How to List Clothes Faster on Poshmark
Buying clothes is fun; listing them is not. Many Poshmark sellers let their pile of unlisted items grow and grow. I’ve heard that heap of clothes called a death pile. I prefer to call it my money pile for a more positive spin.
No matter what you call it, it’s clothes and other items that need to be listed or they won’t make you money. I’ve heard and seen some people with hundreds of items that need to be listed. You can imagine how long it will take.
The best method for listing faster is to batch your work.
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What’s batching?
It’s doing the same or similar tasks all at one time.
It doesn’t just apply to selling on Poshmark. You can batch things in your life to be more productive as well.
Many people leave their work and personal emails open all day, checking them whenever a new email comes. It’s more time and energy-efficient to set designated times to check your email such as once every hour or three times a day.
Cooking
Some people I know prepare an entire week of meals on Sunday and then eat them throughout the week. They don’t have to pull out another put or cut another vegetable for the entire week, only heat up what’s already been cooked.
Why batch?
There are many benefits to batching.
Save time
It takes less time to do the same task multiple times in a row than come back to it repeatedly after switching to other tasks. Any tools or setup up you need for the task are already there.
Sustain focus longer
You’ll keep your attention on task longer. When your mind wanders from a task, it takes time and energy to return to it. That’s why multitasking and interruptions are productivity killers.
Get more done
When you save time on tasks and sustain your attention longer, you’re bound to get more done in the amount of time you have. Who wouldn’t want that?
How to batch listings on Poshmark
There are a few ways to go about this. This is one example of how it can work for you. Modify it as needed.
Let’s say you have a huge pile of items to be listed.
1) Sort everything by item type
Sort each item into a pile by item type. For example, shirts, pants, shoes, purses, etc. each get a separate pile.
I don’t separate items by category of women’s, men’s, and children’s. You might for your inventory purposes.
At this point, anything with very obvious stains or holes not in resellable condition gets removed from the pile.
2) Put the items on your inventory list
If you haven’t done so already, enter the information for each item on your inventory list. I sit down and go through each pile noting the brand name, size, the price paid to acquire the item, and additional information into a spreadsheet.
I also give each item an inventory number at that time. This is especially important if you have lots of items for sale or many similar items.
You don’t want to be searching all over for an item once it’s been sold or accidentally send the wrong item.
3) Research the items
Because I find many items second-hand, I have to look them up online to find more information about them. I look for their style name because that’s often how people locate items they want to buy.
I hope to find original sale listings as well. They’ll often have details about the fit of an item that I can add to my description.
I want to find the original sales price and if it’s available now and at what price so that I can price my own item accordingly.
All of this information goes into a Word document where I keep descriptions of my sale items. The descriptions come together there and I can copy and paste them into my Poshmark listings when they’re ready to go.
4) Inspect the items and take measurements
The next thing is to inspect the items for wear. I inspect closely every part of the item I can inside and out to note any flaws.
I’ll add the flaws to the items’ descriptions in the Word document. You can write this in your phone or tablet as well, wherever it will be easy to access for you.
If I don’t want to hassle with technology, I write the information on a small piece of notepaper that gets stored with each item.
I’ll also note anything else that stands out but isn’t a flaw. That could be the cut or shape of pants or that the item may style well in a certain way or for a specific season.
At this stage, I’ll take measurements of the item too. Not everyone measures items because it takes more time, but I do it as much as possible.
5) Take pictures
The next thing to do is to take pictures of the items. Take as many as you need to fully show the item including front, back, size tag, flaws, and fabric tag. Poshmark currently allows up to 8 pictures.
If you’re lucky with a good camera and lighting, you may not need to edit your photos at all. Then you’re all set to post them with the descriptions you’ve already written.
6) Edit pictures
More often than not, our cameras or lighting aren’t optimal and the pictures could do with some editing. After taking the pictures, decide which ones you want to use and edit them as needed.
I’ll sometimes crop pictures and lighten them since my place tends to be dark. I don’t edit every picture, just the ones that need it.
If you don’t have time to do much editing, focus on the cover shots because that’s what people will see first. You want people to click on your listing.
7) List your items to Poshmark
The last step is to get your items listed. You should now have the photos (edited as needed), your descriptions written, and your item price.
You can quickly put all that together in a listing and get them up one after the other.
My preference is to start the listing with the photos uploaded from my phone. Then finish the listing by copying the description from the Word document on my computer. But you can do it however you like.
While I’ve shared here how to batch for listing items, the same principle can be used for other aspects of your business such as packing your sales and posting to Instagram. The possibilities beyond that are endless!
What do you think of batch listing to improve your productivity on Poshmark? Do you have other strategies to help you with your Poshmark business?
