Managing Consignor Inventory and Listings

To start managing inventory and listings for you consignors, navigate to the Consignors button on the Consignment tab. Clicking on the Consignment tab alone will default to this consignor list view.

To start listings items on consignment, you will first need to create inventory items for your consignors.

Adding An Inventory Item To A Consignor

Locate the consignor that you want to add an inventory item for in the consignor list and click the Add Inventory icon.

You will be taken to the Inventory screen on the Auctions tab.

Fill in the appropriate inventory detail information for this inventory item:

• Inventory #
  A user defined inventory number field to help you identify this inventory record. This value will show on many of the views that show consignor inventory. When a listing is created from this inventory item, it’s Stock Number field will default to this value.

• Description
  A brief description of the inventory item. When a listing is created from this inventory item, it’s title field will default to this value.

• Quantity
  The number of items that will be available for sale. When a listing is created, the quantity is automatically reduced.

• Make/Model/Mfg/Style/Weight/Size
  These optional fields can help you further describe this inventory item.

When you are finished entering the inventory information, click the Save button. An inventory record will be created in the database, and it will appear in the inventory list above where the inventory item was created.

Once the inventory item is saved, a listing can be created from it.

Creating Listings For Consignors

When an inventory item has been saved, the Create Listing button will be selectable in the inventory details section. Click this button to create a new listing that is associated with this consignor. You will be redirected to the Listing tab where you would create a listing just like you would any normal listing. As new listings are created, the inventory quanitity will be decremented by 1 for each listing. This is a very important step, as a listing that is not created from this inventory page will not be tied back to the consignor.

Viewing Consignor Items

Navigate to the Consignment tab to view your list of consignors, and click the orange Items icon for a consigor to see their inventory and listings.

The default view will show you all of the inventory items that have been created for this consignor. To see different views for the items, select an option from the “View Items by Status” dropdown list:

• All
  Shows you a list of all of the items associated with this consignor. Each item will have a dropdown list listing the available commission plans. Selecting a commission plan from the dropdown list will update the commission plan associated with that inventory item.

• On Hand
  Shows you all of the items with a quanitity greater than 0. This usually indicates that there have been no listings created for these inventory items.

• Listings
  Shows you all of the listings created from inventory items. Items that have been listed will have an item number. Clicking the item number will take you to the listing on the listing market.

• Sold
  Shows you a list of all of the listings that have sold for the consignor. The sale price column lists the actual price the item sold for. The fees column lists how much the commission fees are based on the sale price and the commission plan associated with this inventory item. The report column contains an icon that will take you to an individual item Payout Report when clicked.

• Not Sold
  Shows you all of the listings that that did not sell. Like the Sold view, you can view an individual payout for these items.