I think once it's in Pitney Bowes' hands, it's Tradesy's problem if anything goes wrong. At least, that's how it works on eBay.
Anyone Ever Buy and/or Sell on Tradesy?
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I think once it's in Pitney Bowes' hands, it's Tradesy's problem if anything goes wrong. At least, that's how it works on eBay.
I agree with others, it sounds like a safe transaction with your funds being released on 4th day after delivery to forwarder.
That's crazy because they're the ones who made their own policies.
If HTF, limited edition, discontinued items, etc. can't be sold for "what the market will bear," they're going to lose even more sellers.
And a venue where there are independent sellers shouldn't be telling sellers how to list, how much to list for, set maximum prices, etc. You don't work for them!
It will be interesting to see if they follow this policy in their own closets once the policy goes into effect for sellers. They often list very desirable bags for 200% or more of retail price in their own closet. It would be really annoying if they implement this policy for sellers and then still overprice them (at market prices) in their closets.
Yes! Whenever any of my bags have been returned, they price them at least 10% higher than what I sold them for. However, eventually they are forced to lower the prices in order to sell.
VC, TRR already operate this way. Posh, eBay and others give more latitude to sellers. it's what makes a marketplace function like market, everyone picks and choose which platform works for them right? for me personally I place a high value on cheap shipping labels with insurance and someone to sort returns for me.
But this only affects "professional sellers" right? I'm thinking since they sell at a much higher volume and a lot of the returns come from these sellers, Tradesy probably doesn't want to sit or lose a lot of money on those return items. I don't think this will affect small-time individual sellers like myself who only occasionally clean out her closet. A lot of us on this thread won't be affected by this change.
VC and TRR have a lot of items priced significantly over retail. It may only be the items I am looking at, but both have Hermes bags listed at up to double retail (or more on VC) unless they are fairly worn. VC is more restrictive on clothing and shoe prices, but for Hermes bags I have never had them tell me any price was too high. Like I mentioned earlier regarding TRR, Chanel RTW is often listed above the price in the store.
However, I agree with you about placing a high value on shipping labels with insurance and returns taken care of; I just don't feel like tradesy does the latter anymore. Maybe I am gunshy after my last experiences selling but it seems like if the buyer returns an item it is 50/50 whether it will come back to me or not for some made up reason (or even worse, be damaged in the process as has happened to others). I do agree with you that selling price is not my first concern, if it was I would probably do better on eBay. Ease and no worries is my main concern. So that's why I used to favor tradesy. Now my strategy is to sell things for ridiculously low on poshmark (the only way to sell there) or take the "no worries" part and sell on VC, though the listing process is less easy.
The OP of this info was just wondering if this would next be implemented site-wide, as professional sellers seem to have new policies introduced first to them. Hopefully it will come to nothing. TBH, I am expecting that they may make exceptions for certain items.
It's also worth pointing out that the new guidelines are just that - guidelines for better visibility which can/does translate into sales. Several folks have complained about slow sales or that buyers are not seeing their listings, this is what the new playing field looks like for better or for worse. Additionally the threshold pro sellers have to maintain is 80% so there's room for self discretion should they have Chanel, Hermes and whatnots that typically go for above retail. As far as I can see sellers don't list retail prices on VC, just what they want to list. TRR has no method to their madness lol.
I guess what they're trying to cut down on is sellers misleading lookers with inflated retail prices, besides this list price problem is also plaguing Amazon too.
Here's my trickle down theory, it's not easy to train and equip staff with two sets of standards so they'll start to blend together. I've seen a lot of features being implemented this way (opt-in sales, 8+ pics, 150+ characters in description etc). Again sellers don't have to do any of this, but this is what they have to compete against
LOLLOL - they must have all been drunk when they came out with that. Who the hell has time to do 8 photos and figure out the retail on vintage items? I never sell anything on Tradesy anymore - all my sales have been coming from elsewhere so I never even log on to Tradesy anymore - but what happens if you don't comply? I mean they call it a "weak listing" LOLLOL - what does that even mean? Their investors must be getting really worried now - they're trying anything. Do they really think not having 8 photos or specific measurements is why sales are down? Keep hiring children to manage your ops Tradesy.
well all my listings have 12 pictures and sometimes it's not enough when it's about bags and I make collages
My bag listings have 12 pictures, and I agree, sometimes it isn't enough. I make collages too. However, there aren't 8 angles of a twilly scarf that will show more than I can show in two pictures. For keychains or charms, I usually only do 3 pictures and that is more than enough - front, back and edge. Same for a blouse or tee - front and back is all you need.