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Here are my stats for you. I've been selling on Poshmark since 2020. Sales on Poshmark alone during 2021, vs 2022, vs 2023 has been declining each year. 2022 vs 2023 at this point I'm down on Poshmark gross sales by 15%. I too refuse to do live selling. I did do the promoted Beta program when it first came out, it was completely NOT worth it when I ran all of my numbers. So, I chose not to continue promoting my closet. It's sad to think that opting to not do live selling and not opting to promote (especially when the numbers don't add up) that it would hurt us as sellers on the platform. No platform is perfect, but numbers don't lie. My spreadsheets show increased listing, better inventory, etc on my part yet my sales are down 15% from last year. Thanks for your honesty and being open because it makes people like me feel like we aren't alone in this struggle.
I thought it was just me and my lack of effort on PM but I've gone from selling hundreds of items in a year in 2019,2020, 2021, to selling maybe 1-2 items a month on PM. My eBay sales are still going strong.
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My sales have increased from 2022 and 2023 and I don't do live selling or promoted listings at all. I don't really see that many people on the live shows I think a lot of buyers don't really care for it actually. It is a very niche pool of buyers that want to sit and watch someone blabber for 1 hour. Your sales are probably down because of the economy and inflation.
My sales have dropped by about 2/3 over the past year on Posh. Thank goodness I cross list to EBay which has been amazing for me this year. I continue to list and share on Posh because it doesn’t take that much effort. But man I do hate all the low ball offers on Posh. That gets worse all the time
I think we all need to be more vocal about how bad their search function is, they legitimately destroyed it within the last year. I type in key words and it shows me EVERYTHING except what I searched for!!!
As a buyer on posh I feel this so hard. It’s coming to a point I don’t even bother trying to look on posh for certain items. And it’s so sad
100%! While I sell on Poshmark, I had to stop shopping the platform. With so many other options out there, I just don't have the patience for how bad the search function is. It's insultingly bad!
THIS! The search is absolutely horrible. I try to look up my listings when I search them to see if they will appear, and most times my listing doesn't appear at the top at all even though I just listed it. I get all types of things that are unrelated to what I type in.
I don't do lives or promoted closet. I'm a part time seller with relatively small closet of 300-350 items. But I'm experiencing some weird things on poshmark. I share multiple times every day. Some days there's just crickets... no sales, almost no likes, it's like my closet is invisible, and then some days out of nowhere I get multiple sales, many likes, etc. And I don't do anything different. I feel like poshmark push certain closets in the algorithm, those who do lives, but also other closets at random. And somehow "silence" the other. Something's going on
Agreed! I don't think being a Posh Ambassador II status means absolutely anything these days!! I also share to the max without going over to flag. I found that my sales skyrocketed the day and the day after I decided to watch and join a few live shows (randomly). Ever since I stopped, boom, quiet crickets again!!
I have about 250-300 active at all times. I have experienced that as well. 0 sales all week then one day 6 sales, followed by a couple then crickets. This cycle seems to be on repeat.
THIS!!!
Same situation as me.
Exactly. It's so weird. Feast or famine.
I, too, feel completely defeated by Poshmark. I was actually doing so well from January to June, and suddenly, ever since July, my sales just tanked. I list almost everyday and I hand select quality stuff based on comps and sell through rate and it's like it doesn't even matter. I refuse to do live sales and sell things for so little. I notice low ball offers are ruthless now. The whole situation makes me sad
Agree, the lowball offers are at this point insulting, I sell mostly new with tags items and people want to pay lower than thrift store prices for new items, then the pre-owned things are selling for peanuts and then they complain as if they bought it new and paid full price, today someone opens a case because a jacket I sold one of the pockets did not have the elastic pull, the zipper was there as well as the hardware but one of the zippers were missing an elastic that helps open the zipper faster, even though the other 3 pockets had it, she paid $30 for a pre-owned jacket that is worth $100 new, the condition was flawless, but she complaints for that? I don't know., I think she was hoping that I would lower the price and give a credit, I told her, to just return it.
Same!!!! The first part of the year was great and then started declining mid year while I was doing the exact same protocol 😢
They started promoted listing beta in July. Same with me.
The lowball offers are crazy right now!
I totally agree with you! I’m hardly selling on Posh either and I share and do all you are supposed to. I have no intention of live selling.
