Where to Sell Clothing Online – The Top Sites to Earn Money

by Carley Lake | Last Updated:   May 29, 2020

Let’s dive into selling used clothing online. It’s a great way to make a few extra $, bring a longer life to items you no longer wear, and help support others in their pursuit of not buying new. See below for the where to sell clothing online, the listing process, their fees, and your earning potential.

Let’s start with used clothing 101 before we dive into where to sell clothing online

What is secondhand and used clothing?

Secondhand means owned by someone else. I like the idea the clothes have had a whole life behind them—they come with experiences, stories, and hopefully no stains. (Always good to double-check before you buy!)

Where can I sell clothing?

Try both offline and online stores. At offline stores, they usually only take what is trending for that season. You can check out selling guides to see what the stores are in need of and what is popular. (I have gone in and they have taken nothing. Badge of honor, I think). You can get paid with store credit or cash for the items you sell. If store credit is an option, this will usually be a higher amount than if you go with cash.

You can also list your items on popular sites (see below!).

Why buy secondhand?

First, it will save you money and make you can money when you sell your clothes too.

Second, It is more sustainable. Because you are buying used clothing instead of new, the chemicals and water to produce the clothes aren’t getting used, reducing the climate change impact of manufacturing. The less new clothing produced, the better the environment.

I’m ready to jump in…so where to sell clothing online?

Check out our list of where to sell clothing online and how their selling used clothing process works. Let me know on social if you recommend any others! 

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Where to Sell Clothing Online – Online Stores and Platforms

1. Vestiaire Collective

Vestiaire Collective is an online marketplace to buy and sell authenticated pre-owned and used luxury fashion. Unlike The RealReal, its team of in-house experts authenticate items once sold vs. prior to listed on the site.

What to Sell: Vintage treasures and on trend pieces: bags, accessories, shoes, sneakers, watches, jewelry and clothes.

Listing Process: You can upload instantly as you take your own photos and handle the listing. When your item is sold, you ship it to Vestiaire teams in your country for free. Their experts will check for quality and authenticity before sending it to the buyer.

Commission: Buyers can make price offers. You also have the possibility to make a price offer to users who have made a comment on your item.

2. Rebag

Where to sell clothing online? What about selling some bags?! Rebag makes it super easy to sell your used designer handbags online. They also have stores in Florida, California, and New York for faster buying and selling.

What to Sell: Luxury and trendy *designer* handbags

Listing Process: Submit pictures of your handbag. Rebag will provide a quote within 1-2 business days, or on the spot in their stores. You can also now get an instant offer for some bags with its new tool Clair.

They will then send you a prepaid shipping label to send it in.

You will get paid within 2-3 business days once they receive your handbag.

Commission, fees, earnings: Varies, check Clair now to see instantly.

3. ASOS Marketplace

Avoid the new and fast fashion, and check out Marketplace, an online platform with more than 800 independent brands and used, vintage boutiques.

What to Sell: Vintage items, small business designs

Listing Process: A boutique costs £20 and you must apply to open one on marketplace. Vintage boutiques must stock a minimum of 20 styles at all times. Indie and Multi-Brand boutiques must stock 15 styles at all times. Product images must be up to standard before you open your boutique.

Commission, fees, earnings: 80% of all sales.

4. Etsy

You may know Etsy for its handmade goods sellers, but Etsy also has 1,000s of vintage item sellers so it’s a great place to go if you are wondering where to sell clothing online.

What to Sell: Reselling on the site is only allowed in the vintage and craft supplies categories.

Listing Process: Open up a store with Etsy and upload your items instantly. Etsy has a super helpful guide on how to sell, place ads, and manage your online store.

Commission, fees, earnings: It costs $0.20 to publish a listing to the marketplace. A listing lasts for four months or until the item is sold. Once an item sells, there is a 5% transaction fee on the sale price (including the shipping price you set).

5. Poshmark

Poshmark is a social commerce marketplace for fashion where anyone can buy, sell, and share their secondhand and used clothing.

What to Sell: All designers and brands are welcome. Think Lululemon, Everlane, and Gap.

Listing Process: Download the Poshmark app, take some photos of your item and fill in item information including the price you choose.

Once you sell an item, Poshmark sends you a pre-addressed, pre-paid shipping label via email.

Commission, fees, earnings: After your item sells, we deduct a small fee from the final order price. For sales under $15, the fee is a flat rate of $2.95. For sales above $15, the fee is 20% and you keep 80%.

Save $10 on a Poshmark purchase with code: T_Flamingo.

6. The RealReal

The RealReal is all about luxury consignment.Brands include Chanel, Dior, Versace, and more. (I got a pretty fierce Alexander Wang side bag here for only $200).

