I am so glad I found this! I wish the authenticators on PM knew how to authenticate!! . If you come to my Closet and start the games i have learned so much on how to steal your buyers i will do it! A nice little money maker. I live in a smoke free, pet free home. Thanks for the comment Angelica! I have taken allmost all my preowned irems off but i know Ill have problems anyway. Will I need to invest in Adwords and really push the marketing side with Shopify? I never had these problems when I used other sites for selling but then I sold a lot less. Kaitlin, Im so sorry to hear this! I have been selling on Poshmark for 8 months now i do average to sell just over a 100 items per month on Poshmark. The best way to drive traffic to your new site is with a blog, social media, and Google AdWords. They do not care about the seller and honestly I dont even think anyone there speaks English. $5 or less offers. They STILL approve the return and send the item back even with supporting documentation! The amount of time that I put into sharing on Poshmark I can market on Social Networks account. You dont realize how much time youre committing to this platform until you stop. I always record the items the day I ship it and provided it to Poshmark stating the shoe was in new condition and I didnt see no flaws BUT they still sided with the buyer. Poshmark can be a great business opportunitya potential side gig blooming into something moreit could happen. Then the other day I had a terrible experience as a buyer. ugggg. Ive seen all kinds of reasons for blocking, and even seen closets with rules saying theyll block for lowballing, etc. I was a fulltime seller on ebay from about 2003 until 2007. I video tape every single item as I am packing it for shipment to document the condition. Have you tried Tradesy? I make my bundle and place my order, figuring that the $5 will be deducted from my total. It has been pending since August 17th. Everyone wants items for $5.00 and theyre under the impression that its a garage sale. 4 Things You Should Know To Make It Big On Poshmark: 1. These are terms that imply intimacy and you dont know me!! My listings are clear and my integrity is high. Its all I ever wore. The problem I have is I have not found a platform I like as much as PM, except for the time suck sharing issue. Now I have a lot more control over what Im selling and I dont have to pay Poshmark fees or a 20% commission to anyone. That never used to be the case. I responded to Poshmark yet there was absolutely no support from them at all. Lucky for me, I requested it back, and I suppose Jessica wasnt as big of a douche as Taylor and didnt have the heart to send me an empty box back so I got the money after two weeks. Im on posh and dont have any complaints. CHEERS! Theyve gotten worse! but Poshmark has some algorithm system where after you have gone to all the trouble of posting your items, THEN they start their verification process when you go to print your first label to mail your item, and all they keep sending you is mobile info to get a text message. That is steep. Lol. I'm so sick of getting absolutely insulting offers. Below are five strategies for dealing with the ultra-annoying lowball offer. It informs them that you will counter one more time showing them that you are done negotiating. This is the worst thing Ive heard so far. I ship the same day and love that all I have to do is print out a label and take it to my mailbox. But after sharing, liking, and following others, there doesnt seem to be much return. I obviously had the same feeling as you. I opened up a store just to down size. My PM days are done!!! But I wont. But it its an item that Im taking a gamble on the fit, color, quality, etc. After being an active seller for 2 years, and then quitting cold turkey, it was only then that I realized that it felt like I had been in a cult. At least with eBay, you only see what you search for and are not bombarded with gross items and sellers all over your feed. Wow the same thing just happened to me with a $8 dollar dress, the buyer was aware of the damage and asked zillions of questions then purchased the dress which is a expensive item sold for $8 when she received it she instantly open a claim for $8 freaking dollars!! Typically since you accepted, they will do a one time refund if you show the wrongful of the description. I wont stick around much longer . The order was delivered and accepted. The sale frequently gets canceled. They openly discuss their light assets model carefully avoiding any discussions about the pitfalls: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4497193-poshmark-inc-posh-ceo-manish-chandra-on-q4-2021-results-earnings-call-transcript. This time trying to clean out my junk drawer, I sold a pair of older damaged Chanel sunglasses, including their case and cleaning cloth for a steal of a price because they were worn; frames were solid but lenses had scratches. But regardless, the heavy discount, free gift, fast shipping and neat packaging was not enough? L N C. Just wanted to offer my support and validation of your Poshmark