You are the first seller that actually got me interested in selling. I have been selling on posh and eBay for 4 months now and am really happy with my return. I think I just need to get organized cause I have stuff everywhere. Thank you so much for your videos and label awareness.
Loft has petite sizes and they fit me much better than other brands. I have 2 pairs of pants that I have been wearing for 5 years! I should retire them, the fabric is starting to pill but they have front and back pockets😀
Love all your videos, they are very detailed and informative. And it is nice seeing how you handle clothes with care. I watch other re-sellers throw clothes around like they are garbage. Excited for more videos from you.
I as well picked up Loft jacket for myself while thrifting brands like Lily Pulitzer and Madewell for resale😊 I find some Loft pieces are really pretty I just can't pass up!
I found a Karl Lagerfeld piece yesterday lace tunic gorgeous but below Karl Lagerfeld it said : "made in China" obviously mass produced so i didn't pick that piece up. The Vince piece for $13.99 is no brainer. Looks like you have no competition at all. Like 1 other person was there lol. Our gw is swarming with resellers. Finding anything decent name brand is like winning a lottery
Thank you so much for your videos! I appreciate your time and thorough descriptions and your soft voice! I have learned so much even after doing resale for a while. : )
I love essential oils so I put a couple of drops of lime, lemon or orange in my steamer tank. You are so right, just hang them up ..let them breathe..then hit them with the steamer.
There is a product called Dry Cleaner's Secret - it's a treated cloth you throw in the dryer with 3-4 items of dry clean only clothing and dry for about 15 minutes. Helps freshen and brighten those dry clean only items. You can also use the cloth to spot clean the item before throwing it in the dryer. I've had great luck with it on items that were not heavily stained.
Patricia Michitsch Thanks for the tip. I've actually used this before and found it a little too heavily scented for my taste so after I used it, I let the pieces air out for a while.
found one tibi skirt NWT a few years back the paper tag was thorn and I listed the skirt for $98 and waited and sold for full asking price :) If you find long, pleated skirt by tibi (maxi) those even if used may fetch up to $500
Good questions! 1) Tiny sizes can take longer to sell, but nothing over a few months. 2) If the item is dry clean only and it is worth a lot of money, I have it dry cleaned. If it is not worth a lot, I may not pick it up. Or if it is clean and smell free, I will go with the 'hanging it in clean air to freshen up the clothing' route.
Very nice video, but I agree with the person who suggested that in addition to these nice videos, I'd like to see you do videos concentrating on after the sale-sold! Would like to see exactly what items sold for. Also interesting, if you did video on the details of the item and your estimation of what you might get for them, (like this one), then later do a video after most of those items have sold and what yo9u got for them. I find that fun, interesting, and informative. One last comment, again as someone else touched on, I really like that you take good care of your pieces and prepare them nicely for selling. freshening them up and removing wrinkles? I'm sure that's appreciated, and I may be wrong about this, but I don't think so--I think you are in the minority as far as washing, preparing, etc. And taking the A.P.C> sweater to the dry cleaners? Wow. Honestly, I never would have picked that up considering the pilling and stains that may or may not come out. I think I just wouldn't bother with the risk, and to be honest I guess I'm too lazy to want to not only remove the pills, but to go to the dry cleaner to try and remove stains. I understand that you see it as worth it, and I guess it is, but I just wouldn';t bother. Wow, you are lucky to have a dry cleaner who will charge $5.00 to remove stains! The dry cleaners in my area-about 45 min. north of Boston, MA, the dry cleaners wouldn't touch anything for $5.00. They are absolutely crazy expensive overpriced for virtually EVERYTHING! In any case, good for you! I must find your ebay vs. Poshmark. I keep hearing of Poshmark, but I've never looked into it and don't know a thing about them and how to make a decision about where to sell an item. I get the impression from you that Posh is good for certain pieces of high end and/or unique or vintage. I'll go check into it. Thank you-I'll be watching regularly! :-)
Jhonny Was is my favorite brand. In Fall by accident I grabbed a sweater hoodie wrap that said "BIYA" doing some investigation in store I saw the prices and almost fainted. I LOVE their stuff but can't afford it ;(
Thank you so much for sharing. Great video!!! I've been watching your video because I also want to start selling on ebay. You gave me great info that I desperately needed to start. Thank you!!
