Bring & Buy

[LadySaphira]

Introduction to Bring & Buy

Bring & Buy is where you can sell any anime related merchandise you have during the convention.
If you are interested in selling anything at bring & buy please read the rules and download a form, the form is to be handed to me on the Friday of the con.

Rules

1- Please bear in mind that our staff will be selling at the bring & buy, not you personally, we charge a 10% commission on everything sold so please take that into consideration when pricing your items.

2- All merchandise must be related to Anime and Manga in some way.

3- All items MUST be in selling condition, this means you can’t sell broken or badly damaged/stained items even if you state that it’s broken or damaged.

4- No bootlegs or counterfeits, it’s illegal to sell them, no two ways about it, please don’t try to slip them in as I’ll be inspecting everything that goes into the bring & buy and any bootlegs will be returned to the seller immediately. This applies particularly to figures, DVDs and CDs.

5- While we will do our best to provide a secure environment we cannot be held responsible for lost or damaged items submitted into the bring & buy. It is at your own risk that you do so.

If you have any further questions post them here or send me a message and I’ll respond as fast as I can.



Bring & Buy Sections

These are the five sections of bring & buy your items will be categorized into:

1. Cosplay & Clothes

Cosplay, wigs, lolita, J-rock, or any Japanese fashion, cosplay/J-rock/Lolita Shoes etc.

2. Manga & Books

Any sort of manga, any language, art books, light novels etc.

3. DVDs & CDs

DVDs, Blu-ray, Seiyuu CDs, Anime Soundtracks, Japanese bands’ CDs etc.

4. Figure & Miscellaneous

PVC Figures, Gashapons, Key chains, Asian/Japanese things that are relevant to anime in some way and anything you want to sell that doesn’t fit into other categories.

5. Fan-Made

Anything made by anime/game fan for anime/game fans, such as prints, doujinshi, keychains, stickers etc.
This will mainly be functioning as an overspill for Artist Alley, if there was not enough space for you at Artist Alley but you still wish to sell your goods it can be done so in this section, please note we will still be charging the 10% selling fee.



Bring & Buy Form

This is the Nom-con Bring & Buy form which need to be filled out if you wish to sell in the bring & buy, please read these guidelines carefully and download a form to fill out:

1. Nom-con will be charging a 10% Commission fee on everything sold, that means we deduct 10% of the sales price of everything you've sold, if you wish to sell at the bring & buy you must agree to this condition.

2. When printing the form, make sure it fits on one A4 page and is clearly legible.

3. Use one line per item, you should not need more than one line for any type of item e.g. Mikuru cosplay -Haruhi Suzumiya, Volume 1 of Rozen Maiden etc.

4. Use separate sheets for each section you're selling in, put a cross through the sections you're not selling in, e.g. If you're selling 1 volume of manga, one art book and a DVD you'd need two sheets, one for the manga and art book because they're in the same section and one for the DVD which is in another section.

5.Each item will have it's own unique code, please number your items in descending order on your form, it does not matter if you have multiple forms as each will be in different section and will also have your description next to the number.

6.Clearly label each item with your ID Number, Item Number and price, all prices must be clearly marked in Euro (€ ) The label should look like this:



Mark each item with a sticker, it should not damage the item to take it off but it should not come off easily either, if an item does not have a label, we cannot sell it! Remember to include the 'ID' 'Item' and '€' so the numbers don't get confused.


7. To obtain your ID number and drop off your items, come to the Bring & Buy table with your form filled out and items fully labelled (leaving a space for the ID number) on the Friday of Nom-con between 3pm and 6pm, you will be issued a ticket with your ID number by me or another staff member.
This can also be done on Saturday morning between 9am and 9.30am or Sunday morning between 9am and 9.30am.
Depending on how busy the Bring & Buy is during the weekend, we may accept items at other times.

8. At any time over the weekend you may change the prices on your items. Simply talk to staff at the table and have your items relabelled and forms changed appropriately.

9. All items and money MUST be collected before the trade hall ends on the Sunday. If not your items maybe donated to charity as we don't have the facilities to hold onto items after the con.

