Outgrown baby clothes

[ggreg]

Hey all

Can I ask what everyone does with outgrown baby/kids clothes? Do you give them away to family, friends or charity? Do you sell them on vinted etc?

I am a huge believer in shopping secondhand, and want to create a local platform whereby parents or carers can send me (or I pick up) bags of outgrown clothes. I would resell them to other carers in need of that size (either via website or in a community hall) and the original donators would get a % of resale price which they can then use to purchase clothes in bigger sizes, with a % also going to charity.

I believe this would be convenient for local carers to unload themselves of outgrown clothes in bulk, rather than selling each item online and without the inconvenience of posting them and incurring costs. They would then get money back to purchase other second hand items, again without postage fees, thus contributing to the circular economy and avoiding anything going to landfill.

If this was in your local community, would you think it worthwhile?

Thanks

Vinted, EBay, car boot sales, NCT sales, charity shops… All places to get rid of/purchase baby clothes. I’m not sure people would see any real benefits to your business.

I give away via local parents groups (which i how I came by lots of them), to charity or sell on vinted. There are already resellers on vinted that will buy in bulk. I suspect same on ebag/FB marketplace too

Thank you! I guess the real benefit would be not having to sell/give away to different places and then spend time searching sites for bigger sizes, so more of a convenience thing? especially for working parents or parents with multiple children.

Agree with others that there's a lot of competition out there from selling platforms and charities such as baby / kids charity shops. Our council also does a clothes swap which sounds similar.

How would it work exactly as could be a lot of admin pricing the clothes and sending the person the voucher? What happens if they disagree with your valuation or they've donated a bag that's only fit for rags?

I am all for reducing landfill but unsure how you'd work it as a business at this stage.

I have a small business doing this kind of thing, but mainly selling online. The main reason my customers give me their baby/ children’s clothes to sell as a consignment is because they don’t have time to sell on Vinted, but want a bit of money back. It’s only really worth it for higher ticket items, items new with tags or vintage, so it’s worth my time and effort. There’s a lot involved including washing and steaming items, creating inventories, paying consignees, dealing with customers and packaging etc if selling online too. No one is really willing to spend on supermarket brands for example, but it’s a great way to get a bit of extra cash and stop things ending up in landfill

We cleared out ours via NCT Nearly New Sales. It's so easy to do.

I tend to put them up on Vinted for a few weeks. Whatever doesn’t sell goes to charity.

In Portsmouth the Salvation Army run a specific children’s charity shop so I donate there. They will also give out clothes as well as other help free of charge to families in need.