Where to sell designer clothing online? Or take to consignment?

[Anonymous]

I've tried selling my clothes on Mercari and Ebay so far and no luck. I've lowered the prices and they are super reasonable (a Joie dress for $22 and an Everlane dress for $20 as examples).

I have a consignment shop I have taken clothes to in the past, but I feel ripped off by them (they take 60% and you get 40%. They also mark your items super low for a quick sale, much lower than ebay pricing even). Is this reasonable for a consignment shop?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've tried selling my clothes on Mercari and Ebay so far and no luck. I've lowered the prices and they are super reasonable (a Joie dress for $22 and an Everlane dress for $20 as examples).

I have a consignment shop I have taken clothes to in the past, but I feel ripped off by them (they take 60% and you get 40%. They also mark your items super low for a quick sale, much lower than ebay pricing even). Is this reasonable for a consignment shop?

If you've lowered your prices to what you view as reasonable and there are no takers than your price is too high or the style is not in demand. If you don't like the consignment store policies, don't use them. Is it reasonable---the 60/40 split is pretty standard and they have an interest in getting the item off their floor. They are counting on you having an interest in getting it out of your closet. I look at selling my old clothes as a choice between $0 if I donate and some dollars if I sell. Some dollars is better than no dollars. And sometimes just getting it out of my house is better than holding on to it for the few dollars that I might get.

[Anonymous]

Poshmark

[Anonymous]

These are the dresses: (not my listings - I don't sell on Poshmark) - and my prices for these dresses are less than half of what these listings are posted for.
https://poshmark.com/listing/Everlane-Japanese-GoWeave-Picnic-Midi-Dress-64190bb49d619414cddaf19d?utm_source=gdm&utm_campaign=19865853512&campaign_id=19865853512&ad_partner=google&gskid=aud-502008748277%3Apla-1983937992869&gcid=651982407348&ggid=148106182238&gdid=c&g_network=g&enable_guest_buy_flow=true&gclid=Cj0KCQjw27mhBhC9ARIsAIFsETHV_M76xHAmS-YZHITEjqkLlpE1fj9lUNpR2odcR1GL1T4XMNkknqsaAsVoEALw_wcB


https://poshmark.com/listing/Joie-Norton-EUC-Cotton-Lined-Blue-IKAT-Dress-SZ-XS-6105a9584fd23ae0370848fc?utm_source=gdm&utm_campaign=19835605189&campaign_id=19835605189&ad_partner=google&gskid=aud-946532829820%3Apla-1977198975748&gcid=651495302154&ggid=145703142863&gdid=c&g_network=g&enable_guest_buy_flow=true&gclid=Cj0KCQjw27mhBhC9ARIsAIFsETEpvzaANSrT1aDJZ2xCRgokEWGudAWi4IWyRwnNSjoLIOLf8FbRU8IaApVwEALw_wcB

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Poshmark

I tried it a long time ago and it seemed like a lot of extra social media type stuff was required to sell (lots of people inviting you to "closet parties", the need to like and comment in order to get your own things noticed, etc). Not sure if my take is accurate, but that's what it seemed like.

[Anonymous]

We live in a rich neighborhood and people regularly give away Joie and Everlane dresses on our local Buy Nothing. I don’t mean to disparage your attempts to sell, but the market for used clothing is extremely competitive as it sits between warehouses of ThredUp and local moms like me who can’t be bothered to do more than set a box out for porch pick up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These are the dresses: (not my listings - I don't sell on Poshmark) - and my prices for these dresses are less than half of what these listings are posted for.
https://poshmark.com/listing/Everlane-Japanese-GoWeave-Picnic-Midi-Dress-64190bb49d619414cddaf19d?utm_source=gdm&utm_campaign=19865853512&campaign_id=19865853512&ad_partner=google&gskid=aud-502008748277%3Apla-1983937992869&gcid=651982407348&ggid=148106182238&gdid=c&g_network=g&enable_guest_buy_flow=true&gclid=Cj0KCQjw27mhBhC9ARIsAIFsETHV_M76xHAmS-YZHITEjqkLlpE1fj9lUNpR2odcR1GL1T4XMNkknqsaAsVoEALw_wcB


https://poshmark.com/listing/Joie-Norton-EUC-Cotton-Lined-Blue-IKAT-Dress-SZ-XS-6105a9584fd23ae0370848fc?utm_source=gdm&utm_campaign=19835605189&campaign_id=19835605189&ad_partner=google&gskid=aud-946532829820%3Apla-1977198975748&gcid=651495302154&ggid=145703142863&gdid=c&g_network=g&enable_guest_buy_flow=true&gclid=Cj0KCQjw27mhBhC9ARIsAIFsETEpvzaANSrT1aDJZ2xCRgokEWGudAWi4IWyRwnNSjoLIOLf8FbRU8IaApVwEALw_wcB

Poshmark is designed for people to lower the prices dramatically during Closet Clear Out to make an offer/deal or bundle. If you look at what that Joie actually sells for, it's a lot less, like $15 maybe plus the seller might have bundled or given a shipping discount on top of that.

[Anonymous]

OP here. My price for the Joie dress is $17.
And no, it’s not disparaging and I totally appreciate your honesty! I might be better off donating it to my logical charity shop for the humane society. They price things like this at like $8 but that’s probably what I would get from consignment anyway.

[Anonymous]

*Meant to say local, not logical. Lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've tried selling my clothes on Mercari and Ebay so far and no luck. I've lowered the prices and they are super reasonable (a Joie dress for $22 and an Everlane dress for $20 as examples).

I have a consignment shop I have taken clothes to in the past, but I feel ripped off by them (they take 60% and you get 40%. They also mark your items super low for a quick sale, much lower than ebay pricing even). Is this reasonable for a consignment shop?

If you've lowered your prices to what you view as reasonable and there are no takers than your price is too high or the style is not in demand. If you don't like the consignment store policies, don't use them. Is it reasonable---the 60/40 split is pretty standard and they have an interest in getting the item off their floor. They are counting on you having an interest in getting it out of your closet. I look at selling my old clothes as a choice between $0 if I donate and some dollars if I sell. Some dollars is better than no dollars. And sometimes just getting it out of my house is better than holding on to it for the few dollars that I might get.

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[Anonymous]

Here’s what I do: every brand they take I sell to RealReal, and if it doesn’t sell I donate it. Every brand they don’t take I sell to Thred Up, and they automatically donate clothes that don’t sell. Thred Up pays very little but they give you more if you take it as a credit at various stores (I always choose Athleta). RealReal also gives a bonus if you take it as a credit to use on their site.

But the advantage of both is you just throw it in a box and mail it. No listings. No photos. Posh mark is just too much work.

[Anonymous]

Following this thread. I have a mother of the bride dress to move out of my house.

[Anonymous]

The real real, thred up, eBay, poshmark, EBTH, Depop. The problem is that there is so much used clothing even nice clothing. I went to an estate sale and there were dozens of vintage Gucci and Missoni cashmere sweaters for $15 a pop. Clothing just doesn’t hold value like purses.

[Anonymous]

I sell nice stuff to The Real Real but for everything else, I've found it isn't worth the effort to sell it. I get more value from donating, saving receipts and using the It's Deductible tool on Turbo Tax to write them off. It probably takes me 30-40 minutes a year to go through the tool and I save hundreds off my taxes. It really adds up fast.

[Anonymous]

I used to consign clothing but as OP said, you just wind up getting next to nothing in the end. And that's after paying for dry-cleaning! The effort just isn't worth it to me for almost no return. Now I donate everything.