Anyone Ever Buy and/or Sell on Tradesy?

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#9,061
whateve said:
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.
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I picture close-ups of all details, like labels, stitches, buttons etc. you never know who will buy your blouse and what reason for return they may claim. I feel more protected using maximum pictures, even if it's a scarf, dress, blouse, or small leather goods. so for me it really makes sense
 
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Fullcloset said:
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.
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I agree with bunch of kids running the company LOL. overly confident and opinionated for the lack of any education and real work experience.
Tradesy threw everything in one backet, good and bad hoping to make it work but they are making it worse.
- In guidelines for images there is no mention that they should be original, not stock or stolen from other sellers.
- For retail prices, like everybody said, there's no way to track all the models with annual price increases and to find original prices for vintage pieces. Tradesy stuff is nowhere close to tPF authenticators who have databases of codes and years and in some cases it's possible to find the price from that.
- Minimum 150 characteristics can be filled up with usual "don't miss out" clichés.
- Color can be difficult, if you know designer color name it's great, if not it can be something pinkish-mauvish-grey. I'll call it taupe, buyer will say it looks pink to her.

Probably the whole thing is to make pro sellers pay higher commission and thus make tradesy profitable. Instead they should push returns on pro sellers, so they will handle returns from individual sellers properly as we are paying higher commission. The whole business model has flaws.
 
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GemsBerry said:
I agree with bunch of kids running the company LOL. overly confident and opinionated for the lack of any education and real work experience.
Tradesy threw everything in one backet, good and bad hoping to make it work but they are making it worse.
- In guidelines for images there is no mention that they should be original, not stock or stolen from other sellers.
- For retail prices, like everybody said, there's no way to track all the models with annual price increases and to find original prices for vintage pieces. Tradesy stuff is nowhere close to tPF authenticators who have databases of codes and years and in some cases it's possible to find the price from that.
- Minimum 150 characteristics can be filled up with usual "don't miss out" clichés.
- Color can be difficult, if you know designer color name it's great, if not it can be something pinkish-mauvish-grey. I'll call it taupe, buyer will say it looks pink to her.

Probably the whole thing is to make pro sellers pay higher commission and thus make tradesy profitable. Instead they should push returns on pro sellers, so they will handle returns from individual sellers properly as we are paying higher commission. The whole business model has flaws.
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Yep.
I'd go even further and say I'd like to see them spin off the pro sellers onto a separate platform- period. If they don't want to deal with us small fry - those of us with jobs, families, community clubs who only have a few hours a week to post stuff and not necessarily crazy high end things but the type of things that comprise the wardrobe of the 99% of American working class women - then they should have the decency to spin us off and sell the platform.
I've no idea what the retail value is anymore on most of the stuff in my closet - what did I pay for the Gucci dungaree jacket back in the 80s when I bought it or the Premium Level 99 jeans I bought 6 years ago? Who knows. Who cares? All that matters is what I think someone would want to pay for it now - and how badly I need the closet space. LOL
 
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I still want to know what happens if you have a "weak listing"? IDo they "hide" your listing or remove it or send you a nasty email? LOL
'm not OCD - I photograph the front of the item and the back, maybe another photograph if there's a particularly cool detail or if I have time, I'll show the label inside (if there is one) but pretty much I"m done at that point. The buyer can use that magnifier thing to see closeups. If the whole point is to CYA bcause you're afraid of a SNAD - then you might as well go back to Ebay and use a boilerplate - this is vintage and could have undisclosed damage I didn't notice or that doesn't affect the quality of the item etc. - buyer beware type blurb. I guess if you're selling a $4,000 bag - its different then trying to sell a $50 Calvin Klein dress though.
 
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Fullcloset said:
I still want to know what happens if you have a "weak listing"? IDo they "hide" your listing or remove it or send you a nasty email? LOL
'm not OCD - I photograph the front of the item and the back, maybe another photograph if there's a particularly cool detail or if I have time, I'll show the label inside (if there is one) but pretty much I"m done at that point. The buyer can use that magnifier thing to see closeups. If the whole point is to CYA bcause you're afraid of a SNAD - then you might as well go back to Ebay and use a boilerplate - this is vintage and could have undisclosed damage I didn't notice or that doesn't affect the quality of the item etc. - buyer beware type blurb. I guess if you're selling a $4,000 bag - its different then trying to sell a $50 Calvin Klein dress though.
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That's for pro-sellers, so Tradesy can strip them from pro status and they will have to pay full commission like we do.

I would love to see they separate individual sellers from pro sellers too, but these sites are quite hypocrites. Etsy claims hand-made and pushes and encourages factory manufactured in China, and most successful sellers that I know don't disclose it and they don't have to. Tradesy claims it's for community where fellow fashionistas can swap their items, but they act like they are annoyed by us, not supportive and charge higher commission for the less service we receive compared to pro sellers.
 
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GemsBerry said:
That's for pro-sellers, so Tradesy can strip them from pro status and they will have to pay full commission like we do.

I would love to see they separate individual sellers from pro sellers too, but these sites are quite hypocrites. Etsy claims hand-made and pushes and encourages factory manufactured in China, and most successful sellers that I know don't disclose it and they don't have to. Tradesy claims it's for community where fellow fashionistas can swap their items, but they act like they are annoyed by us, not supportive and charge higher commission for the less service we receive compared to pro sellers.
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I stopped selling on etsy. They made changes about 6 months ago and my sales dried up. If it was free to list, I would still be there. I list on Bonanza but that place is a joke. If I relied on my sales there to live, I'd be dead.
 
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GemsBerry said:
That's for pro-sellers, so Tradesy can strip them from pro status and they will have to pay full commission like we do.

I would love to see they separate individual sellers from pro sellers too, but these sites are quite hypocrites. Etsy claims hand-made and pushes and encourages factory manufactured in China, and most successful sellers that I know don't disclose it and they don't have to. Tradesy claims it's for community where fellow fashionistas can swap their items, but they act like they are annoyed by us, not supportive and charge higher commission for the less service we receive compared to pro sellers.
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I had no idea we were subsidizing the income of the big sellers by paying higher commissions - pretty pissed over that especially like everyone said - they're the ones most likely to have returns and snads. Arrggh.
 
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poopsie said:
It was the same on eBay. Powersellers got extra breaks on fees and postage.
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Is it not the that way now? I remembered a time where if you open a store on eBay (just a basic one) fees were 4% instead of the usual 10% for the category that I was selling in. Now it's the same :/ with or without a store.
 
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ThisVNchick said:
Is it not the that way now? I remembered a time where if you open a store on eBay (just a basic one) fees were 4% instead of the usual 10% for the category that I was selling in. Now it's the same :/ with or without a store.
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I think it is the same if you have a store, but if you are top rated, you get discounts on fees. From what I can see on ebay, it looks like it is only a 10% reduction in fees. http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/top-rated.html
I used to be top rated, and there were tiers - the lowest being a 20% discount. I think it went up to 40%. It isn't worth it anymore because you have to offer 30 day returns.
 
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