Whatever. Its designed that way to keep users engaged and both buying and selling on the platform. With no real protections, its a huge risk for You and not to Poshmark or the buyer. When she got it, she opened a case. Thank you for sharing your experience! You certainly dont see anyone sending $5 offers to Macys, Target, or Zara, do you?. I dont mess around. Its really too bad because what started out as a great way to sell my designer stuff that I no longer use, has now become a wild west market of crap and dishonest people. I made a nickel off the whole deal & then she gives me a bad review, saying there was a kink in the chain (which we all knows happens) & when she tried to fix it, she broke it. Hi Sherri. Here's how to use the online marketplace to buy and sell clothing and accessories, How to delete a Depop account if you want to stop shopping on the app or start a new account, How to leave a review on Depop and give the seller feedback via the app, What is Depop? 278k plus shares as of now, no robots or helpers. Seriously. You are right. Just tap the button to have the report emailed to you. Just browsing through the brands, i was horrified by multiple posts in 10.Deep that appear to be selling people or offering their services. But most alarming was a picture of a young boy with the user name listed as hump87. Poshmark literally tells them what to do to return an item. The seller contacted me and said her entire closet was thrifted and apologized profusely. If you have vintage, those items seem to sale faster there. I feel like I am being exploited. Ive only had one person open a claim and Poshmark denied it. eBay may be the best for that still, if one has a good inventory. Im a perfect, highest rated buyer on eBay, and Ive sold as well. It feels like Im being punished for having the nerve to request a return at all. I am so upset!!! I know for a fact its authentic but Im afraid if for some reason Posh allows the buyer to send it back I wont get MY bag but something else (or completely damaged). I explained what I just did here and said I would be happy to take more photos and post them. Lowballers on Poshmark are the worst. I was so excited for my first handbag of this brand! There are other jails on Poshmark too, such as Poshmark follow jail, which happens when you follow too many accounts in a single day. End of story. If you want one necklace, you pay over $6 in shipping costs!! Ive had brick and mortar stores in the past and have been selling on eBay for 4 plus years, so Poshmark is my newest addition to my retail experience. I made sure everything was as described before I sent the order and then I got the issue. I hope this works out for you! Every Offer to Likers you make is an additional entry. Any advice you could offer of how to get my good Poshmark buyers to buy from my own website outside of Poshmark? All $3, $4, and $5 items must be bundled. Wow. I dont like the fact they can shut down my closet without warning in an instant. Account - Poshmark Y agree. I also dont like that they want you to spend hours every week on the site liking and following others. Poshmark will sink or swim on this crap. Even before I read these comments I had pretty much decided not to go any further with PM. That should have been a red flag. I have been looking for a way to open my own online thrift/consignment store to sell basically anythingnot just womens handbags and clothes. I would recommend not doing any more than 4000 shares in a day. Make sure that you are satisfied with the photos and feel free to request for additional photos if necessary I also never bought anything particularly expensive. Its all I ever wore. Thank you for making this outlet to bring light to the truths of Buyer and Seller experience on Poshmark. And if you want to open up your own online store in the future, start building your social media following now. My bag was ripped by the buyer (maybe she regretted her purchase). Again, thats why I say there is not enough protection for the sellers on Poshmark. Some of them Ive been told by high-sales sellers (upwards of $50k per month). Wtf??? If you react to difficult buyers and allow them to decide ANYTHING about how you run your business, then this business isnt for you (unless you can STOP IT and realize that no one buyer makes or breaks you). She had told me that if I wanted the $5 off, I should have made an offer for the bundle that reflected that!). Hope everyone finds their happy spot. I hear time and time again from other poshers that there isnt no seller protection. I had a lot of my Poshmark items listed on eBay as well, and my Shopify store had an import from eBay function, which made it easier. hi Interesting to read all of this. I use to have an IG store but then you get shady people there filing a charge back 40 days later. 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! dhampyre Respectfully, may I ask why you cancelled the order today after accepting my offer 3 days ago? (I think 3 and up stars only show) I honestly would have taken pictures of it to show the stains and tagged her name stating it was a bigger problem than described. I wish you tremendous success and much less stress!! What really upset me was that I had one buyer that did not like the lycra content in the jeans I sold her. And forget about offering gallery-quality jewelry on Poshmark. It might be time to say goodbye to Poshmark myself. All you have to do to get out of Poshmark share jail is to stop sharing your items for 24 hours. If the gray Shared Successfully banner doesnt pop up, youre in share jail. My listings are clear and my integrity is high. He was sadly a victim of the great Ebay Purge they did in 2013 despite top reviews and power seller status. I am bombarded with party invites daily and my time has been wasted further wasted. I do see a lot of items noted as sold on Merc or sold on tradsey. Thanks for the comment Holly. I have been on posh for 6 mo. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School and San Francisco State University. Im just done.. if someones going to give you their money I take that very seriously because I work so hard for mine. I am documenting my packaging & item just to be safe. Her work has been featured in Digital Trends, Willamette Week, USA Today, and more. As suggested above, I will videotape placing the items in the box. However Im doing same as you! Thats where wed all benefit! Who has the kind of time it takes to package and drive to the PO every time someone buys a $5 item. Like, if youre going to run an online store, at least attempt to be professional/prompt. I received an email stating it was removed because it was counterfeit! Go find one of those and dont lowball a seller who has higher prices. If you cant be bothered to actually read the item description and respect the sellers policies, then you really shouldnt be on Poshmark. Note: To be successfully sent, the offer must be at least 10% below your lowest offer in the last 90 days. Also selling high end purses and such like this is a huge big no no in my opinion Bc people just want to get stuff free. I do not understand who authenticates on PM? Once i use those words you bet these people change real quick. That looks like a phone number and his responses were in broken English. Wowthis is