experience. In my second purchase attempt, I followed up when the item was not shipped although two weeks had passed. Try it out and let me know how it works for you! Sellers continue to tie themselves in knots trying to figure out how to maximize sales on this platform, as everything about Poshmark is clouded in a mystery and ineptitude that keeps its users chasing. Did you have customers follow you? If so how there are no email addresses to market to them. Instinctively, youre probably pissed off when that lowball Poshmark offer comes in. I am getting tired already spending hours checking on PM for any sales, sharing and answering silly questions form buyers. I even spoke to the buyer via message. I will only ever use Poshmark to buy because the prices are great and the variety is nice because sometimes eBay doesnt have any listings for a particular item I want but I cant be bothered to sell on Poshmark and this post confirms it. I just started on poshmark selling designer clothing (3.1 Phillip Lim , rag and bone, Sergio Rossi etc.) This is going to be a great one, you think to yourself. I posted on her page and also on the thread on bag and said can you give me more info. I dont think most people value their time appropriately. Just seems ebay and others do not protect sellers yet they make the money from us! Love this thank you for sharing your opinion and experience. Since youre selling higher-end merchandise, I definitely recommend Tradesy. Its understandable. Youve inspired me to get off my bum and actually bring my online boutique to life. Second. I would make most of my sales during the bewitching hour 5:00 a.m. If I shared my items at 4:30 a.m., it was too early in the morning. As strictly a buyer, I cringe to hear these stories but always suspected that there are potentially steep challenges to selling items on these platforms. I was so shocked when I received an email that my item was being returned because it was not as described in the listing. The young lady said there were teeny tiny black dots on the upper sleeve, which I knew right then and there I was being scammed. Uh, I posted FOUR photos of the bag, including one where Im holding it for reference. In fact, Im setting up my Shopify store as we speak and doing some research and thats how I came across your article. Because that is another person who you have no control over. Im finding some women are awesome and dont try to get you down too low and others like your things but they want it for $5. This was interesting reading. CHECK OUT: Is Poshmark Better than Ebay??? It was a closet full of nice stuff as well at higher prices. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for taking the time to write this! Learn how your comment data is processed. Thank you so much, Wow! I am completely disappointed and how PM has handle the situation and will not sell on their platform anymore. Probably no more than $15 dollars. I counter at $38!!! Step back, take a deep breath, see if you can understand why they may have submitted said offer (refer back to the fact that your pricing may be too high, or emotional attachment is clouding your judgement on this one). I agree the lowball offers are ridiculous and Im offended! I just read this last week and breathed a sigh of relief that I have been lucky so far. Seriously it canbut it is, Read More Poshmark for Beginners Tips 2020 | Getting StartedContinue, How to make money on Poshmark? Well I replied saying that I had no objection to her getting the refund on that shirt only, since I did not list the actual measurements, which I should have. Just because I am selling something doesnt mean I want to get 90% less than what I (recently) paid! Lowballing is the act of buyers offering a price better known as "low ball offers" because they are deliberately way lower than the retail price set by the sellers. After reading your article.. Im thinking maybe, Poshmark isnt for me either. Im slowly building a following and directing traffic to my ShopStylaphile.com through my blog and my social media sites. Ive only had one person open a claim and Poshmark denied it. When the buyer received her item she filed for a return. I have a successful online store but some weeks I kill it on posh more than my store! This is the first and only one Ive came across, thank you for that incite. Sold a couple of items and then had the brainstorm HEY! People will sell something for a ridiculous price (imo) when I go on the website and find the same item for less money. Heres the bad experience I had that was the impetus for my Poshmark departure. The time investment is ridiculous and for what? When you sold an item on another marketplace did you just delete it from Posh or just put not for sale on it? The sad part is that she has a closet of her own and could have easily re-sold the NEW shirt in her own closet and made more than she paid for it. Also the new scam is just to say an item isnt authentic when they wish to return it. Also, I have the luxury of living in New York so I attend a lot of designer sample sales and shop at some of the best high-end consignment shops. Im