Apparel and textile expert Jamie Ueda offers tips on how to make some money selling clothes you're over.

<div class="block">Just because you&#39;re ready for a wardrobe refresh doesn&#39;t mean there isn&#39;t a second life for your gently worn garments. Apparel and textile expert Jamie Ueda offers tips on how to make some money selling clothes you&#39;re over.</div>

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How to Turn Clothes Into Cash By Selling Items You No Longer Wear

Well, now is the time when so many of us end up cleaning out our closets and purging items that we haven't worn in years, but we held on to for so long. But did you know that you can actually make some money from selling your clothes online? All right. Now I'm listening and here with some helpful tips on how to turn your closet clean out into cash is apparel and textile experts. Jamie Weta. Thank you so much for being here. Thank you. I love this idea because a lot of times you just give them away. But if they expensive items, how do we go about? Exactly. So how did you start doing this? Um You know, that's a, that's a good question. You know, I just had some clothes laying around and I didn't necessarily just wanna throw them out and I figured, why not, you know, check out the market and see if I could sell them and I sold a few items. And then after that, it's like, oh, I can make, you know, some money from this. Right. That's how I started. So, where do we start? I want to make some money, right? So, I mean, the first thing you need to do is pick your platform. Um you know, there's plenty of great platforms out there. So, you know, as you can see, we have ebay, depop thread up Poshmark, they're all great platforms, but they're all um slight nuances to them. So, you know, Depop is maybe geared towards a younger crowd thread up. They do all the work for you. So you just send in your clothes, they do the photos, everything but they also take a bigger cut of, you know, what money you're gonna make. I need the one that's gonna do the most work for me. At least in the beginning I guess once you get the return check, you're like hooked and then you think, ok, maybe this is for me but it seems like a little overwhelming. Yes. Yes. At the beginning it's very intimidating because it just seems like so much. But once you do it, you know, once or twice then you're on your way. Now, is there a certain price point that you're, you bought the clothes for that makes it worth your while? Like if it's a $5 shirt, I mean, it's not really good. Yeah, I mean, there's, you know, no set mark but you can, if you're unsure, you can always go on these platforms and see if you can Google the search for the shirt or item in there. Um and see what people are selling it for, to give you an idea if you're gonna make money or not? And are there certain items, like, we just shouldn't even bother? Like, are there certain things you don't? Well, I mean, I don't think the certain, like, yeah, I say that. But, yeah, I'll let you, I mean, some people have some really bougie underground and that might be good for that. Right. I mean, you know, like, like you said, the items that are $5 really aren't worth, you know, your time because you gotta figure out, you know, what's worth your time and money. Um, but also, you know, used underwear might not do as well. Um, you know, but if it's a really high end item, like, and very gently used, you might be able to, you know, sell it. Ok. So what are some other tips you can give us, especially people who are doing this for the first time? Like, if you show that you still have a tag on it, I'm sure that might help you. Oh, definitely, definitely. I mean, new items always sell way better than, you know, used items. Uh, now what's the difference between this do and dull? So, you know, when you're making your listing, you wanna make sure you have really great photography so you can see on the don't here, it's very dim. It's kind of blurry. You can't really see what's going on and then in the do it's a lot more crisp. It's a lot more clear and what are the hot items? Like, what are they looking for? Um, you know, really, it just, it just depends on, you know, there's no like, oh, shoes do really well or, you know, shirts do really well. Um, you know, items that are maybe trendier or the things that, you know, people are looking for, those tend to do really well or higher end items that people can get at a really great price also tend to do well as well. And you said that you should be selling your items during certain seasons. What's seasons do better? And how do we know the difference? Yes. So, I mean, you can sell items in any season, but it's important to sell the item in its intended season. So it's really hard to sell, you know, a winter coat in the middle of summer when it's 90 degrees. Yeah. Right. Plan ahead. Um, so it's best to sell it in the season or maybe just right before the season. All right. Great. Thank you so much. I appreciate your time. Thank you.