They didn't raise fee for all sellers? How do they determine which sellers have to pay higher commission?
Anyone Ever Buy and/or Sell on Tradesy?
- Thread starter iluvmybags
- Start date
TPF may earn a commission from merchant affiliate
links, including eBay, Amazon, and others
They didn't raise fee for all sellers? How do they determine which sellers have to pay higher commission?
No. If you are a little "closet seller" like me who just basically sells outgrown clothes and stuff from my own wardrobe - they raised your commission rates. But all those mega shops that apparently got recruited over from ShopHers and Ebay - they didn't raise the commission rates for them. Very unfair since they wouldn't have gotten the exposure or investor money they got without the average woman selling from her closet - which is what the Tradesy platform used to be all about. Now its just another of a hundred selling platforms on the internet selling mass produced items.
I am done selling on Tradesy. I will be done buying on Tradesy as well; Once I have used up my Tradesy credit. I think it will be tough for me to find anything because many have increased their prices; which I do understand. It was such a wonderful place to buy and sell. I just sold my first item on ebay in over 2 years. Thankfully, I have sold most of my bag collection. If I sell in the future it will be inexpensive items on ebay.
Ah i didn't realize, I thought all sellers have the same commission rate. It is unfair because while I've only sold a few things on their site, my total is in the 20k+ over the span of 2 years. I guess that's considered insignificant as compared to other mega sellers. I believe I won't be dealing with tradesy either from now on.
I'm still waiting for a platform like Shop Hers to pop up 
. That was such carefree selling that I didn't mind the 18% at all.
VC's fees are way too much and I hate the forth and backs I have with them on the price I want to set on my item.
. That was such carefree selling that I didn't mind the 18% at all.VC's fees are way too much and I hate the forth and backs I have with them on the price I want to set on my item.
I'm still waiting for a platform like Shop Hers to pop up
VC's fees are way too much and I hate the forth and backs I have with them on the price I want to set on my item.
I hear this! I am trying to list items with VC and it is such a painful and slow process!
We should start our own site
Crazy how they will sell an item not as described but when I sell my brand new shoes in box, they return it to me because it doesn't have the price tag! SMH!
Well I'm leaving my listings up. I spent the time to create them and I still have the stuff and I'm still happy - so far - with the way Tradesy handles returns so I'll just leave them but I am - and started to - raise all the prices because otherwise I don't get enough to make packing and shipping worthwhile. I really priced everything too low to start out with because I figure ordinarily I'd just have donated this stuff to a charity or post it on Freecycle - which I still do - but only when I really need to clean out a box or something for space. If Tradesy changes the way it does returns or starts holding up my earned money or bugging me for personal info like Ebay does - I will just remove the listings then. Ebay is hateful. I do have stuff listed there but I'm really careful what I list - nothing expensive, nothing that costs alot to ship, nothing that would really hurt if I lost it to a con artist - so mostly media, unbreakable household and older, vintage clothing items that they seem to have a wider audience interested in buying anyway. I never know with Ebay when I will or will not be able to list because I get blocked now and then with their CONFIRM ID box so I just sign out and leave. I tried Etsy but I didn't like having to pay for listings, and I didn't want to give them my personal info so all I could use was paypal - and then I didn't feel comfortable with paypal's 6 month return policy. I don't take returns because I can't be bothered and just want to get rid of stuff. It's not a business for me. I only did Etsy for a few months over a holiday season and not only did nothing sell - but I didn't even get any views on most of my stuff except from a few other sellers probably checking out the competition. I don't sell much on Tradesy either but the stuff is here, the listings are already done, so until something sells elsewhere or I donate it - or of course, Tradesy starts messing with the way it does business - they'll stay listed. Only problem I had was not getting that email and losing a sale because they cancelled it before I logged onto to Tradesy and saw the message - and now I did make one small sale but the money is still pending and that's odd because normally it was available as soon as I added the tracking # . It hasn't been delivered yet though so maybe that's why. We'll see. I'm not verified - don't intend to give them my SSN - so if they push that - I'm gone. But I'm never anywhere near the $20.000/200 a year limit - wouldn't be probably in 10 years - LOL.
If you aren't verified, the money won't be released on any sale, designer or otherwise, until at least 4 days after delivery. I had two sales delivered on December 5, and they released money for the more expensive one after 4 days. The $25 one still hasn't been released but it is still showing in my closet so I don't think it is a return.
I've never had those problems with blocking on ebay.
I list a few things on etsy but I hate paying the listing fee. I recycle the listings so if an item I have listed there sells somewhere else, I'll change the listing to another one of my items. I only have about 10 items listed there at any one time, and I make about 1 sale a month. It's not a lot but it does get a different set of eyes. Etsy buyers are often looking for unique items and don't seem to care as much about brand name, so if I have a vintage item that is special but not from a famous brand, that is where it usually ends up selling. The selling fees are so much less on etsy that it makes up for the listing fee. I don't recall giving etsy a lot of my personal info. A year ago or so they integrated their system so you could have all your payments processed by etsy even if the buyer paid by paypal. I don't know how much etsy would protect you if there was a paypal dispute.
Have you or anybody else tried ThredUp? I consider them as the last resort before sending used clothes to charity (which I also do). they would sell Paige jeans for $19-29, and you will still make a couple of bucks. I found it's very hard to sell used clothes anywhere, even if it's in excellent condition.
I consigned 100+ pieces to The RealReal, mostly mid to high designer brands, took a while but sold everything eventually. whatever wasn't on their accepted brand list or year, I donated and used it as a tax write-off. it's incredible tedious and time consuming to flog used clothing.
is the a thread for TRR and their consignment process? i'd love to read more experiences about them. i've been wanting to try, but they price everything i've seen so low (chanel) that i'm worried they'll take a lot in commission rates. i dumped tradesy at the end of nov.
Why not just park listings at Tradesy until when they sell? Doesn't cost to list, even with higher prices, it still doesn't hurt to keep all options open.
RR commission is high since they start out at 40% and move down to 30 after you pass the threshold (10 or 20K I can't remember) and you need to be wholly committed to them since your items will be shipped to them for a minimum of 6 months. You can email for quotes or price approval, and depends where you're located, they can send someone to pickup and haul the inventory away. Btw not unlike Tradesy the majority of their sellers is also businesses.
Here's the thread - http://forum.purseblog.com/threads/therealreal-opinions.774120/
Thanks that was helpful. I know the 4 day hold after delivery but they never actually stuck to that with my stuff before - I am pretty sure the money was put in my available right after I posted the tracking but its ok - I don't mind but after reading about how many people are starting to get their stuff sent back to them and I presume losing the money from the sale out of the account - its starting to look bad as far as them starting to want to find reasons not to make good on the returns. We'll just have to see which direction they head in. They should make the big sellers take back their own returns in exchange for the lower commission and leave us little guys alone =- LOL