Thank you for the video. Super informative. Learned a lot. By the way, Sundance store is located in Salt Lake City. I visited SLC last spring and bought a dress there. Thank you again.
questions: How do you know when you can use a photo from an online site? 2. You mentioned a couple of other sites to sell on (like Thred up & swap.com. However, when I looked at what would be my return, it looked like most of their payments are under a dollar to possibly $2. Could I possibly be looking at it incorrectly? 3. How do you get the prices you mention? I have listed many of the brands you mention & it's hard to get $5 or $6. I must be doing something wrong? Do you have an online store (within Posh and Ebay?)
Hi can you make a video about what you have sold for the past month/week? Would love to see your sold items so we get the idea what should be in inventory. Thank you!
My husband says I should thrift but I buy free people top that's originally are $168 for $53.00 and sell it for $80 am I not being wise everyone thrifts but if the return is $20 does it matter the initial cost? Also Is real real the only high end consignment you can recommend 50 percent is kind of high i have so many Chanel that won't sell
I have to admit that I may be on your husband's side on this one...there are lots and lots of ways to make a $20 profit on eBay that doesn't require a $53 purchase. For example, if I thrift a few shirts, I can easily make a $20 profit with just a few dollars. Even the mall brands (i.e. J. Crew, Ann Taylor, Banana Republic, Lane Bryant, etc.) can turn a $3 thrift sale into $9 or $10 in profit. It takes a little more time listing several items (for example, I can do a listing in about 5 minutes, so my time on listing 3 items is about 15 minutes as opposed to 5 minutes with just one item). But if I only spend $9 on three items and looking at the same $20 return, that ROI just seems to make more sense to me. Also, there are so many things that can go wrong with an item (i.e. you can find a stain, or it can take a LONG time to sell, or it can go out of season/style, etc.) if you had to re-donate a $3-5 purchase that's not as painful as if a $53 item was sitting in inventory or worse, had to be marked down, that eats up profits QUICKLY.
There is a Salvation Army on 536 West 46th that is great. There is also the Goodwill outlet in Queens (47 Van Dam St. Long Island City) where you can get KILLER deals.
You get some good finds at your thrift store. I went last night looking for your best designer jeans to thrift and mine had 1 on your list that I didn't recognize it was one of them and passed them by, but I found 2 pair of jeans: Love Indigo Premium still had tags for $48., I paid under $5. The other is BubblegumUSA which is only $18. preowned, but I paid 1/2 off at 3.50 or so. :)
I have a Louis Verdad dress... it's new without tag... but has no style number and I'm having a hard time trying to find anything that is similar to price... any help would be greatly appreciated!
What I would do, is go to eBay and search for 'Louis Verdad dress', then in the left sidebar click on 'New' and choose 'Sold Listings'. This will show you what other NWT dresses by this designer has sold for. After a really quick look, it seems like there has only been one sale in the last few months from this company (and it went for 99 cents). I then checked out the unsold items and there is a big difference in listing prices (from $17 to $50). Since this is an incredibly slow moving brand, I'm thinking that there isn't a big customer base ... so I would try to find keywords to describe the dress in hopes that someone looking for the style will find it (because it doesn't look like people are looking for the designer). I'd also price it on the lower end, just to get it moving...
I actually have gone through a TON and don't really love any of the ones that I have used. I had a Conair Extreme Steam Hand Held which was okay (costs about $35), I have also used the larger Conair GS61R which holds more water, but doesn't have as much oomh (costs about $34). The Yomband portable steamer ($25) burns me constantly, but it heats up SUPER FAST. I got rid of my stand up "valet" steamer (not sure what the brand was, but the distance the steam had to travel to make it to the nozzle really ineffective. And don't get me started on the Joy Mangano steamers -- they DO NOT work for me at all. Probably not much help since I really don't have one to recommend...I think steamers are just flawed in general. My suggestion would be find something cheap at a local thrift and use it until it breaks.
I have a question. how do you deal with a customer that bought a new item with tag from you, and somehow the customer want to return it, and the customer already remove the tag?
I would probably deny the return (since it is not in original condition). The problem is if the buyer goes to eBay (or PayPal) and says that the item arrived not as described. It is then up to eBay to make a determination if the return is valid.
Depending on their condition, I will list for about $29.99 (+$3.99 in shipping), then I will take best offers of around $24-25. So the breakdown would be - $4.00 for the jeans, $3.00 shipping (the buyer pays $4 of the shipping, but sent Priority in a flat rate bubble mailer leaves about $3 for me to pick up), and about $4.20 in eBay and PayPal Fees = Total cost to me $11.20 Buyer pays $24 + $3.99 = $27.99 Total Profit = $11.20
thanks for this amazing video, I love all your videos. I don't know anything about high end designer clothes, so I have a question is Vince and Vince Camuto is the same designer? I found two Vince Camuto blouses at my local Goodwill store for $3.89 each but I was not sure about this name.
