Collection Consignment Program

Essentially, If you have grown out of your collection, and you would like to trade up your pieces for store credit, you may be interested in Meta Earth's Collection Consignment Program.

This program is meant as a way to assist in lightening your collection of pieces that no longer call to you and trade up towards your dream collection pieces.

Of course, Your collection pieces can always be sold directly by yourself on a marketplace such as Etsy or eBay, and likely for more. Collections will always sell for higher on a piece by piece basis. However, private listings can be time consuming – both in the manual time it takes to create individual listings, and waiting for the right buyer to find them. The benefit of selling your pieces through Meta Earth is convenience – saving time by working with a Vendor that already has an audience and a platform that is easier to find. 

Store Credit ( ONLY )

Items are sold at Meta Earth for store credit only. Store credit can be applied to live sales, private shopping, and in-store purchases. Please keep in mind that there are dealers that will purchase your collection for cash – if that is the route you prefer we suggest that you look for dealers that advertise “We Buy Collections”. They can be found at gem shows and online.

Commission ( 80 -20 )

Meta Earth keeps a 20% commission for private collection sales.

80% of the collection sale goes to your store credit.

That means that if for example, we sell your collection for $100 – we keep $20 and $80 goes towards your store credit. 20% is pretty industry standard for the service. We recommend that you shop around when looking for dealers to sell your collection. 

Pricing Your Collection ( Industry Standard Pricing )

Meta Earth will price your collection piece by piece, or in groups at current market value prices based on our market expertise. That means if you bought something for $10, and it is worth $100, we will sell it for $100. Unfortunately that also means that if you bought something for $200, and it is worth $100, we will sell it for $100. It is not unusual as a new collector to spend too much on a piece. However, as you learn more about shopping around and train your eye, this will happen less and less. It is a normal part of collecting. The first trade up is usually the hardest, but it does get easier over time.

Discounting Unsold Items

If the pieces do not sell immediately on the live sale we have the right to discount your pieces as necessary. We will not send back unsold pieces – they must all sell during the allotted live sale to avoid potentially losing track of specimens or other possible mistakes. 

*Please Submit your Collection for Consignment and wait to receive a Ship date*

Packing Your Shipment

It is imperative that you pack your items carefully, and wait until we confirm that you have a place for you in the schedule. If items break in transit we have no choice but to sell them at their broken value. If you send us your collection prior to signing up and being confirmed, we will have to return your items completely and discontinue you from the program.

Please label your package with your return address as well as your social media/usernames you usually shop with us with, just in case.

25 Piece Maximum

To avoid overwhelm and to ensure that as many collectors have the ability to trade up as possible – we are limiting collections to 25 pieces per trade. Collections violating this policy will be sent back and collectors will be discontinued from the program. You may, however, sign up multiple times. Please help us help you by keeping things as fair as possible for the entire community. 

Signing Up for the Program

To keep things organized and to avoid confusion, we have a sign up process through Google Forms, access this form at the bottom of this page. OR Email us at Contact@MetaEarthJax.com to receive a link to the form.

To keep things as fair as possible we will schedule collections by the first date of submission. We will reach out to you to confirm when to send your collection. DO NOT send your collection prior to confirmation. This will result in us having to return your collection and discontinuing you from the program. In a perfect world we can sell 1-2 collections per month.