From page 14. It works both ways. Although I have dealt with many nice and honest sellers as well!!!! I have sold about 600 items on posh so not a power seller but trying. If you approach this as a full time job and apply yourself to your career, you will see results. What it is, how to know if you're in it, and how to get out of it. Going to the beach soon. Can you please tell me more about it. Im going to take pictures of every inch of an item. I suggest you do the same. I would try eBay and Tradesy before doing a Shopify account. I dont like the idea of shipping designer things over mail, so I drop it off at their consignment office. Maybe so, but if she were looking for jeans with lycra and that was important to hershe should have asked before buying. Cookie Notice No, I didnt get to take my followers with me, but I put up a notice in my Poshmark closet letting my followers know that my closet had moved to ShopStylaphile.com, so a lot of my customers did follow me over and buy things from my new site. Remember it all probably started because youd rather have the cash than just donate it, so consider it a bonus. Therefore if you wanted 10 items from 10 different closets, you will be paying over $60 in shipping costs!! Maybe its buyers remorse for spending $1k on a bag? As a very small time seller (only my own high end closet items), I spend a lot of time photographing and always ship same day. I used to sell on eBay about 20 years ago. I too am done with Posh.I was an active member about a year ago (for almost 2 years) no problems, no complaints, perfect sales/buyer. If you treat it as a hobby you will get paid accordingly. In the end its the WORK! The first call took an hour and a half. I am trying to decide if I should block her from buying any future items from me. The jar has about 10% left. Hi! My addiction of buying has been ridiculous and I only ever had one issue and they did refund me- someone sent me a leather jacket that was dry rotted split cracked and shredded! Unless you have a boutique and thousands in inventory, you arent going to make much. At first I didnt realize you need to share your closet and not just list and let it sit there. When this item left my possession, these were brand leggings with no flaws, I just took them out of the bag for goodness sake! This seemed to Enrage her.. There are other options besides Poshmark, like Tradesy and even eBay that arent quite as time consuming. It has so far been a colossal waste of time. You will have to either spend a ton in ads or have one heck of a social media following already built if you want to get real traffic. I have no idea where else to sell it though I know you recommend Ebay but are there any easy alternatives which have more, appropriate, seller protection? I hate they have a buyers protection in place and not a sellers protection. Thanks for reading! I agree it is pretty ridiculous! But from the looks of it he has removed a portion of the product and I have no way of knowing what I would be getting in return! I wrote to Manish in hopes that he can see for himself how vulnerable we are to these predators. They told me to ask the BUYER to change it. I have been on posh for 6 mo. Is this a glitch!? So they say, that money could be used to purchase other items!! The BBB is of no use because people pay for memberships to the BBB and it is a seller not a consumer based system. I just came across PoshMark about a week ago and was searching for what it means to follow someone on poshMark when I found this. That is completely fraudulent and insulting. My guess is she received the shirt and tried to iron the rayon material and burnt it. Ive been called every name in the book even after being very nice! They buyer opened a claim one day after delivery stating the bag is fake because she checked wiki and it the bag doesnt match what they say defines an authentic bag. Scroll down the menu list and select Poshmark Support Center. I have more luck selling on IG, its a great community, and would like to look in to Tradesy. So sorry that happened to you. Seriously. Im very grateful that I found this blog. My stuff is just regular everyday clothes & shoes it seems. As for advice, you can open your own store like I did on Shopify, or if you dont have HTML knowledge, you could try BigCommerce here: http://bit.ly/2pFg5Mt. I cant deal with lowballs. Poshmark just said Hi there our team is looking into this. What about the effort the seller put into steaming the item so it would look great for the photo? And it takes days for a generic email. I agree the lowball offers are ridiculous and Im offended! I thought it was just me. eek..i have only bought things on Posh and I have only bought things that I absolutely recognized as authentic from web sites, catalogs or stores. Boom, done. Haha yea it happened during mail process? I suddenly remember why I hate Poshmark, I started using it again and people have the nerve to ask me for $20-$35 discounts. Yet, Ive heard nothing. I just had as case open for me exaggerating the so-called flaws I didnt describe. Their messages are also gone now too. Sorry for the diatribe! Not getting rich,never tried the parties,but I make a few bucks and spend a few. I dont know what youre working with so my advice is limited but I did want to reach out to you and offer some relief if you can make use of it. I guess they didnt notice over 1000 good reviews and complements Then on eBay they made a computer glitch and even