Hey Courtney, I totally agreed with this video overall. Poshmark is ridiculous and is beginning to act like a MLM company with all of the manipulation of sellers to follow, share and live sell. It’s a pain in the rear end. Business is business. I don’t want to see people’s shared stuff all day long and I hate when my phone pops up somebodies live show every 10 minutes. Btw…..that black dress needs attention in the armpit area. Thanks for all you do to educate us.
I am actually pretty upset! I loved poshmark and it felt like home. I did ebay first. I wanted to do live sales even just silent lives. My regular sales died in November. 😢 i got approved to sell live. Well they passed a law in Ohio you now have to have a auctioneer license do lives unless you sell $10,000 of your own personal stuff only. 27 states have similar laws. No one is talking about it! And some sellers are breaking the law knowing it. Some have no idea. So sad struggling now on poshmark.
I will never do live selling. I’m not a social butterfly and it would cause me anxiety. I don’t want to feel pressured to watch or purchase from lives sales either.
I’ve stopped following some TH-camrs bc they are pushing it hard.
My biggest issue currently is finding cheap inventory. My source (thrifts) now have skyrocketing prices. So I’ve got to figure that out.
My sales are okay. I’m glad I have other sources of income.
Live sales are what's causing these ridiculous low ball offers on Poshmark. At least that's what I think.
It's also destroying comps and making our "same" items now worthless!! Who can afford to get rid of items for $5, better to donate them to someone in need without the hassle.
Yeah I've been always fair in my pricing, yet everyone offering just extremely low balls... where you're lucky to make $5. Lives have destroyed the worth of nearly everything. The comps are all over the place.
My sales on Poshmark are half of what they were last year. November was actually my lowest monthly sales total next to july. I share, list, send offers etc daily. I don't have any intentions of doing live shows and I truly feel they are hurting the regular sales on Poshmark. So many low ball offers since they added in the live sales. It isn't my primary income, so I don't rely on it to pay my bills. Between lack of sales and thrift stores hiking up the price of items, I feel defeated.
Same here! My sales have tanked. Add that to the constant low ball offers and increasing buyer fraud, I am out as a full time reseller. Luckily, I have recently reached an age where I don't need it as a primary income source.
When I was reselling, I only ever bought stock on tag sales. It was the only way I could be sure I’d make a profit even on lowball offers. I’ve been away from thrifting long enough that I don’t even know what the prices are during tag sales these days, but I used to buy on weekend tag sales for $1.97 an item - I tried to never exceed $2 an item on average. It was fun, and it was never my primary income source. I don’t think Poshmark is a good app for professional resellers.
I’ve been selling on poshmark for about 4 years. I absolutely hate the live selling which is why I chose poshmark over whatnot. I’ve actually reached out to PM support to ask how to turn off live show notifications. I hate them(the live shows, not support…lol). I’ve tried watching some live shows and they make me cringe. I list when I can. If it sells, it sells. Luckily I just do for fun. It’s been a great distraction in times needed.
I also would love to turn off the live show notifications!
You can't turn them off in your feed but you can turn off push notifications in settings. Someone once suggested to me to unfollow the person if you get a notification, cause its usually the same people who run lives all the time. It helped me a lot, I rarely get them now.
@@jennn400 I also unfollow all the people doing lives. I know its not their fault but I am sick of my feed always filled with notifications of live shows
@@annietown7778 That's exactly what i do, works like a charm. You would think Posh would not want so much un-follows and give users the opportunity to turn off these notifications!
Since I began to unfollow sellers when I get notification of their live events, I have experienced a drop in the live notifications. I detest watching live shows!! It's boring and a waste of time. I also experience anxiety around the 20-30 second sales. It seems like gambling or at least encouraging impulse buying.@@annietown7778
I would like to try live selling but from what I have observed, the most successful sellers appear to buy pallets of new with tags inventory and can command a reasonable price or they shop at the Goodwill bins for very inexpensive inventory and are fine with making a few dollars per item sold. I have not been able to find a source for pallets of inventory that has not been a costly disappointment and I do not have the hours to devote to shopping at the outlets. My inventory is sourced from thrift stores with an average cost of $5.00. If I factor in the time to shop for and then prep inventory for a live show where it is unlikely I will triple my profit (and making $15.00--even quick, dirty and out the door--would make me wince considering the quality of my inventory), I can't see a way to make it work. I am not camera shy (I was a broadcast news reporter) so that is not the issue. I have built several successful business in my career so for me from my current vantage, the numbers just don't add up. If either of the two conditions mentioned change, I would for sure give live selling a try. As for my sales, it has been such a roller coaster this year and I do get discouraged when I see other people on TH-cam report their 6K dollar sales per week and how they list 40 items per day. But, I can only devote the time that I have, pivot and adjust and keep trying to learn better ways. Like you I have been on Poshmark for 6 years.
