ThredUp Pro Membership Giveaway

UPDATE: The winner is kcardwell@ Congratulations!







We have talked about a number of ways to buy and sell kids clothes including eBay and Garage Sale Tracker.

There is also another service, ThredUp, that began in April. ThredUp offers the busy parent a convenient way to both sell and buy their children’s clothes. When a person signs up for ThredUp, they are immediately mailed 10 priority flat rate boxes. While they are waiting for those boxes, they can sort through the virtual boxes of clothes they might like for their own kids.

Although it is a new company, ThredUp already has 17,000 members and is adding 100 more a day.

A nice perk is that each month, a company serves as sponsor to ThredUp and offers 40 boxes of brand new clothes from their company up for sale, but a customer pays the same price for these as they would for a used box of clothes. About 30 minutes before the boxes become available the company sends out an e-mail to let customers know. Then, the boxes are randomly distributed throughout the listing. It is like a scavenger hunt to find them. They release about 5 boxes every few days.

The cost to join ThredUp is $29.99 for a ProMembership. Then, for each box that you buy, pay just $13.00 to have it shipped to you. This is a flat rate priority box that can hold 10+ items depending on the size clothing you are buying.







Unlike eBay, there are no pictures, so the buyer has to rely on the seller’s description. On the buyer’s end, this can be a bit tricky. The way an item is described may be different from the way it looks in person. For instance, I got a box of clothes for my son and was pleased overall with both the clothing and the descriptions. However, one of the shirts was described as being a baseball jersey with the number 48 on it. That description was correct, but it was a deep gold color, and I had been picturing a white color.

On the seller’s end, this service is great. You don’t have to take pictures as a seller does with eBay and you have very little to no interaction with the person buying your box. It is really very simple to list your items, and the ThredUp system takes you step by step through the entire process.

As this is a new company, there are some kinks in the system. I ordered a box of 12 month clothes for my daughter from a seller who had high marks for both style and punctuality. (Like eBay, buyers get to score the sellers on how stylish the clothes are and on timely the clothes were shipped out.) When I got the box, while I liked the style overall, I was annoyed to find that many of the clothes were dirty with crusted on food that came out after I washed them. One zipper on a jacket was broken, but that was never stated in the description. I left feedback and mentioned why I was not satisfied, and I must commend the ThredUp team for getting back to me promptly and offering me a free month of Pro Membership as compensation.

Thred Up can be a great service if you are on a budget and don’t want to spend time hunting down bargains at garage sales, thrift stores, sales racks, etc. In most sizes there are over 30 boxes available at one time, so you do have a good selection to choose from. In sizes where ThredUp is running low on stock, they offer sellers a discount of ½ off their next order ($6.50) if they can supply a box of clothing in the needed size.

The Giveaway
ThredUp has generously offered to give one lucky winner a one year Pro Membership for free. (A $29.99 RV.)

-To enter the giveaway follow ThredUp on Facebook (mandatory)

Additional methods of entry:
-Follow ThredUp on Twitter

-Follow me on Twitter

-Become a follower on my blog or state that you already are, if that is the case

-Blog about this giveaway or write about it on Facebook or Twitter


This contest will end on Tuesday, September 7th. The winner will be chosen via random.org. Make sure you include your e-mail address when you enter.

I received a one month subscription to ThredUp for review purposes. I received no other compensation from ThredUpfor this giveaway.