admitted it Was their error,got shut down my shop as well even though I called three times they never fixed the problem. Now ladies if you ever worked retail in a clothing store , you always have that repeat custom that comes in the store buys an outfit an wears it out an comes back to the store to return an outfit she wore !!! I was tempted to get into and further explain to her t how retail works (does she realize ALL retail is marking things up 45-50%+) and that I list most items that are CURRENTLY in stores now, and Im listing at 1/2 price of retail and sometime well below my own wholesale cost! Ive recently become a larger seller and its so annoying when people dont bother to read the description. I was all excited and telling friends how great Poshmark was until this. So now Im out the item AND the money. My attempts at eBay, Vinted, Mercari and Im sure one or two others were a no-go for me so Tradesy and Poshmark have been my staples for a year now. On the up side all have had a ton of nice people and buyers.. Im on the fence. I think Ive had the worst experience on poshmark yet. And yet it looks well-done on the Seller because Poshmark will still list that item as SOLD, so it looks like the Sellers are actually doing well even though they cancel abruptly. If the buyer doesnt like what they got, they return it to Tradesy and Tradesy resells it, so there is a lot more seller protection there. Great article and thanks for sharing. I tried everything, it won't let me list anything else. Im not sure how much longer it will work for anyone. Thanks! Can you imagine doing $250,000 of business a year with a company, and them getting 12%, about $30,000 a year, and them not picking up the phone? I emailed many times. Hi! I tried selling on Poshmark this year. I grew my closet, made many sales, became a suggested user with a 5 star rating. As the founder and CEO of womens social commerce site Poshmark, he said that the bodies in the e-commerce graveyard will continue to accumulate, but hoped his company will be one of the survivors. She then stated this on my page for the bag. I would recommend not doing any more than 4000 shares in a day. For $50. They are to savvy to purchase on Posh!! I sell very good quality custom jewelry on fb. Im finding some women are awesome and dont try to get you down too low and others like your things but they want it for $5. There is an assumption at the foundation of this piece that what is a well-written description to one person is suitable in addressing the subjective requirements of another person. Looking at her closet I see she purchases all sorts of jewlery for a super-low price only to turn around and resell it. First of all, WOW. I make my bundle and place my order, figuring that the $5 will be deducted from my total. I listed clothes from my closet. She is a new user with no prior purchases. I just deleted all my listings and uninstalled the appIm taking a break and will see if I return. I have only had 3 cases opened and 1 was for sending the wrong size shoes and the other was for sending the wrong color shorts both were my mess-up and i honored the return no problem at all. Ive found some great deals on Poshmark, but I usually find my experiences on that site really frustrating and stressful. That way there is no dispute! I wish you tremendous success and much less stress!! Why did you accept the offer if you cant ship the item? Which is NOT the amount that was there when I shipped it. It got snapped up by another buyer. Really, really good points! Which all of hers were, so my listing was valid. I was all over that jacket while I was packing it, using tissue and stuffing the sleeves with tissue, then putting into a clear sweater bag like you get from dry cleaning. Well they locked my account. That my integrity as a seller was being questioned. So I tried to relist all my listings but Poshmark won't even let me do that! I decided to sell on Poshmark because I took a early retirement and wanted to do something Part-time on the side. I have been looking for a way to open my own online thrift/consignment store to sell basically anythingnot just womens handbags and clothes. You can simply list your items in POSHLAND and nobody will ever bother you again. Im glad Im not only honest person that was on Poshmark AMD had a crappy experience. If you are selling replicas,they will eventually close your account and ban you. There customer service is horrible, especially for what they charge! My stuff is beautiful and in perfect condition, many of the things are boutique items, but I never cared for high-end designers stuff and that seems to be all consignment shops cater to and you cant trust THEM either. Overnight????? A majority are on here to make a few bucks, etc. Thanks for any advice! I will tell you that I dont get nearly as much traffic or interest on my Shopify site than I did on Poshmark. As for the 20%, it is a small price to pay for traffic. No negotiating, do not make lower offers. Your offer will be sent to all Likers and youll be automatically entered to win, talk about a win-win. Im now balancing poshmark, other platforms & starting my own site. Our focus is on creating a platform for value and environmentally conscious users where theres no elitism, there is equal protection for sellers and buyers alike, no low-ball or time suck and speed and ease of sell is achieved. I dont have pets and the dress was stored in a hanging bag. Not worth the headache. as