Is reselling outgrown children's clothing actually worth the effort?
Unless you are selling high-quality name brands or rare vintage items, reselling children's clothes often turns into too much of a hassle for a very low return. The sheer volume of outgrown clothes leaves parents dealing with mountains of garments, but many lack the time and bandwidth required to handle online listings and shipping.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Donating clothes or giving them to friends
- 2Using local brick-and-mortar children's consignment stores for store credit
- 3Sending clothes in bags to sites like ThreadUp
- 4Participating in pop-up consignment events like Just Between Friends
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Before I jumped in, I wanted to see what other parents have done with their mountain of outgrown clothes.”source ↗
“For kids, unless you’re selling nice quality name brand stuff or rare vintage stuff, I don’t think it’s worth the hassle.”source ↗
“Maybe it’s the age of my kids but I don’t have the bandwidth to sell online, mail shit etc.”source ↗
Where this came up
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