Selling second hand clothing.

Many seasoned Ebay automatically sellers block buyers who ask too many silly questions. If they are a pain in the rear before they even get the item then they may well turn out to be the buyer from hell.

Because my sales are international I often group small individual things into batches. Then you get some idiot asking if they can have just the blue one. Errm no! Would you go into a shop and ask them to sell you just the flavour you like out of a packed of mixed cakes or cookies? Or split up a lot in an auction house"

I tell them well I can sell you just the blue one but I will charge the same price as compensation for the extra time in having to re-photograph and relist the entire group of things not wanted.

H1954

I've tried selling a few items on FaceBook Marketplace. What a faff! I'd included all the details, sizes, length, materials, age of item, offering to allow to try on.............nah! Still not good enough, people were asking the daftest of questions. I was almost giving things away and still people were bartering to get the price reduced. I stopped bothering in the end, put it all back in the wardrobe and it will eventually go to a charity shop.

Yes .. what a waste of time some stupid people are ... one asked me if I could deliver I plant to him .. and it was £5. ..Cloud Cuckoo Land ...

I gave up my shop on Etsy because the entire atmosphere became so hostile to sellers. When you communicate with them the staff in the "legal" department speak to you without respect as though you are a school child.

Ive had a shop on Ebay for 20 years and am considered a "concierge" member. That means I get to speak to people on live chat pretty quickly and they solve the few problems I encounter.

My favorite place for selling is on Ruby Lane a specialist antiques platform based in the USA.They are very seller centric as opposed to being buyer centric. However its not cheap to sell there and they are pretty picky about who they allow to open a shop. Only really worth it if your stuff is pretty high end and worth at least $100.

Ive never considered Vinted because I dont think I would get the prices. My stock is antique and vintage rather than retro.

I use and prefer Etsy to Vinted. I sell vintage clothes, some of which are worth quite a lot of money. I find Etsy a tad more upmarket than Vinted. From what I see, Vinted sell pretty much any brand for very low prices, but not so much vintage or high brands as Etsy. I think it's down to what 'market' you are aiming for.

*the Click and Drop Royal Mail website. ...- so quick and easy.
You just pay online and print the label off. Glue stick needed though*

If you sell a lot its far easier to buy A4 sheets of labels (Amazon) and saves the messing about with glue or cellotape.

I sell vintage accessories on Ebay, Ruby Lane (A US antiques site) and a couple of other places. What I sell are genuine antique sna vintage and not just preworn. I also sell jewellery and vanity items.

If you are willing to ship international thats where the real money it. 90% of my stuff goes to the USA. Also I take part in many online fairs which are on for a week or weekend and get massive publicity. As other posters have mentioned always use signed/tracked postage. I deal with a lot of corporate clients such as TV, film and opera companies who have their own Fedex accounts and they want the items like yesterday. You do ned to take a lot of pictures - I average 10-15 and describe any features such as flawsm signatures, labels etc.

I dont use FB marketplace but I do sell on FB private groups where there are no fees - apart from the Paypal ones. This kind of selling is much more presonalized than on platforms like Ebay and Etsy.

found vinted to much faffing and not only that, hermes, the carrier at the time lost the parcel ! the buyer was refunded, and i was paid the amount it was selling for but would not use again

If by any chance you do happen to overcharge on postage you always have the facility to refund to your buyer via pay-pal just this last week 2 x items I won where packaged together from same seller and she kindly refunded me £3.20 into my account.

I have tried to sell items on Gumtree but found it not worth the trouble. My unwanted items are sold by the Hospice shop.

If you have scales and a tape measure, you can check the postage on the Click and Drop Royal Mail website.

I use that a lot - IMO it’s brilliant - so quick and easy.
You just pay online and print the label off. Glue stick needed though!
Anything small can then go in a letterbox, or just drop it at the PO, or at a parcel drop box if you have one anywhere near.

I've only ever used ebay for selling and find it easy. They recommend the postage.