I have to remind myself that those big dollar sellers have office space and employees to pay so they aren’t pocketing all that much.
Those 6k are likely from multiple platforms like ebay Pm, not just pm alone
I think Posh is trying to coerce and actually force sellers into doing shows. The latest philosophy seems to be “do shows or lose sales” but because they don’t want to lose sellers in mass droves they occasionally condescend to let the Posh light shine on non-show sellers for a day or two every couple of weeks so you can sell just enough to keep yourself hanging on with hope of change.
It’s deceitful and causes a lot of soul and gut wrenching confusion for sellers who are losing time and money.
I've been on posh only for the last 5 years. I've changed a few things when sourcing and I've had a great year. This is also the first year I've stayed focused and consistent. I've sold more this year than the previous 4 years combined. I've also never watched a live or participated in the promoted closets.
I am SOOOOOOOO fortunate that I started reselling under the care of this AMAZING community! I avoided so many of these reseller regrets due to the availability of informational videos like this. I've had people to ask any questions I might think of. I've had the advice to get the programs I needed to run my business and the dos' and don'ts of the different platforms.
I admire all of you that have had to learn the hard way and try so hard. I feel like it has been so easy for me to create success because I have all these people to learn from.
Same! What I have leart from you tube is priceless. I don't think I would even be reselling at all. They made me feel I could do it
@@mercedesbee6582 I started gaining knowledge through TikTok first then moved to TH-cam. I like TH-cam a lot better just because you can get more knowledge at a time. But it’s nice to have people livestream and get answers and gain more friends for the shorter content
I love your chatty videos. you are a hard worker. I'm a 64 year old woman, a Widow, a reseller, I only do eBay. good luck with your real estate and reselling. Merry Christmas !!
I've only been reselling for like 3 weeks so I have no input on sales but I just think it's dumb that all of these apps just go and do the same thing as another. Leave live selling to whatnot and let that crowd go over there. There still needs to be options for people who don't like auction style buying.
Remember alot of buyers are now having to pay their student loans, its definitely going to make a difference in retail, etc, i have a resale store and I notice a difference in nunbers since beginning of November
Posh lives are a waste of time.. who has time to stare at a screen and wait for that item you have to outbid someone to purchase. Plus, as a seller, some of those items are so cheap…. How do you make money hustling for 45 min to sell 3 shirts for $7 each….
The constant bombardment of "$3 sTaRTs" - OMG.
I think live sales are driving the prices of items down for the rest of us. People are getting say arc’teryx jacket for $10..mine is for sale for $75, I get offers of $20. I also think resellers who are happy with a few $’s above cost are driving sales down for us too. My sales are about 65% of 2022ytd. Starting getting bad when live sales started. Beta promoted closet did nothing for me. Only sales I get lately is 40% off my list which I feel is market value minus live sales prices.
I am with you 100%! I have been complaining to my husband for months about the "live sales" killing my closet 😔
Had been having daily sales not so much now.
im only a hobby seller but shockingly, i've done better on mercari this year than i have on poshmark. it was definitely the opposite for me last year
I totally agree with you, Poshmark was my main source of income and now I am planning to go back to work. My sales are dropped like 80% in the las 3 month.
This has actually been my best year on PM, but I'm a hobby seller. I've done around $22k this year and I dont do live sales. That being said, Ive said it before and Ill say it again - PM is suppressing closets and continually doing AB testing. As of right now, I am not getting likes or offers unless I am paying to promote. Now, dont get me wrong - my promoted listing ARE NOT the listings that are selling, its still my normal listings. But, when I turn off promoted listings all of a sudden the likes and sales vanish for days at a time. Ive tried it a couple.of times over the past 2 months.
These patterns have been going on all year so its not directly related to promoted listings, its just directly related to what listings and sellers PM wants to push out with their algorithm. If youre meeting the algorithm, theyll push your closet out there.
I totally resonate with you. Feeling defeated here as well, I have been selling on Poshmark for 4 years, and I have sold for about half as much as I sold last year, even though I have been posting more items. I also don't want to live sell and don't enjoy it, even though I have participated in some. I used to love selling on Poshmark, it's now become so frustrating and discouraging...big hugs and hoping it gets better for all of us
I have noticed a lot of resellers out and about, do you think the market is flooded
Yes, I think that's a big part of the problem. When I go to the thrift stores, the huge parking lots are full and the stores are crowded. I think there are more resellers and there are more people just buying for themselves. They figure why spend extra on eBay and Poshmark when I can go to the thrift store myself.
