One Year on Poshmark and Mercari

Hard to believe one year has passed selling on Poshmark and Mercari.  I have had the most luck selling on Poshmark.  What I like most about Poshmark is the flat shipping fee of $8.27 USPS priority mail, up to 5 pounds.  There is a scale on Poshmark showing the additional cost from the seller on items over 5 pounds.  I believe it is capped at 10 pounds total.  What that means if the package weighs over 5 pounds at the post office, you the seller pay for the additional cost of shipping on the item based off of the weight in accordance with the Poshmark scale.  I have kept my items to under 5 pounds to avoid pay extra shipping costs.

On Poshmark buyers and sellers can make or send offers to users who like an item, sellers can also offer discounts on shipping which you the seller cover in your fees.  You can let your sale balance grow and either use it to make purchases on Poshmark or withdraw it for a small fee via check or direct deposit.  If your interested in selling on Poshmark, use my referral link BIGWOODSVINTAGE to get started. 

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Mercari, as I wrote about before, has been a total bust and a waste of time.  I only have one listing on there and  will be delisting it and moving it over to Poshmark this summer.  I have made several purchases off of Mercari and will keep my account for that purpose.

As far as Etsy goes, I am either going to change my Etsy shop name or start a new shop, unfortunately my shop name is not available and I have to come up with addition words or numbers to complete the change their.  Etsy sales have been slow as well, I have only listed vintage items with a higher price point due to its rarity or eBay comps are higher than Poshmark.  For instance, I currently have a vintage Bauer Pottery recipe box with a wooden lid and the Bauer strawberry motif.  My research showed there are not to many of these in the marketplace make it a rare find and not one was in mint condition. Comps where as high as $95 and as low as $50.  A recent sold comp on eBay was $75, I have mine listed at $85 with condition issues.  I do run sales from time to time, I have discounts set up for likes and for items left in the cart.  I have a discount set up for customers to come back and shop.

Also, I currently have crafting supplies also listed in my Etsy store, I started on Etsy years and years ago selling my unused craft, sewing, knit/crochet supplies to clear them out.  I still have a bunch left to list and sell.  

Lastly, I hope to venture into a local antique mall at some point in the future.  I checked out one so far and was not that impressed with it.   I need to check out several other malls with in a 30 minute drive and do some research on each one. 

I will keep you posted.