I just stumbled upon some great apps to make some extra money or to reinvest into new items. My recent obsessions of bras and cowboy boots had me looking for places to buy some of those things for reasonable prices and to sell things I'm no longer wearing or using.
I downloaded quite a few to check out but here are my favorites at this point in time.
Poshmark Sign up using code JRRPA to get $10 towards your first purchase, I've also seen them offer discounted shipping along with this offer.
This is definitely more fashion oriented although I have seen a few other things including some electronics. If you sell on Poshmark, they do take a percentage of the the sale price I believe it is 20%, and if you are buying you might want to try to find a seller with a few items you would like to buy so you can get more for you shipping cost which is a standard fee of $5.95, I wish there were other shipping options like Mercari has. I can ship a bra a a tshirt for about $2.60 and hate the thought of spending $6 just for shipping on one item. Still there are a lot of great prices and depending on what you are looking at $6 may be somewhat negligible.
One great feature of Poshmark is that they have a "make offer" button so you can quickly and easily make an offer on an item. As a seller you receive the offer and can quickly accept, decline, or counter. This is a great feature especially if you are like me and like to feel like you are getting the best price possible.
So far I have only bought off of Poshmark, but I do have some items listed as well, just no buyers yet.
Mercari Sign up using code ESBYAF to receive $2 free for you first purchase
Mercari is newer than Poshmark, but still has a lot of items listed. The great thing about Mercari is that it is currently not charging a fee on your sold items so you get to keep the full selling price to yourself. Another great thing is it allows you to choose the shipping method and whether the buyer will pay or you will cover shipping. I prefer to cover the shipping on smaller items since I can use PayPal to print the label and get a bit of a discount, since I mostly sell bras most of my shipping costs around $2.60. Even if you choose to print your label through Mercari it still allows you to choose if the buyer or seller will pay. I know I hate factoring shipping costs into the cost of an item I'm buying so I'm sure others do as well, so I like to cover the cost of items that I can ship cheaply.
Currenlty Mercari doesn't have a "make offer" button so all offers have to be done through the comments on an item. The downside to this is that everyone can see what offers are taking place and you have to edit your listing to reflect the new price. Changing the price of the item also means that the person you were negotiating with might not be the one to get the item for the newly agreed upon price. I'm sure it is somewhat uncommon for someone to be sniping price reductions, but it could happen. This way also takes longer and just isn't as efficient as a "make offer" button.
So far I have sold a couple of items on Mercari, but haven't purchased yet.
I have downloaded several other apps, but I haven't bought or sold on them and and some I haven't kept on my phone long enough to write about. Some of the other apps had lack of selection of what I was looking for and others weren't as user friendly.
I hope this article is helpful and good luck in your shopping and selling ventures. I would appreciate it if you can use my referral codes to sign up.
I downloaded quite a few to check out but here are my favorites at this point in time.
Poshmark Sign up using code JRRPA to get $10 towards your first purchase, I've also seen them offer discounted shipping along with this offer.
This is definitely more fashion oriented although I have seen a few other things including some electronics. If you sell on Poshmark, they do take a percentage of the the sale price I believe it is 20%, and if you are buying you might want to try to find a seller with a few items you would like to buy so you can get more for you shipping cost which is a standard fee of $5.95, I wish there were other shipping options like Mercari has. I can ship a bra a a tshirt for about $2.60 and hate the thought of spending $6 just for shipping on one item. Still there are a lot of great prices and depending on what you are looking at $6 may be somewhat negligible.
One great feature of Poshmark is that they have a "make offer" button so you can quickly and easily make an offer on an item. As a seller you receive the offer and can quickly accept, decline, or counter. This is a great feature especially if you are like me and like to feel like you are getting the best price possible.
So far I have only bought off of Poshmark, but I do have some items listed as well, just no buyers yet.
Mercari Sign up using code ESBYAF to receive $2 free for you first purchase
Mercari is newer than Poshmark, but still has a lot of items listed. The great thing about Mercari is that it is currently not charging a fee on your sold items so you get to keep the full selling price to yourself. Another great thing is it allows you to choose the shipping method and whether the buyer will pay or you will cover shipping. I prefer to cover the shipping on smaller items since I can use PayPal to print the label and get a bit of a discount, since I mostly sell bras most of my shipping costs around $2.60. Even if you choose to print your label through Mercari it still allows you to choose if the buyer or seller will pay. I know I hate factoring shipping costs into the cost of an item I'm buying so I'm sure others do as well, so I like to cover the cost of items that I can ship cheaply.
Currenlty Mercari doesn't have a "make offer" button so all offers have to be done through the comments on an item. The downside to this is that everyone can see what offers are taking place and you have to edit your listing to reflect the new price. Changing the price of the item also means that the person you were negotiating with might not be the one to get the item for the newly agreed upon price. I'm sure it is somewhat uncommon for someone to be sniping price reductions, but it could happen. This way also takes longer and just isn't as efficient as a "make offer" button.
So far I have sold a couple of items on Mercari, but haven't purchased yet.
I have downloaded several other apps, but I haven't bought or sold on them and and some I haven't kept on my phone long enough to write about. Some of the other apps had lack of selection of what I was looking for and others weren't as user friendly.
I hope this article is helpful and good luck in your shopping and selling ventures. I would appreciate it if you can use my referral codes to sign up.
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