Root Consignment

Thanks for your interest in being a consignee at Root! We want the experience to be the best it can be for everyone involved. After carefully and completely reading the guidelines below, please submit your application to be considered.

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Consignment guidelines

What you can expect from us

We will provide you with a designated space in our highly-trafficked shop in which to display your merchandise. We will work with you to determine a fair and equitable amount of space, based on the size of your goods and the rate at which they sell.
We will enter your merchandise into our Square point-of-sale system and our baristas will handle all transactions for you.
We will promote your merchandise on our social media accounts and our website.
We will cut you a check and mail it to you on a monthly basis, provided you have sold merchandise during that period. You can expect to receive that check around the 5th of each month (although that may vary a bit depending on postal service and the day of the week that falls on).
Sorry, but we cannot be liable for lost, stolen, or broken merchandise.

We cannot take care of plants that are for sale.

What we ask of you once you've been approved

Complete a consignment memorandum of understanding.
Attach a sticker or tag to each piece of merchandise you are selling so customers and baristas know what it costs and who to credit each sale to in our point of sale system. The sticker or tag will include the following information clearly written or typed:
- Your name or an abbreviated name (example: “Willowtree Weaving” or “WW”)
- The price of the item, with a dollar sign
Email a list of your items with specific prices to Brad, OR leave a printed listing of these at our register with your business name on it PRIOR TO PUTTING MERCHANDISE ON THE SHELF. Brad must enter it into the Point of Sale (Square) and there is no way for a barista to ring it up without that being done.
If you bring in new merchandise at any point that is a different price than what we have in our system, you'll need to let us know.
Keep pricing simple and standard. For example, small candles = $10, medium candles = $15, large candles = $20. If you sell 20 different candles and make them 20 different prices, that means we have to enter 20 items in our point of sale database and search for 1 among those 20 when ringing an item up, which is time consuming.
Use our existing display shelves — no additional furniture.
Do not hang anything on our walls — we lease this space, it is an historic building on the National Registry, and we must follow our landlord’s lease agreement.
Remove or update merchandise that hasn’t sold for two months or more.
Consider updating your merchandise display seasonally and for special events (i.e. Fall, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, etc.)

We will keep a 25 percent commission from each item sold, less sales tax. What that covers: This covers the fee assessed by our point of sale (“Square”) at the register, the fee assessed by credit card companies when customers use those, the space in our shop, Brad’s time with accounting, paying sales tax, cutting a check, and sending it to you, and our promotion of it online.