far as the Posh parties I do not engage in them. I also dislike the 20% that is taken out of each sale. Can you give me your thoughts on tradsey? I've done a little research and decided I was ready to expand to other platforms. Study what you want to sell and buy it as low as you can and sell it for a profit of 150% of what you paid for it and you will sell it fast. I would love to start my own site, but I have little presence on social media currently (working on it) and worry about getting the necessary traffic to make the monthly fees worth it. Turns out this buyer is someone who resells the same type of item I sold herand Im wondering if she felt she couldnt get as much of markup as she wanted so she decided to claim it was used. I certainly would never list an item with a faulty zipper. In addition, of course, to checking out your shop. Thanks for sharing I dont feel like its just me. And of course the seller is trying to make there money back off an item they may have paid 200 dollars new and selling used for 80 or 90 dollars, for long time thrift store/second hand/goodwill retail store / yard sell and so on buyers, we know that 80 to 90 dollars is not a true deal on a used item. #2 Im not on there as a hobby, Im trying to make rent & liquidating NEW mostly NWT items ( i got wholesale- i work in apparel) and yes sometimes my personal buys but those are also either NWT or EUC that are I list much lower than I should and more importantly #3- ITS MY BUSINESS both on a personal and business level- my pricing is my prerogative and she doesnt need to by from me ( no to mention the items I list high are rare and highly desired.. like a baseball card or any other collector item do i have to sell it for $5 bc I bought it for $4? Omg I fully understand. Any other places I can check out? My bag was ripped by the buyer (maybe she regretted her purchase). Definitely deleting my accounting and washing my hands of this. I have the receipt. To switch between Markets, tap the menu on the top left of the app. I wish you the best!! I sell some on eBay and Tradesy as well just to expose my items to a wider audience. If youre selling less expensive stuff, eBay might be the way to go. These people never buy anything and it seems their sole purpose for being on Poshmark is to waste your time. I left feedback for the seller and gave her a 3-star rating. Its distressing to hear that now it is an issue to delete your account. 90% of them post one little photo of a piece of clothing, just the top usually, NO OTHER PHOTOS, no measurements, no condition information. Too funny, I typed in Poshmark sucks, after receiving a lowball on an expensive item. Smh. Then that shit stays on your wall forever unless you repost! I just think the market is so saturated that its super hard to get a sale! I am fairly new to Poshmark, just a week over a month. These are terms that imply intimacy and you dont know me!! As a buyer Im very frustrated now with sellers who post but never provide any detail of the items (when it only takes a second to measure), those who send damaged goods and those who take my money and never ship at all. For designer items, Posh has the Concierge service for $39 to authenticate items but thats probably not foolproof either. Complete disaster. You can access it here: https://shopstylaphile.com/products/ebook-how-to-ditch-poshmark-and-start-your-own-e-commerce-business. If youre interested in learning about it, keep reading! Quite a deal, but not shocking, given some of the buys Ive picked up on various platforms. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. My bank couldnt find the transaction so I had to wait to see where it landed then catch and re-route. No response. I sent them multiple pictures. Im in no hurry to sell it, especially not for a big loss. Time to quit I think. Has anyone else had this problem. Today a buyer seriously lowballed me and i snapped, i told her for the offer i would rather keep them. I am not a buyer so i dont care to even look at another poshers closet at all. Oh wow! Thanks for the inspiration! I photographed this return and sent to posh and have never heard back. Just google Poshmark reviews and see for yourself. Its been happening for the last 15 items I e sold in a row. Nothing. I saw your post on Posh and read your blog article. Heres the thing IT WAS NOT DAMAGED. I guess no sales platform is perfect. I believe many of these problems could be fixed with genuine concern in the form of superior customer service. And they get mad if you tell them that? Note: Poshmark's minimum listing price is $3. I ship daily, New Handcrafted Rubber Cat Head Keychain, New Handcrafted Horseshoe Heart Keychain, New Handcrafted Champagne Gold Horseshoe Keychain, New Handcrafted Horseshoe Heart Keychain, New Handcrafted Horseshoe Heart Keychain, New Handcrafted Triple Moon Jewelry Tray, New Handcrafted Triple Moon Trinket Tray, New Golden Sands Handcrafted Tealight Candle Holder, Willing to negotiate Feel free to make a offer, Love Never Fails Groovy Wave Font oversized shirt. I was under the impression thst Pishmark had individual sellers putting up for sale their own item.What Ive seen, increasingly, is tons of sellers putting up for sale items they have bought off ebay and some of those cheaper, asian based stores that are all over the internet! Well notify you when the price drops on an item youve liked. As another person committed here, we women need to recognize the VALUE of our time!