How to Sell Leather Consignment Online (14 Steps)

Register your consignment business with the state by submitting an application for a business license. Because you will be selling goods, apply for your reseller's license. A reseller's license passes the tax burden on to the buyer. Apply through your state's department of revenue.
Choose a domain name that's reflective of the types of leather goods you plan to sell, such as walletsrus.com. Build your online consignment shop. Hire a professional Web designer to ensure all shopping cart components and other components work properly for a satisfactory shopping experience. List your shop with online directories such as consignmentshops.com
Solicit leather goods from independent designers and potential customers to boost your inventory. Post information on your site that explains how to send inventory. In a Wall Street Journal post, Paulette Thomas writes 'Some straightforward, unfancy marketing, such as classified ads in shopper newspapers, fliers, signs on the storefront and fliers distributed at garage sales, is likely to be enough to start. Friends and family are a good first source of merchandise as well.'
Inspect every piece you receive. Choose high quality leather goods from what you receive.
Develop a standard contract for everyone to keep things simple. In it, determine your commission percentage between 15 to 45 percent. Also, state your policy for returning unsalable items to owners.
Take clear photographs of your items with a digital camera. Post those pictures on your consignment shop website.
Price items competitively. Review other online consignment and retail shops for similar items. Check their prices and mark your prices accordingly.
Promote the consignment shop online. Join an affiliate program by first reviewing affiliate programs rules, regulations, commission structure and then enrolling into the program you think best fits your needs. Offer affiliates a percentage of the sale for every sale made based on their recommendation.
Advertise your business offline by creating and handing out fliers with pictures of leather goods and your web address. Hire a few students for about $300 each to distribute your fliers.
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