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There are a variety of options; some dealers specialize in sporting goods, and some want designer bags, but there is definitely a place that will take your goods regardless of how you spend your money.<\/p>\n
Of course, you shouldn\u2019t try to resell something that\u2019s in terrible condition, but that goes without saying.<\/p>\n
BookScouter\u00a0is the resale site for all you book lovers (or college students) out there.<\/p>\n
How it works is that you punch in the ISBN of your book and BookScouter checks the prices of over 50 different book buyback sites<\/a> to tell you where the best price is.<\/p>\n The service is free.<\/p>\n BookScouter sustains itself by having sponsored sites, so this takes the strain off of you, the bookseller.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a quick and easy way to get rid of your books for some cash, so it\u2019s definitely nothing to overlook if that\u2019s something you\u2019re interested in.<\/p>\n This is a good one to start with, because it\u2019s something I\u2019m sure we can all relate to.<\/p>\n Gift cards have fulfilled quite a significant role in the way of \u201clast-minute gift ideas\u201d and so it is increasingly common to get them for holidays.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not that nobody appreciates them, but if you get multiple gift cards in a year, chances are that you\u2019re not going to want all of them.<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve ever gotten a gift card and thought, \u201cI wish I just had this card as money instead,\u201d then good news! Gift Card Granny will exchange your gift cards for cash<\/a>.<\/p>\n Otherwise, just mail your card into the company and they\u2019ll mail you back a check.<\/p>\n Chairish is a company that specializes in furniture resale (and in punny names, evidently.)<\/p>\n They are particularly focused on antique or vintage furniture, as the chic name might imply, and the customer base is people who are interested in stylish furniture.<\/p>\n You may be interested to know that this website is actually the product of a husband and wife, Gregg and Anna Brockway (and you might be further interested to know that Gregg is the co-founder of the travel website, Hotwire!)<\/p>\n If you are looking to sell furniture<\/a> on the website, you can make an account for free. Then you take some pictures and provide an asking price.<\/p>\n After that, Chairish will calculate their own listing price and then host it on the site so everybody can see it.<\/p>\n If and when you get a customer, you\u2019ll get 80% of the agreed-upon listing price, and the company will take 20% for administrative and labor costs.<\/p>\n The shipping is free, too.<\/p>\n If you have small furniture pieces, you\u2019ll be given a prepaid shipping label, and if it\u2019s big furniture, they\u2019ll send some people to come and get it.<\/p>\n If you have any more questions, the site has a very detailed seller\u2019s guide that you can access by clicking \u201cHow It Works\u201d from the homepage.<\/a><\/p>\n If you or a family member finds themselves with a surplus of brand-name products (in good condition,) this is a website for you!<\/p>\n The Real Real specializes in the resale of designer products.<\/p>\n Like Chairish listed above, making an account is free, and after suggesting your listing price, the specialists at the website will make an appraisal and post the item with their new final price.<\/p>\n Their cut of the profits is somewhat steep, however: the customer keeps 60% of the profits.<\/p>\n The website does provide a pricing guide, for those who want to get an idea of what they can price their item for.<\/p>\n An ideal item is in good condition and still has its tags, though the tags aren\u2019t strictly necessary.<\/p>\n The moderators at The Real Real take their designer goods very seriously, and every item submitted goes through a stringent verification process where they are examined for authenticity. If there are any signs that the clothing may be counterfeit, the team will ask you to provide a proof of purchase.<\/p>\n Once you clear through all that, items will be posted and usually sold quickly (usually less than a business week!)<\/p>\n A juicy designer piece, like a Chanel bag, might fetch even more than it was originally worth. Even if not, it will recoup its original price quite nicely, so this is definitely worth looking into if you have any excess goods.<\/p>\n If you\u2019d like to look into the value of your item before putting it towards a more specialized, private seller, then InstAppraisal is a definite for your \u201cto-do\u201d list.<\/p>\n InstAppraisal is a community-driven website. After posting pictures of your item along with whatever backstory you have to offer, the community of InstAppraisal will look it over and let you know how much they think it\u2019s worth. The best part about InstAppraisal is that their community services are completely FREE, and always will be. There are no hidden fees for making an account and posting your stuff for the community to review.<\/p>\n However, if you want a professional opinion (or you just want an answer quickly,) InstAppraisal offers an appraisal service through their personal staff members. It\u2019s $10 for a staff member to get back to you with a professional appraisal within 72 hours or $15 for one to appraise it within 24 hours.<\/p>\n All in all, these are very reasonable prices, and completely optional.<\/p>\n InstAppraisal seems to be very interested in fostering a community of appraisal, and it\u2019s nice that they don\u2019t force you to pay them for anything.<\/p>\n threadUP is a large online consignment store that specializes in women and children\u2019s clothing. In fact, they don\u2019t even want you to send them men\u2019s clothes! Sorry men, you can\u2019t consign through this place, but below we\u2019ll list a man-centric consignment store.<\/p>\n There are naturally standards for what threadUP will accept, so your items must be in good condition.<\/p>\n They have a few other requirements, like the \u201cno boys allowed\u201d rule discussed above, and also a few brands they don\u2019t accept.<\/p>\n You can find a complete list<\/a> of what they do and don\u2019t accept on their website.<\/p>\n threadUP, like any good online consignment store, will send you a prepaid clothing bag for shipping, so you don\u2019t have to pay the shipping on all those clothes out-of-pocket.