These are two very different brands. Vince is a high end brand which retails for $100-500 new. Vince Camuto is a more mainstream brand which retails for a lot less. Both sell well on eBay, but you can generally get a lot more money for Vince.
You are the first seller that actually got me interested in selling. I have been selling on posh and eBay for 4 months now and am really happy with my return. I think I just need to get organized cause I have stuff everywhere. Thank you so much for your videos and label awareness.
love it as always, thanks.
I have made this comment before and your Mom is right! You do a really good job of educating your audience!
You find the best stuff!
Thanks for sharing.
I love your video they give so much information I fine myself going back over them when I fine some of the brand thank you so much
Miss your videos. Hope you are doing well. Thanks for all you've done to help me start my new business on eBay! I'm doing well!
Love your mom and I agree. I appreciate the pricing info, it is so helpful.
Loft has petite sizes and they fit me much better than other brands. I have 2 pairs of pants that I have been wearing for 5 years! I should retire them, the fabric is starting to pill but they have front and back pockets😀
the purple collegiate nike pants are kansas state
THANK YOU!!!!
Kansas State Wildcats.
Love all your videos, they are very detailed and informative. And it is nice seeing how you handle clothes with care. I watch other re-sellers throw clothes around like they are garbage. Excited for more videos from you.
Thank You so much , learning new things watching your videos, all of them are great!
Thank you so much...I am retired and don't get enough for my living expenses and am starting my own store...Blessings to you...
I as well picked up Loft jacket for myself while thrifting brands like Lily Pulitzer and Madewell for resale😊 I find some Loft pieces are really pretty I just can't pass up!
Hi from Oregon. Excellent video. Learning more brands everyday. Pricing details a bonus. How about a video on the ins & outs of Poshmark?
I found a Karl Lagerfeld piece yesterday lace tunic gorgeous but below Karl Lagerfeld it said : "made in China" obviously mass produced so i didn't pick that piece up. The Vince piece for $13.99 is no brainer. Looks like you have no competition at all. Like 1 other person was there lol. Our gw is swarming with resellers. Finding anything decent name brand is like winning a lottery
I totally should have checked the tag! But I will get my money out of it so it's not a total loss!
Thank you so much for your videos! I appreciate your time and thorough descriptions and your soft voice! I have learned so much even after doing resale for a while. : )
I always enjoy your videos. You have the best hauls.
I love essential oils so I put a couple of drops of lime, lemon or orange in my steamer tank. You are so right, just hang them up ..let them breathe..then hit them with the steamer.
Thanks again for your very informative video 😊
LOL...McGuire is my sisters denim company. I like your videos by the way
so enjoyable and professional you are great
Thank you so much for all of the great information.
Thank you I appreciate your videos
Thanks once again. I tell my hubby I have to go listen to my lessons on TH-cam, because I always learn new things watching your videos.
I have never come across a Kate Spade or any other fabulous brand and for so little.
There is a product called Dry Cleaner's Secret - it's a treated cloth you throw in the dryer with 3-4 items of dry clean only clothing and dry for about 15 minutes. Helps freshen and brighten those dry clean only items. You can also use the cloth to spot clean the item before throwing it in the dryer. I've had great luck with it on items that were not heavily stained.
Patricia Michitsch Thanks for the tip. I've actually used this before and found it a little too heavily scented for my taste so after I used it, I let the pieces air out for a while.
very informative video. I always try to write down all the brand you pick up! thank you for the sharing
found one tibi skirt NWT a few years back the paper tag was thorn and I listed the skirt for $98 and waited and sold for full asking price :) If you find long, pleated skirt by tibi (maxi) those even if used may fetch up to $500
AMAZING!!!
Thank you for sharing!I'm new reseller so your information is a diamond:)You have really great taste!
Thanks!
I have 2 questions: 1. Do those tiny sizes sell pretty fast? 2. How do you clean or freshen up the DRY CLEAN ONLY items? Thanks!
Good questions! 1) Tiny sizes can take longer to sell, but nothing over a few months. 2) If the item is dry clean only and it is worth a lot of money, I have it dry cleaned. If it is not worth a lot, I may not pick it up. Or if it is clean and smell free, I will go with the 'hanging it in clean air to freshen up the clothing' route.
