How to prepare your items:
Always Log onto your account through the Sail Again Children’s Consignment Login Link found in the Navigation menu on every page of the website.
From your MyCM Home Page, choose Manage Items and then “Add”
There is now a voice entry option! Try it out or just choose “Manual Entry” and
Enter Price /Click Discount or Donate /Size
Descriptions are two lines long. Good descriptions allows us to match missing tags and to search for an item within our system. If you make it generic, or heaven forbid, leave it out, and the tag comes off, we won’t be able to find it and you will likely not get paid for your item. Please list the BRAND somewhere in the first line and be a descriptive as you can.
Category (make sure you change between items ie: Girls Accessories, Toys-Outdoor etc.) *Every clothing item must have a category and a size to be accepted for sale. Please do not mark CLOTHING items with SEE DESCRIPTION or BLANK CATEGORY ever! Side note: if you are bringing clothing for teen girls and boys please read the updated guide on that.
NEVER USE A SIZE for anything except clothing or shoes. Sizes on “stuff” should always be blank.
Decide how many of these tags that you want to create: (usually just 1) But, if you have a lot of sleepers, blankets, etc. you can enter the data for more than tag at a time. (neat and saves time! but you will likely need to edit each one to add better descriptions or change sizes!)
Transferring items between seasons of other Sail Again sales is so easy now! There is a button for it on your MyCM home page, and there is a video on the cheat sheet. If you need help transferring from other MyCM sales (like Tar Heel for example) please reach out for help. Email us at sailagainlkn@gmail.com or message us on the consignor FB page. Please note, your consignor number should be the same for Sail Again and Tar Heel Kids but if you wish to transfer items between sales other than .those, you still can . . . you won’t have to reenter your items, but you will likely need to reprint your tags.
Finally, You do not have to enter all of your items at one time. Your tags will be saved and you can pick-up where you left off.
Please sort items by size and gender category. We pull Outerwear, Swim, and Costumes out into their own separate sections. Drop-Off will go faster if you do the same. For a list of boutique brands click HERE . Shoppers in our Junior/Teen Girls Department are picky and you are limited to only 20 items in Teen Girls. BRING YOUR BEST.
Card stock tags are less likely to fall off your items. Including a Good Description (with brand and some identifying note) for each item is your insurance policy that if your tag falls off, we can either identify it to sell at check out, match the lost tag, or return it to you at the end of the sale.
Important Tips on Tagging:
We got a NEW TAG in 2021. Note the seller # in the top right. (Last Initial, First Initial, last 4 of phone).
Please only use (1) one safety pin per card, oriented vertically or a tagging gun with tag placed in the seam under the arm or in the manufacturer’s tag.
Minimum item price of $4.00. (50 cent increments are encouraged)
After you have tagged your items, please bundle your clothing by size and gender category in your car. You may band sizes together for drop off if its easier for you but you’ll need to remove the banding when you inspect and hang up your clothes. Keep coats/outerwear, costumes & swimwear separate.
PLEASE ONLY PRINT ON ONE SIDE OF THE CARD and USE ONLY ONE CARD PER ITEM. Items that have double-sided tags will not be sold or returned at the end of the sale. They will be donated.
Competitively price your items. PRICE TO SELL! What would you pay? Normally 25-40% of retail is a good general figure to go by when pricing your items. We'd rather give you a bigger check than a lot of unsold items! See our Pricing Tips for more details on pricing your items click here.
Hanger opens on the left. Tag is on the right.
Clothing:
Looking down at the garment, attach the tag vertically (up and down) with a safety pin (please do not use a straight pin) near the upper right side of the garment. All clothing items should be hung with the hook facing left.(like a question mark) Please use safety pins to hang pants, shorts and other accessories on the back on the shoulders rather than folding them over the hanger or pinning at the bottom of a top. This will pull and possibly tear your garment. Any clothing items that are not tagged correctly will be declined and returned at the end of the sale, including wrong season and too many items per restricted sizes Newborn through and including 18-24 Months.
A note about tagging guns: We love them and encourage them but those tags CAN NOT be placed anywhere except an underarm seam or in the manufacturer’s tag at the neck.
Shoes:
Please use zip ties or large safety pins to attach shoes. Pin card securely to shoes. Please DO NOT use CLEAR packing tape around the entire shoe as it will leave a sticky residue on the shoes! PLEASE DO NOT USE SHOE BOXES! YOUR SHOES WILL BE SEPARATED FROM THE BOX!
We’ve relaxed our shoe limit! We love selling shoes! Bring us your excellent condition shoes and we will get them sold. We only limit Crib shoes (infant sizes 0-3.5) and Teen Shoes. Please bring fewer than 6 pairs of those. Also, just a note—our inspectors are BRUTAL with shoe inspection. Bring us your best!
Toys, Infant Gear, Mommy’s Mart and other “Stuff”
All items brought to the sale MUST be in working order.
Please do not bring items that are broken, battery packs that are corroded, dirty, or are missing parts. Those items will be pulled from the floor.
Please be sure all pieces and parts are included with games and puzzles. Shoppers hate to get home with their new treasures and find that they are missing pieces and parts or broken! And you will hate the fine associated with those returns! It’s 1.5 times the price of the item AND you don’t get the item back. Please check for missing parts to games, puzzles and building toys!
On large items, simply tape the tag to the item for easy viewing and removal. If the item includes extra parts, please make note of them in the item's description. IMPORTANT: Place masking tape with your consignor number & price on the bottom or underneath side of items that have multiple pieces
It is critical that all small pieces and toy parts are securely attached and labeled with consignor number and price. Sail Again cannot be responsible for missing items.
Books:
At Sail Again, we love our book section and we’re excited about how it’s grown over the past few seasons! We organize our books by category. Please drop-off with intention. You can label it just “Book” but you will need to drop it off by category (Board books, Chapter books, etc.) Over the seasons we have seen many ways that our consignors have creatively packaged their books.
We recommend:
Painter’s tape! It’s your friend when it comes to books. Use it to place the tag on the back cover!
If you are bundling books and CANNOT fit them in a gallon bag, we suggest using saran wrap to “wrap” the books and tape the tag on the outside of the wrap
In general, book shoppers hate bundles of books where they can not open each one . . . but also . . . Many times when the tag is taken off the book(s) it will rip the cover of the book. We’d like to help you avoid both of these scenarios. Please use your best judgement
Boutique Brands:
For a list of boutique brands that we have accepted in the past click the button.