Be smart for back to school

Uniquely yours...for less!

Are you one of those parents who is constantly being marketed everyday for back to school? If the answer to the question is "yes", it may be a good idea for you to read our latest blog because despite the emails you receive from many retailers offering discounts off of regular priced merchandise there may be many of you who have never considered buying resale, where the discounts are even deeper and many of the items are new with tags or have never been worn. Not only that, but the items we are talking about are either designer or high quality brands that last.

How is this possible? It's actually very simple. Many of us parents, including those on the team at consignista.com either overbuy or are gifted with items from generous grand parents or other members of the family who cannot resist making that purchase for your children. What happens is that as your children grow at an exponential rate, some of these purchases never get worn. The good news is that you can consign those items with consignista.com, earn money from them when they sell and use those earnings to put towards other resale items at smart prices. On top of that, for every purchase you make with us, you earn rewards points that you can put towards future purchases.

Smart savings with consignista.com

So let's show you an example of a saving you can make when you buy resale. Like the Northface Metroplis Parka Jacket that retails at around $199.00 that consignista.com has listed in excellent condition for $89.00. A cool saving of  $110.00. Now we don't know about you, but that $110.00 saving on just one item can go a long way to buying other items. Like Gap long sleeve graphic Ts that consignista.com has listed at between $5.00-8.00 each. Oh and we always offer free shipping. The savings go on!

So we hope you can see the advantages of using consignista.com as opposed to heading out to the nearest mall for your back to school items. And of course, why not consign those items that were either never worn or are in perfect condition with us to continue to add to our increasing inventory? You never know, back to school could end up costing you zero dollars, with the savings you can make when buying resale, and consigning and earning money from those outgrown items with consignista.com. And the icing on the cake is that it's a green alternative - resale is becoming known as a perfect recycling option.

Now we've kept this blog short and sweet as we know time is precious over the summer. And we don't want to keep you from shopping for your back to school necessities with us now do we!

There are two kinds of fashion shopper. Which kind are you?

Uniquely yours...for less!

One of the many little secrets of the fashion world is that there are two types of shoppers; savvy ones who buy resale items that are considerably below the normal retail price, and those who pay full retail, that of course paves the way for the savvy shopper.

If you’ve been casually following the news about the resale industry over the past few years, you could be forgiven for not believing that the prices and quality of resale items are really available. The real story is that, as a result of relentless consumer purchasing, the availability of items in the resale market has grown exponentially.

Wouldn't you like to reduce your monthly expenses with a little of your time and effort? But, of course, as the saying goes "time is money" also. Often, we don’t take the time to research if we could be getting a better price for something elsewhere. It’s a trade-off between perhaps paying more for that brand new item that you may be able to buy 'new with tags' through a number of high-end resale websites.

Don't believe us? Let's taking you on a virtual shopping experience. Let's say you're in the market for a bag and a pair of shoes. Your retail receipt will look something like this:

Gucci "Scarlett" Bag: $1250.00
Lamberton Truex Floral Slides: $475.00

Retail receipt total: $1725.00.

Now let's look at a receipt you would have when buying the same items that are also brand new from consignista.com

Gucci "Scarlett" Bag: $999.00.
Lambertson Truex Floral Slides: $237.50.

consignista.com receipt total: $1236.50.

Just this little shopping experience would save you $488.50.

You can 'save' with consignista.com

So, here’s the kicker: when it comes resale, the savings can be huge – often hundreds, if not thousands of dollars!  More importantly, online services now make the delivery of an item remarkably quick. In short, you can easily find that 'must have' item at a lower price. As an example, just visit consignista.com today, and input your desired brand in our search box on our website and it will quickly provide you with the results you seek and at a great price too! People are amazed by the huge savings they can achieve over full priced retail items.

Of course, resale is always a supply and demand game. You may not only love to buy resale, but you may have a closet full of no longer loved, but in excellent condition apparel, that you want to consign. As we said before, time is worth money itself - so the goods news is that you can upload your items for consignment to consignista.com using our easy to use upload form. 

So now for the bottom line: consignista.com makes it simple to find significant savings on the 'must have' items you want and takes the time out of consigning with its upload form.  And, contrary to what many people believe – it’s easy and guaranteed to be an original with the added bonus of free shipping.  Consumers have never had it so good.

So, if you think that saving hundreds of dollars immediately with minimal effort is a smart move, visit consignista.com and spread the word to your friends where you earn cash for doing so with our cash & rewards program!

