I have sold over 60 items. So Ill start by saying Im Newish to poshmark. (Ive also sold numerous items on Craigslist, but thats a totally different business model.) I have a question. And I totally agree re: giant time suck. Hello? 3 items each cut out private areas the back of one top had a spray painted penis and I wont repeat what it said. If its used whatever you get is a profit. Like over a year break. I responded to the case with a lengthy and detailed rebuttal explaining how this isnt my bag (or, even if it is, that the buyer has now cut holes into it). People who offered reasonable prices were ostracized. This thing looks like it was probably made in China with the cheapest quality fabric available certainly the thinnest! There really should be something put in place for the sellers, especially since they take so much commission out of sales. I sold a brand new pair of tommy bahama flops a couple weeks ago. Youll get a full voicemail box, no way to make contact with a live person and no one will respond to your emails. They denied my claim stating it wasnt enough evidence of a fake. Im curious to see if your still successful using shopify or if your thoughts are still the same. My screen name on Poshmark is pilotkelson1056, I stumbled across this article and while I agree with every frustration listed here, theres an entire other side to this (Im speaking from the seller perspective, Im there to make money, not spend it). The buyer has no profile or closet. Its crazy!! Since youre selling higher-end merchandise, I definitely recommend Tradesy. You provided food for thought. Mind you she sends a photo an no disrespect ladies but she was more like a size 18-20 definitely not a junior large ! I bought a BRAND NEW IN BOX item and this has been used. Over the years, Poshmark has gained popularity as one of the world's leading reseller marketplaces. Hope your store is still doing well, as Im sure you are! ?What do I do?? Thank you for letting me complain. There are the trolls that comment and ask a gazillion questions about an item (most of which have already been answered in the descriptionthe one they couldnt be bothered to read). The only people hurt by the report feature is smaller closets that usually sell authentic goods. Ok, I get it. Id been wondering about selling a lot of my stuff online (Ive got a LOT of beautiful clothes that lifestyle wise, I have no need for anymore), but after reading everyones comments here, I see none of us are really having any luck. I wish you tremendous success and much less stress!! Its pretty silly I dont have to do that when I am buying online. Now just waiting on Poshmark to decide on the case. Dont respond back to me one said and then she kept going. Why I decided to leave was I sold a brand new name brand mens sweatshirt with tags, the buyers received it and filed a claim saying it was filthy dirty and no tags and I was trying to scam her! Poshmark is a marketplace for buying and selling clothes as it is a community that can be linked to social media platforms. Tradesy took the return, the buyer got refunded, I kept my money, and then Tradesy resold the shoes through their house account. Might be something you want to try. I hate that people are being scammed and the sellers appears to have made a few thousand dollars. I only do this for high- end items. I came here to warn people to stay away, far far far away from Mercari!!!!! Posh will also examine the pics you posted online and the description. I have had a 5 star rating, about 25 sales so far. By and large I have been very impressed with the sellers. I have gotten so many direct emails and messages asking me how I left Poshmark and started my own e-commerce business and Ive finally put everything Ive learned into an e-book. Life is too short. Because Poshmark and other online selling is only passive income until it isn't. If you have to spend more than a few minutes creating your listing and then doing some occasional sharing, there is nothing passive about what you're doing. Sent it to her after the weekend I get a note saying it was damaged and she wants to return. Some girl ruined my swimsuit and then Poshmark return it to me. So I thought ok Im safe Ill turn it on and prove that it works. Hi , I have the same proble likie I have a open case with A free people dress ,and the buyer make a open case because is not authentic . I appreciate your post. Well, that is all well and good for you, but there are people who *do* want to make real money. Im having the same issue I sold one thing and sold it cheap disgusted with it. They chased the small sellers who built ebay out. With eBay, Im having a similar experience, but Im still dealing with it and need some advice. Will I need to invest in Adwords and really push the marketing side with Shopify? So now Im out the item AND the money. I myself been with them from the beginning. The time is waaaay too much unless you are a high school student. I