My friend started 2 months ago and has already made $250. Of course I Marie Kondoed clothes, shoes and jewelry 2 weeks ago to consignment stores and goodwill. Argh. So, I set up a Poshmark account few just a few things, mostly cocktail dresses I’m finally admitting I’m past my time to wear again.
If you do Poshmark, I have a few questions.
I wondered if you were going to discuss buying or selling on Poshmark! We can talk both. 
I have been hearing lots about it and have been curious to check it out but haven’t done it yet. My H who is retired has an eBay business and he will sell our clothing items on there and things that are in very good condition sell quite well. I’m curious to see how prices differ eBay vs. Poshmark - anyone have comparison stories for buying/selling?
My son actually just bought a pair of running shoes from Poshmark and received them today. There is a style of Nike he loves and has been discontinued. The pair were New Without Box - tags, no box, clean. $50. He’s thrilled.
I have no experience but D17 has sold several things this summer while home from college. I’ll be following your conversation but have no advice.
I’ve been searching through it the yesterday and there is just tons of nice stuff. From what my friend told me and what I’ve read, people put a price on it higher than they will take because people haggle. Not crazy about that, but that’s what they do. So when you look at a price, just know that it’s a bit higher than they might take.
Poshmark takes 20% off any item over $15. A flat $2.95 under $15 no matter what it’s listed at. I’m sure that goes into the marked up price. I never really shop online like that, but I have to say I’m impressed by the amount of stuff on Poshmark vs. eBay. But…I’ve read it’s harder now to sell because it’s become so popular and you really have to work your posts to look professional. You’ll have to check it out!
I’m still trying to figure it out. You get followers and are followed. I think that is done as somehow your stuff gets looked st more but I’m not sure how. People share your stuff for the same reason, but I’m not sure why, other than to get there stuff looked at more…still not sure hiw that works.
There are “parties” that you get invited to, where you put your stuff at and it gets looked at. I got invited to a dress party today at 12. I think the thing is to keep your stuff being looked st by new people.
My friend says that if her stuff isn’t purchased after 10 days she takes it down for awhile then reintroduces it.
Seems like a lot of work, but a great idea if you do it right and have enough clothing to sell.
D has done it and took a few things from my early summer closet purge to sell when she was home for 4th of July. She has sold several of them, including a pair of Tory Burch flats that I bought on final sale last summer which were significantly too big (I’ll never buy from them on final sale again after that bad experience). She says they send you a label to print and all you have to do is slap it on the box and take it to the post office. She thinks it is very easy and I was happy for her to get the $$$ for some items that I was prepared to donate if she didn’t think them Poshmark worthy. She participates in the Fab, Fit, Fun boxes and sells the items she has no interest in to offset the cost of the box each season.
Wow @conmama that’s all so interesting! The fees they take (really not a surprise) but also all the interaction. I think that is not for me in terms of the selling - sounds like too much energy to spend on it - I’ll stick with eBay SELLING.
However for buying I might look. A certain style/model that I really like or have had and see if they have it.
My D is looking for a dress for a black tie wedding she has in September (who thought black tie were the thing, ugh!).
The only thing I have to add is that you can like items on poshmark and the seller can offer a deal to you. She’s liked a bunch of dresses and has received a few offers. A discount on the dress and free shipping for instance
As someone who has been scammed on Ebay and received absolutely no help from Ebay or Paypal—I learned my lesson and will not shop on these sites. I got my money ($1500) back because I paid with AMEX. A month after I complained to Ebay, the seller was banned.
D21 just started a Poshmark this weekend. We listed a bunch of stuff of Ebay, but haven’t had much luck on the clothes items. D21 wants to try Poshmark to see if it goes better.
I generally donate or give away things I don’t need, so no selling anywhere, so speaking from a buyer’s perspective. I would be OK with mid-tier designer stuff like Kate Spade clothes or TB flats off Poshmark but would never touch any luxury items. Too much fakery… ditto Tradesy. Or whatever it is called. If I had a Chanel bag to sell, I would sell it on RealReal, Fashionphile, or Yoogi’s.
I’ve bought sunglasses there – I like good quality ones, am unwilling to pay the hefty retail price – to replace ones I’ve lost or scratched. Both purchases were easy and I was impressed with the whole set up.
I’ve also bought a couple items on Real Real. Again, satisfied.
If you are selling, there are some Instagram accounts that constantly come up in my Explore feed (you know, when I’m standing in line. . …) from people who are professional resellers, meaning they buy at thrift or Goodwill-type stores and resell on Poshmark. I actually find them pretty fascinating. If you search “reseller” or “poshmark” on Insta, you’ll get more tips than you ever thought possible. I find that most Poshers are not actually selling clothes from their own closets any more, but things they buy specifically to resell.
