RPS provides a retail space for local and independent designers, crafters, musicians, and artists to sell their handmade goods:

• hand-made clothes
• hand-screenprinted clothes
• hand-made jewelry
• artist prints
• zines/comics
• small press books
• local music
• knitted, crocheted, sewn, and painted hats
• other stuff that i can’t fit in here but is really cool, i promise

When you make a purchase at RPS, you are supporting community-driven creativity! 60% of your purchase goes to the artist while 40% goes to keeping our doors open and accessible to all.

Selling your stuff at RPS

Email us at retailatrpscollectivedotcom to make an appointment. The Retail Crew (MB and Chelsea) all work on Wednesdays and Sundays every week. If you can’t make it either of those days, email us to work out a better time to come in.

Before you consign with us, please email us some pictures of the items you would like to sell or send us a link to your website. Once we receive that- we will make an appointment with you to come in and sign contracts and all of that. During your appointment, bring in the items you’d like to sell clean and ready to be displayed for sale. Because of space constraints, we may have to limit the number of items per designer. If we think our space would be a good place for you to sell your items we’ll have you sign the contract, you’ll choose a consigner code (3 letters), and you will tag your goods with your own or our hang tags. We will enter your items into inventory prior to putting them on display. Because we’re a volunteer-run collective, managing our consigners’ inventory is difficult for us. We encourage all consigners to take an active part in our space by keeping track of your inventory and checking up on your items.

You can bring in or remove inventory by appointment. This insures a more accurate account of your items and helps you get paid in a more timely manner. Inventory updates require an appointment with the Retail Crew. If you are just picking up a check, however, please feel free to stop by anytime during RPS hours and a volunteer can grab your check for you!

Getting paid

When your item sells, you’ll be paid for it by check in the first two weeks of the month following the sale. You will be notified via email that you have a check available and you can pick up your check at RPS two weeks after the start of the month following the sale. If you live far away please notify us that you will need to have your check mailed to you. We may ask you to send us a SASE because we are poor.

Our consignment rate is 60% Vendor/40% RPS.

View the contract here:
Consignment Contract (pdf)
Consignment Contract (doc)

Check out some of the crafty folks who consign with us! –>

What we are currently looking to sell:

• hand-made clothes (NOT screenprinted shirts!)
• crafty supply kits

What we have an overabundance of and probably won’t be taking right now:

• Screenprinted T-shirts!

Did you notice that our hours changed? Why’s that anyway? Well, part of it is because we want to go out and have some fun this summer. And the other part of it is because we are shorthanded in the store. If you’re interested in helping out, there’s a few things you should know first.

1. Training to work in the store takes about 10 – 20 hours so we’re not really into training somebody who can’t stick around very long. (But we definitley want your volunteer time!)
2. We’d like it if you worked at least two shifts a month so you don’t forget what your doing.
3. The last thing that you should know is that you won’t be getting paid. You may have known this already, but I just thought I would stress it, just in case.

Still Interested? Awesome! Email volunteeratrpscollectivedotcom to learn more.