How To Sell Your Clothes Online
Commission: Varies. Below £45, you give up 34 percent of the sale price. But that drops to 18 percent for anything over £2,700. Or take advantage of its concierge service, which will collect your clothes in bulk, then photograph, post, sell and ship it all, before taking a cut starting from 25 percent. vestiairecollective.com
Best For Affordable Streetwear: Depop
This app-based market is a haven for affordable streetwear. Supreme, Palace and Nike are particularly well represented, but it’s also a good place to get rid of anything from Ralph Lauren Oxford shirts to worn-in Vans.
How it works: Snap a photo on your phone, price the piece and it’s live within seconds. People don’t rifle through your profile, so you need to list constantly to get an increase in activity. When someone buys, you ship straight to them. After 14 days, you get paid.
Commission: A flat 10 percent, plus a 2.5 percent transaction fee if you use the in-app Depop Wallet, or 3.4 percent if you sell through Paypal. depop.com
Best For Clothes Swapping: Hardy Ever Worn It
London-based resale platform Hardly Ever Worn It (also known as HEWI) is unique in that as well as offering the traditional buy-and-sell model, it offers user’s option to swap pieces in their wardrobe as payment. The site also occasionally links up with celebrities who’ve had a clear-out for charity, so you might just grab some of David Gandy’s garms.
How It Works: Each listing on HEWI must be approved by the site’s team before it goes live. Once an item is sold, payment is held until the buyer confirms receipt. In the case of swapping, list your item and wait for the offers to roll in. If what you’re selling is more expensive than what you’re being offered, you can add the difference in cash.
Commission: On HEWI, you’ll pay 15 percent + VAT of the final sale price of an item. However, the site does offer a free one-month trial with no commission for new users. hardlyeverwornit.com