What to sell: Top designers The RealReal recommends to consign include Chanel, Hermes, and Louis Vuitton. You can also sell mid-market designers like Theory, DVF, Ganni, and more.

Listing Process: You can choose to either book a free virtual consignment appointment to video chat with a Luxury Manager, book a free virtual expert consultation to video chat about pricing watches, jewelry & more, or ship your items directly to us with free UPS pickup.

Its team carefully evaluates every item. They authenticate, photograph, price and sell each item.

Commission, fees, earnings: Varies. See the full commission levels here.

7. eBay

eBay is a global commerce leader that connects millions of buyers and sellers around the world. It’s one of the original buy and sell used items platforms and is still a vibrant place to sell good place to sell most any used item.

What to Sell: eBay recommends selling hot items like women’s shoes and handbags. See more of its recommendations.

Listing Process: Snap some photos and write a description. eBay will then help you price your item to sell. You can then print a label directly on eBay.

Commission, fees, earnings:

You can list up to 50 items a month without a listing fee. You only pay 10% of final value of item to eBay once it sells. Learn more.

8. thredUP

thredUP is the largest of the online resale/secondhand shops with over 30,000 brands for women, kids, and teens.

What to Sell: Think J. Crew, Anthropologie, Athleta, Gap.

Listing Process: Order a clean out kit andfill it up with high-quality items from any brand .Leave it for your mail carrier or drop it at FedEx or USPS.

The thredUp team will then inspect each item, photograph, list, and ship to the buyer.

Commission, fees, earnings: Payouts vary. For example, an item selling for $50-$99.99 gets you 30-60% of the sale.

Use my link here to get $10 off anything you buy on thredUP.

9. Tradesy

Tradesy is another place like The RealReal for buying and selling used luxury designer fashion, but with more reasonably priced options. (The marketplace is also made by women, for women, founded by fierce CEO Tracy DiNunzio.)

What to Sell: You can sell any designer or brand.

Listing Process: You upload and set the price for each item you list. (Learn more about how to price your item here.)

You’ll also pre select one of three convenient ways to ship when the item sells. Learn about the shipping options here. When you complete your listing, your item will be live on Tradesy immediately.

Commission, fees, earnings: Tradesy gets 19.8% on items $50 or more or a $7.50 flat rate on items less than $50. There is also a transfer fee. See more on fees and how your earnings are calculated.

Get $20 off your first purchase of $50 or more on Tradesy with my link here.

10. Vinted

Vinted allows its users to sell, buy, and swap(!) secondhand and used clothing and accessories.

What to Sell: Think ASOS, Brandy Melville, Jeffrey Campbell, Topshop, and more.

Listing Process: Download the free Vinted app. Take photos of your item, describe it, and set your price. Tap “Upload” and your listing is live. You can then print a prepaid shipping label, and pop to the drop-off point within 5 days.

Commission, fees, earnings: Selling items on Vinted is free (minus shipping costs), however buyers do have to pay a service fees.

11. Depop

Come to Depop to see buy and sell unique vintage and used, while explore profiles of sellers in an Instagram-like feed. You can also discover fashion from an inspiring community of creatives from around the world.

What to Sell: Depop celebrates creativity. You can sell unique items including art, vintage and luxury fashion, illustrations, books, records, and shoes.

Listing Process: Simply download the app and sign up. Fill out your profile, click the “sell” button, and upload your item information and photos.

Commission, fees, earnings: Depop takes a 10% fee and there is also a PayPal transaction fee of 2.9% + £0.30 in the UK and 2.9% + $0.30 in the USA If you are in the USA and have added USPS shipping, this amount will also be taken. Learn more.

12. Grailed

Men and all genders who like men’s fashion and streetwear—check out Grailed. The site curates the largest men’s used and secondhand fashion marketplace.

What to Sell: You can sell items within different markets on Grailed:

Grails. For high-end designers like Rick Owens, Saint Laurent, Raf Simons, A.P.C., Maison Margiela.

Hype. For highly anticipated new releases like Supreme, Jordan, Yeezy, Palace, Bape.

Sartorial. For high-end Classic Menswear: Brunello Cucinelli, Loro Piana, Tom Ford, Kiton,.

Core. For mainstream brands like J.Crew, Uniqlo, Levi’s, Polo, Ralph Lauren, Gap.

Listing Process: Login to sell an item, click the sell button, upload at least 3 photos, add information about your item including the price you want to sell for, and then select the market that fits your listing (see above)

Commission, fees, earnings: When an item sells, there is a 6% commission (plus applicable PayPal fees: 2.9% + 30 cents for domestic and 4.4% + 30 cents for international) so the total charge can be around 9-11% of the total sale price. PayPal’s fee percentage is determined based on the location of the buyer’s PayPal billing address.

Happy selling!