Selling items on consignment is not a new concept. Selling items on consignment on the Web is not new either. There are Web sites that specialize in consignment sales - this one for example. Consignment sales are also handled through such auction sites as eBay. There, businesses and individuals take your items on consignment to sell for you.

Much consignment sales business is handled through the traditional brick and mortar stores. The potential disadvantage of those is that you must take your products to those physical locations. There must be a consignment store location convenient to you in order to be of service to you. Also, unless that consignment store actively markets your products on the Internet where potential buyers from far and wide can see them, you are limited in your potential buyer base to those buyers who physically come to the store to buy.

We are trying something new and different here at Dooley's Treasure Chest. We already handle consignment sales for people wishing to sell collectibles such as dolls and figurines. We offer that service as well to artists who create custom jewelry. Now we want to expand our service to other craft makers. We have not seen many other sites offering to sell wood crafts on a consignment basis. We believe that there is a market for such a service.

If you have a hobby or even a small business of creating wood work products and you would like to have an outlet to sell your creations or even to expand on what you currently have, selling wise, why not consider giving our service a try?

For those who enjoy creating wood crafts, whether furniture, chests, decorative items, wall plaques, lamps, signs, toys, or whatever, if you would like to try to sell those creations to buyers outside of your immediate geographic area, we can help.

The only real requirement on your part, other than being able to represent what you create through photos and good descriptions, is the ability to deliver or ship your creations to buyers. We have buyers from all over the country. Naturally, larger and heavier items will cost more to ship to those buyers. If you have already been shipping items and can do so for each item listed, then this system should work for you. Or even if you have not been, but see this as a way to grow your business, it's worth a try. You may even offer a made-to-order products service to your buyers. You see, the options are numerous. We really don't want to place limits on what kinds of wood items you want to try to sell through our consignment service, nor the size of those items. Make hand crafted wood canoes, for example? If you have a way to get it to a buyer, it's ok with us.

We can not accept items for listing which can not be expected to realize at least $25.00 (USD) each for the selling price (separate from shipping). You may add such items into a lot, however. Again, assuming that the lot is sold unbroken and the total selling price for the lot is $25.00 (USD) or more. For wood craft items, this will probably not be an issue as they will generally be expected to sell for much more.

At this time, we can not accept items for consignment sale from outside of the U. S. Neither can we accept orders for those items from outside of the U. S. We may be able to modify that restriction in the future.

Remember, there is no charge to you for listing your creations here. You pay us a commission only on items sold through the Web site. We do not charge a commission on the shipping fees charged to your buyers. That all goes straight to you for shipping purposes.

For further information or questions, contact us