decided to sell on Poshmark because I took a early retirement and wanted to do something Part-time on the side. Im sure not all Poshers are respectful, and I do not defend the sorts of people youre talking about, but from what I have seen in the Posh community, there is a fine line between due diligence and what certain Poshers consider trolling. Embracing simplicity, Poshmark's fees are straightforward. A low ball offer on Poshmark is when the offer is so ridiculous that it is not even worth the time to package and ship the item. "If it's a waste of your time, say no." In addition to negotiating, people may ask for customized bundles of products you're selling. Do you have any experience with what I can do? But then I had a bad customer service experience with Poshmark that caused me to wonder if all the time I was spending on the app was worth it. Yup, a pile of junk that barely represented what I had sent. After a few months, I started seeing tons of foot fetish perverts all over the feed. How do you get the traffic and the customers? In the meantime, while I was waiting out the 8-day cancellation period, a different seller listed one of the tops I ordered, but I couldnt buy it because the first seller could still ship and then Id end up with two. I will move to either Ebay or Shopify. I have had for the majority nothing but stellar comments on most everything else I have sold and live in fear that Im going to get kicked off of here due to these bogus fradulant people. I have clothes that, initially, I wanted to Sell on Poshmark, but I think Ill definitely give Depop a consideration instead. I was pretty smitten, as it was very unusual, and a piece of art, in my opinion. So, I dont pay to market or spend a bunch of time SMM marketing, but use my posh sales to lead people to my site by putting thank you cards and candy in my customers packages. -bad packaging (i shipped in a clean box with a black interior. People who are used to buying fast fashion junk (and Zara is definitely fast fashion, cheaply made junk) need to stop making lowball offers on quality designer items. I feel trapped! Because they provided a different label they have somehow messed up the payment, but no one will help. They are all about profit and protecting the scammers within their site. It was $20 for a pair of handmade Sterling Silver earrings posted at $38. Turns out this buyer is someone who resells the same type of item I sold herand Im wondering if she felt she couldnt get as much of markup as she wanted so she decided to claim it was used. In my fourth purchase attempt, the item was never shipped and there was no explanation from the Seller. I dont like linking my private bank information, I simply do not trust apps enough to provide such sensitive information. Like I posted a hand mixer for $5 just to get rid of it fast and someone send me a $3 offer. I am not interested in running a garage sale on line. It is not a great time for e-commerce startups. The dress arrived while I was working and it was three days before I was even able to open the package and examine the dress. In the event I dont get my money from sales or purchases after this incident, Im not sure what to do. I would like to put my two cents in this!! I simply declined, since I had enough experience through my clothing page to know theres no winning THAT fight. Hi Bernice, when I was active on Poshmark, I certainly cross-posted all of my listings to eBay and Tradesy. Same name? Great article and thanks for sharing. Yes I left poor feedback. Thats ridiculous. I dont have any negative ones thankfully minus a brand new product that someone said was more than gently used (still in packaging) !! The items were an UA shirt, TWO Victorias Secret Pink shirts plus pink dog, pink bag and ribbon, AE shorts and this Packers shirt. The high fees cover the advertisement, which attracts buyers to the site, according to Bellatory. The ones on the pics she sent Poshmark seems suspicious because it was all closed up of the item, not one pic of the whole shoe. CONS: Their customer service is horrific, no phone service, insane lowball offers, buyers not accepting, the 20% fee, their email responses are comical, they look at the subject and copy & paste a generic response. I never bothered to fight that it just wasnt worth my time and the stress. I looked at her page and there are several comments from sellers saying that she made low-ball offers that they just cant accept, etc. I think we should be able to review the buyer. I have many complaints about poshmark, but lowballing for $7 shipping doesnt make sense(?!). on tradsey or something similar. I get these questions so many times that I wrote a book and put everything Ive learned over the years in it. Goodbye to my consideration for Suggested user now for another few months. eek..i have only bought things on Posh and I have only bought things that I absolutely recognized as authentic from web sites, catalogs or