Consignor management

The consignment: your agreement with the seller

In Selloff, a consignment records the terms agreed with a consignor: the branch, the member of staff in charge, the vendor commission, a fixed fee per lot, insurance on sold lots (as a percentage of the sale amount) and on unsold lots (as a percentage of the estimate). A consignment can also carry a broker and their commission, a representative such as an executor or lawyer, and the campaign that brought the consignor in. Houses that need it can enable a commission per lot, or the flat-rate tax on lots sold above 5,000 used under French rules.

Receipts and lots

Each deposit of goods is registered as a receipt under the consignment, and each receipt groups the lots handed over. Lots are described immediately or later, kept in inventory, assigned to any sale and moved to the next one if unsold, while staying attached to their consignor.

One page per consignment

The consignment page brings together its receipts and lots, extra fees to deduct, statements and payments, and the related activity. It also lists who receives emails for this consignment: by default the consignor's primary address, and the representative's when documents are addressed to them; brokers and any other contact can be switched on. On the contact record, the receipts section lists every deposit and lets you export all consigned lots in one file.

Keeping consignors informed

For each sale, the consignments page shows how many of every consignor's lots are in the sale and sold, and whether the description list, the list with lot numbers, the results list and the statement have gone out. Print or email them in bulk, then move on to consignor settlements.