Buy & Sell

Sell Your Maternity Items

I offer to 'buy' or 'sell on consignment' your preloved maternity clothes on my web site.  My preference is to purchase the items outright. In order to determine a fair $ value (see below) for the items obviously I will need to see them so if you could provide me clear photos and outline any damage or stains to the articles, it will make both our jobs much easier.

I can collect the items from you if it is not too far from me or otherwise you could post them to me in a large satchel. Postage costs will be your responsibility. Then I can either sell them after purchasing them from you at an agreed price or place them on consignment for you on my site and take 20% of the final value.

By consignment I mean you remain owner of the items.  The items will stay on my site for an agreed time or until they sell.

If after receiving your items I find some of them unsuitable I will post them back to you.

Payment will be made to you after I receive the items if I purchase them from you outright. Payment for items sold on consignment will be made to you on a monthly basis.

Send your pictures and descriptions to: lynda@ripefruit.com

Pricing - The Big Picture

Please understand that the price I will be offering for your items will be a wholesale price, not a retail price.

When the item is sold, the margin must cover costs associated with reselling including sourcing, domain name registration, hosting, website updates not forgetting my time.

Every item needs to washed and ironed, photographed, pictures edited and then added to the cart software with a detailed description.. which all takes a considerable amount of time, which I enjoy but, for example to list around 15 items will take me 14 hours from start to finish. OH not including the ironing & washing:)

No complaints from me, "recycling" your clothes is giving an Australian small business a chance and that what keeps me going, year after year.

I normally offer $12 - $15 for pants and $8 - $10 for tops on preloved items.  This of course depends on their quality which includes the amount of wear (ie number of pregnancies the item has been worn) and also the brand name.

I will not onsell Target, Big W, KMart or Best & Less brands as they are already so reasonably priced - quality and style are not always guaranteed with these brands but the items will serve their purpose if that's the look you want!

Normally it would cost around $9 - $10 for around 9 items wrapped in a plastic bag and then brown paper as a parcel. The cost is incurred by yourself.

Thanks for reading and I hope this information has helped with your decision to sell to Ripefruit Maternity and make some money with a small Australian business.

We appreciate you as a customer and seller.
Thanks so much,
Warm regards always,
Lynda

Send your pictures and descriptions to: lynda@ripefruit.com