If you have a spring clean and abundant clothes, gadgets, furniture, or unused beauty products, you could make money from your clutter. Here are 18 of the best apps to sell your unwanted items, each catering to different needs and preferences:
Letgo
Best For: Furniture
Letgo is a popular app for locally selling furniture, appliances, and other bulky items. Its easy-to-use interface and intense focus on in-person transactions make it excellent for people with little technical experience. As most sales include local pick-up, you don’t have to worry about arranging shipping, which puts many people off selling.
OfferUp
Best For: Negotiating
OfferUp is another popular platform for local sales, with a wider variety of items allowed compared to Letgo. The app allows buyers to place bids on items to negotiate a better price, much like you would if you were bartering at a second-hand store. As a seller, you should respond quickly to questions to ensure customer satisfaction and a swift sale.
Facebook Marketplace
Best For: Local Sales
The built-in marketplace on Facebook lets you reach an audience within your local network, making it convenient to sell to friends and neighbors. You don’t need to download a separate app, which is excellent for ease of use and phone storage. Plus, it is easy to upload photographs and item details. There is the downside of no buyer protection, plus you need to be careful about sharing personal information outside your friends’ list to avoid scammers.
Poshmark
Best For: Fashion
This fashion-focused platform has a solid social media element. Clothing, shoes, accessories, and beauty products are listed, and sellers can host “Posh Parties” where they showcase their items to attract buyers. The app has 80 million users in the US and Australia, so there are many opportunities to sell.
Depop
Best For: Affordable Fashion
Like Poshmark, Depop caters to a younger demographic with a more vintage and streetwear vibe. The app is excellent for selling eye-catching items that have been gently worn and are priced competitively.
ThredUp
Best For: Consignment Clothing
ThredUp is ideal for decluttering many items as it provides prepaid “Clean Out’ shipping kits and handles the entire selling process for a fee. You can cash out straightaway or redeem at many brands that partner with ThredUp.
Decluttr
Best For: Tech
Decluttr is a hassle-free way to sell used tech gadgets, from smartphones and laptops to video games and consoles. Free shipping and instant valuation quotes make it attractive for buyers and sellers. You can donate your money directly to charity if you want to declutter rather than make money from your unwanted items simply.
Swappa
Best for: Tech
Swappa is a niche platform for used tech focusing on quality and condition. It is excellent for selling high-end gadgets when you want a fair price for unwanted items. Just because you want to eliminate some of your clutter doesn’t mean you have to be ripped off, which Swappa aims to avoid by enlisting people to review all uploaded items.
Gazelle
Best For: Smartphones
Another popular option for selling used smartphones and tablets is Gazelle. As the name suggests, you can offer competitive prices and quick turnaround times to make money from your clutter without hassle.
AbeBooks
Best for: Rare Books
Abe is the go-to platform for selling rare and out-of-print books. With an extensive reach and competitive pricing for bibliophiles, you are sure to sell prized items from your home library if your shelves are bursting at the seams.
Half Price Books
Best fo: Books
Despite the name, Half Price Books allows sellers to upload not only books but their unused DVDs, CDs, and video games directly to Half Price Books through their app. The app is a convenient way to get cash for your media collection. Scan the ISBN barcode of your book or media with the app to receive an instant buyback value.
Chairish
Best For: Home Decor
Chairish specializes in curated vintage and mid-century modern furniture and home decor for home design fans. You can buy and sell rare and vintage items for the home, with unique home furnishing selling for premium prices. You can lose nine items per month, and all posts have to be approved to ensure they are suitable for the site, which deters scammers and may put people off using the site.
5miles
Best For: Hyperlocal Sales
5miles connects you with local buyers and sellers in your neighborhood, making buying and selling stuff easy without the hassle of long distances or organizing couriers. 5miles puts safety at the top of its priority list, verifying user identities with phone numbers or Facebook profiles to ensure you deal with real people.
Ebay
Best for: Auction
While there are dozens of decluttering apps, eBay remains one of the market leaders in selling items online. With many newer apps competing for usage, many people are returning to eBay to grab a bargain the way they know how so you can look forward to quick sales and a familiar format.
Vinted
Best For: Designer and Vintage Clothing
Vinted is a popular app for people who want to declutter their wardrobe and reduce the amount of fashion waste attributed to climate change. As a buyer, you can look forward to competitive prices rather than bargain bucket prices. Vinted is popular with younger people, so styling and high-quality photographs will help sell your items quickly.
Shpock
Best For: Electronic and Furniture
Shpock is primarily geared towards in-person meetups and delivery within your area, reducing shipping costs and the hassle of returns. Buyers can chat directly with sellers within the app to negotiate and arrange meetups safely.
Nextdoor
Best For: Community Selling
Nextdoor is a popular neighborhood-focused app and website connecting local communities worldwide. Like Facebook Marketplace, sellers upload photographs and details of their items and talk directly to potential buyers to arrange a convenient pick-up.
Preloved
Best For: Affordable Clothing
If you do not have a lot of high-end items but don’t want your clothes to go to landfill, Preloved is an excellent app for decluttering. Buyers look for affordable items that are clean and well looked after so they can avoid the inflated prices for high-street fashion. You can also sell furniture, home decor, toys, and even cars!
