Websites make it easy to clean up
Garage sales are so yesterday. Here are some new websites that not only take your clutter but turn it into cash:
thredup.com
Order a free thredup bag, fill it with outgrown kids’ clothing and put it on your doorstep with outgoing mail. thredup resells items to other moms in its online shop and pays you 20% to 40% of the resale value. Pocket the cash, or use it toward the next size up!
tinypay.me
They keep selling stuff online simple. Fill out a quick form for an item you want to sell (either physical or digital goods) and you can share that page across socialmedia platforms such as Facebook. No account is needed; all management is done through e-mail, and payments are handled by Paypal.
Gumroad.com
Create, share and sell your digital goods online — a great way to springclean your computer. Most use the site to sell things they’ve made: songs, albums, videos, photos and even T-shirts. You can sell just about anything that you can upload or link to digitally.
Karmagoat.com
List an item, set a price and pick a cause you care about. Karma goat forwards 85% of the proceeds to the charity you select, among them the American Red Cross and United Way.
Keepio.com
Aficionados, unite! Find others who are passionate about the stuff you’re trying to sell and easily offload those items. For example, that vintage bike? Find the perfect audience: a bike collecting community. You also can swap stuff.
neverlikeditanyway.com
A place to break up with your used belongings. Get rid of stuff you no longer need at a “breakup” price. What’s unique is that members shed the stories behind each item. This site takes a cute approach to selling the things you really never liked anyway.
Yardsellr.com
Just like a yard sale but all online. Use your virtual neighborhood (Facebook friends, Twitter followers) to declutter. Connect with buyers based on interests (Barbie dolls!) so you can find online neighbors who want exactly what you have.
Shopify.com
Create your own online storefront and sell all the high-quality goods you have. Shopify helps professionalize the process by customizing your store design, accepting credit cards and shipping goods — all with a few clicks of the mouse.
Zaarly.com
Find people in your local community to buy your stuff. The coolest part: You can set up a phone alert to notify you when something you want to sell is requested by another member. Carry on with your busy life, and watch the buyers come to you!
Taskrabbit.com
Want someone to get your spring cleaning done for you? Taskrabbit.com helps you find local people and pay them to, say, clean out the garage. Yuck.