A week or so ago I wrote about restarting my online sales accounts. I opened Poshmark and Vinted accounts and I also refreshed my eBay account which was just sitting idle.

I got my first sale on Poshmark after a day or so and took that as a good sign.

Unfortunately that was my only sale on the Poshmark platform. I also had no sales on Vinted. I gave up on Vinted and I am slowly removing my listing on Poshmark as well.

What has been working for me is eBay.

I have made 5 sales on eBay since my reselling article was posted. I sold 2 Patagonia Fleece vests and a Fleece jacket, a mint condition 2015 Pokémon shirt, and a Nike swim rash guard.

The golf polo shirts I bought have not sold at all and I regret buying them so close to the end of the season. I have had better luck with cold weather sales.

I am keeping a record of my inventory and sales in Excel. I am not using custom SKUs for my inventory system at the moment.

I did use the Promoted Listing option on a few items but I have tried to keep the percentage amount low so as to keep as much of the selling price as possible.

I have noticed that when listed an item for sale, the item weight is often set too high. Most clothing is listed as 1-2 pounds by default but actually these items are 6-14 ounces at most. So I have been weighing and pricing items individually to offer the best shipping prices possible.

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I think this is my biggest complaint with Vinted. The shipping on that platform is only charged to the buyer which simplifies selling, bit the prices and method were far to expensive to buyers. Even when cheaper option were possible with the same time in transit.

My issue with Poshmark is that it is mostly a sellers platform. When you make an account it automatically follows over a hundred other accounts by default. This is just fake traffic.

Every day I get 10-20 followers added to my account and they are all either other sellers or bots. It is a very chaotic place where you are forced to repeatedly share your items in order to get seen.

The search functionality is very limited. I tried searching fir specific items and browsing in general and had little success navigating the app.

The few items I gave a Like to resulted in a flood of messages with offers to sell. Desperate and beggarly-like.

I think if I was going to try and sell with Poshmark I would setup a separate website with my listed inventory and then link to the sales page on Poshmark.

I have zero faith in Poshmark’s own platform or its design. It looks like it was made by a social media junkie going through withdrawal.

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Anyways, I will be focusing my reselling efforts on eBay going forward.

I did spend a bit much on inventory initially, so for the moment I am keeping a tight grip on my wallet as I try to work my ways to a profit.

I will post again on my success or (failure) soon enough. Thank you.