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For those who don’t already know, Poshmark is an app for buying & selling name-brand clothing and accessories. Today, I’m going to give my best breakdown on how to use Poshmark! 

If you have never used Poshmark and are looking to sell your gently used clothes or buy name brand clothes for cheap, you’re looking in the right place. 🙂 Download the Poshmark mobile app and get a $5 credit when you sign up and use the code: MEGHNNL (my name is spelled a little differently than you usually see. I’d suggest copying the code above and pasting it on Poshmark while signing up. Or just double check the spelling before you finish. If you enter the code incorrectly, you aren’t given the opportunity to try again ☹️


Step 1

  • Start your closet:

First, log in and update your profile. Make sure you’ve got a picture of yourself for your closet – It helps to show your personality and creates an element of trustworthiness. 

Also, be sure to connect your Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr in order to share listings if you’d like. 
Next, go find some people to follow. Many people will follow you back, and more followers = more eyes on your closet. The best way to do this, is to go shopping (at the bottom of your screen) check out brands and sellers to follow.
Step 2:

  • Click the sell button:

Tap the sell button at the bottom of your screen. This will bring you to a picture screen, where you can either snap a photo, or you can select a photo from your picture library. 

I highly recommend saving photos of your items and adjusting the brightness and contrast of the photos to make them look their best before you post them on the app. 
You can add up to eight images per listing, which is a great way to show off tags on clothing or anything you’d like to highlight on your item.
Tip: I DO NOT recommend using brand photos (the ones you may find online from the brand). Showing the actual item is more representative, and prevents people from being worried about getting scammed.

Step 3:

  • Talk about your listing:

Be descriptive, be clear, and be honest!

Use a descriptive title that includes the brand (if it’s a well known one). Also, be sure to note anything important about the item, like blemishes or the fact that is wasn’t worn very often. 

It’s ok if the item has a blemish, as long as you’re not asking too much for it. Which brings me to pricing. 

If you can’t remember the original price, and can’t find it online – estimate conservatively. Next, make your list price something reasonable as well. Most people sell for 50% or more off of the original retail price (depending on the condition, obviously). 
Tip: Start with listing the item a little higher than what you’d actually be willing to take for it. You can lower the price later on if you need to. You never know who may see it! People can send you offers on your listed items. You can then either accept, decline, or counter with a new offer. 

Step 4:

  • Sharing is caring:

Poshmark throws “parties” at different times every day, like the “Best in Shoes” party. You can share a listing directly to a party, or just to your followers (when you create a new listing like we went over above, it will share no matter what. If your item doesn’t immediately sell, it probably won’t, I highly recommend sharing, sharing, and sharing. Share your listings as much as you can! ). 

You’re not limited to just sharing your own listings either. You can share any other seller’s listings, which is a great way to build your own followers. 
Sharing is a great way to get other people to share your listing, or thank someone for liking, sharing, or buying something from your closet.
Another way to share is to go off  of Poshmark and on to one or many of the social media platforms that you probably already use daily. You can connect your Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr accounts to your Poshmark account which makes sharing so very easy!

Step 5:

  • Purchased or Sold something? Check on your items. 

If you purchase something on Poshmark, you can track it by clicking “My Purchases” and anything you sell can be tracked  by clicking  “My Sales”. “My Sales” will tell you what stage you’re at in the shipping process (when you’ve printed your shipping label, shipped your item, etc).

Sellers can also check on the status of their pay outs by clicking  “My Balance”. It will tell you how much money you have earned, if you have any credits, and how much is pending (aka you’ve sold something, but it hasn’t been received).
Tip 1: Ship fast. It’s a great way to get your rating up as a seller!  It also helps you in a major way because the faster you ship, the faster you’ll get paid!!

Tip 2: Send a thank you note along with your items. It’s a great way to be an awesome Posher and if you’re a blogger it’s a great way to direct them to your blog too! 

Tip 3: Let your balance build up. You can cash out at anytime, but I personally prefer getting one larger payout instead of  small payouts here & there. 
You can cash out directly to your bank account. You can cash out with a check that will be mailed to you. But, you can also NOT cash out and instead you can spend your balance on items from other Poshmark sellers. The choice is always yours! 

  • Now a little bit on how buying works on Poshmark:


Poshmark just added an option to create bundles, where you can get a discount on shipping and on items by buying two or more items from one seller. Most sellers have a discount.

You can also make offers (which I recommend trying). But only make REASONABLE offers, because no one likes to feel cheated. 
Tip: As a buyer, feel free to ask questions in the comments secion of the listing.  Sellers are always happy for the interest and will happily answer any questions you may have. 
If you’re buying anyways, at least Poshmark is a great way to save yourself some money!