selling on consignment

[mapleguy]

Has anyone sold on consignment? Would like to know how to price. thanks

[Burnt sap]

We use two price lists, however on our website only retail price is listed. If you sell on consignment most people want to make a profit so you need to know what your wholesale price will be? And I just sell wholesale to them then you don't worry about it. Then they call you for more product when low. Hope that helped? Visit us at WWW.Millersmapleacres.com

[Drew Pond Maple]

What are you selling?

[Maplewalnut]

We do not do consignment any longer, too much hassle getting paid and managing inventory.

[mapleguy]

okay then what is a reasonable percentage from retail to sell wholesale? thanks for all the comment I appreciate it!

[mountainvan]

Most resellers want at least a 30% profit, greedy ones want much more. I sell a pint for $10 at the farm market, $9 to the reseller who I suggest should get $12 for the pint. I stay away from people who want buy a pint for $6 and resell for $14. I'm the one doing all the work and should make the most off of my product.

[maple flats]

I give 15% discount to re sellers, but they buy it on delivery. I get $6 half pint, 10 pt, 17 qt, 27 half gal and 52 gal. They buy for 15% off that. They can mark higher than my price if they want, my biggest one sells at my prices. They buy $250-$400 per order.

[Dave Y]

20% off on cases and 10% off on less than case quantities for wholesale accounts.

[SeanD]

I agree, consignment for me was a bit of a hassle. It was an add on for the employees and they weren't always good about recording sales and money. It was a losing effort for me. The guy is still interested in selling my syrup, but we both agree it will be a lot easier if I just sell it to him wholesale and then he marks it up.

As for wholesale price this year, I was thinking I would recommend that he sell it for the same price I do. I'm only about a mile and a half away, so I'm thinking it wouldn't be good for business if people see they can get the same thing for cheaper directly from me down the road. I know as a consumer, that's what I'd think.

Then again to give him a 30% take, I'm losing 30% for something I always sell out of at retail. I don't know. Maybe I should encourage him to add a little to the price. I'm interested in more input from wholesalers on this.

Sean

[shane hickey]

I sell everything whole sale whether bulk or other people that take it to the markets I give them 35% of the sale for whatever they can sell it for I just tell them see what others are selling there syrup for then under cut them by 10% I just Dont like dealing with the public I know that's funny to say in this business but some people want to talk for an hour to just buy a pint I have better things to do then be a phycologists lol.

[gmcooper]

We stopped doing consignments years ago. Way to many issues to complicate things and the risk is all yours. We now keep 8-10 wholesale accounts and they order what they need as they need it. We do have minimum orders. If your wholesaling you need to know all of your costs ie: syrup, container, labels, boxes, delivery, overhead, insurance, etc.