Selling the Unsellable

These are the jeans I sold on Poshmark

A while ago I had went through an entire closet clean out (will probably do one again soon with Fall around the corner). Well, I had done everything right, loaded up the clothes I no longer wanted and headed to my nearest resale shops among them being Clothes Mentor and Plato’s Closet. They were able to take back quite a bit of clothing, and pay me what I thought was a fair price. However, there was a pair of jeans that I was trying to get rid of and it just seemed like no one wanted to take them, not even the resale shops.

There was nothing wrong with the jeans, just that the leg flares and everyone is on that skinny jean trend right now. They are an authentic pair of Citizens of Humanity Jeans. I bought them some years ago at Nordstrom for $100 and I just do not fit them any longer. Rather than give away a pair of $100 jeans, I decided to try to sell them, but no one was willing to buy so far.

My last option was this app on my phone called Poshmark. This is an app where you can literally sell items straight out of your closet. Think of it as an Amazon for your unwanted/needed clothes. It was quite easy to list them. In the app you take a few glamor shots of the item, describe it with a little blurb, list the selling price and let it set until it sells. There are other tips and tricks they let you in on as part of the app experience, but I am not one to constantly sit and watch something until it finally sells.

The listing details I added to help sell.

 I had put these on the app along with a couple other items back in April; they were pretty much out of sight out of mind until recent. To my pleasant surprise, they actually sold just this month! Even though I am just now seeing my first sale, I was pretty happy with it. I made $28 (after Poshmark takes their 20% commission).

I encourage you to try it for yourself. You might find some really awesome deals and sell some things you never thought you could. Try the below link to download and also get a $5 Credit when you enter HFOSK.

Link: http://bit.ly/poshmark

Happy Shopping!