Anyone Ever Buy and/or Sell on Tradesy?

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fashion_victim9 said:
I've sent 2 bags, all others are shoes. we'll see
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Thanks, I think I'll give it a try also :smile:

Updated to say that I just checked the luxe program online again and though I opted in a month or more ago, it looks like their payout is now reduced. "Invited sellers earn UP TO 80% commission on designer clothes, handbags and shoes."
It looks like I waited too long.
 
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Today is day 21 and the funds from my sale are not in my account. I finally got through to Customer Service and am back on hold again because they can't figure out the problem either. Fun!
 
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Joyjoy7 said:
I enjoy selling and have been a hobby seller for years. I started with Ebay when my daughters were infants, while they took their bomber three hour afternoon nap!! It was so fun back then! Fast forward 20+ years! I thought Tradesy wasvpushing us hobby sellers out but today was told that the pro sellers no longer get the old commission structure (which happened when everyone else was increased) nor do they get funds released quicker. The CS rep said all sellers have the same terms now. She may be uninformed or worse, fibbing to me but that's what I was told. I can't imagine high volume sellers wanting to pay almost 18% commission!?!? They may head back to Ebay....
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That's more like a fibbing. What was the point of sending email to pro sellers about maintaining "strong listings" or loosing pro seller status last week? The difference is in commission rate only. I wonder if they can repeat the same statement that commission is the same for everybody in a written response.
 
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If you ask me - here's Tradesy's problem - HUGE inventory sellers that hide and block everyone else. 1.4K items - only 457 sales. What does that tell you? It tells me their market is oversaturated with high end stuff that isn't really discounted. People looking online at used market websites are trying to find bargains - ordinary middle class working class stuff they can literally wear frying bacon and bringing it home. I really don't know many people who can keep buying high end bags and shoes - but I know plenty of women who buy clothes and lower end shoes & accessories a couple times of month. Those women are not shopping on Tradesy anymore because of people like this seller - their inventory is all that comes up in searches or in what Tradesy's "editors" are pushing - and you can't even find what you might actually want to buy. I know I have a site credit I haven't used because after poking around 20 minutes and not being able to find anything close to what I'd be interested in - I just get frustrated and leave. People coming for the first time, aren't coming back after that. And with all the damage these huge sellers have done to the traffic and visibility of everyone else - hobby sellers are we calling ourselves now? - they STILL aren't showing strong sales.
 
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When Tradesy is charging such a higher commission sellers have to mark up their wares accordingly. I can get better deals on Ebay.... with more to choose from (with a better search engine believe it or not)........and not have to accept site credit instead of a refund.
When I am shopping online I am looking specifically for deals on pre owned designer goods. I can get all the lower end stuff I want with just a 5 minute drive to the mall. I very rarely look for bargain basement stuff online.
 
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So it seems like the 4 day window release payment is out-- again, my last sale was released on the 5th day at midnight PST. It's really not that bad, I guess another 12 hours from what it was before. I just hope it's not a new trend where they keep extending it with time.

On another note, I haven't looked at any Tradesy closets in A LONG TIME and just looked a peek this morning and was super turned off. I remember when Tradesy first started, their closets were stocked with soooo many goodies that I was always tempted to buy from. Now, they all just look like a goodwill pile. All of their stuff is super used and abused. I can see why they're losing money. They keep these power sellers around, offer them lower commission rates, and are stuck with their crap products when buyers return them and can't move them. Even on a heavy discount, there's nothing that I want. Everything in their closets needs major TLC or some sort of replacement part. The last time I bought something that was new and desirable at a great rate, I was pretty sure that came from an independent seller's closet. Sad to see the business be in this position, as I'm always a supporter of smaller businesses and those who prop up small sellers (or what they used to be/stand for when they first started out).
 