Dont you think that the live resellers will burn out? Lets face it the profit margins cant be as good and the amount of labor they will have to put in is going to hard.
Hey, I am someone who does live shows. When I started live shows last year I was trying to do 4 a week. and I definitely burnt out after a few months. Then I stopped doing live shows for a bit and started back up again a few months ago doing one or two a week. I found a balance that works for me and doesn't stress me out. As for profit margins and labor, I get all my items at the bins and average $1-$2 per item. But if I was getting items for $5+ I think it would hurt my margins, because I do $6-$15 starts in my live shows. I've gotten into a routine of setting up a live show and what doesn't sell I list it after, so I've gotten into a good routine with that. shows are random I've sold $200 worth of clothing in 2 hours or only sold $50 in 1.5 hours. So it varies, i haven't found my sweet spot yet, but I've found it does help with my monthly sales. Ultimately I think it depends on what you want to do and don't want to do and figuring out what works best for you.
Agree, I do not think it will last. All of the live shows I have peeked into have like 5-10 viewers
Also, live shows require TIME as a viewer. Most people do not have 20-30 mins to sit down and listen to someone babbling every 5 minutes before they show one clothing item.
What not does it better, too.
I started resealing a year ago. I was doing so good I even considered getting out of my 9 to 5. Now it’s been 2 weeks without a single sale. I started to donate things because I am so discouraged.
right there with you, Im doing well on eBay but PM not good at all. I have separate listings on each and am thinking about closing my PM account and donating all the items
I tried full time and it went well for 3 months. Feb to April of this year. Then posh just sank in the spring and summer. November was my worst month in 6 years and December might be worse...it was a good dream.
Bout to just go and get a regular 9-5, im doing more than what I was before and making even less
@viviandaviss I did it and i 100% recommend it. I'm way less stressed about my 9-5 than I was about my online reselling business. It's not about how hard you work anymore . The platforms throw you a Sale when they want to and it's just not a dependable source of income anymore. And I sell on all the platforms.
@@LO-LA13 Same here! January to April was amazing and then it dropped to less than half and going down each month. Weird.
Not a youtuber, do not do live selling and havent had a sale in weeks. I have over a thousand listings too.
Don’t be too sad. I don’t think anyone is buying items they don’t need. The economy has really taken a hit and people are just buying necessities, and still barely making it.
I feel the same. I feel like Poshmark requires the most work with sharing and fresh listings with them taking the most fees. I've decided to put more work into eBay and Mercari.
Sounds like your life is taking a new exciting direction and most important you are figuring out what brings you joy! Agree 100% with your take on Poshmark! I live in Los Angeles have started to take my inventory to consignment and buy, trade and sell stores. Poshmark use to be a fun hobby but with the live sell push and reduction in sales it just isn't worth my time anymore. Taking items like Balmain, Jean Paul Gaultier, The Great, Madhappy, L' Agence, Reiss.
I am doing the same thing with my inventory.
I did a lot of the same! I think there was a misconception with building a large closet at one point and we all did it. I remember buying huge bags full of inventory only because I was getting things for .45cents a piece, it was wild! Now I sit with a crap load of items that will never sell, non-branded and just undesirable and they include some good brands just not the right items. Also, I'm not buying anything I have to steam, wash, fix, etc etc. I literally fold all my purchases neatly because they're already steamed, why do double work?! I'm just not investing any more time than necessary on anything these days. I buy, picture, list, done. Years ago I would literally spend days preping items its just crazy. Lots learned in 6 years for sure!
So many people in this group have 6ish years reselling on Posh. Guess we are the "old school" and know how different Posh is now..
@@LO-LA13 yes posh definitely has changed and I’m not a fan of it unfortunately. The live shows are killing profits and I’m not willing to do all that work for pennies.
#5 yes, not donating bad buys fast enough. Allowing things that aren’t selling to take up room in your seller closet. I have realized that I would rather have a closet with 500 fast moving high dollar items than 1500 non moving low dollar items. I have really revamp my shopping now, I know what sells well for me and those are the things I look for. And if I come home with 2 to 4 items to list hurray. No more piles of dirty projects from the bins, and most of the crap that was in my closet came from the bins and it has mostly been returned to the goodwill. I sell a lot of bras, they are plentiful where I live, they are quick to photograph and they don’t take up any room to store. Thanks for videos, you are awesome.
