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mfad10mo ago
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Ebay Vs Grailed Vs Poshmark Vs Japan Proxy

For those who don't care about wearing used clothes, how do you rank these websites?
26 Replies
Sal
Sal10mo ago
depends which proxy site
Covery
Covery10mo ago
I thought they all kinda did the same thing, allow buying from mercari and yahoo auction JP I was browsing FROM JAPAN
Sal
Sal10mo ago
nah they're different
Covery
Covery10mo ago
Have you talked with sellers on Mercari? like make an offer lower than the listed price
Kobold
Kobold10mo ago
they've got different policies about things they will/won't ship, how they'll value things for customs, promotions, etc oh and fees of course for example Buyee takes a 300 yen fee per item and then they cheat you maybe 2-3% on the exchange rate, but they'll frequently run promos where you can get 10-20% off items on mercari or YJA if you want to you can spend a lot of time optimizing this but it's not a great use of time unless you're looking to operate a resale business something you should be aware of is that the discount you get bc of the JPY/USD exchange rate varies a ton, most sellers aren't stupid and an overseas reseller's profit margin is free money for the seller in japan
Covery
Covery10mo ago
Ok so if I buy a $100 item it's gonna come out to 105 after fee and bad exchange rate? I've heard of buyee somewhere on Reddit, I think they mentioned it wasn't that good of a service
Kobold
Kobold10mo ago
the prices are in JPY, but your $100 will get you a few % less than whatever the live forex rates say they should be. Either way unless you're buying small and very expensive items you'll probably pay more in shipping than you're paying there buyee isn't good but their experience isn't dramatically worse than their competitors, buyer protections are limited across the board it's very hard for a proxy shipper to both have low rates and offer protection beyond the (extremely limited) ones offered by the platforms they're an intermediary for
raisinpie
raisinpie10mo ago
Don't forget shipping Most proxyers bundle because otherwise shipping offsets the savings
Bigelow
Bigelow10mo ago
I don't have tons of experience with poshmark and haven't proxied (yet) but IME ebay > grailed, just a more user friendly experience with search alerts and filters. Plus the disputes I've had were much easier through ebay than grailed. If you're hunting for something you should check all sources tho. It also depends what you're after
Covery
Covery10mo ago
Yes I understand how agents work, I used to buy stuff from china If you could guestimate how much is shipping a medium weight jacket from Japan to NY? Like $30?
Kobold
Kobold10mo ago
to answer the actual question I'd order grailed < proxies < poshmark < ebay but none offer a service bad/good enough to play a major role in deciding to buy something exception would be ebay's excellent return policies w/ items i'm not sure on sizing for
Covery
Covery10mo ago
Yes I try and go by measurements Imo eBay is prob the best, biggest, but the pro flippers are tough to get a deal out of Need to wait for the sellers who just wants to declutter Grailed seems to have more of these guys
Kobold
Kobold10mo ago
whichever proxy you use will have an estimation tool but I can tell you that I shipped a package w/ 2 jackets and some other items weighing 4.2 kilos last october and the fee was 9800 jpy or a bit under 70 USD
Covery
Covery10mo ago
EMS or sal?
Kobold
Kobold10mo ago
SAL isn't shipping to the US atm is my understanding
Covery
Covery10mo ago
ok so just the pricey ems how do you negotiate with sellers?
Sal
Sal10mo ago
You dont
Covery
Covery10mo ago
on every mercari listing I go to there are comments making offers and usually they get it
Sal
Sal10mo ago
Ok so there you go
Covery
Covery10mo ago
So can the proxy negotiate on my behalf
Kobold
Kobold10mo ago
there's services who'll do it for you if you look but for obvious reasons it's not good business
Covery
Covery10mo ago
will from japan do this?
Kobold
Kobold10mo ago
idk lol there's dozens of these companies that all have their own policies I can tell you that the ones that will negotiate for you aren't officially partnered with the platforms because lol "professional haggling agent paid by americans" is not a factor that will improve the seller experience
Covery
Covery10mo ago
do you have a mercari account?
Sal
Sal10mo ago
The people you see doing this are likely local buyers, not proxy agents You seem insistent that this is possible while also asking who will do it and how to do it which is confusing
Covery
Covery10mo ago
obviously all I know is that if an items been up for awhile they will accept a decent offer
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