I don’t sell, but I do buy on Poshmark, in spurts. I have bought some things I love and some that went straight into the Goodwill bin. It works best when I buy something that is exactly like one I already have–a Boden dress in the same style but a different color, for instance, or a replacement Athleta cashmere sweater when mine finally wore out from near-daily wear. The biggest tip is to like (click on the heart) anything you’re interested in; it not only makes it possible for you to find it later (it can be nearly impossible to find it again once something gets buried), but also, probably 80% of the time, the seller will eventually send you a discounted offer on the item. You can accept, counter-offer or, of course, ignore the offer. Poshmark’s search function is excellent if you’re willing to check all of the boxes for the brand, item type and size. You can even load your sizes into your profile and just check “your size” in the search bar.
I am not at all squeamish about buying previously-worn clothes (and the environmental benefits to buying used clothing are appealing even to this die-hard capitalist Republican), and although I’ve received some Poshmark items that were more worn than they appeared in the pics, nothing has ever been unclean or icky. I did recently receive a Peruvian Connection pure alpaca dress with light deodorant stains that the seller missed, but even with the dry cleaning cost added in, it was a steal. Without the deodorant mark, I would have thought it had never been worn. Of course there are plenty of items sold NWT, and you can screen your results accordingly in the search bar.
I don’t know how Poshmark works if there is a dispute with a seller; I’ve never had one worth fussing about, but the most I’ve ever spent on a single item was probably $75.
It never occurred to me to sell anything (I always gave it away or donated) until two years ago when a friend told me she was making $$$$; since then, I’ve sold a bunch of my kids’ clothing and a few of my own evening wear/gowns which I purchased for weddings and wore once and made back $$$$I bought my D a brand new pair of UGG earmuffs (with tags and case) for $30; I also purchased a TUMI crossbody bag (NWT) for $40. I also purchased a brand new pair of Taryn Rose shoes with box, dustbag and receipt, for $18!!!
My son and his girlfriend have been buying clothes at thrift stores and selling on PoshMark. According to him they’ve made a couple hundred $ although they started with some of her mother’s clothes that she gave them to sell. He says they go to thrift stores and if he sees something he thinks will sell he asks his girlfriend and she says buy or not. She has good fashion sense and they focus on teen clothes. He recently sold a t-shirt that I’d bought him in a bag sale ($20 for all you can stuff in a bag) from a local company with its own brand. He’d never worn it. And I paid for it so it was all profit for them!
My youngest DD got me into Poshmark a few years ago. I started out buying stuff she saw and wanted for Christmas or her birthday but then I got into buying from there myself. I buy most of my NYDJ jeans there (I just snagged a NWT pair of white NYDJ crops for $12 the other day). I have also sold quite a few things on there(NYDJ jeans that didn’t fit anymore, blouses,skirts). I’ve lost almost 70 lbs in the last year so it has been a huge help in restocking my wardrobe. A lot of the people I purchase from are thrift resellers. I wish I had the time to do that!
I’ve also bought many things for DS14. Motocross clothing, brand name sweatshirts that I refuse to pay retail for. Sometimes the prices are more than if I were to find it on sale but most of the time I find the prices to be very fair. I like that I don’t have to offer free shipping to entice a buyer and that they (and I) know up front what the flat rate shipping will be. On eBay I could never be competitive like that. On Poshmark it’s hardly and issue and I do not have to have any drawn out haggling with a seller or buyer.
I REALLY love the movement for thrifting and resale, consignment, whatever for clothing. The amount of clothes most people have and the amount that just gets tossed in good shape is not ok! I think people are embracing this movement from teens to people of all ages!
If people make $$$ off of the clothes others dropped off at Goodwill/thrift stores I’m ok with it. I think there is plenty to go around. (In other words, I don’t think the thrift resellers are clearing out the thrift stores from those who shop there because they must $$ wise. )
As long as the donations are not siphoned off by the workers who do the donations intake, I am all for that! I hope the stuff I donate ends up at the Glitter Sale…
Question about PoshMark–I just signed up. I find it difficult to navigate to the price range I am interested in. Lots of scrolling or did I miss something?
Also, do you use Paypal? Credit Card?
Found a bag I have been hunting for–has tags–does this always mean it is new?
The seller did not stuff the bag so it looks bad in the picture but I did put in “new” for the search and there are tags on it.
Thanks!!! I need CC to educate me.
I haven’t looked enough on Poshmark to give advice. But do the sellers have ratings? Or stars or something? I would think something with tags on it is legit new but also I would feel even more confident if the seller had good ratings.
@oregon101 ‘Found a bag I have been hunting for–has tags–does this always mean it is new?’
Tags do not mean it is new, as I recently discovered. If the listing does not specifically state New or NWT, ask the seller, before purchasing. Some sellers keep the tags on the product, wear them and then sell them