Editor’s Word: This story initially appeared on The Penny Hoarder.
Promoting used clothes is an effective way to make some further money. It’s additionally a variety of work. You don’t simply hit a button and make a sale. You write an inventory, take photographs, chat with potential patrons and ship.
However there’s a much less labor intensive — if much less financially rewarding — means. Some main manufacturers supply clothes trade-in applications.
You can provide your garments again to the model you got them from. In return, a few of these firms provides you with money. Extra provides you with retailer credit score. The remainder provides you with coupons. Both means, it’s higher than getting nothing for clearing out your closet.
In case you’d prefer to eliminate some previous garments with out spending hours on Poshmark, examine your closet for these manufacturers.
1. Levi’s
Levi’s will take your previous denims — the older the higher — in change for a Levi’s reward card. Classic denims will get you $30, whereas most kinds made throughout the final 10 years will get you $5. Do the maths: If in case you have three pairs of classic 501s, you possibly can change them for a model new pair.
To commerce in your denim for credit score, make an appointment at a participating Levi’s location.
2. Reformation
In case you’ve ever been a bridesmaid or attended a proper marriage ceremony, there’s a good probability you might have a Reformation gown hanging in the back of your closet. You possibly can RefRecycle it. That’s, you possibly can commerce it in for $5 of retailer credit score.
Register online to get began. From there, you possibly can drop your garments off at a Reformation retailer or ship them in by way of USPS.
Ensure you learn the tremendous print earlier than utilizing this (or actually any) clothes trade-in program. The credit are registered to your account and your account solely. Plus, you possibly can solely redeem $50 at a time. It is likely to be value it to listing your Reformation gown on Depop, the place they go for $100 or extra.
3. Lululemon
Lululemon Like New isn’t only a strategy to buy used clothing directly from the brand. It’s additionally a strategy to earn retailer credit score.
Right here’s the way it works. First, examine your closet for gently used Lululemon. Subsequent, deliver it to a collaborating Lululemon close to you. Then, money in!
Credit score in, that’s. Shirts are value $5, leggings $10 and outerwear $25. No matter you earn goes to a Lululemon e-gift card.
4. Eileen Fisher
Able to retire your linen go well with? Eileen Fisher provides you with $10 in credit score for it — $5 for the highest, $10 for the underside. (If there’s a vest to go together with it, they’ll throw in an additional $5.)
That’s true even in the event you spilled an enormous glass of pink wine on every bit. Eileen Fisher pays out the identical flat price per merchandise whatever the situation.
Go to any Eileen Fisher retailer in the US and stroll out with an Eileen Fisher reward card. Alternatively, ship in your clothes by mail and get a gift card in 4 to 6 weeks. Get the tackle here.
5. Los Angeles Attire
Los Angeles Attire received’t purchase your garments again, however it’ll consign them. Seek for your order quantity, report the merchandise’s situation, snap a number of pics, set the value and wait. If and when it sells, you possibly can obtain 70% of the sale value in money or 100% in retailer credit score. Not too shabby.
6. REI
You possibly can commerce your previous outdoorsy gear for brand new outdoorsy gear with REI Re/Provide. A used Patagonia snow jacket may get you $92 in REI credit score, whereas a pair of Eager mountaineering boots may get you $30.
Earlier than you get began, ask your self a few questions. Is your gear in good situation? “We suggest that folks commerce in clothes and kit that they might really feel good giving to a buddy,” Allie Vaughan, REI Re/Provide’s program supervisor, mentioned in an interview.
Are you an REI member? It prices $30 to hitch the membership. However when you’ve got worn mountaineering boots to eliminate, you’ve most likely already received that coated.
If the reply to these questions is “sure,” you’re able to get began. Go to your nearest REI or ship in your used gear by mail.
Are these boots model new with tags? You may attempt returning them first. REI has among the finest return insurance policies within the enterprise.
7. Carhartt
Is your work gear “able to tackle one other shift”? Carhartt can pay out as much as $25 per piece in retailer credit score. Jackets, overalls, vests and pants are all eligible for its clothes trade-in program. Excessive-visibility jackets, flame-resistant and private protecting gear aren’t (security first!).
Take your previous work garments to any Carhartt or ship them within the mail. As soon as your garments have been inspected and processed, you’ll get a Carhartt e-gift card.
8. Girlfriend Collective
Calling all athleisure addicts: you possibly can rise up to 30% off your subsequent Girlfriend Collective order with Regirlfriend.
In comparison with different clothes buy-back applications, Regirlfriend is somewhat convoluted. In line with the FAQs:
- It recycles garments from ANY model.
- Presents $10 credit score per Girlfriend merchandise
- Presents $5 credit score per non-Girlfriend merchandise
- The delivery label is free and you may ship in a number of items per bag
- Redeem your recycling credit for as much as 30% off an order
For instance, you possibly can ship in a Girlfriend Collective sports activities bra, shirt and leggings to get $30 off of a brand new $100 pair of leggings. That’s not dangerous in the event you love luxurious leggings, however you may need to browse your favourite used clothes shops, first.
Again-Up Choice for Clothes Commerce-In Packages: ThredUp
Don’t see your favourite clothes model on the listing? Don’t need to accept retailer credit score? You possibly can all the time promote your previous clothes, comparatively hassle-free, with ThredUp. All it’s a must to do is request a clear-out bag, stuff it with gently used clothes and wait. They’ll reward you with money — or ThredUp credit score — for many manufacturers.
