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.
Found another way around this?
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- 1Donating clothes or giving them to friendsDid this help you?
- 2Using local brick-and-mortar children's consignment stores for store creditDid this help you?
- 3Sending clothes in bags to sites like ThreadUpDid this help you?
- 4Participating in pop-up consignment events like Just Between FriendsDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, 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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