so lovingly care for them. So it’s a Win-Win-Win!
The Venue
The venue and dates of the sale will be available in the newsletter and on our Facebook page. Watch this space for the exact dates and place. It’s going to be at a site in the Madison/Monroe/Watkinsville area.
Sellers
Our sellers have the potential to go all minimalist (does it spark joy?) or just clear out what’s not being used anymore, and make some cash in the process. You might be overwhelmed with new or nearly new baby clothes (they grow sooo fast!), strollers, games, bikes, decor, and other items that your kids have outgrown, and you’d love to earn money for. This is sooo much easier than selling things one at a time on Marketplace. Feel free to invite your friends!
To be a seller at The Fancy Firefly, you can download a registration form and email it to: ellieart7@gmail.com, subject: Fancy Firefly
Once you’ve submitted the required information, you’ll be given a Vendor ID number and the FF Inventory Excel sheet to record the items you’d like to sell, with short descriptions and prices.
You can add more items until the seller window closes, a week before the sale. Because you’ll find more. And your sister will find some too.
When you return your inventory sheet, you’ll be sent a set of labels to print and attach to your items. They have a barcode, a description, and the price that you select for each item, or group of items (bagged or zip-tied together, like a few pairs of baby socks and booties, or a set of skates and pads, etc). This barcode will be used at the sale to complete the transaction. You can use a standard printer. It’s best if you use heavier paper, like cardstock, and the preferred method of attachment is a safety pin or zip tie. Ask if you need more information about preparing your labels. Once you print them, they’re easy to cut out and attach to your items. Post-Sale: Sellers will be able to select items to be donated, and those that will need to be picked up. Sellers will get a list of remaining items to pick up and be given pickup instructions, as well as a printout of what sold. (You know, in case you’re still looking for it) .
More Seller info
Sellers with many items (you can pool with several friends and have 100+ items!) commonly can make $500-1000 in a three-day sale. There is a $15 registration fee (which you’ll make back easily) to cover securing the venue.
Commissions and Volunteer Opportunities
At the end of the sale, sellers will be paid the sale price of all their items that sold, minus 30% commission. So if you sell $100 worth of items, you’ll be paid $70. This helps us cover expenses, grow, and encourages more buyers and sellers to join us next time. You can also be a volume seller, if, for example, you own a baby boutique or thrift shop and would like to make room for new inventory. Or the grandparents can’t help themselves!
You can become a volunteer to help set up the sale, operate the payment stations, help direct shoppers, and assist in packing up unsold items for pickup. Why on earth would you want to volunteer? Well, there are special perks if you choose to help on set-up day, sale day, and/or pick-up day. There’s a “volunteer only” VIP pass so that you get to pick out the nicest items before they get snapped up. You’ll have first choice of items as they’re set out, and also your choice of all that’s remaining after the sale closes, at half of half-price, before they’re donated.
Also, our volunteers get a special commission rate. We love our volunteers and want them to help make The Fancy Firefly a success for all! If you sign up for 3 three-hour volunteer shifts, you keep 75% of your sales. 5 shifts get you 80%! Someone else can work part of your shift for you (or with you), and they can donate their hours to your sale (over 18 please), and if you can convince hubby to help, extra points! Please indicate on your registration which shifts you’re able to work with us, and your rate will be adjusted up accordingly. Also, it’s going to be fun! (yes, there will be snacks).
Payments
We accept cash, local checks, PayPal, Venmo, and Cash App. There will be QR codes at the registers. This goes for payments from the customers to the management, and also payments from the management to the sellers. Sellers will be able to select their method of payment when they register, and can expect payment within a few days of the sale. Sales tax will be collected and paid by The Fancy Firefly.
Sample Weekend Schedule
We expect our first sale to be in early March 2026. The exact dates and sale schedules will be sent to all sellers and buyers. As of now, we haven’t finalized arrangements with our venue, but the tentative schedule is as follows:
Friday morning: Sellers are admitted to the venue to display their items before the sale. Tables and clothing racks will be set up, and floor areas for larger items will be taped off with painter’s tape.
Friday afternoon: Volunteer VIPs get first choice of the consignment items, before the doors open.
Friday afternoon: The excitement begins. Buyers arrive, and the transactions happen. Fun (but no chaos) ensues.
Saturday: A full day of shopping, selling, and meeting friends. Maybe a few food vendors. (Please let us know what you want to sell)
Sunday Afternoon: Discount time. There will be a discounted rate for selected items (agreed on by sellers and indicated on the tags) still remaining in the sale. This will go until Sale Close on Sunday, late afternoon. Then, volunteers can help sellers pick up any items they don’t offer to donate, choose any they’d like to take home at 50% off the final price, and help clear out the space. Donated items will be picked up by the charity.
Happy sales to you!
Do you have questions?
Contact us at: Ellieart7@gmail.com
