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From the field

7th Annual Bellingham Bike Swap

Shifting Gears · Bellingham, WA

Before we had Consignly, payouts at our Annual Bellingham Bike Swap meant waiting in line for up to an hour. We were running everything on spreadsheets and entering data from handwritten tags by hand. After watching that struggle, Rhys offered to build Consignly for our 7th Annual Bike Swap — and the difference was night and day.

He worked directly with us to map our actual workflow, then built the system around it: seller sign-up, item pre-registration, check-in, notifications, point-of-sale, and payout calculations, all in one place.

Registration now couldn't be simpler. Sellers follow a link or scan a QR code, then list their items and set prices themselves. At check-in, we scan them in by their phone number and instantly print labels with descriptions and QR codes. No more handwriting hundreds of tags. Scanning an item's tag on the sales floor logs the transaction, calculates the total, and automatically notifies the seller by text message. At payout, Consignly automatically calculates what each seller is owed — total sales minus our commission — so all we have to do is write the check.

This was, hands down, the easiest Bike Swap we've ever run, and also our biggest: nearly 150 sellers and 1,000 items listed. Lines were short and moved fast. We have no doubt Consignly helped drive higher total sales, simply because the process moved sellers and buyers through much faster.

Rhys was also incredibly responsive. When we hit a snag mid-sale and the workflow needed a tweak, he had an update live within minutes.

Consignly is built for exactly this kind of consignment swap, and we'd recommend it to any organization running one.

How it works

How a swap day works

From sign-up to sold — one connected flow for sellers, volunteers, and your org.

Volunteers at check-in tables with laptops and label printers helping sellers
Check-in stations — laptops, label printers, and volunteers at every table.
Consignly on a laptop beside a Brother label printer with bins of printed tags and receipts
The checkout station. We recommend saving your sold item tags in a recipe box for a physical paper trail. Optionally print buyer receipts as “Exit Tickets” to discourage theft.
Printed gear tags with QR codes, prices, and seller names on a wooden table
Smart price tag stickers can go directly on items or stick them on whatever price tags you already have.
  1. Swap meet sign-up collage with calendar and QR invite

    Sign up

    Sellers open your invite link and optionally pre-register items before swap day.

  2. Thermal printer printing a gear tag with price and QR code

    Print the tag

    Check-in staff print stickers for pre-registered sellers or register and then print stickers for walk-up sellers.

  3. Bicycle with a QR gear tag attached to the handlebar

    Tag goes on the floor

    The sticker and the database stay in sync — ready for buyers on the sales floor.

  4. Volunteer scanning an item QR code at point of sale

    Scan to sell

    A volunteer scans the tag at POS to ring up the sale. No paper tally sheets.

  5. Phone showing a text message that an item has sold

    Seller notified

    The seller gets a notification the moment their gear sells — then pickup and payout.

  • Sellers register with just a phone number — no account creation needed
  • Sellers fill out gear tags from their phone in advance, or on-site by scanning a QR code (staff can also do it for them)
  • Tags print instantly, with every item synced to inventory in real time
  • Checkout staff can scan tags with any device with internet and a camera — phone, laptop, or tablet.
  • Sellers get a text the moment their item sells
  • Optional price-reduction windows help move unsold inventory before the event ends
  • Optional buyer receipts prevent exit theft — staff scan and instantly see everything that was purchased, with photos
  • Optional seller receipt tags let sellers check item status anytime and get reimbursed, reclaim unsold items, or donate them on the spot
  • End-of-event payout tracking shows exactly who's owed what
  • Admins can customize seller registration requirements and all tag formats (price tags, seller receipts, buyer receipts)

A note from the builder

Rhys Smoker at a gear swap

Hello,

I've spent over 30 years working in education and nonprofits, and I know how much work volunteers put into events like yours. Gear swaps are part of the soul of your community, but registration, tagging, and pick-up can bring long lines, stressed volunteers, and frustrated sellers. I've built Consignly to make those parts easier.

I've created this app specifically for gear swaps and other pop-up consignment events. Most consignment software is built for retail stores, not events that operate once or twice per year. I wanted something simple, affordable, and customizable so it fits the way you already run your swap.

I'm not a corporation. I'm one person who cares about making your life easier. If you notice a feature isn't intuitive or doesn't function quite right, I want to know about it! Please reach out and let me know.

Sincerely,

Rhys Smoker

907 209 8448
r.smoker@gmail.com