I just started this week listing a few things on poshmark. I was wondering if anyone could clue me in about parties? I know the host and the host pick get their listings promoted but what exactly do you do or what is the point of them? I am also a bit perplexed about sharing items. I have purchased several items from poshmark and did so because I was looking for a specific handbag or shoe size and used the search bar not a news feed. Maybe I'm too used to other sites and do not understand the social aspect of all this! Sorry any information to this newbie would be appreciated, thanks!!!
The parties are mostly a social 'event.' Each host chooses up to 100 listings as Host Picks and those HPs go into a separate category that people can browse.
Like this. The idea behind it is that HPs will reach a wider audience and thus sell faster, but the items generally don't. It's mainly something people use to try to get more followers, which is why you see a lot of the same users congratulating host picks. IME it drives the most traffic to hosts.
If you want a Host Pick, the best way to be chosen is to
look at who is hosting the party, share their listings, and read their party post (
example), if they have one. Some people will ask you to comment to have your closet considered, others will ask you to tag them in a listing or send it to their dressing room.
When you share an item, whether from your own closet or someone else's, it's sent into the
feed of your followers. I don't shop from that, either, but I guess some people do. What you want is for other users, preferably those with a high number of followers, to share your item(s) so it goes into the feed of their followers, and is shown to someone who may not have otherwise seen your item.
It's an exhausting site.