Child's Play + Resale = Earnings

Uniquely yours...for less!

No, the title of this blog is not about crazy mathematics, but more an introduction of how you can earn cash from your "outgrown" or "never worn" children's closet by entering into the ever-growing world of resale. And while making reference to ever-growing, we all know how fast children grow. So fast in fact, that some items of their clothing either never get worn, or are worn a handful of times, where they practically show no signs of wear.

If you know what we mean, you're one of those parents who has a bundle of children's clothes that are just too good to "give away". Where your friends/family have reached the "done and done" stage on having anymore babies. Where your little one's closet contain brands like Janie & Jack, Ralph Lauren, Vineyard Vines, Baby Gap, Juicy Couture to name but a few. What should you do with these wonderful items? Well, you could, of course, vacuum pack them up, put them in the attic so they never see the light of day again, or you could give others the chance of making great use of these clothes by recycling them through resale and at the same time make a buck or few for yourself by doing so. To us, at consignista.com that makes perfect sense. You earn, while others save. 

Janie & Jack Dresses $32.00 at consignista.com

So what are your resale options? Your local consignment store (if you have one that takes children's clothes), or there is the online route. And whilst consignista.com is totally online, and for those of you who don't already know how great we are, let's talk about the benefits of that (because we know what we are talking about) or so rumor has it!

The benefits to using consignista.com:

You're not restricted as to when you can consign your items for resale, because being online means you never know who is looking for what, in any particular season.

You get to choose the price you want to list your items at (although it is always recommended to discount items new with tags by 50%) as a starting point.

Once you list your items, they can stay on consignista.com until they sell, or if you request for us to remove them.

We will not reduce your items (unless you tell us to), or if we ever do decide to do a "flash sale" the discounted price will come out of our pocket, not yours. That means no nasty surprises when you get your money.

You earn 70% when you upload your items from the comfort of your own home to our site using our super-easy upload form.

Other benefits include a local concierge service, where take care of the whole consignment process for you, you can earn reward points when you shop with us to put towards future purchases, we have a VIP program and by consigning your items with us enables us to "give back" to great causes. Just take a look at the give back section of our site to see what we are up to now.

Just register with us to find out just how simple and fun consigning can be!

Read next month's blog where we will explore the other side of the coin and if you are not clear on what we mean by that, you have no choice but to come back to find out! As always, please, Like Us on Facebook, Follow us on Pinterest and check out our Google + page - and spread a little sunshine because Summer is a stones throw away!

L'Amour

Uniquely yours...for less!

There are no prizes for knowing that Valentine's Day is looming. But that is not what our latest blog is about. Apologies to all you romantics out there, but this blog is aimed at delving into the love of shopping and shopping smart.

Us girls make no secret about our pure love for shopping. The rush we feel when we put on our recently purchased "something". How good we feel when, headed out for a night on the town, we take stock of ourselves in the mirror and feel like a million dollars. Like any new love this feeling isn't long-lived. Once something has been worn a few times, the love fades. Time for a new shopping experience to maintain the thrill. Unless you have the shopping budget of the rich and famous, shopping can be tough on the bank balance. And sometimes we just have to window shop, as if we don't do so, we may be eating soup for a while!

True love shopping bags...mwaaa!

But we have good news. We can ease the pain. At consignista.com we have designer items available for purchase on the site at prices discounted by a minimum of 50%. And that discount is all year round. Yes, you read right, designer items, new with tags, at a minimum discount of 50% all year round. Items like brand new Selma Coach Suede Open Toe pumps for $94.00 or a BCBG Maxaria Dress priced at just $50.00. Did we mention free shipping and the fact that you also earn rewards points every time you shop with us that goes towards future purchases? An added bonus is a full returns policy. That means you can return the item to us in the condition it arrived in and voilà you get your money back. No re-stocking fee, no store credit just a good old-fashioned refund. Now that's shopping smart.

Let us not forget that if you have an item or two that you no longer love, but is too good to give away, then consign it with us without leaving your home and earn 70% when the item sells. Consign with us without leaving the home. Nice!

Our Rewards Program can also add to your piggy bank, as for every friend you refer and who shops with us, we give you $10.00*. Not $10.00 credit to spend on our site (although we feel sure that's where you will want to spend your money) but $10.00 to spend where-ever you want. Now if that's not love, we don't know what is!

Spread the love (and the word) because despite common belief, it's not money that makes the world goes round, it's love.

See you next month!

*Please see website for full details.