# Consignment shops

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**In short:** A consignment shop pays each consignor a share of an item once it sells, holds the money until a return can't come back, pays on a set day, and hands back what didn't sell. Here's how that deal reads in VendorDue, and a month in one shop.

## The deal, as most consignment shops have it

A consignor brings in their goods. You price them, list them, and sell them. When an item sells, the consignor gets their share, but not straight away: you wait until the customer can no longer return it. Once a month you pay everyone what cleared. Anything still unsold after a set time goes back to the consignor, or is donated, as your agreement says.

Every part of that is one of your shop-wide terms in VendorDue:

| Your deal | In VendorDue |
| --- | --- |
| The consignor gets 60% of each sale | **Consignor rate:** 60% of revenue |
| Or you keep a set amount of each item | **Consignor rate:** You keep a fixed amount |
| Wait until the return period is over | **Holds:** hold each sale until it ships, then a 14-day return window |
| Pay once a month | **Schedule:** every month on the 1st |
| Items stay 90 days, then go back | **Agreement:** 90 days, then ask you |
| The paper consignors sign | **Written agreement** |

You set these once in Store setup, or in **Settings > Terms**, and every consignor follows them unless you give someone their own. See [How terms work](https://vendordue.com/docs/how-terms-work).

## Consignors are vendors

In VendorDue, a consignor is a vendor. Each one needs their name in the **Vendor** field of their products in Shopify. That's how a sale knows whose it is, so set it when you list an item. See [Set up your vendors](https://vendordue.com/docs/set-up-vendors).

Sales at the counter through Shopify's point of sale are orders like any other, and VendorDue reads them the same way.

## A month in the shop

Corran Row Vintage consigns clothing. Their deal is different from the shop's: you keep $30.00 of every item and they get the rest, paid every month on the 7th.

**A $95.00 jacket by Corran Row Vintage** (example)

| | |
| --- | ---: |
| Price | $95.00 |
| You keep | $30.00 |
| **Corran Row Vintage's share** | **$65.00** |

- **The jacket sells** on 10 September at the counter. VendorDue works out Corran Row's $65.00 straight away, and it's On hold while the return window runs.
- **A dress sells** online on 12 September, and the customer returns it on the 20th. The refund comes off before anything was paid: Corran Row never sees it on a payout as money they had.
- **On 7 October**, Corran Row's payout lands with the jacket and everything else that cleared. You pay it and record it.
- **Their agreement reaches 90 days.** Fourteen days before, you're asked whether to renew it. Their items over 90 days are listed on their page, so you can call them about a pickup.
- **They collect five unsold items.** You mark each one **Picked up** on their page, which tells both of you what happened to it. Marking changes nothing in Shopify.

## What consignment shops ask

**Can each consignor have a different split?** Yes. Most follow the shop-wide consignor rate, and anyone different gets their own in Vendor setup.

**What happens to an item that sells after the agreement ended?** VendorDue asks you first, in Needs attention: count it for them, or keep it for the store. Nothing is paid until you answer.

**Can I pay a consignor before their pay day?** Yes. Pay now on their row in Upcoming lands their payout today with everything that has cleared.

**Do consignors see what's still in the store?** Yes, once you invite them to their page. Their agreement page shows their items still in the store, oldest first, and how long each has been there.

## Read next

- [Agreements](https://vendordue.com/docs/agreements): how long goods stay, and what happens at the end.
- [Items in the store](https://vendordue.com/docs/items-in-the-store): what's been there longest, and marking what happened to it.
- [Rate shapes](https://vendordue.com/docs/rate-shapes): a share, a fixed price per item, or a fixed amount you keep.

Checked against VendorDue on 2026-10-06.