Very nice video, but I agree with the person who suggested that in addition to these nice videos, I'd like to see you do videos concentrating on after the sale-sold! Would like to see exactly what items sold for. Also interesting, if you did video on the details of the item and your estimation of what you might get for them, (like this one), then later do a video after most of those items have sold and what yo9u got for them. I find that fun, interesting, and informative. One last comment, again as someone else touched on, I really like that you take good care of your pieces and prepare them nicely for selling. freshening them up and removing wrinkles? I'm sure that's appreciated, and I may be wrong about this, but I don't think so--I think you are in the minority as far as washing, preparing, etc. And taking the A.P.C> sweater to the dry cleaners? Wow. Honestly, I never would have picked that up considering the pilling and stains that may or may not come out. I think I just wouldn't bother with the risk, and to be honest I guess I'm too lazy to want to not only remove the pills, but to go to the dry cleaner to try and remove stains. I understand that you see it as worth it, and I guess it is, but I just wouldn';t bother. Wow, you are lucky to have a dry cleaner who will charge $5.00 to remove stains! The dry cleaners in my area-about 45 min. north of Boston, MA, the dry cleaners wouldn't touch anything for $5.00. They are absolutely crazy expensive overpriced for virtually EVERYTHING! In any case, good for you! I must find your ebay vs. Poshmark. I keep hearing of Poshmark, but I've never looked into it and don't know a thing about them and how to make a decision about where to sell an item. I get the impression from you that Posh is good for certain pieces of high end and/or unique or vintage. I'll go check into it. Thank you-I'll be watching regularly! :-)
Jhonny Was is my favorite brand. In Fall by accident I grabbed a sweater hoodie wrap that said "BIYA" doing some investigation in store I saw the prices and almost fainted. I LOVE their stuff but can't afford it ;(
Me either! I'd much rather put money in my bank account.
Thank you so much for sharing. Great video!!! I've been watching your video because I also want to start selling on ebay. You gave me great info that I desperately needed to start. Thank you!!
Thanks--I love your videos. Thanks to your mom too, the price information is very helpful :)
Where have you been? Been looking for a new video, :-)
Thank you for the video. Super informative. Learned a lot. By the way, Sundance store is located in Salt Lake City. I visited SLC last spring and bought a dress there. Thank you again.
That's great! If I ever find myself in Salt Lake, I'm totally going by the store.
*Hand's up* Great haul! Watching because today is my half off day so... research... lol I love so much that you found.
Is that Frankenstein cardigan up in your store yet? If so I want to bid on it please! :)♥
I haven't listed it yet. But if you want it, send me a message to newyorkthrifter@gmail.com with an offer and I will see what I can do!
questions: How do you know when you can use a photo from an online site? 2. You mentioned a couple of other sites to sell on (like Thred up & swap.com. However, when I looked at what would be my return, it looked like most of their payments are under a dollar to possibly $2. Could I possibly be looking at it incorrectly? 3. How do you get the prices you mention? I have listed many of the brands you mention & it's hard to get $5 or $6. I must be doing something wrong? Do you have an online store (within Posh and Ebay?)
GMA D. I looked at the payouts on Thred and less than $1 even on better brands so it was not worth it. I hope we get an answer from New York Thrifter🙏
Hi can you make a video about what you have sold for the past month/week? Would love to see your sold items so we get the idea what should be in inventory. Thank you!
I can put that on my list! Thanks for the idea.
Hey! I learned a couple new brands! Thank you! Have a great week. :)
You are awesome! Have helped me so much. I do have a question. Do you wash rayon items ?
mrsshoppingdiva Yes, if the care tag says it is okay.
My husband says I should thrift but I buy free people top that's originally are $168 for $53.00 and sell it for $80 am I not being wise everyone thrifts but if the return is $20 does it matter the initial cost? Also Is real real the only high end consignment you can recommend 50 percent is kind of high i have so many Chanel that won't sell
I have to admit that I may be on your husband's side on this one...there are lots and lots of ways to make a $20 profit on eBay that doesn't require a $53 purchase.
For example, if I thrift a few shirts, I can easily make a $20 profit with just a few dollars. Even the mall brands (i.e. J. Crew, Ann Taylor, Banana Republic, Lane Bryant, etc.) can turn a $3 thrift sale into $9 or $10 in profit. It takes a little more time listing several items (for example, I can do a listing in about 5 minutes, so my time on listing 3 items is about 15 minutes as opposed to 5 minutes with just one item). But if I only spend $9 on three items and looking at the same $20 return, that ROI just seems to make more sense to me.