I hate the promoted closet and the live selling. My sales are at a snails pace. Very unhappy with it.
I’m in my 4th year of selling. I’ve sold more this year on Posh than last year. I don’t do live sales. But I’ve noticed very low ball offers. I’ve had to run more sales. But my cost of good are still so low I’m still making a good profit. I’m not mad. I’m also not growing fast but I’ve had a lot of personal tragedy this year and was able to sell more and spend less time on the app so it’s been a win for me. This video is exactly what I need at the exact right time for me to set time aside to plan how I want to approach 2024. As always you are my only trusted reseller TH-camr I can watch. Thank you for your content. I’ve watched you since I started and I’ve always trusted in your videos!
I have had friends complain about low ball offers on Mercari but POSHers take the cake on low balling. O.M.G. It wouldn't be as painful if the mandatory shipping discount went away.
Isn’t that the truth! That mandatory discount is painful!!
Yes, agree I could sell live, and I do not. I just cannot justify the time investment for a "show" nor do I want to do a dog and pony show selling random returns pallet items and cheap brand pallet items for $3, those sellers have brought us all down, and if Naver or Korean owners really look at the effect these live $3 shows (we all know who the main ones are) they will see that is a lose-lose proposition for the long term - I sell fine consignment and excellent vintage and no I am not doing a show with a radio blaring and yelling at the audience to bid an item up, it is sad to watch some of the sellers humiliate themselves so posh Korea can make a few dollars. Thank you for your wise input and well-thought-out work with me videos!!!
I lol’ed at “if you wait 20 years, everything becomes vintage” maybe that’s been my strategy for old stuff haha
I have been saying this on every Posh group I'm on. I'm just like you. 6 years, and I've had 1 like in 3 days. 1 sale in a week. It just stopped. I refuse to do live shows or promoted. I think I'm done too. It's sad. I love it too 😢
Yep, a lot more ‘no sales’ days recently. I still cross list because it’s easy (Vendoo), but if it took any more effort than a couple clicks…and a sharing bot (flyp)…I’d be out of PM. Don’t even get me started on the Lowballing! I don’t mind folks wanting a good deal, but it’s getting ridiculous. eBay is consistent and Mercari is crickets. Cheers! 😊
Great video. I can't watch a LIVE. Haven't watched whatnot. I just don't have time. If I am shopping, I looknfor whatnI want and I BUY. Those are the Buyers I want. Also, I agree that what works for one person may not work for everyone. I can sell. I also enjoy what I do. If I make it hard, I will hate it. But I will be 68 on Wednesday, and I have already clawed my way to the top, survived cancer, and buried a daughter. So, my perspective is very different from years past. I love my life today! You are inspiring.
All super relatable questions I sit and wonder about often. Helpful to hear relatable situations.
Same here I haaaaaaaaaate !!!!!!! it ,when it pop up on my feed also. To each its own I don't want it to show up we should have the OPTION to choose if we wan't it POP-UP on our feed.
please just buy a string or 2 of cheap lights or thrift them. It really makes the tree more magical and cozy when it's dark out. You'll be happy you did it, I promise. I think it will make it so much more special!
It seems that those that say they just LOVE live selling are purchasing just for that method of selling. They're auctioning off unlisted items for the most part, so it is truly a quick flip, and lower profit margins are manageable in their minds. That's not every sellers situation. I just find them painful to watch. I also don't have the patience or free time to sit through them, hoping that something will catch my eye. From my experience, the 3 times I did a live show, it was a ton of work for very little return on my investment. Time is my most valuable asset in my business, so it will be a hard "no" for me moving forward. To each his/her own. It is definitely a very personal decision to not be a live seller, and none of us should feel pressured to participate.
I actually closed my closet July 3 and did not open it until a couple weeks ago just to sell for the holidays/winter end of the year. I think I’ve sold three things in those two weeks. I am not doing lives but I am going to Bundle a lot of my dresses and sell as wholesale six at a time I have over 300 that I had purchased from the Las Vegas retail show and just want to move those so I can get them out of the house. I have not tried lives and most likely will not on posh, but I never say never.
