Barcode tagging system:

Our online barcoding system provides you with a quick and efficient way to enter and print your consignor tags, track your sales, and produce reports for your sales and donations. Using the barcode tagging system, your tags should look like the example to the right. To use the online barcode tagging system, follow these steps:

Step 1: If you have not already done so, access our online signup page and register as a consignor for our event. Make note of your consignor number.

Step 2: to the website www.myjbftags.com and log in (if you already have an account) or click the sign up button under "Create a New Account" to create a secure account. Make sure the consignor number that you enter is the correct number that is assigned to you. If you have any questions about what your consignor number is, please contact us so we can look it up for you. It is important that you use the correct consignor number on your tags, so that you can properly receive credit for your sales. 

Step 3: Set Up Your Profile. After logging into the myjbftags system, click the link for "my profile" and in the User Defaults section, if you want the default setting for your tags to allow your items to be sold for 50% off during the half price sale, leave the "Reduce" box checked. If you want the default setting for your tags to keep your items full price even during the half price sale, uncheck the "Reduce" box. If you want the default setting for your tags to indicate that your unsold items will be donated at the end of the sale, leave the "Donate" box checked. If you plan to pick up all or most of your unsold items at the end of the sale, uncheck the "Donate" box. Note that you can modify the full price and donate designations on an item-by-item basis while entering your tag information. The settings in the User Defaults section simply allow you to choose the designations that you will assign to the majority of your items to help make the tagging process more efficient.

Step 4: Enter Tag Information. When you are ready to enter your item information, click "Enter Tags" at the top of the screen. Select the category and size of your item, if applicable, then enter a description and price in the appropriate columns. The only required fields are the description and the price. If you wish to adjust the default settings for "Reduce" or "Donate" for this item, check or uncheck the appropriate box(es). If you have more than one item that has identical tag information, adjust the "Qty." field to reflect the quantity of items you have. An entry greater than 1 in this field will produce multiple tags with identical information, with the exception of the item number which is imbedded in the barcode. Please do not use the "Qty." field to produce multiple tags for a multi-piece item. For multi-piece items, produce only one tag with a barcode, and create the tags for the additional pieces by hand, writing only the consignor number, description, and donate designations (if applicable), and "2 of x", "3 of x", etc. Do not write the price on the additional tags -- the barcoded tag should be the only tag that has a price.

Tip: There are great help resources for the barcoding system, including step-by-step instructions for entering and printing your barcoded tags, that are available after you login to the www.myjbftags.com site under the "help/demos" link on the left menu.

Step 5: Save Data. After entering a grouping of tags (up to 10), click the Save button at the bottom of the screen. We recommend saving often, because the system will automatically log you out after a period of inactivity, and you could potentially lose some of the data you have entered if this happens while you are in the "Enter Tags" screen.

Step 6: Print Tags. From the "my tags" view, check the box to the left of the item(s) you wish to print a tag for. If you wish to print tags for all of the entered items, click the "Select All" button at the top left of the list. After the appropriate items are selected, highlight the "Print Tags" menu at the top of the screen and a menu will appear. Select the first "Print Tags" menu item. The tags for the selected items will appear in your web browser. Review the data on the tags displayed to verify accuracy, then from your browser's File menu select Print. Please only print your tags on white paper/cardstock and make sure the printing of the barcode is clear so our scanners will be able to read it. The barcoded tags will print four to a page, and each tag should look like the example to the right.

Tip: From the "my tags" view, the column headers are hyperlinks. Clicking on any of these links will sort your list of items by the data in that column.

Step 7: Track Your Sales. As we update the database with the sales information, any of your sold items will appear in blue on the "my tags" view. You can use the menu options in the "show" field at the top of the screen to display only items meeting certain criteria (sold, donate & unsold, etc.). Note that the sales data will not be real time. There will be a lag between when the sale takes place and when we update the database with the sales information. We will post information at the top of the screen to let you know the period for which sales data has been updated.