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Have you ever wanted to sell your lightly used clothes, but didn’t want to deal with the hassle of a yard sale or uploading to Ebay? Well, I have the solution for you, which is the app called Poshmark. It’s a phone app that allows you to sell clothes, accessories, shoes and other items that you don’t use anymore. All you have to do is click a photo, upload to the app, and let the sales roll in––or so you thought. I thought the same the first time I posted to the app.
I first signed up to Poshmark in October of 2014, but for the first year or so, I had let my items sit on the site. I didn’t share them, the photos were kind of crappy, and I wasn’t online or active for weeks on end. After that year in 2015, I did another closet clean out and realized I had to start learning the secrets of selling on Poshmark, if I wanted to make a little extra money. So I did. I dabbled in different techniques until I found what worked for me. I can at least say that I was able to make Poshmark a fun hobby for a few years that brought in some cash. I’ve made about $1,500 to date.
If you’re just starting out on Poshmark, then keep on reading to learn my tips and tricks to increase sales and increase visibility of all of your items!
1. Take good photos
To have the best chance of selling a clothing piece, its best if you model the item as an outfit or use a mannequin to show what the item looks like on the body. If you don’t do this, you’ll constantly be asked to model in the comments because most people want to see what the item looks like on, instead of it laid down on the ground.
Poshmark updated some of their rules including the limit of how many photos you can upload to a single post. You can now upload more than 4 photos, but either way, you want to put the best photo as the cover photo. It’s going to be the first photo someone sees when they are scrolling through the app.
2. Posh parties
Get involved in the posh parties that are hosted two to three times a day. Posh parties are exactly what it sounds like––a party that people share their items to a page. These are great way to get exposure for your items so you’ll want to participate as often as you can. The parties do have themes or rules to follow by such “Best of Pants Party” or have only certain brands party.
3. Sell well-known brands
While I have sold not well-known brands or brands from my time living overseas, those items usually took longer to sell compared to more well-known brands. For an example, I sold my Adidas slides from high school in three days, but it took almost a year for a pair of white pants to sell that were from Germany. I would recommend having a mix of both if you do have less popular brands you want to sell. People might stop by your online store for one item and end up buying something else.
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