There are multiple ways and places where you can sell your clothes whether online or in a traditional way. Thrift stores are your go-to places where you can sell your clothes at reasonable prices. You can either take your clothes and go to the thrift store in person, or you can sell it online by taking pictures of your clothes and giving information about them. Let’s take a look at in detail the traditional way and some online websites where you can sell your clothes.
Traditional Thrift Stores
Although most thrift stores acquire the clothes they sell by donations, there are some specific stores where you can sell your clothes. The most important thing to consider is the condition of the clothes. Noticeable tears in the clothes or the clothes that have faded colors will not be considered by the buyers, so the traditional thrift stores will not accept them. However, if you have clothes with designer labels, they might consider and will probably accept slightly faded colors and little tears in the clothes. So, you can walk to the nearest thrift store near you and ask them about their policy of buying second-hand clothes
Aside from the traditional thrift stores, there are also online thrift stores where you can sell your clothes. Some of which are consisted of websites such as thredUP, Vinted, and Buffalo Exchange.
How to sell on thredUP?
Valuing sustainability and opposing the throwaway fashion culture, thredUP is an online thrift store where you can sell your clothes and aid in the solution of the fashion waste problem. Their convenient website offers you three main segments that are called Shop, Clean Out, and About. You can try to find good deals in the shop segment or try to learn about thredUP in the About segment. The segment you should be interested in is Clean Out. In this particular segment, what you need to do initially is to order a Clean Out Kit. After receiving your Clean Out Kit, you can fill the kit with the clothes you find qualified enough to be sold. When you are done filling up the kit you send back the kit to the thredUP and they provide the shipping label for you. All you need to do is to give your kit to FedEx or USPS.
How to sell on Vinted?
The mechanism of selling clothes online on Vinted is a little bit different than thredUP. On Vinted, what you need to do to sell your clothes is to firstly download the Vinted app. After you create your account, the next step is to take pictures of the clothes you want to sell, add a description of the clothes, reasonably price the clothes and upload your end product. The next thing is to wait for a buyer to be interested in your clothes. Your clothes might be immediately bought by the customer or the customer may want to bargain with you at a lower price. After you are done with the selling process all you need to do is package the clothes, print your shipping label, and send it within 5 days. When the customer confirms that they got the clothes, you will be immediately paid.
How to sell on Buffalo Exchange?
When you first open up the Buffalo Exchange’s website, you might encounter a colorful and a little bit confusing screen. There is no need to be puzzled since one of the first things you will notice is the How To Sell segment which is the first of the segment in the grey section. Even though Buffalo Exchange might seem like an online thrift store with its website, they are hybrid. The fact that they are hybrid can be explained in the following way; there is no shipping or uploading of a picture involved. All you need to do is book an appointment to sell your clothes. By booking an appointment, you have to go to their place on the day you have set. When you click on the How To Sell segment, you will see that they don’t even force you to make an appointment, you can just walk into the store with your ID card and your clothes and be done with your selling of clothes.
The best way to sell your clothes might be going to the traditional thrift store in person if you have got your fingers burnt by the technology. Nonetheless, the online thrift stores are way more convenient and faster than the traditional thrift stores once you get accustomed to how to deal with customers or how to deal with shipping.
