When it comes to selling your clothes (or anything) online, pictures can make or break your online selling endeavors. Not only do they make your listings more likely to sell, good pictures also make your listing more likely to fetch a higher price. Your photos are your biggest piece of advertising. Here are my tips for getting the best photos for your listings. Tip#1: take photos on a flat ...
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The Benefits of Doing a Month-Long Spending Freeze
For the entire month of February, I'm going on a self-imposed spending freeze/shopping ban. That means no new workout clothes, no new home goods, no shopping at all for anything I don't most definitely need. The goal of the spending ban is to pause for a moment each time I am about to spend money and say: "do I REALLY need to spend this, or can this thing wait?" It's a practice in teasing out ...
Testing The Best Underwear for Working Out
...Underwear? Am I really going there? Yes, I'm going there. Underwear is literally the foundation of your workout outfits. Even if you've got the fanciest leggings ever, wearing an ill-fitting, sweat-soaked pair of underwear is going to make your workout miserable. Selecting an appropriate pair of underwear can also save yourself from a lot of potential embarrassment. Sure, going commando ...
Closet Clean-Out: Appraising Your Activewear and Choosing A Selling Price
Pricing your listings right really makes the selling process easier. Your listings are more likely to sell faster if they're priced fairly, and having a good idea of the price means you'll get a fair payment for your goods, too. Here's my strategy for deciding how to price my listings. Finding the style and color name First: find the name of the item you’re selling. This can really help get ...
Closet Clean-Out: How to Assess the Condition of Your Clothes
If after last week's post, you've decided you're going to try to sell some of your excess activewear, the next step will be determining the condition of that item. Accurately representing the condition of your clothes is crucial. Buyers want to know what to expect, and you as a seller want a smooth transaction and a good reputation. Accurate and honest disclosures about item condition is pretty ...
Closet Clean-Out: What to Do with Your Unwanted Activewear
If you were around for last week's decluttering post, hopefully you've managed to pluck a few pieces from your closet that will be going to a new home. This post is the "now what?" follow-up. Here are four possibilities for parting ways with your unloved goods. 1 | Donate it or gift it. Of all the possible solutions, this one is the quickest and easiest. If you have a friend or family ...