Anyone Ever Buy and/or Sell on Tradesy?

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Shop-Hers just had a bad business model in general. If you sold something through Shop-Hers, you shipped it to Shop Hers corp in Santa Monica and THEY shipped it to the buyer, so they did authentication, verification etc. they also accepted returns.
That just isn't scalable.

I LOVED them. They were perfect for my higher end items that I didn't want to list on Ebay. I never wasted my time listing anything low to mid range there. They are only a few hours away so shipping to them was great. It sure beat having to factor in the 'free' shipping that Ebay pushes and end up selling a heavy bag to someone on the other side of the country. The peace of mind was worth every penny to me.
 
Checking out my payouts like
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My money reached paypal today, exactly a week after I transferred it. They released money from one of my sales that was delivered on 11/22 just after midnight on 11/29, but not on the other sale that was under $50 (and so can't be returned.) So it is now taking 7 days or more for money to be released.
 
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I sent Tradesy an email over the weekend about my sale where the tracking shows "delivery status not updated." Luckily in this case, the buyer had contacted me just after she got it to tell me how much she loved it. Tradesy took that as proof as delivery and the status was updated in my sales page this afternoon to delivered on Saturday.
Same here! I shipped this Monday (alone with 3 more other boxes i shipped via usps, all of which are trackable except for the tradesy label!!!) The tracking says "shipping label created.. " and not info regarding moving or even acceptance by the post office. I pay 23% fee to tradesy for the useless service(usually they return to me all my high priced items claiming "tiny scuff on the corner of the bag and not mentioned" where i ckearky each tine state "floir samples items with minor store handling signs , scuffing, etc". I contacted the buyer saying the parcel had been shipped on monday but the tracking system doesnt show anything askung her to reply and let me know when she receives it. Yesterday the buyer replied "i have not received the shoes! " just one day after the shipping and she seemes like pissed. Is anyone experiencing same issue with tracking after this black friday "sale"? All my other parcels(labels printed through usps directly) can be easily tracked except for the one label i printed through tradesy. Now i have to be nervous and worry where tge parcel is and if tge buyer and when gets it, and since tge system shiws nothing hasnt been shipped, i wont see my money!!!
 
It seems there's no rhyme or reason to funds release timeframe. I had one take a full week and last night received one that was delivered on Friday. That one was four days!? No sign of the first hitting my pp. That's since Monday. I sold two more items since but waiting to see how long the others actually take to show up in pp. I may just cancel.
 
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Same here! I shipped this Monday (alone with 3 more other boxes i shipped via usps, all of which are trackable except for the tradesy label!!!) The tracking says "shipping label created.. " and not info regarding moving or even acceptance by the post office. I pay 23% fee to tradesy for the useless service(usually they return to me all my high priced items claiming "tiny scuff on the corner of the bag and not mentioned" where i ckearky each tine state "floir samples items with minor store handling signs , scuffing, etc". I contacted the buyer saying the parcel had been shipped on monday but the tracking system doesnt show anything askung her to reply and let me know when she receives it. Yesterday the buyer replied "i have not received the shoes! " just one day after the shipping and she seemes like pissed. Is anyone experiencing same issue with tracking after this black friday "sale"? All my other parcels(labels printed through usps directly) can be easily tracked except for the one label i printed through tradesy. Now i have to be nervous and worry where tge parcel is and if tge buyer and when gets it, and since tge system shiws nothing hasnt been shipped, i wont see my money!!!
If you just shipped on Monday, I wouldn't panic yet. This is my experience: I put packages out for my carrier to pick up. If she scans them, they show up in the system shortly. If she doesn't, they go to the post office and don't get scanned until they reach or leave the distribution center. That can be the next day or the following day. If my carrier doesn't get back to the post office before the truck leaves for the distribution center, my packages sit in the post office for another day.
 