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Fullcloset said:
It didn't fit in a flat rate box?
I find UPS is cheaper than USPS for bigger, heavier items too.
And once I actually used an EBAY label because it was like $5 cheaper then the USPS would be - it was surprisingly easy & no problems but I still like taking my package to the post office & getting a receipt which forces them to scan it.
Plus you're lucky Tradesy still lets you sell some of the non-clothing items you sell because they took down like 80 items that I was listing saying they weren't allowed - a brand new silverware set for example I listed in bridal gifts and books about style and fashion or hair and makeup I listed in Miscellaneous. I was so pissed. Mostly because they didn't even provide me with a list of what they removed or ask me first to remove them myself or give me an opportunity to argue - LOL. Some 20 year kid still living in his parents' house would have no idea people actually GIVE silverware at bridal showers.
But in the long run they did me a favor because those items were all under $50 so I would have removed them myself anyway when they raised the commission rates so high for items under $50 but at least I would have had my records to move them to Ebay.
And anyhow, Tradesy for me now is too much of a waste of time. My stats came out - I still have 250 items listed and got only 33 views - LOL. Useless. And then they want me to "update" 250 old listings - LOLLOL idiots. Like I'm going to waste my valuable day off updating listings for the 33 people who actually were exposed to any.
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No, it didn't fit in a flat rate box. I thought about UPS as I was packing it up but it was an ebay sale and I had already specified USPS priority. It was 5 pounds and going across the country. I don't mind paying for the shipping as long as my buyer doesn't want to return. I'd hate to eat that shipping cost twice if she forced a return. I always use ebay labels printed online for my ebay sales. I never buy postage at the post office if I can avoid it since it is always cheaper to buy online. It wasn't a non-clothing item. It was a purse, just a very heavy large purse. I was afraid the buyer would complain about the weight and want to return for that reason.

I don't get many views on my items either. However, even without a lot of views, I did well in August, with 9 sales on Tradesy, out of about 100 items listed. If I wasn't listing my items on ebay too, it would have been slow, but having them both places works for me. I have noticed that my items that have the most favorites aren't the ones that sell. I almost always sell the items that aren't favorited. I believe that the main way I make sales is when someone finds my item in a Google ad or search, not by looking on Tradesy.

I removed many of my under $50 items from Tradesy. Those that I kept up, I made sure the price was high enough to cover the $7.50 commission, and then it doesn't really matter to me if it sells here or on ebay. I'm surprised at how many people are willing to buy my under $50 items, knowing they can't return. No one is buying my clothing on Tradesy. I do better selling that on ebay. I wonder if Tradesy even advertises clothing or accessory listings. Every time I see a Tradesy ad, it shows purses.
 
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AtiaOfTheJulii said:
Hi all,

I withdrew funds into my checking on Aug 31st and still nothing. I transferred to my bank account. Has anyone compared fund transfer times between the debit card/paypal/bank account options? I'm wondering if it has to do with the transfer type I'm choosing, or if it's because It was a somewhere big withdrawel, or if this is now just the standard?
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I withdrew funds last Tuesday night and it hit my paypal account on Sunday.
 
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ThisVNchick said:
So it seems like the 4 day window release payment is out-- again, my last sale was released on the 5th day at midnight PST. It's really not that bad, I guess another 12 hours from what it was before. I just hope it's not a new trend where they keep extending it with time.

On another note, I haven't looked at any Tradesy closets in A LONG TIME and just looked a peek this morning and was super turned off. I remember when Tradesy first started, their closets were stocked with soooo many goodies that I was always tempted to buy from. Now, they all just look like a goodwill pile. All of their stuff is super used and abused. I can see why they're losing money. They keep these power sellers around, offer them lower commission rates, and are stuck with their crap products when buyers return them and can't move them. Even on a heavy discount, there's nothing that I want. Everything in their closets needs major TLC or some sort of replacement part. The last time I bought something that was new and desirable at a great rate, I was pretty sure that came from an independent seller's closet. Sad to see the business be in this position, as I'm always a supporter of smaller businesses and those who prop up small sellers (or what they used to be/stand for when they first started out).
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I totally agree. These sellers are the same ones with destroyed designer items on eBay. I think people buy them on Tradesy because they are excited by the brand name, then realize that a Chanel, LV or Hermes item is not worth having if it is in awful condition, so they return it of course. Now Tradesy's closets are full of broken down designer items that no one wants and so policies for everyone get less generous to make up for this. Tradesy should do what Vestiaire does; they have a much lower commission for professional sellers (not me), but they also mandate that professional sellers accept returns.
 
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