10. By signing the form you accept the Terms and Conditions of the Bring & Buy.


Please download the following attachment (please note you need openoffice to view this file):

[LadySaphira]

For some reason this didn't go with the main post, so here's the Bring & Buy form:

Attachments:

[LadySaphira]

Example Sheet:

This sheet has been filled out as an example, please look over it carfully so that you understand everything:




-This person is only selling in the 'Figures & Misc' section, therefore all other sections are crossed out.

-They have listed three items (Description) numbered in descending order (Item Number), on the first item they included the maker of the figure, but that is not always necessary.

-They have listed the prices at which they wish to sell at (Sale Price) and the commission fee percentage (Com Fee)

-Items 1 and 2 have been sold, there fore have been crossed out, item 3 has not been sold and is not crossed out.

-Their (Total Number of Forms) is only 1 because they did not sell anything in the other sections of bring & buy, if they sold these figures, a cosplay, a book and a DVD their (Total Number of Forms) would be 4.

-The (Sub Total) it the total price of everything sold, before we take the percentage off, the (Fee Total) is the percentage we take from the Sub Total.

-(Seller Net Total) is what the seller takes back after we have taken the commission fee.

-This person has clearly input their real name, badge name and their seller ID.

So that's how you fill out the form and that's how you'll know if your items have been sold!

Any further clarification need please contact me, via the forums and I'll get back to you as soon as I can!

[chaobreeder16]

Just a few questions me and a friend both want to sell dvds and manga so we need two forms each is that correct?

Also What is our bring and buy ID number? (apoloigies if that has already been discussed)

[chaobreeder16]

Also if you are selling more than 1 type of item do you always start labelling at 1 for instance a selling evangelion vol1 and negima manga. Do I label them both as 1 on the two different sheets or should i go onto 2 when i go onto the second sheet.

[LadySaphira]

@ Chaobreeder

Yes you'd need a two forms each, one for the dvds and one for the manga, that's two for both of you. Yes, you label items 1-to how ever many you have per sheet, it may seem coinfusing but each'll be in different sections so they won't overlap at all.

The ID number is just a way to tell each seller apart without having to write their names on the items' label, you'll be given a ticket with your number on the Friday of the con.

[chaobreeder16]

Thats great just one last thing, how can we tell the seller net total, sub total and fee total, should we just write it in based on if e sell it all or does the staff member fill that in whernever the bring and buy area closes up?

[LadySaphira]

May 5, 2010 15:30:14 GMT chaobreeder16 said:

Thats great just one last thing, how can we tell the seller net total, sub total and fee total, should we just write it in based on if e sell it all or does the staff member fill that in whernever the bring and buy area closes up?

That'll be taken care of by staff, we just add up everything you've sold and then calculate the fee, you don't have to calculate your own fee when your filling out the form but it's more helpful if you do and we can give you your money faster!

[chaobreeder16]

Sorry to ask again but thinking about the convention is the only thing keeping me going during exam revision lol.

Can you collect your items and earnings from the bring and buy section at any time or do you have to wait til the end of the convention. Or if all your items are sold by the end of Saturday can you collect the money then or do you have to wait until the majority of items are sold?

[LadySaphira]

No problem!

Ideally it'd be better if you waited for a majority of your items to be sold so we could save our small change for people buying from us.

You can collect your items at any time but bear in mind if we're at a busy time it'll take longer to get you sorted.

[wolfe]

Sorry but can you upload the form in a different format like doc. I cant open the file unless I get the program for it.

[LadySaphira]

Sorry about that, we tried to convert it to no success.

Don't worry though, we'll have it up as a .JPEG very soon so no one will have a problem with it!

[farenheights]

Hello LadySaphira, I'm literally new here and I'm just going through the registration process, but I have one important question regarding selling manga.
I have some series in bulk, like Maison Ikkoku 1-8 or so, is it allowed to be sold in bulk rather then one-by one?
Thanks in advance!

[LadySaphira]

To sell it altogether it'll have to be bundled altogether, like how box sets have all their DVDs together.
If you have them tied up or in a transparent bag together and clearly shown that they are to be bought as one set then there's no problem, if that's not possible then I'm afraid you'll have to sell them individually.
Having loose manga with the same item number will just be too confusing for everyone and I can't see it working anyway.

[farenheights]

LadySaphira - Thank you! I can bundle them together no problem : )
-is glad she saved all that packaging from post!-
Cheers for your help!