Anyone Ever Buy and/or Sell on Tradesy?

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whateve said:
Mine have been good, comparatively. I'm making more sales on Tradesy than anywhere else. In less than 2 weeks, I've had 6 Tradesy sales. I've only had 3 ebay sales in the same time. I sold another one of my under $50 items last night, probably because I lowered the prices on several of these just to clear them out. I think the feature where Tradesy sends potential buyers an email telling them that items on their favorites list have dropped in price has helped.
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Can you say what you sell? Tradesy just sits for months at a time for me.
 
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whateve said:
It starts tomorrow. If your item is $50, you were already paying around $7.50 commission. If your item is $40, you were paying around $6.00, so if you raise your price $1.50 to $41.50, you'll end up with the same net earnings.
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Thanks but I had lotsa of smaller items priced under $30. I just took them all down. I don't have time to play with prices - especially costume jewelry and hosiery - under $15 - LOL - their commission goes to 50%. Ridiculous.
 
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Fullcloset said:
Can you say what you sell? Tradesy just sits for months at a time for me.
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I don't know why my sales have been better lately. There are times when everyone else here is selling tons and mine just sit there. Now they aren't on moving much on ebay, but are selling well on Tradesy, which is why I'm rethinking my plan to remove all under $50 items. I'll probably still remove most of the under $30 items or make combination listings for them. I sell purses, scarves, keychains, wallets, etc. Most are cheaper brands like Coach and Fossil. Once in awhile, I have a premium brand.
 
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whateve said:
I don't know why my sales have been better lately. There are times when everyone else here is selling tons and mine just sit there. Now they aren't on moving much on ebay, but are selling well on Tradesy, which is why I'm rethinking my plan to remove all under $50 items. I'll probably still remove most of the under $30 items or make combination listings for them. I sell purses, scarves, keychains, wallets, etc. Most are cheaper brands like Coach and Fossil. Once in awhile, I have a premium brand.
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Yeah its a tuff one but its too much work for a couple dollars. I definitely removed under $30 and many under $40 - I started raising prices of some stuff more than $20 but don't have time now so I just removed. LOL. Nobody is going to be able to buy anything on Tradesy for under $50 any more. I guess they don't like middle class buyers. That was my market so little by little I'll phase out. I just opened an Etsy account for the vintage clothes so I'll see how that goes and over the summer my area has outdoor community yard sales every Sunday so that's where I'll be I guess. Good luck Whateve with your decision.
 
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whateve said:
I don't know why my sales have been better lately. There are times when everyone else here is selling tons and mine just sit there. Now they aren't on moving much on ebay, but are selling well on Tradesy, which is why I'm rethinking my plan to remove all under $50 items. I'll probably still remove most of the under $30 items or make combination listings for them. I sell purses, scarves, keychains, wallets, etc. Most are cheaper brands like Coach and Fossil. Once in awhile, I have a premium brand.
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Actually I like the combo idea for you - maybe pair up your scarves with purses & keychains and call them gift sets. ?
 
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Fullcloset said:
Yeah its a tuff one but its too much work for a couple dollars. I definitely removed under $30 and many under $40 - I started raising prices of some stuff more than $20 but don't have time now so I just removed. LOL. Nobody is going to be able to buy anything on Tradesy for under $50 any more. I guess they don't like middle class buyers. That was my market so little by little I'll phase out. I just opened an Etsy account for the vintage clothes so I'll see how that goes and over the summer my area has outdoor community yard sales every Sunday so that's where I'll be I guess. Good luck Whateve with your decision.
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Etsy has dried up for me. I think that unless you promote your shop on social media, no one sees it. I used to make one or two sales a month there, not a lot, but I usually had less than 10 things listed at a time. My last sale there was in January. At this point, I'm not going to be spending the 20 cents to renew my listings.
 
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whateve said:
Etsy has dried up for me. I think that unless you promote your shop on social media, no one sees it. I used to make one or two sales a month there, not a lot, but I usually had less than 10 things listed at a time. My last sale there was in January. At this point, I'm not going to be spending the 20 cents to renew my listings.
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Oh well that's not good. I won't renew either if I don't sell on there. Just came across this ....http://www.ecommercebytes.com/C/abblog/blog.pl?/pl/2017/5/1494039577.html
I think Tradesy should have stayed on mission for the middle class, small closet seller or at least done a spin off for us and hedged its bets. I wouldn't leave too much money on account if you know what I mean -:)
 
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Fullcloset said:
Oh well that's not good. I won't renew either if I don't sell on there. Just came across this ....http://www.ecommercebytes.com/C/abblog/blog.pl?/pl/2017/5/1494039577.html
I think Tradesy should have stayed on mission for the middle class, small closet seller or at least done a spin off for us and hedged its bets. I wouldn't leave too much money on account if you know what I mean -:smile:
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Has anyone sold their lower priced items on Mercari? I have some jeans, tops and dresses that I originally paid $150-$200 and listed on Tradesy for $50 or under. Need to remove them and looking for an alternative. I really don't want to do eBay.
 
#8,186
whateve said:
It's none of their business. Maybe they just want to know if it was bought at a retail store or if you bought it second hand.
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nicole0612 said:
I agree that they are probably wondering if you are the first owner and if not where did you buy it from. I would just respond, "I purchased it new, I am the only owner", you can add the actual store if you want to.
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BeenBurned said:
"I prefer not to disclose where I got this as I often find great deals and like to pass the savings on to my buyers. I do guarantee authenticity on all items no matter when and where purchased and encourage you to verify authenticity prior to purchase."
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Thank you. I understand when buyers want to know if it came from the store and if I'm the original owner. but that listing has pictures of the bag with tags attached and HW wrappings, it can't be mistaken for second-hand. for NWT I'm happy to provide that information, for some items I don't feel obliged to disclose all the details. I also advise to pre-authenticate it if they have doubts and post all he codes and imprints required for authentication.
 
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Fullcloset said:
Oh well that's not good. I won't renew either if I don't sell on there. Just came across this ....http://www.ecommercebytes.com/C/abblog/blog.pl?/pl/2017/5/1494039577.html
I think Tradesy should have stayed on mission for the middle class, small closet seller or at least done a spin off for us and hedged its bets. I wouldn't leave too much money on account if you know what I mean -:smile:
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interesting read, especially comments:
" by: val2525 Mon May 8 12:05:04 2017
Tradesy's last capital venture infusion was May 2016. None since. They keep saying they expect to "be profitable within the year". Except that "year" keeps getting extended, and extended, and extended. I think they're running out of money and no new VC partners seem to be on the horizon."
 
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Ladies, is there a way to send a buyer additional pictures? One of my bags sold and I confirmed the sale. Now buyer is contacting me for more pictures. I am fine about showing her more pictures (even though I posted plenty) but how? We can't exchange emails and I can't edit the posting to add more pictures. I have not shipped the item.
 
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AnnaFreud said:
Ladies, is there a way to send a buyer additional pictures? One of my bags sold and I confirmed the sale. Now buyer is contacting me for more pictures. I am fine about showing her more pictures (even though I posted plenty) but how? We can't exchange emails and I can't edit the posting to add more pictures. I have not shipped the item.
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I think the only way is to make a new listing for $0 or whatever price Tradesy allows and send her the link. You can't exchange email addresses and attach pics via conversations on Tradesy, it will be blocked. But including link to another Tradesy listing is OK. I remember Tradesy advised something like this.
 
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