Also, there are so many things that can go wrong with an item (i.e. you can find a stain, or it can take a LONG time to sell, or it can go out of season/style, etc.) if you had to re-donate a $3-5 purchase that's not as painful as if a $53 item was sitting in inventory or worse, had to be marked down, that eats up profits QUICKLY.
You mentioned that you air out the clothes and steam them. Do you wash the used items? Do people assume Goodwill washes them?
Which thrift stores would you recommend for NYC?
There is a Salvation Army on 536 West 46th that is great. There is also the Goodwill outlet in Queens (47 Van Dam St. Long Island City) where you can get KILLER deals.
You get some good finds at your thrift store. I went last night looking for your best designer jeans to thrift and mine had 1 on your list that I didn't recognize it was one of them and passed them by, but I found 2 pair of jeans: Love Indigo Premium still had tags for $48., I paid under $5. The other is BubblegumUSA which is only $18. preowned, but I paid 1/2 off at 3.50 or so. :)
I have a Louis Verdad dress... it's new without tag... but has no style number and I'm having a hard time trying to find anything that is similar to price... any help would be greatly appreciated!
What I would do, is go to eBay and search for 'Louis Verdad dress', then in the left sidebar click on 'New' and choose 'Sold Listings'. This will show you what other NWT dresses by this designer has sold for.
After a really quick look, it seems like there has only been one sale in the last few months from this company (and it went for 99 cents). I then checked out the unsold items and there is a big difference in listing prices (from $17 to $50). Since this is an incredibly slow moving brand, I'm thinking that there isn't a big customer base ... so I would try to find keywords to describe the dress in hopes that someone looking for the style will find it (because it doesn't look like people are looking for the designer). I'd also price it on the lower end, just to get it moving...
Hey what's your eBay store? Also love your videos.
What steamer do you use?
I actually have gone through a TON and don't really love any of the ones that I have used. I had a Conair Extreme Steam Hand Held which was okay (costs about $35), I have also used the larger Conair GS61R which holds more water, but doesn't have as much oomh (costs about $34). The Yomband portable steamer ($25) burns me constantly, but it heats up SUPER FAST. I got rid of my stand up "valet" steamer (not sure what the brand was, but the distance the steam had to travel to make it to the nozzle really ineffective. And don't get me started on the Joy Mangano steamers -- they DO NOT work for me at all.
Probably not much help since I really don't have one to recommend...I think steamers are just flawed in general. My suggestion would be find something cheap at a local thrift and use it until it breaks.
Haha thanks! Yeah I've tried the Joy Mangano one and its trash. At least I know what else not to try.
Really the Kearny goodwill had all that?
How long will it take you to photograph and list all theseitems?
what sweater shaver do you use
Does Ralph Lauren sell well?
do you pick up chico if its not travelers
Which platform do you you sell your athleta?
Athleta moves very very quickly for me on eBay.
Do you ever find lilly pulitzer on your hunts?
I have a question. how do you deal with a customer that bought a new item with tag from you, and somehow the customer want to return it, and the customer already remove the tag?
I would probably deny the return (since it is not in original condition). The problem is if the buyer goes to eBay (or PayPal) and says that the item arrived not as described. It is then up to eBay to make a determination if the return is valid.
iam from northern Jersey can you tell me where did you at? I will be visiting very soon and looking to pin point before hand. Great SCORE!!!
What's black label J Crew?
The black label means that it came from the retail J. Crew store and not an outlet or factory store, so it will, in general, be worth more.
when you post clothes to sell, how long do you post it for? 30 days?
thank you
hey how much do you sell used J brand for?
Depending on their condition, I will list for about $29.99 (+$3.99 in shipping), then I will take best offers of around $24-25.
So the breakdown would be - $4.00 for the jeans, $3.00 shipping (the buyer pays $4 of the shipping, but sent Priority in a flat rate bubble mailer leaves about $3 for me to pick up), and about $4.20 in eBay and PayPal Fees = Total cost to me $11.20
Buyer pays $24 + $3.99 = $27.99
Total Profit = $11.20
anybody that acknowledges their mom is alright in my book. I have learned a lot from your video's but little about proper grammar.Please bear with me.
thanks for this amazing video, I love all your videos. I don't know anything about high end designer clothes, so I have a question is Vince and Vince Camuto is the same designer? I found two Vince Camuto blouses at my local Goodwill store for $3.89 each but I was not sure about this name.
These are two very different brands. Vince is a high end brand which retails for $100-500 new. Vince Camuto is a more mainstream brand which retails for a lot less. Both sell well on eBay, but you can generally get a lot more money for Vince.