How does clothing consignment work?
Consignment is selling an item on behalf of its owner (the consignor), who keeps ownership until it sells; the shop or reseller (the consignee) lists it and takes an agreed cut of the final price. It lets sellers offer goods without buying them upfront. Because the owner trusts the reseller's condition call, an honest standardized grade protects both parties.
How it's used in a listing
A boutique that says “we sell your designer bags on consignment for a 40% cut” lists your items and pays you the rest when they sell.
How it maps to the grade scale
Consignment isn't a condition grade, but grading underpins it: a neutral, standardized 1.0–10.0 condition grade gives the owner and consignee a shared, defensible basis for pricing and for setting buyer expectations, reducing disputes over an item's real condition.
See where every condition sits on the GradeThread condition grading scale.
Consignment — frequently asked
- How does clothing consignment work?
- The owner (consignor) hands items to a shop or reseller (consignee) who lists and sells them, keeping ownership until sold. When an item sells, the consignee takes an agreed percentage and pays the owner the rest. Nothing is paid upfront.
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