stores. It almost feels like I am being exploited and trapped in this nonsense! I unfortunately ordered on Poshmark on two occasions. Me nasty emails! It seems like this type of activity is picking up across all of these platforms. Thats obviously not happening, so I only made clear the simple fact that this item was not sold, although it is listed as sold. I recently sold a pair of DISTRESSED AE skinny jeans in amazing condition (I considered keeping them for myself) & the buyer gave me a 3 star rating saying that the threads over the distressed holes were in bad shape. Like uhhh theyre distressed jeans so theyre meant to be that way?! Last, shopping and selling online is all about trust. I also had issues with women on there. I quit a year ago and then decided to create a new account to sell just a few pieces of jewelry. People might not think this is a big deal but when you sell a $2000.00 item NWT, its a big deal. So one has nothing to defend since left unaware?? Not sure why. Its actually wasteful and contrary to the pro-reduce/reuse/recycle attitude that is supposed to be rampant! I got to the point where if someone offered me less than half the asking price, I would just block them. When Poshmark finally got around to a reply they told me they couldnt help me. And good luck with your sales , Good to read all these because since I became active in Pm in Jan I have experienced all this, even PM doing nothing about a creepy, unsafe member I reported and emailed. With your own site, you are responsible for driving traffic to it, of course. Just people on facebook also pissed off that they cant create an account in the first place. I have an online store as well and have had one for over 12 years! Its not even a review. I got a lowball offer, counter offered, but the buy stood firm to her low offer so no sale. I get a nasty review how I lied about the items, that they were used. I have a buyer questioning the authenticity of a bag I sold herthat is after incessant questions about everything. Selling used clothing for big money is a joke. Hilary, so sorry that happened to you on Ebay. I appreciate your thoughts here. Then there are the pervert trolls. Anyway, Poshmark is nothing like Ebays fair policy. Recently though, someone bought a dress and actually complained in the listing comments stating it was smelly and dingy and I was getting reported. . I wrote on here once before but I just recently had an experience similar to Eltee. Their reason? Any sharing or following like poshmark? Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Hi Ann, im just a posher on this thread not the one who wrote the article. My daughter suggested I go to Poshmark and my criticism besides the constant socializing which is not my cup of tea, is they charge too much for postage in general, and you cant call them that I know of. An update on my situation, in case anyone cares.. the eBay guy was of course refunded his money. Very frustrating, Jeanette, I hope you see my comment. A buyer can go anywhere they choose to buy , but not so much for the seller , so sellers are a dime a dozen , but not so much a buyer .And they know a disgruntled buyer will probably never return , but if a seller has made some pretty good money they will blow off some steam , but will continue to stay . I responded to Poshmark yet there was absolutely no support from them at all. The lady gets her money back an I get back a dress drenched in perfume An a snag in the brand new dress !!! xx. This is when they still owned Paypal. So may just focus on that. Of the site, she said they didnt break any rules. Then there was the girl just last week who bought a lipgloss from me and then claimed it was damaged. I got accused once of selling something inauthentic as well and Posh paid both of us and the customer kept the item. Item was never SOLD but was rather abruptly Canceled by Seller 3 days after accepting my initial offer. Thank you. They brag about entering the closet and making nasty comments and offering 3.00 on every listing. I find myself having these same issues. For sellers who have their own businesses, I can TOTALLY understand how PM is just too time consuming and not that rewarding in return. I got the dress back and not only did it have snags but there were some tiny white hairs on it. When describing a listing, be sure to reference only the brand that manufactured the item. Thanks for the insight! Only *this* many words long. Agree with you completely! If someone will not post extra pics or answer whether an item is authentic, then you know its fake. She responded that she indeed had been away, and that she would ship it tomorrow. You are preaching to the choir as I agree with EVERYTHING you said. I suddenly remember why I hate Poshmark, I started using it again and people have the nerve to ask me for $20-$35 discounts. And that lowball offers were rude and to just go away. 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