a new seller on posh. They sided with her & I got a damaged coat back. How does bidding work during a Posh Show? If and when they finally remove a listing, they do not suspend the account. So I asked if I could please see photos of the actual jacket. Having been a broke college student, and offering what I believed to be fair on a pair of mittens I was slowly raising to find out what would be okay when I got suddenly blocked I think. I dont know if its worth trying to sell on there, at least not coming in as a newbie thinking one will make realistic amounts of money. The buy, destroy, and open a case type. Two brand new items never worn still with tags and in boxes, 2 star rating one left a note saying more than gently used I asked her to please explain to me- no response! I still feel like a babe in the woods'(! Poshmark is run by tech bros, who have no fashion sense. I will either list the item to sell or give it away (although come to think of it, I actually did throw away a brand new brown sweater.. yeah, I could have donated it, but man, was it ugly!). I feel that I should get some of my money back bc I have defective shoes and poshmark has a guarantee to not sell faulty items since I paid so much for these defective very expensive Louboutins I feel that I should be compensated.. so far as a buyer this website kinda sux .. Im an honest person and buyer and not one thing that I bought on this website was described accurately ( I take that back one pair of pants were fine) but sellers should be honest bc there are good honest buyers like myself who end up with the short end of the stick. The ridiculous amount of fakes sold on Poshmark is why honest people who sell authentic items get hosed and rated badly by people with buyers remorse or who scream fake when they have no idea how to check authenticity. Know the Market How Do You Price Things on Poshmark? Item was never SOLD but was rather abruptly Canceled by Seller 3 days after accepting my initial offer. I think sometimes sellers forget that buyers are on these second hand sites because some people and families cant afford to buy new. Thank you! Lisa, Im hearing more and more stories like this, and I too, had my share of sales that were canceled by Poshmark because once I purchased, the seller never responded. And I am selling stuff for cheap too but its not moving?? Another was a brand new rose gold watch she got next to nothing!! Like, if youre going to run an online store, at least attempt to be professional/prompt. It was a complete waste of my time. I getting back to my life now. If you have any advice about what direction i should go please let me know. Ive been on Poshmark for awhile and just started selling within the last four or five months. My daughter bought it and it did not fit. SMH . In my fifth purchase attempt, the item was promptly shipped and received. I unfortunately ordered on Poshmark on two occasions. Gotta get back to listening to 3 day and all night livestreaming party in Minneapolis Prince songs. It just reinforced my decision to NOT start poshmark at all. I dont feel I have the confdence to start anything emse though. My first four sales were all shipped within one day and I received 5 star ratings for all of them. Im a Poshmark Suggested User; a top seller with 1100+ salesand Im closing my closet at the end of the month. We should be honoring each other and not be deragatory we get enough of that!!! I dont know why, but sellers on there are often just plain lazy. Ive been doing okay overall It hasnt caused me to throw the towel in just yet but it was definitely better than Ebay . Nothing sold. Also if you go on youtube there are tons of videos on reselling, online business, etc. You certainly dont see anyone sending $5 offers to Macys, Target, or Zara, do you?. Still no response from poshmark. Make *these* kinds of comments. I put so many hours into PM for almost no outcome. Absolutely agree with everything you had said and your reasons for leaving posh. Hi; well I am a guy with closet after closet filled of brand-name clothes. I think I will check out Tradesey and maybe your idea as well . I have no idea what Ill get back since she claims its damaged now. If you dont mind me asking, how did you get your traffic back to your site? Had one lady purchase two very nice dresses, file a case and say they had dog hair in the package. NOT GOOD. My reaction varies. It seems Poshmark has allowed greed to corrupt their business ethics. Ive now opened my own boutique at http://www.onlinesplurge.com. And then there are others who are all over that platform; they know where related items stand as far as price. While the majority of people who purchased items from my closet were class-act Poshers, I did have my collective share of bad apples that found their way to my Poshmark account. The only time I had someone return something was because I sold a pair of skinny jeans, but the girl said they werent what she expected because the label said straight jeans. After 2 1/2 years and 60,000 followers later, I too am jumping ship (though will keep my closet open for as long as