Has anyone use online wedding consignment websites to sell their dress? What has been your experience?
I was a Covid bride, and we ended up eloping because of all the closures and restrictions… and I never got to wear my wedding dress! Now I don’t know what to do with it! I just want to recover the cost, and I don’t feel particularly attached to it since I never wore it.
(Holler if you know wedding consignment shops in DC that take dresses!)
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>I just want to recover the cost, and I don’t feel particularly attached to it since I never wore it. While I don't have experience selling online, don't expect to recover your full cost or anything near that. These sites are full of never-worn dresses and your dress is I'm guessing ~3 years since it came into your possession, and do you know if it was from a new collection, or one that was maybe a few years old already? Did you order a brand new dress, or buy a floor sample? Is your dress a really popular style or something not so popular? These and other variables will influence whether your dress will sell at all, much less if it will sell for something close to what you paid. Check the resale sites and see what dresses seem to be getting snapped up and which ones have been around for months. Start with at least a 25% discount from whatever you paid, and if it doesn't sell be prepared to lower your price.
Which resale sites are best for wedding consignment? I noticed stillwhite charges a listing fee
They will all charge something or take a percentage. I think a lot of people use Stillwhite or there's one called Preowned Wedding Dresses or something like that. Then there's Poshmark and Mercari. I can't say which is best; just depends on your preferences and your luck. You can try Facebook Marketplace but the folks that use it will be looking for *very* deep discounts.