I totally understand where you're coming from with the live shows- I don't plan on doing any as a seller mainly because I'm just not interested in them as a buyer. I bought on whatnot for a little bit and I just didn't care for listening to a seller yell and constantly talking. Then when I bid and won items, it gave me social anxiety hearing my name being yelled out.
Then, most of the items I bought on whatnot came with undisclosed major issues like holes, wrong sizes. I was refunded for all those but the entire experience just felt like a waste of time. I uninstalled the app and haven't looked back. They're just places for resellers to offload all their unwanted damaged junk.
I cannot deal with the social anxiety of lives. And have the changes the bid button so a buyer doesn't accidentally hit it?
Yah, I am not into the live sales.
On a positive note, there is a weird sycophantic fan girl contingent that is part of reselling- many who fall into that category tend to gravitate to the live sales because, I think, it gives them more in access to those resellers. Glad to not have to deal with them.
Busy, normal people don’t really have a lot of excess time for shopping in that way.
I’m rural. I have no friends. I’ve lived here for 12 years!
I can agree it was fun at first but the time and effort becomes too much. I have so many things I need to list but just can’t bring myself to do it.
I hear you! I started reselling on poshmark last year and from black friday on my sales were great, I even had a person buy like 15 things from my closet one time, this year, nothing, I have doubled the inventory and was expecting great sales on black Friday weekend, I didn’t sell a single thing, definitely has been a bad season for me and yes, you get discouraged when you watch these videos of people making over 8K a week, hope your sales increase, wish you good luck, we all need it, thank you for this video and making us feel that we are not the only ones struggling on this platform.
I totally agree with your thought, but I would add the selling on the shows have devaluated the items so much because people think that you are selling your items by $3 to $6 as people do in their shows. I do feel that no doing shows or promoted closets are really hurting the other closets. I can tell this is my experiece because after the shows started my income have been cut in half.
My sales are dead on Posh. eBay is a bit better but frankly I am losing interest in reselling period.
Been on Posh since 2016. My best sales year was 2021 which I feel was somewhat bolstered by the shift to eCommerce as well as the stimulus checks.
When looking at financial performance I use 2019 as my point of comparison since that was the last "normal" year.
At my current run rate I will not make as much as I did in 2019 even though my number of listings has almost doubled.
I did see a marked decrease in sales when the live shows launched in late 2022 and my sales have not recovered. I have ZERO interest in live selling and life shopping so I'm wondering if selling on Posh is even for me anymore.
I feel this as well! I was on a trajectory the first half of the year to pass my sales from last year and then all of a sudden it's December and I'll be happy if I end the year matching last year's sales numbers. I've never had so many no sales days than the second part of this year. I loathe the live selling on PM and still do not understand why so many people do it. Hope something changes 😮💨
Exactly junk in my house! Hahahah! No I’m part time. Getting super discouraged. Tedious repetitive tasks and slow sales!
The last week my activity notifications have been bad, I do live selling not often and I have promoted closets on. Something is going on period. After sharing my full closet I normally get about 50 notifications in about an hour, its meter I use since it does not have analytics, anyways I am getting 2 notifications an hour lately with me being 100% consistent it is disheartening.
AMEN! I don't want to live sell or participate BUT some other seller added my items to her live show. I had time so I played along and updated the auction start price and watched her live show. At the end of the show I got a sale instantly. None of the items she selected sold but something else did. I feel like this is beyond stupid that they reward those who live sell. I just want to source, list, and pack but I feel like Posh is pushing out sellers like myself.
For me promoted closet cost me half my profit. Lots of clicks no I had to pay for with no results. I totally understand what you are experiencing. My sale are approximately down at least 1/3. Between live shows & promoted closet & economy I experienced decreased sales.
I am 65 & not interested in putting on a show. I am not a “salesperson”. Since poshmark was sold It has been all about the money & not about fairness.
if you get a doggie door, try to make it in an area on the house where it is higher than the ground outside and has homemade doggie stairs on the outside leading from the doggie door to the ground. The reason I say this is having had doggie doors for decades, what goes out can also come in and if it's too flush to the ground it's easy for a rodent to pay a visit. Also be sure to have the dogs use the door for a while with you there before you leave it open while you're gone because pack mentality can kick in and one can become dominant and try to block the other going out or in. You can easily train them out of it right away, and it's nothing more than 'kids being kids' but none the less keep an eye on it. Seems like we've known Luna forever and the pups are all lovely.
I had the exact thing happen to me insanely frustrating especially when some claim to be making 1000.00 Plus, ugh
My sales on Posh more than doubled compared to last year, however, I didn’t really list on eBay. I sold most of my items on Posh.