possible to advertise my Etsy handcrafts). There are plenty more who are willing to pay a fair price! You live and learn! For $50. Well the folks at poshmark know the same thing. He doesnt sound like he deals with practical matters at all (and its really apparent that Poshmark lacks business/operational leadership). Wow, that sux Kristine! I was just curious, what was the best way to post an move all your items listed to your new online store? Hi Desiree! And unfortunately without going into details, the garment came back to me damaged. Im just getting started with Poshmark and I feel its more of a sellers app then a buyers place. People offer half the price for a listing. With that being the issue I didnt want to be on their site anyways, who would support people taking advantage of others. I can deal with that. There are a lot of great things about Poshmark, but they should really do something about the lowballers and the people who give bad reviews when they arent warranted. I do not hate myself enough to list there. I contacted Poshmark stating the item was brand new but I just received a generic response If there are any problems with your returned order when you receive it back, please go to your order in the App or website, tap on Problem/Order Inquiry and report the issue through the Report Problem with Return. button. The problem is that there was no problem with the item to start with! So when another seller (whos items are actually luxury with the price tags to boot) gives me a lowball offer, I politely thank them, wish them well, then block em. If youre a Poshmark seller looking to take your sales to the next level, youre in the right place! I have a buyer questioning the authenticity of a bag I sold herthat is after incessant questions about everything. Ive recently started selling on Poshmark and I do admit that its super slow getting sales on this site. Trust me, if you dont share your items, your 333,000 followers are not going to go in your closet and make an offer or BUY IT NOW. Ive been going round and round with them. Now I think I have to. In my experience it is the cost that counts. You post it and wow, does it look amazing there in your closeta flagship item perchance. It is insulting for a person who is a stranger to do so to another. Two of them never shipped. I am currently on Poshmarkbut have a hard time dealing with their promos. designer vs non-designer, hip/cool stuff vs regular stuff, vintage vs contemporary). One seller said that she had to be kidding to offer a price that was 80 percent off the bundled price! More declines = lower rankings. I use to have an IG store but then you get shady people there filing a charge back 40 days later. I just read your comments about poshmark. In my fourth purchase attempt, the item was never shipped and there was no explanation from the Seller. Hi Christine! I feel so sorry to read what happened to you. After reading your horror stories here, I gather I am better of finding another outlet to sell my things. They are well known for not replying to your emails once you get the automatic reply you never hear back from them. Thank you for this post and saving me the time and aggravation of going through it all over again. You cannot say anything in response to this, as its against Poshmark Ettiquette Rules!! Its definitely time consuming. I came home and opened the package a week later and they were SUPER worn!!! Thanks for the venting outlet! These are men who have found Poshmark and created accounts just so they can ask you to model that pair of high heels or that tight dress. Parties? I get a lot of traffic to my ShopStylaphile site through my blog, Pinterest, Facebook and Instagram accounts. So if you are listing for men or children, you must specify in your description or else you can end up eating a $25 shipping cost on a return GUCCI shoes worth $500. God forbid they side against a buyer. Let me know if you want anymore details. So it was worth my time investment to do things like measure the bust because sizing varies by brand. All $3, $4, and $5 items must be bundled. Sorry this happened to you. Poshmark Didnt care about my item and they give me just $10 when the bag cost $70 on my posh! I also block them. The first price I offer may be a lowball offer but that is the lowest price I will pay. I feel like there is nothing to stop a buyer from damaging an item and claiming the item is not as described. Today a buyer seriously lowballed me and i snapped, i told her for the offer i would rather keep them. Im so upset and POSH will not return my emails. She then gave me one star saying that I mislead her because they were not ugg and that I lied, however it was just her not being able to read. When I read all this posh sounds very, very creepy, Hi I have been selling on posh for a year now.theys took all my stuff of there web because I sold a few lipstick I though they were authentic but they turn out to be not,well they owe me $ 90 dollars and its been getting processed since dec 19th I keep emailing them to please deposit my money because I want to delete my account I emailed about 