Selling cheap clothes online - is there any point?

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I have far too many clothes - since my partner moved in a few years ago, I now have less wardrobe space and we are kind of drowning in my stuff. I'm on a low income and wondered if there's any point selling stuff? It's all just from cheap to mid-price high street shops. I buy a lot of stuff from Ebay myself and a lot of things seem to be on there forever. I came across a beautiful dress I'd have bought in a heartbeat but it was a size 8, for example. I thought it wouldn't last long but a year or so later it's still on there. Would I just be listing stuff to sit there indefinitely? Or could I sell it as a bundle? Even if I could get a couple of hundred from it all I'd be delighted but maybe I wouldn't even get that and it'd be more hassle than it's worth? Does anyone have any experience? Am I better just taking it all to the charity shop and being done with it?

I list stuff on vinted and Facebook (I just find it easier than ebay) and then put it in a bag in the spare room.
If clothes haven't sold in a few months, I take them to a charity shop.

Go for it my daughter sells loads on there. She just made £50 at a car boot from vinted rejects!

I just checked and I have sold 209 items since late March.

I have lost four and a half stone this year (Mounjaro) so basically everything had to go. I have a completely new wardrobe. Some things I bought from Vinted then sold again as I went downwards through the sizes.

It soon adds up. I have sold a few things at £20 or so but mostly £5 and under. Plus books for £1.

I used to sell a lot of stuff probably 10-15 years ago, but found it more difficult to sell in recent years due to new clothes in shops being cheaper to buy, and postage costs increasing so only buyers who live local and can pick up are interested. I have a lowest price that I would sell for (depending on item but say $10 per item) if it doesn’t go for that then I would rather donate to charity, as I don’t think it’s worth my time and effort selling for less than that.

I have always found that children’s clothes and shoes sell easier than adult’s, I think people believe they’re likely to be good condition because children grow out before they wear out. Or maybe it’s just that they don’t care what their kids are wearing!

Even more expensive items go cheap especially on Vinted, however if you keep your earnings in the app and not withdraw to your bank each time you do notice a difference, I used to sell my DDs clothes and used to withdraw each time, I did grumble about £4 here and there and then I checked the part you can see how much you've earned over time and was £200 in a couple of months so it does add up

Agree it's a bit like the property market - if it's priced right it will sell. But I think you have to sell quite a bit to see the benefits. I do it with more expensive mistakes but you have to accept something is better than nothing. And I tend to leave my balance as it goes quite far in terms of buying something else.

Vinted has made eBay look expensive.

I’ve made £7900 on Vinted since joining in 2022 so it’s definitely worth it for me. You do need to invest time into it though - taking nice photographs, packaging things well and posting quickly.

I go through phases of putting stuff on there and then not having time to do it, I would probably do better if I just uploaded more consistently but when I do upload I make decent money. The first 6 weeks I made £600 between Facebook and vinted. Since I started in October 2023 I’ve made £1200 on vinted and I definitely haven’t uploaded nearly as much as I could have. It’s all really cheap too and bundle discounts on.

Meh, this is why they go to charity.

For those of you that have sold over the tax thresholds do you find it difficult to do the tax return?

Last year I sold 30 items but slightly under the threshold £. This year I will keep it under the 30 also to avoid the stress

Go vinted op, just sell stuff cheap and your balance in vinted goes up and then you ca. re spend it on vinted or put it into your account. People can create their own bundles on vinted of what they want and this combines postage so best put things separate for a few pounds and people will select what they want

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Yes OP definitely try Vinted. Take good lighting pics and you can sell in bundles. Much better success than eBay. Good luck!

EBay has seemed very quiet the last couple of years and I don’t find very much good stuff on there anymore. I would use Vinted instead.

Can’t hurt to give it a try surely?

This is my Vinted since joining 18months ago 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’ll have a bit of a clear out and post a load of stuff then maybe nothing else for a good few months. I’ll pop on some of 4yo DSs stuff that’s still in good condition (bundles of joggers/tshirts/jumpers etc that always sell well!) as I know a lot of people that buy this way for clothes for nursery 🤷🏻‍♀️

I personally only use Evri and Yodel which have the option to print the label in store near me and I walk past both shops 4x per week on my way to work so I’m not going out of my way to make any trips 😊
I don’t list anything that I think is worth less than £5 as I don’t think it’s worth the effort to be honest.

It’s not huge amounts of cash but I’ve used it to pay for a full Mon-Fri trip to Center Parcs and the deposit on a summer holiday for next year so it’s been nice to have 😊👍🏻

Easy peasy i just download my sales record for gross sales, tot up expenses and put it all in the self assessment.