<\/p>\n They also offer an earnings calculator on their website so you can appraise your clothes before you send them in.<\/p>\n The payout can go one of two ways:<\/strong><\/p>\n Alright, boys, this one is just for you!<\/p>\n Unlike most consignment stores which have women in mind, this one is aimed at men.<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve ever heard of My Sister\u2019s Closet, this is essentially the male-mirrored version of it.<\/p>\n Truthfully, Well Suited has a harsh rate compared to the other places on this list. You keep about 45% of the profits from your consignment sales, and the payment is only guaranteed on a sale. That means that after you mail your goods in if they don\u2019t sell, you don\u2019t get paid.<\/p>\n However, they will be donated to charity, and the company will gladly send you a receipt so you can claim a charitable donation on your taxes.<\/p>\n However, they do offer you the ability to re-purchase your goods (above $50) if they don\u2019t sell.<\/p>\n Men get the short end of the stick regarding consignment options, but the service provided here certainly isn\u2019t all bad.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re not deterred by the information provided, feel free to head on over to the site and see how you feel about it.<\/p>\n Continuing on from the men\u2019s interests of the previous entry (not that there aren\u2019t plenty of female sports fans,) SwapMeSports is a free to use site that allows you to sell, trade, or donate your old sporting goods.<\/p>\n This site is a lot more \u201cloosey-goosey\u201d than the others, and something more akin to a forum. Simply list your item yourself and set your own prices.<\/p>\n Since it is free to use, you can host all the items you want on here.<\/p>\n To specify, sporting equipment refers to things like baseball gloves, baseball bats, football helmets, that type of thing. Like always, it\u2019s best if you have kept the item in good condition, for obvious reasons.<\/p>\n This is a good option for resale if you don\u2019t want to get into the nitty-gritty that the other sites get involved in.<\/p>\n If you are even casually involved in technology, chances are you\u2019ve gone through a few phones, computers, and maybe tablets by now. The good news is that so has everyone else, and lots of people are looking to pick up new tech.<\/p>\n Enter Gazelle, a website that will happily buy up your old technology. It can be phones<\/a> or tablets or computers, but ONLY Apple computers.<\/p>\n Microsoft and Linux laptops will have to be sold elsewhere, and we\u2019ll list that place below.<\/p>\n Shipping is free<\/a> to Gazelle, and they\u2019ll tell you what it\u2019s worth after they receive it.<\/p>\n Tech devalues very quickly, so you won\u2019t be making near what you paid for the stuff, but the newer it is, the better.<\/p>\n If you don\u2019t like the idea of getting an estimate AFTER mailing your stuff, you can check around on the website to see what similar items have sold for.<\/p>\n It\u2019s important to note that the value of a cell phone will change depending on what carrier it is, due to supply and demand.<\/p>\n Gazelle pays out in three ways:<\/strong><\/p>\n Cash For Laptops is the website you should head over to if you\u2019re looking to sell your laptops if they aren\u2019t an Apple product.<\/p>\n The website allows you to do a price check very simply from the homepage, and they will even buy laptops that are dysfunctional due to startup issues or damaged screens.<\/p>\n Their payments are done via PayPal or a mailed check, and the shipping is free.<\/p>\n Cash For Laptops will also buy tablets and phones, in case you didn\u2019t want to sell them to Gazelle.<\/p>\n It\u2019s important to note: this website does not get good reviews on Yelp. If you aren\u2019t willing to take that chance, you probably should just try to sell your laptop on these sites<\/a>, or somewhere similar with more oversight.<\/p>\n Yes, we\u2019ll close out this list with the good old-fashioned option, Craigslist!<\/p>\n Don\u2019t want to use the sites listed above?<\/p>\n Don\u2019t like the idea of middlemen and service fees?<\/p>\n Or maybe you\u2019re just selling something that is hard to fit into a category.<\/p>\n Craigslist is the catch-all for people who are looking to sell anything, even if it\u2019s broken or junky.<\/p>\n You can just go to the for sale page of your local area\u2019s Craigslist, post your item, and wait for people to contact you attempting to buy the item.<\/p>\n It\u2019s as simple of a peer-to-peer system as it could be, and it\u2019s a tried and true method of people selling things everywhere.<\/p>\n The blessing of Craigslist is also its curse: there is no oversight. So that means that it\u2019s on you to hold your customer to the agreed-upon price or to make sure you don\u2019t meet up with anyone shady.<\/p>\n Some people prefer the safety of a mediated service, and others aren\u2019t afraid to cut the middleman and get involved directly. For that second sort of person, Craigslist is the destination.<\/p>\n Even if you aren\u2019t looking to \/ capable of selling something, but you want to get rid of it, Craigslist has a \u201cfor free\u201d section where you can post stuff and just be done with the whole affair.<\/p>\n Hopefully, this list was comprehensive enough to guide you to wherever you need to go to earn money for your old stuff when you are doing your yearly spring cleaning (or any other time, for that matter).<\/p>\n And if all else fails, there\u2019s always the classic eBay, where people will buy just about anything you post.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n3. Chairish<\/a> \u2013 Sell your cool furniture<\/h3>\n
4. The Real Real<\/a> \u2013 For brand-name and designer goods<\/h3>\n
5. InstAppraisal<\/a> \u2013 Free appraisal of your antique or vintage goods<\/h3>\n
about the worth of the item. These are people who are interested and passionate about classic goods, so their opinions are more well-informed than the average spectator.<\/p>\n6. threadUP<\/a> \u2013 Women and children\u2019s online consignment store<\/h3>\n
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7. Well Suited<\/a> \u2013 Men\u2019s consignment<\/h3>\n
8. SwapMeSports<\/a> \u2013 Sell your sporting equipment<\/h3>\n
9. Gazelle<\/a> \u2013 Tech sales<\/h3>\n
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10. Cash For Laptops<\/a> \u2013 Trade in your technology for cash<\/h3>\n
11. Craigslist<\/a> \u2013 Sell anything<\/h3>\n
Takeaway<\/h3>\n