10 to since dec I havent got paid. I joined last October in search of something to purchase. Give them a try and let me know how it goes! Obviously, 1 is no binding commitment to actually ship advertised items to the buyer. Why do you feel you would get burned? Ha, like that will ever happen! Im just happy to unload things from my closet and see them get used again! Wow.. Basically it states that due to unfortunate circumstances, I am now substantially photographing every purchase before I ship!!! On the up side all have had a ton of nice people and buyers.. Im on the fence. So heres just a few notes to all the buyers: I am new to Poshmark (less than a month) and I have to say that I am definitely buying more than I am selling. If anyone else is interested, please message me or comment here because this SELLER ABUSE has got to stop. I found two types of trolls exist on Poshmark. The thing is, if they would just make a few changes and really pay attention to protecting both buyers and sellers, they would be able to retain more users. 1% of Poshers (being generous) are knowledgeable enough to authenticate anything. Ive had two situations like this. Since I dont negotiate via the comments, when I receive an offer via the comments section I delete the comment and then reply via DM or I just reply in the comment section to check the DM. I received a movie in the mail. While I did enjoy the social aspect of meeting some really great people on Poshmark, the amount of time I was spending on the app was ridiculous. This is probably just a user who is looking for the ultimate bargain, the queen of all power trips and is consequently attacking your item to get it. Stylaphile I am done with Posh too because Posh ALWAYS sides with the buyer and there are NO seller protections!! You just have to drive it off the lot. But what I found in that package was TRULY DISTURBING. I have sent several emails with no response. I dont have any negative ones thankfully minus a brand new product that someone said was more than gently used (still in packaging) !! I love this method and I wish that Poshmark will take a cue from Ebay and get their ish together with the making an offer feature because I hate when Poshmark sends you that Yay New Offer email on a lowball offer. I had a girl give me a terrible rating for shipping time needs improvement. THEY WERENT FAKE! I wrote out almost 2000 labels on Etsy by hand. One of the reasons I pay that 20% is because Posh gives buyers some kind of peace of mind. The bad thing about this is the other Poshmark accounts are basically wanting a sell more than wanting to make a purchase. Ok, I get it. Stores like Nordstrom Rack, Marshalls, and even Steinmart are flooded with Michael Kors and similar labels. Should have known better!! Oh, and there are definitely more closets to shop. it just seemed like one more time consuming event that I could not commit to so I didnt. Im new to Poshmark and sold my first listing! A majority are on here to make a few bucks, etc. I was a top seller, with over 333,000 followers. I too had thought that it would be a good side gig when I retired. I simply declined, since I had enough experience through my clothing page to know theres no winning THAT fight. PM has made me not visit the mall for a 3 weeks now, so it has made me save some money and get REALLY good second hand stuff. $270 for a dooney disney bag. even if its new with tags 99.9% bought it off the clearance rack and are trying to sell it at MSRP!!!! Unfortunately, i live in a very small town and the local authorities probably wouldnt be of much assistance. Wow, how rude. So Im out $50 an a dress I cant resell as new an havent reposted due to the snag in the dress !!! This is only after they posted on my comments wall asking when I would be shipping the bag and incessant questions. Its a sad place for sellers these days. An older women and didnt realize makeup is duplicated. Thats ridiculous! Any sharing or following like poshmark? How about the time wasters who want to communicate offsite without any intention of buying anything? Posh doesnt seem to have a system in place to protect the seller!! Still cannot seem to delete my account though, and really dont want to be associated with a company who is not accountable to their sellers, has no basic business ethics, and ridiculous customer service. Thats why God invented Facebook. Its the principal of things. I have been ready to venture out to a commission free and offer free selling environment but didnt know where to start or what platform to trust next really. I bet I have spent 8 plus hours a day on there sharing and all that other nonsense. However, if similar items are priced where yours is, then there is no need to. At this point, it may be best I dont even if they allow me to. Low ball offers, creepy people (a man posted in a picture wearing a bra that kept pinging me), people who want fast service but would not release payment upon receipt. I stubbles across this today after a buyer rated me days after receiving her top. I think Ive had the worst experience on poshmark yet. Im @silverrusty.