Anyone Ever Buy and/or Sell on Tradesy?
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just got this email. Really . . . reduce our prices by 30% Why don't they reduce their commissions? Checking to see how the rest of you are doing. I've had one sale on Tradesy over the past 2 weeks and none on Poshmark. Generally I have 3-4 a week. Sad.
Yeah, I got that. I'm ignoring it. Seriously, why should we reduce our prices? My sales everywhere have slowed down. I've had one on Tradesy this month, one on Mercari and the rest on ebay. I don't sell on Posh. Considering that I'm not thinking of shopping, I suspect most people are thinking similarly so I'm happy for any sales I make. I'm not desperate for the money so I can wait. My money for my last 2 sales has been released but neither has hit Paypal yet. It's only been 8 days for the older one so I'm not worried. I prefer the sales to come in spaced apart on Tradesy so that if there is a problem where they stop paying, I won't have a lot of sales tied up.
Officially left Tradesy today as a seller. Return rate has been absolutely absurd for the past 6 months or so. This company needs a revamp. It used to be my favorite platform of all.
Sorry that Tradesy didn't meet your expectations.
It still is one of my go to.. I have found some really nice items from lovely sellers
I think the issue with Tradesy is returns. Successful websites figure out how to skirt this issue of returns.
Of course, if you embrace returns and tell every buyer they can return anything, at first you are going to get more sales. But it is not sustainable to do business that way.
Of course, if you embrace returns and tell every buyer they can return anything, at first you are going to get more sales. But it is not sustainable to do business that way.
exactly, Rebag is not doing returns anymore. when they started they took it but you had to email them with request for approval .Now they hiked the prices and stopped return policy.
I have to say I have had several easy going transactions on Tradesy .
Today's transaction wasn't as successful as I would have liked & needless to say I'm not so happy
& customer service wasn't helpful at all
I will now move on to another buying platform...& I can understand why perhaps the traffic to Tradesy
isn't what many of you sellers would like
Today's transaction wasn't as successful as I would have liked & needless to say I'm not so happy
& customer service wasn't helpful at all
I will now move on to another buying platform...& I can understand why perhaps the traffic to Tradesy
isn't what many of you sellers would like
so i'm a new buyer of tradesy and recently made a purchase for an LV bag. i read a rule from tradesy dated back in jan of 2019 that they only accept sellers within the US and they use only USPS, however, the person whom i buy the LV bag from shipped from china using fedex. the username is tinderlux. has anyone know why tradesy states one thing and then users are shipping from another country? and has any bought from tinderlux before? i trusted this person because they have sold over 300+ bags on their page but after reading that rule from tradesy and knowing that my order is coming from china, i don't know what or how to think. it doesn't help that tradesy doesn't have the option where we as consumers can review if the seller is a good seller or not. please, any advice or words of guidance will be greatly appreciated. thank you.
There are Chinese sellers on Tradesy. They started allowing foreign sellers quite a long time ago. I think the only foreign sellers are large business sellers. There is no way to tell where a seller is located before purchase. Sellers were always allowed to use any shipping service, as long as there was tracking. If sellers use Tradesy's label, it is a USPS label, but sellers have never been required to use Tradesy's label.
Yes, Tradesy allows Chinese sellers, they claim they have branch in Chicago or something (someone with address in USA to open an account), so it's kinda "American seller" now.
Please keep us posted how is your Fedex delivery going and on condition of the bag. I have 3-4 non-Tradesy packages coming from Japan, Thailand, China and all of them are delayed like forever (1 is over a month).
Well I just got another return notification from Tradesy.
At this point I get more returns from Tradesy than any other platform. To be fair poshmark doesn't allow returns - and I still prefer Tradesy to poshmark just due to type of items and buyers on the site.
Still, I think Tradesy's operating model almost encourages returns by inserting themselves in the middle of every purchase so returns are totally easy. And as a seller, lots of times, what is returned is not the same as what I sold.
At this point I get more returns from Tradesy than any other platform. To be fair poshmark doesn't allow returns - and I still prefer Tradesy to poshmark just due to type of items and buyers on the site.
Still, I think Tradesy's operating model almost encourages returns by inserting themselves in the middle of every purchase so returns are totally easy. And as a seller, lots of times, what is returned is not the same as what I sold.
Exactly, buyer even returned $59 shoes to me. And I got them without tag and duster.
Tradesy also cut off sitewide promos they were doing every other day. I understand when they charge 23% commission and give a cut to buyers, but now they keep it all and send all returns back to sellers in who knows which condition.
Exactly. Tradesy's selling point to buyers is hassle free returns. I think that everything I sell on Tradesy will be returned to me if the buyer returns it. It doesn't matter why the buyer returns. The last one the email specifically said that my description of the bag was correct, just that they couldn't determine a market price, which of course just means they don't want to be stuck reselling it. If I sell the same item on ebay, the buyer has to find something wrong in order to force a return so it doesn't happen as frequently. However, with Tradesy returns, it doesn't cost me anything, while with ebay I lose the shipping cost both ways.
I've only had two items returned to me by Tradesy and both were the items I sold in the same condition as when I sent them out.
I'm hoping that people will be more likely to keep their purchases now since they don't want to have to venture to the post office.
On ebay I have a "no returns" status- but in reality I take returns if somebody asks for one. I have a 100% rating (I'm not a big seller).
This keeps out the Riff-raff, I think. Sure, some people who might buy - won't - simply because I have a no returns policy. But I have a bunch of repeat buyers and I know the people who do buy, intend to keep the item unless it really doesn't work.
With the Tradesy model, that hesitation to return on the part of the buyer isn't there. I've had one buyer on Tradesy buy 3 things from me, in different transactions, within a month- and return them all.
Even Nordstrom is starting to ban serial returners so I know this issue of returns is a pain point for every seller big and small. I think Tradesy is going to need to address it.
People who sell pre-loved are probably more ok with the Tradesy model vs those who sell new with tags.