I am a PM hobbyist, I used to sell there for basically pin money but I had to put my closet onto vacation hold for an extended period for personal reasons. Then out of the blue my closet came off hold (which I thought wasn’t happening for a few more months) and an item I’d put into storage three years ago suddenly sold! Sadly I could not find the item, had to cancel the sale and put my closet back on hold, but it was fun to revisit my Poshmark days. I had no idea about live selling. What a drag.
I really appreciate hearing you verbalize the thoughts that have been rumbling around in my head regarding what's happening on Poshmark. I've really noticed the drastic difference since the promoted closet Beta. My sales the first half of the year were actually fantastic, and then suddenly it changed
I went from a 15 year old dog to a puppy. Omg what was I thinking? She is 1.5 now and still a handful!
I enjoyed this video - very informative - loved the part about the dogs - remember every family gets one challenge child - LOL
I started reselling on Poshmark 1st , so that’s been my “home” for 7 years then as soon as Lives started, sales died and haven’t revived yet. I don’t want to Live sell either but that seems to be the way Reselling is going. The problem with live selling on Poshmark, I feel the only way to make any sales during lives is sell so low that you barely make any money, to me Lives are too much work for so little money. I know many will disagree with me but that has just been my experience.
Thank you so much for sharing I am definitely not really selling at all and little discouraged as well and not interested whatsoever on live selling
Hugs for you… hope everything will be better soon.
Wow.. this video was right on time. Been so discouraged about Poshmark lately. My sales have tanked. It’s so sad!!! 😢
I don't do live selling nor have even considered promoting my closet. My sales do suck right now, but I sell on ebay, too and they are not any better. I started on Ebay and Poshmark came later. I like Poshmark because of the shipping, but at the same time, I get so sick of the low ball offers. I have considered just closing shop, but I do enjoy selling, and I don't use it for my main source of income, but I would miss it a lot.
My sales on Posh have been fine. I tried promoted listings and it didn't earn me anymore than I was already making. I don't use a bot and I do share my listings several times a day. I don't sell live either. Tried one live show but it's not for me. Otherwise, I think I'm doing fine. I'm sorry that so many others are having a hard time.
I’ve watched a couple live sales and I don’t understand why people like it. It’s super boring and time consuming to watch. My sales have been way down as well.
I started sell ing on Posh the sme time you did. I was retiring and thought I had found the perfect thing to do as I love to shop and it got me out of the house. I'm closing the closet and going to have as many Garage sales as it takes to get rid of my inventory. No sales tax and no 20% to a Company who has really let me down. Plus no Federal tax on the income. Didn't they sell to a Korean Company? The live sales are the worst. Lowballing a nightmare.And it has taken all the memory from my computer to continue. Best to you and everyone else.
Hey Courtney. I would be sad if you stopped doing TH-cam for reselling, I really appreciate and enjoy your videos, but I agree with what you’re saying. As far as notifications for Live Selling… I ‘unfollow’ the closet and in a bit they stop appearing (for that closet). It is annoying since I have no interest in watching them. I hope you’ll continue your camping with the dogs videos. Happy New Year!
I only started selling on PM about 18 months ago, but sales have not grown like I would expect them to with more listings posted.
I admire your honesty, your journey, and knowledge. Been with. you a long time...have learned so much from you. I with you..I'm feeling it too. Hang in there!
I've heard Ebay is getting into live selling now...eeek!
Hello very interesting! I have only made mainly higher end sales lately! $80-120 , some girl that does only high end sales brought up that in a bad economy people with lower income will mostly stop buying or really lower their expenses and ppl that buy higher end will be more likely to still buy their expensive brands at a discount like second hand… it kinda got me thinkingggg
I agree with the live selling comments. My sales were fine before the Holidays. I’m hoping they will return after the gift buying season. Live selling gets everyone looking for a low price. We’ll see….
My sales this last few months on Poshmark have been great especially this month without POSHER VA it wouldn’t be good.. I did lot my closet with lots of boots and winter probably why but it has its up’s downs I have been on the app since 2015 love ur videos
Yeah!!! Happy to see you!
Love the content per usual. Also - loving the side part.
The whole time I was watching this I had steamer envy.