I've found clothing sells better on specific facebook pages. I'm tall and there is a Long Tall Sally page. Lots of photos and measurements are important. We all use paypal for payments and I post by 2nd class and get proof of posting. I've bought loads from this page too. If you receive a PayPal payment, it will incur a fee.

Shoes and boots I sell on eBay. Take a photo of the sole and heel. eBay charge a % on sales.

Good luck.

As BlueBell and Wildswan.
Although, I also can’t be bothered with FB as I’ve had too many people mess me around and then try to lower the price when they turn up.

Reuse packaging you get from items you’ve received. Weigh when the item is in the package as this may tip the weight into the next price bracket.

Happy selling.

I use ebay. I just weigh the item and can then look up the postage cost - or sometimes I just look for similar items on the site and see what they charge! I don't bother with the label printing facility on ebay - just write my own and stick it on. I've never had any problems with buyers.

Good advice above re photos and postage receipt.

Shandy in all the many years I ve sold on eBay I have never ever had a dispute over postage
I would never pay extra for signed for etc as long as you keep your proof of postage there is no need you can prove you sent it Unless of course you re talking about very valuable items it’s pointless and a waste of money for the buyer so would limit your sales considerable
Fb marketplace can be good or bad I sell quite a bit locally and most people are good as gold but you ve always got the ‘no show uppers’ ( got one today) only ever had one complaint some christmas lights which I tested and showed them working but after she got home said they didn’t work I offered the money back but she said it wasn’t worth the trip back to my house!!!
Happy selling folks

I 've used eBay for over 10yrs and not really had a problem like BlueBelle I had one or two items not received,one was a special dress which the buyer said had a hole in the hem so a refund was issued when she returned it the hole was from a heel going through the hem which certainly was not there when posted after a look on FB my DD saw the purchaser wearing said dress at a wedding so be careful and take as many pictures as you can,eBay sales go towards my holiday fund which has obviously not been touched for over 2 yrs always look out for free selling days and week-ends.

I sell mine on ebay and describe fully, putting all measurements. I photograph them front and back, and if there are any faults, describe them.

Once I've listed them I wrap them without sealing in case of queries, and have them weighed at the PO.

I've been had before with dishonest buyers so always send by signed for to prove delivery, ebay are very quick to refund nowadays.

Our town has three very good “preloved” shops ncluding one just for handbags.

Do you have one near you maybe?

I don’t know how the postage works but I do know the labels are printed from the site.

My daughter uses Vinted as says it very good. You set your own price and have control over which carriers to use. There are also protections for both buyers and sellers. She prefers it to EBay. She used to use EBay

They are expanding their market place all the time so home wares are now there as well.

Absolutely BlueBelle. I too haven’t tried Vinted but use FB marketplace and eBay. If it doesn’t sell then it goes to a charity shop. I also give a percentage of the sale to charity through eBay.

I've tried selling a few items on FaceBook Marketplace. What a faff! I'd included all the details, sizes, length, materials, age of item, offering to allow to try on.............nah! Still not good enough, people were asking the daftest of questions. I was almost giving things away and still people were bartering to get the price reduced. I stopped bothering in the end, put it all back in the wardrobe and it will eventually go to a charity shop.

I sell on Fb local and eBay I keep meaning to try Vinted but read a few poor reviews so not being very brave I ve stuck to what I know
Postage ….I use 2 nd class package and that’s £3.20 gets there two to three days, up to 1 kilogram in weight and big in size fit into a small crate so anything other that a very thick coat or a big blanket etc would go for £3.20 a thin T-shirt could go letter rate which is under a pound
I ve been selling on eBay 10/12 years and only had one item get lost and one item she said had a hole in it which I know was untrue but I gave her back her money anyway
Always take a few photos and KEEP them till the transactions are completed as proof ( I hadn’t don’t that in the case of the hole apparition) and keep your postage receipt
Hope this helps