interesting listening to everyones experience. She said they were new with tags. It can do thousands of shares, and follow thousands of people, all by clicking one button. Poshmark support is certainly not going to help you. As a seller, yes, I have had the 8.5 million question buyer who then disappears; but then we have a secondary assumption that inquiry obligates a purchase. Its really gotten bad lately with 2 cases opened and 2 lost packages in the last 10 days. One way to know if this has happened to you, is youll start to see less engagement on your items (less likes and comments). Figure out top selling categories and subcategories based on season. As a buyer, Make a Deal Days is a great time to score deals. To change your password: In the app Go to your Account Tab (@username). I just got a response that basically said oh well. Really lady how fat and wide are you that you cant fit into a one size fits all stole? It has definitely gone down hill an I feel like I dont get much sleep cause Im trying to make everyone happy an that part I love just not all the other crap !! I had a sale on Mercari and posted it as not for sale and typed in Sold in the description on Poshmark. THEY WERENT FAKE! Had one guy that put $300 of stuff in his cart and offered me $50. but they still want to offer $5. Poshmark is making a hefty 20% commission just for using their site and sending out shipping labels. I either interacted with folks that have drank the Poshmark kool aid and are delusional and in denial or folks that do recognize the deeply flawed issues about the company, but dont care enough to put any energy towards calling them out. Free shipping AND returns. Sold a couple of items and then had the brainstorm HEY! Although the buyer had no postings or reviews, this person contacted Poshmark accusing my the item sold of fake. I just figured, since it was such a huge time commitment, why not commit that time to myself and my own business? Poshmark really does need to protect their sellers more. How about silly girl talk on a rainy Sunday afternoon? They shut my closet down Black Friday for a week. And I am selling stuff for cheap too but its not moving?? I opened my account on January 31,2017. $69 $98. And I have the clear pictures of the front and back of the item, so when zoomed in you would see everything . Ebay on the other hand is more customer base than seller base. They are a vault of knowledge you are missing out on if youre not already reading them. She also has no profile info or a closet. So, when it happened to me, I was shocked. Its bad for me and for customers walking by. Posh Markets Posh Markets lets you tap into different communities on Poshmark, whether it's Women, Men, Kids, Home, etc. The platform is design to sell to women only. An older women and didnt realize makeup is duplicated. I ask for a supervisor to email me or for them to give me a corporate number and I get a lengthier email from Posh threatening to shut my account for selling fakes. She has yet to receive the items she purchased and I know shes going to write an awful review. Keep me posted on how its going for you and thanks again for the comment! If youre interested in learning about it, keep reading! I totally agree that it is a huge time sucker which I end up neglecting my family for $25.00, does this really makes sense. I just received my electric yoga pants back today, and not only are there new snags on it that it didnt have when it left my possession, there are stains at the knees and the back of the pants near where your heel would be. You can get back to sharing tomorrow. This place is not for high end designer items. All of what you have stated is the issues I have. Not only does it have snags that it didnt possess before I shipped, there was white hair on it like she let s pet on it to purposely snag with their claws!! I have legitimately done this before - its possible , Poshmark hasnt responded back to me and its been 2+ days I sent in multiple emails and even tweeted at them. 90% of them post one little photo of a piece of clothing, just the top usually, NO OTHER PHOTOS, no measurements, no condition information. Obviously, 1 is no binding commitment to actually ship advertised items to the buyer. I had another girl purchase a pair of capris for $4, which were in good condition she opened a case on me. I also told the folks at Poshmark about the discount thing. Ive been selling on eBay off and on for the last 15 years and its just extra income for me. Congrats on your decision to start your own site. I have been called every name in the book. Again, there should be more seller protection offered by Poshmark when it comes to trolls like these and Poshmark scams in general. and get mad when you reject the offer . People offer half the price for a listing. Where is the merchandise coming from? But I guess some people do think there used stuff is better then others same used stuff . I cant deal with lowballs. As for the 20%, it is a small price to pay for traffic. Only at *this* time frame. Have a super fab week!! And half the time they dont respond so youre just wasting your time chasing after ghosts. Four times a day for the parties. How to avoid share jail and still make lots of sales on Poshmark. No one should have to spend the equivalent of a 40 hour work week of time to sell a $15 tee shirt from the Gap. Unless you have a boutique and thousands in inventory, you arent going to make much. I have literally run across earrings on Poshmark for $30 that are bought for $1.25 from online websites (oh it takes 3-4 weeks to arrive! I set up my closet, started listing. I felt like theres a little too much of a spoiled environment on their too, with even sellers turning knit picky buyers. It would be interesting to see how many sellers vs buyers are on the app and how many sellers converted to buyers. Scroll down and select My Seller Tools which will then bring you to My Inventory Report. Posh PartiesPosh Parties are real-time virtual shopping events where users can meet up in the Poshmark app to shop, share, and sell listings. No, I didnt get to take my followers with me, but I put up a notice in my Poshmark closet letting my followers know that my closet had moved to ShopStylaphile.com, so a lot of my customers did follow me over and buy things from my new site. I too, am tired of the lowballs, and high commission that Poshmark takes on even lower priced items. The others "Can't be found". I was not expecting to make a lot of money, just enough to get by as i am unemployed and my mom has had to help me get by. I have also been on Poshmark nonstop as well since starting my own closet. Probably no more than $15 dollars. The guy asked for a PARTIAL refund because he said he just felt that he paid too much for it. So many sellers dont give you any info and you have to comment to find out basic information like the fiber content or the length of a skirt. Select Order Activity. Then my package came, and one of the tops was all pilly and had several small holes in it. I have been on POSHMARK for about a month and I am already getting tired of their sharing game,parties and also Lowballers. My first four sales were all shipped within one day and I received 5 star ratings for all of them.
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