I have 2500 listings I am way down on sales. I am working on building my listings on eBay I have not done any live selling. I have no interest. I have been a seller for 6 years
I have 2283 listings and have been poshing since 2013. I’m not planning to do any shows in the future. I’m still selling approximately 5-6 items a week, 8 this week. I don’t accept lowball offers. I don’t make offers over 20%. At this point, my other businesses are taking most of my time and bringing in more money, so I’m thinking about taking my inventory to the local shelter! Digging out a hat or pair of boots, wrapping and printing labels, driving 4 blocks to the PO is all too labor-intensive for the money it brings in. Plus, I’m just not going to sell RL Purple Label for $20. I’d rather wear it myself and appreciate it.
Did you close your posh closet?
@@naturegirl2110 No, I have it on auto-pilot. Some kind of auto-sharing four times a day for about $25 a month.
Poshmark is on my naughty list this year. I have over 1500 listings , my items listed are higher this year than last. I have sold only $1k more this year over last year. eBay is growing for me and will most likely be higher than posh next year. Economy is less of the problem people are still spending, I know I am. Posh is turning into a junk sales site, it seems like they are grasping at straws to stay relevant. They can choose how to run their business as well as I can and they are not my main choice anymore
Dissuade was the correct word. You were right :)
Business is down across the board. I sell in poshmark ebay and amazon...all sales down
So I went to the post office today to check on my packages I sent out. Apparently there was a glitch with the major usps hubs. This may have something to do with some of the sales. 🤷♀️
I've been reselling since before 2017. I had an Ebay account from the early 2000's so I just (thankfully) chose to revive the ole' Ebay account first to resell on. I've always listed a few on Poshmark, but Poshmark was NEVER that good for me EVER. I still crosspost some of my older Ebay listing over to Poshmark, and I do still make a few sales a week. I have roughly 1200 Ebay listing and 250 Poshmark listings. I tuned into a Poshmark "Live" sale the other day and the seller was somewhat professional and well-spoken. That said ... it was BORING AS HELL. I don't see how LIVE sales are the reason for lower sales overall for non LIVE sellers???
Actually I started watching your channel in regards to Posh because you were down to earth . For me, some folks were waaayyyyy too SPAZZY!
And - love you sharing about Luna ! lol, dog life. Seriously, they are hellions but we love, love them!!
I notice i sell more hard goods than clothes on there. I specialize in vintage so that may be why as they are harder tonfind items. Ive only started selling last year so i cant give too much input. I do believe the live sales drive down prices. The only reason i will be doing a live is to get rid of an overabundance of inventory.
What's been extremely frustrating for me is that I've had two accidental purchases for shows I didn't even watch. It's extremely frustrating. I finally realized when you click on the app there are live sales at the bottom of the app of people you don't even follow It's extremely easy to accidentally purchase an item. I don't do live sales either and these accidental purchases have made me want to delete the app. The only reason I knew about an accidental purchase was getting the email alert that I won an auction smh. And you cannot cancel the order until the show is over. Smh
Oh my gosh I just had this same experience! I opened the app and it took me right into an auction (it's happened many times). I was in a place where I didn't want noise so I tried to close the app quickly and ended up hitting bid and won something that is now on it's way to my house. Posh wouldn't let me cancel and the seller said they couldn't either cause they were in trouble for cancelling too much. It's been a very frustrating experience on top of my other frustrations with Posh.
I did enjoy doing live shows, but it is true that you don't make that much profit on the items. It comes down to if you are willing to wait for a better offer or cut your profit down and sell it right away on the live shows. Unfortunately, the live shows have been affecting our sales and the amount of profit we make.
I gave up on my poshmark a few years ago. I only sell on ebay now, but ebay is slow too. For example, the usual amount would be 10 and now it is 4. I am not a social person so doing live selling or shopping live selling, is a big NO from me. I want to buy and be done with it. I do think this year has been really slow for everyone. My nutritionist said the same thing. So, you are not alone.
I did the same, grew my inventory too quickly, I will be going through things and donating soon! I have a cord chewer too, she is my little psycho. I tried leaving her loose when I would leave, but she is still young, and gets bored easily so for her safety and my peace of mind, I invested in a large foldable kennel. Now she actually just goes right in and has no problem being in there. Ive also been training her on what is okay to play with and what isn't, I have been pretty consistent and its starting to pay off....but I still have a couple baseboards I have to repaint 😂 Her brother is an angel, but she does try and get him in trouble lol!
Ebay now has live sales, I have been getting notifications about live sales from sellers I follow there.
Your amazing! Thank you I have learned from you and I feel the same way about lives! Merry Christmas and blessings to you always 😊