The kit comes with a large pre-paid shipping pouch, instructions, and tips to maximize your payout. thredUP keeps track of all incoming clothing to sell through their $10 Clean Out Kits. You actually have to pay the site to accept your clothes. There’s one more thing you need to be aware of before you attempt to sell your clothes on thredUP. You Have to Pay thredUP to Process Your Clothes Which means that the hypothetical $50 blouse in my closet will get an even lower payout than I initially anticipated. There’s only one way that the company can legitimately afford to knock 40% off their listed prices on a regular basis: by purchasing their merchandise at a very low rate. Every time I visit the thredUP website, I see discount codes that invite me to save 40%. On top of the fact that thredUP is a business and needs turn a profit somehow, there’s another major factor that will impede your ability to make bank on the clothes you send their way: discounts. Which means that they have to make a profit from the $50 blouse you send their way and the only way to do that is by offering you less money for your blouse than it’s actually worth so that they can resell it at a higher price, pay their bills, and earn a few bucks for themselves. They have overhead costs like warehouses, employees, shipping supplies, and maintaining an extensive website. Which means that they take unused clothes, and sell them for a profit. I finally decided it was best to just lay all the information out there and let you decide for yourself whether or not thredUP is the best route for your gently used clothes.īefore you even think of shipping your clothes to thredUP, you need to come to terms with the fact that thredUP is a for-profit business. My Clean Out experience wasn’t quite what I expected, so I sat on these photos for a very long time while I considered how best to share this information with you. I actually had these photos taken last July while we were still living in the condo because I wanted to feature thredUP as a unique website that helps you earn a little unexpected cash (the thought of which greatly appealed to my personal finances). I’m also going to address the elephant in the room and point out that I am most definitely not pregnant in these photos. Here are a few lessons I’ve learned from my own experience selling my clothes on thredUP. According to their website, thredUP is “the easy way to shop and sell secondhand clothes.” I honestly can’t speak to the shopping experience (I currently have $54.65 in unused thredUP credit that I really need to transfer into my PayPal account), but I’ve learned a lot from selling my clothes on the site and it doesn’t always rake in the cash like you might expect. Haven’t heard of thredUp? Well, it’s basically an online consignment shop. We earn a small commission each time someone makes a purchase through one of our links, which helps to support the blog. Then again, thredUP might not be the gold mine that it sounds like. If you’re like me and find yourself with more clothes in your closet and dresser than you actually need, you might be looking to cash in some of those higher-value items and thredUP might be one way to go. I also need to trim down my clothing possessions to make a little closet space for the baby. Our first baby is due to arrive in July and our 950 square foot house has very limited closet space, which means that all of the things we’ve been tucking into the extra bedroom need to find a new home. We are definitely in tidying mode at the Gavin household – especially when it comes to closets and storage space.
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