Spring Cleaning - Time to Declutter!
In our modern world, everything is disposable. But for some of us, there's something wrong with just throwing out a perfectly good (insert item) when its only been gently used, or someone else might be able to benefit from it. And with modern technology, there seems to be no end of online groups willing to help you out. Here's a few places you can let go of your stuff... Please note this is the Canadian edition.
1. Used.ca - normally you accesss the site by city so http://www.usedregina.com (similar to craigslist).
2. Kijijii.ca - search for your city. https://www.kijiji.ca/ (similar to craigslist and used - online for sale ads)
3. Craigslist.ca - the old standby of text "for sale" advertisements. Like a free online newspaper of ads only.
3. VarageSale.com - had to have a facebook account to sign up. Hugely popular in my city. Has a mobile app that makes posting items easy! Pictures are a must.
4. LetGo.com - another great app for selling your used clothes etc. Similar to the next one.
5. Carousel.com - apparently just like LetGo. Couldn't find any use of it in my city, but Toronto clearly has users. https://ca.carousell.com/
6. Bunz.com - a trading site. Again some communities have more users than others.
7. Freecycle.org - when I used this a number of years ago in Calgary it was an active vibrant community of people giving away lots of things (especially kids clothes). It's not active in my current community
8. Facebook groups. In my friend's city, half an hour from here, VarageSale isn't very happening but there are several super active Facebook groups doing the same thing. In my city, the app of choice is definitely VarageSale for used anything sales.
Not so locally focused:
9. Instagram - use the tag #shopmycloset However, I find this doesn't result in a great searching ability for local sales. It might generate long distance buyers, but I believe the looseness of this uncontrolled marketplace makes it very hit or miss, and insecure as compared to something like ebay.
10. Ebay.ca - the online classic buy/sell marketplace. This opens you to shipping and other issues of course, but its a fully supported market.
11. Etsy.com - if you're selling craft items. Again its an international marketplace, and you will probably have to ship to buyers as you won't be focused on the local market.
12. Online consignment stores - a whole bunch with specialties like children's clothes or women's high end fashion brand names, most notable are trendtrunk.com and minitrade.ca
So no Canadian's can't sell on Amazon or use Swap.com, but there are a lot of other great options for emptying your closet this sprint.
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