Have you ever thought of selling your used clothing? Millions of people around the world make money selling their used clothing online. Millions of consumers view their clothing as disposable, wearing it for only one or two seasons. Why not capitalize on the opportunity to make some extra money? The internet has created numerous opportunities to sell your used clothing online.
Who Buys Used Clothing?
You may be asking, who would want to buy used clothing items online? Many consumers buy used clothing online because they can receive significant costs savings. Everyone loves a great bargain! Many customers buy clothes online, especially “Name” brand or “Designer” labels so that they can get as a discount. Consumers love to review fashion magazines for the latest trends, but they often cannot afford to purchase the items at full price. The option to purchase sought after items at reduced prices is appealing to many people. Also, international customers seek out used clothing, especially if the clothes are made with quality fabrics like wool, silk and cashmere.
Where do you start?
Start with the clothing that you no longer want in your closet as well as the clothing from any other family member’s closets that they no longer wear. You may even have items in your closets that still have the original sales tags on them. You can sell shoes, shirts, dresses, pants, coats and accessories. You can also sell women’s clothes, men’s clothes and children’s clothes. You will need to sort through all of the clothing items by their current condition. Label them as new, slightly used, used and worn to make it easier for you when you list the items online. You will need to take quality photographs of the items using your home camera (digital if possible), being sure to feature any special features of the clothing. After you have separated the used clothing items, you can choose the websites that you would like to offer the items for sale on.
You can choose to sell the clothing through an online consignment website (you pay a fee or commission for a site to sell your items), an auction site or a classified site (like ohmy.ca). Be sure to review the fees for each site and their policies for shipping so that you can price your items appropriately. Once you have chosen the avenue that you will use to sell your used clothing, you will need to determine pricing and write the product descriptions.
Search the site that you have chosen for similar items to help you choose the price that you will offer the items at. If you have chosen to use an auction site, many of them will allow you to set a minimum bid price or a reserve price, the price that the item must reach before it is sold (great for vintage or designer pieces).
Now that you have chosen your prices, have taken pictures and have separated the clothes by condition, you can list your items onto the websites for sale. When you write your used clothing sales descriptions, be sure to use descriptive words like, “New In Box”, “Never Been Worn”, “Designer”, “Cashmere” and more to give your items the best chances of being reviewed and purchased by online viewers.
Selling your used clothing items online is a viable option to generate money for the items that are going unused in your closets.