I sold a backpack on Tradesy recently and the recipient received it yesterday. When I checked to see when I can do my payout, it says December 19th?! That's crazy! I don't understand why I have to wait 3 weeks.
It might not take that long. It used to be 4 days unless it is returned. Now it seems like it is closer to 7 days but I have one that is at 7 days and still hasn't been released. I had an international sale that took around 18 days. They seem to be releasing money around midnight PST so start checking after midnight on the 5th day.
 
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How do you like this? I've sold boots, great condition, size 38.5
Tradesy returned them with explanation:
During our inspection, we found the item to be misrepresented for the following reasons:
* Item is listed to be a 38 1/2 but is marked a 38

My shoes were size 38.5, it's obvious from the listing pictures, and I answered them with multiple pictures of mine ones. 3 or 4 days after they answered me to make pictures of what I'll receive as they already shipped them back.
I received them today. Other shoes in MUCH worse condition and marked 38!! Those buyer switched them.
Here are mine
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and that's what I got in return, all dirty boots in terrible condition, not my size
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I am so glad it didn't happen on eBay, they wouldn't even listen to me
Hope Tradesy will take my side, cause it's obvious fraud
Horrifying. Is there any blacklist of Tradesy buyers? I just went to the ebay blacklist online and added those 2500 to my blocked list. If there isn't, maybe we should start one here - Buyers that pull that kind of fast one need to be blacklisted. And fast.
 
So my sales with Tradesy have really picked up. I sold 2 items yesterday on Tradesy, one on Poshmark, none on ebay. I don't sell good stuff on poshmark, only junk that I don't bother to list on Tradesy. Seems like a much younger crowd on PM.

So for me, Tradesy still remains my best selling platform. I don't like the 21 delay for payouts but not a deal breaker for me at this point. I think the small time internet resellers (like me) are being pushed out of the business to a degree anyway.

For Thredup, I sent them a bag last summer (not luxe) and overall received about $55 which was GREAT for what I sent them. About half of my consignment items sold, 2 did not, and I received this email below. This is why people don't like Thredup, because they know *own* my consignment goods and can resell them- people feel like there is something shady about this practice, but they do allow you to reclaim (for a fee), lots of people don't bother with that.

Unfortunately, your consignment item did not sell and is no longer listed on our site. If you'd like to reclaim your item, please do so within 13 days. After this time, it will become property of thredUP and will be responsibly recycled or sold at a later date.
Well if they make you pay to get your stuff back - that is a scam. They take the chance of making money off your stuff so they need to man up and return what they can't sell - its their job to sell. If they don't - they've failed. That's how I look at it. Never did for that reason. How much is the "fee" anyway?
 
Record of NO SALES here for me as well. I just keep on making listings and removing them before they even have 3 likes on Tradesy. By the time they get anywhere NEAR a good spot in their search bar, I already sell them on Mercari, fb market or posh.
I've been stalking a bunch of "small" closets (100 items or less) and looks like nothing is moving there. Only closets with huge sales are tradesy, and the Chinese business sellers. I recently had 3 buyers in one day asking me if im located in the US- so I think Tradesy buyers are starting to catch on to what's happening.
last year end of November I was killing it on tradesy. now it's just dead. Buttttt I shipped my 2 chanel bags and a Neverfull damier to Thredup Luxe so lets see what happens :biggrin::smartass:
Well I think everyone here knows I hadn't made a Tradesy sale in several months and had to go back to ebay where I sold about a dozen in the past 2 months - but I finally just sold a necklace on Tradesy that I listed about 3 years ago. I don't think that has much to do with anything except sheer luck. My stats show I get less views on all 300 Tradesy items then I get on ONE single ebay listing. So I'm not spending any time or effort on Tradesy listings. Nobody sees them except by chance. I had my Tradesy shop on perm vaca after they increased commission but just went back & increased my prices almost double what they were then let my store show available again. If nothing else - I'll use it for inventory control when listings fall off ebay so I don't have recreate them from scratch. But not expecting to sell much.
 
The Post Office attempted delivery to a buyer on Monday. I contacted the buyer but no response.

How long will the Post Office hold the item until sending it back Tradesy? Will Tradesy send the item back to me or will I still get paid?
 
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