If you’re looking to clean out your closet, make extra money, or build a reselling side hustle, two big names always come up: Poshmark and thredUP. Both platforms help you sell secondhand clothing—but they work in totally different ways.

So which is better for sellers? Which gets you more money? Which one is easier?
In this guide, we compare Poshmark vs thredUP in terms of fees, payouts, convenience, audience, shipping, and overall profitability so you can choose the right platform for your needs.

If you want the quick answer:

• Use Poshmark if you want higher earnings, control over pricing, fast sales, and enjoy interacting with buyers.

• Use thredUP if you want hands-off selling, don’t mind low payouts, and prefer to simply mail a bag of clothes and let them handle the rest.

Poshmark is a social resale marketplace where you create listings, add photos, price your items, and interact with buyers.

What Sellers Like

• You keep 80% of the sale for items over $15

• High buyer activity

• Ability to send offers, share listings, and promote items

• Better profit potential

• Faster sales for popular brands

• Great for repeat sales and building a closet following

✘ What Sellers Don’t Like

• You must ship items

• Time-intensive

• Requires sharing your closet to boost exposure

• Fees are flat (for under $15) or 20%

If you want more help maximizing profit, check out our expert breakdown of Poshmark selling tips.

thredUP is more like a consignment store. You ship a bag of clothes, and they sort, price, photograph, and list your items.

What Sellers Like

• Extremely convenient

• No photography, no listing, no shipping

• Great for donating or bulk-selling

• A good option for people with no time to sell individually

✘ What Sellers Don’t Like

• Very low payouts—most items earn under $4

• Items often don’t get accepted

• You have almost zero control over pricing

• Payouts can take months

• Some sellers get only 5–20% of the sale price

Short answer:
Poshmark gives significantly higher earnings—often 5–10x more than thredUP.

Example

• Lululemon leggings resale value: $35–$60 on Poshmark

• thredUP payout: $2–$7 depending on condition and demand

Across all categories, Poshmark nearly always beats thredUP in payout.

Use this Poshmark Fee Calculator to calculate your true profit after fees and shipping discounts.

Poshmark Shipping

• Buyer pays shipping

• Seller gets a prepaid label

• Easy, predictable, and fast

thredUP Shipping

• You send a Clean Out Kit

• thredUP ships items to buyers

• Processing can take weeks or months

If you want fast & easy:

thredUP wins — you send in a bag and wait.

If you want higher profit:

Poshmark wins — but requires effort, photos, and communication.

Poshmark Best Sellers

• Lululemon

• Free People

• Nike & Athleisure

• Coach, Kate Spade, Tory Burch

• Trendy streetwear

• Designer handbags

• Shoes

thredUP Best Sellers

• Mid-tier mall brands

• Seasonal essentials

• Dresses

• Kids clothing

• Large closet cleanouts

Both platforms are legitimate businesses with buyer/seller protections.

Poshmark Safety Features

• Buyer & seller ratings

• Authentication for luxury items

• Secure payments

• Strong fraud prevention

thredUP Safety Features

• Everything is handled in one place

• No direct interaction with buyers

• Items are checked for authenticity

✔ Choose Poshmark if you want:

• Higher payouts

• Full control over pricing

• A selling “business” or side hustle

• Fast-moving fashion items

• To maximize profit on premium brands

✔ Choose thredUP if you want:

• The easiest possible selling experience

• A quick way to clear out a large closet

• No interest in photographing or shipping

• Low effort, low payout

Many resellers use this strategy:

1. Send low-demand or common items to thredUP

2. List high-value items on Poshmark

3. Use a Poshmark Bot to automate sharing and speed up sales

4. Use profit calculators to compare payout across marketplaces

This gets the best of both worlds: high earnings + zero-effort decluttering.

Closet Assistant is designed to keep your closet active — exactly the way the algorithm prefers — without you spending hours manually sharing.

With features like:

Automatic closet sharing
Party sharing
Return sharing
Offer automation
Daily share scheduling
iOS app + Chrome extension support

Closet Assistant makes sure your listings stay fresh, visible, and boosted in the algorithm 24/7.

You focus on the SEO part — titles, descriptions, photos, pricing — and Closet Assistant handles the share activity that keeps the algorithm happy.

You create the optimized listings.
Closet Assistant keeps them alive in search.

This is the winning strategy.

Download Closet Assistant and experience the power of automation today.

iOS App: Available on the Apple App Store
Chrome Extension: Perfect for Mac & Windows users

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Hello! We are Meghan and Ryan; we have been resellers for over 25 years. Our tips guarantee you will learn from our experience as sellers. We share our knowledge of building a full-time business throughout our blog post.

In 2019, we started Closet Assistant, which offers a series of automated tools for Poshmark sellers and resellers. The main components of Closet Assistant are its auto-sharer Poshmark Bot and Cross lister. The Poshmark share bot will share your closet and other Poshmark users’ closets with a single click. With our Poshmark bot, you will no longer need to spend countless hours a day sharing your closet. Spend more time where it counts in your Poshmark business! Unlike other services, Closet Assistant is run by a husband and wife team who are actually resellers on Poshmark. Try our auto closet sharer today for a free 7-day trial!