Your Online Consignment Store Is Going Away. Here's What You Can Do About It.

If you're reading this, chances are you just got some bad news: the online store or consignor portal you've been relying on is shutting down.

Maybe you've been using it for years. Maybe your consignors depend on it to check their accounts. Maybe it's been quietly doing its job in the background while you focused on running your shop.

And now it's going away.

We've been hearing from shop owners across the country dealing with this exact situation. The feelings are always the same: frustration, uncertainty, and a lot of questions about what comes next.

Let's walk through it together.

What's Actually Happening

Several legacy online store and portal services that connect to desktop consignment software are being discontinued. For shops that depend on these services, the impact is real:

• Your consignor portal goes dark. Consignors who are used to checking their items, viewing sales, and tracking settlements online will lose that access.
• Your online store disappears. If you've been selling inventory through a hosted online store tied to your desktop software, those listings go offline.
• Your photos may be deleted. Some services delete stored photos after shutdown. If those photos aren't backed up elsewhere, they're gone. Years of product photography — vanished.

This isn't a hypothetical. It's happening now.

What Are Your Options?

You essentially have three paths forward:

1. Migrate to Whatever Replaces It

Some providers are offering a migration path to a new platform. This can work, but it often means:

• Learning an entirely new system
• Paying more per month
• Losing features you had before
• Dealing with a rushed timeline

If the replacement works for you, great. But it's worth evaluating whether you're just trading one problem for another.

2. Do Nothing

Some shop owners are considering just going without an online presence. No portal, no store, no cloud features.

This saves money in the short term, but the long-term cost is real. Consignors increasingly expect self-service access to their accounts. Shops without an online store miss out on a growing segment of buyers who prefer to browse and buy from home.

Doing nothing is a choice — but it's not free.

3. Switch to ConsignHQ Sync

This is why we built ConsignHQ Sync.

ConsignHQ Sync was designed specifically for shops on legacy desktop consignment software. It connects your existing system to the cloud — so you keep working exactly the way you always have, while your consignors get the modern features they've been asking for.

You don't have to start over. You don't have to learn a new POS. You don't have to re-enter years of data. You install our sync client, and your data flows to the cloud automatically.

And your photos? They come with you. Your existing item photos are synced to the cloud and show up in both the consignor portal and your online storefront. No re-uploading. No lost images.

What You Get with ConsignHQ Sync

Here's what's included, right now:

• Consignor Portal — Your consignors can check their items, view sales, and track settlements 24/7. No more "did anything sell?" phone calls.
• Cloud Backup — Your shop data is automatically backed up to the cloud every day. Peace of mind you didn't have before.
• Real-Time Data Sync — Changes in your desktop software are reflected in the cloud continuously. The portal and store are always current.
• Photo Management — Snap photos from your phone and they're linked to items instantly. No more emailing yourself photos or managing folders on a USB drive.
• Online Storefront — Sell your inventory online with a hosted store and PayPal checkout. Your items show up with photos, descriptions, and pricing — all synced automatically from your desktop software.

How It Works

Getting started takes minutes, not days:

1. Install our sync client on the computer running your desktop software. It reads your data automatically — no exports, no uploads, no manual steps.
2. Your consignors get portal access immediately. They can log in, see their items, check sales, and view settlements.
3. You keep working exactly as you do today. Nothing about your daily routine changes. The cloud features run alongside your existing software.

What This Costs

$29.99/month. All features included. No contracts. Cancel anytime.

We're not trying to lock you in or charge you for add-ons. One price, everything included.

Built to Last — and Built to Grow

ConsignHQ Sync isn't a Band-Aid. It's designed to work as long as you can run your desktop software. There's no pressure to migrate, no countdown timer, no forced upgrades.

And when you're eventually ready to move to a full cloud platform, your data is already synced. Moving to ConsignHQ will be seamless — no onboarding fees, no re-entering data, no starting from scratch.

What to Do Right Now

If you're facing an online store or portal shutdown, here's what we'd recommend:

1. Don't panic. You have options, and you have time to make a good decision.
2. Back up your photos. If your current service stores photos, download them before the shutdown date.
3. Check out ConsignHQ Sync and see if it's a fit for your shop.
4. Reach out to us. We're real people who understand this industry. Email us at hello@consignhq.com and we'll help you figure out the best path forward.

We built ConsignHQ Sync because we saw this coming. Shop owners deserve better than being left scrambling when a service shuts down. You deserve cloud features that work reliably, at a fair price, without forcing you to change how you run your business.

Learn more about ConsignHQ Sync →