What is Poshmark Wholesale?

It’s a market within Poshmark where resellers can buy new clothes, shoes, and accessories in bulk from a wholesaler to resell in their Poshmark closets. It’s super easy to qualify to buy and sell wholesale items on Poshmark; all you need is to have sold at least ten items and have an average 4.5 star rating. If you already have a Poshmark account, you’ll likely receive an email telling you when you are eligible to access the wholesale market.

Anything you sell in your closet from the wholesale market you list as a Boutique item when creating your listing. The Boutique category becomes available after you indicate that the items are new with tags.

You’ll be able to share your boutique listings in the “Best in Boutiques” Posh Parties, and buyers looking specifically for boutique items can filter your closet by Boutique when browsing your listings.

How to Access the Wholesale Market

Browsing the wholesale market works the same as it does for the main market and uses the same interface, so there’s no learning curve when it comes to navigation. Like the other markets, you can filter by you preferred brands by searching for them in the search bar or selecting one of your most frequently searched or shared brands from the panel on the left (this feature is only available on a desktop).

You can also filter by Category:

As you can see right off the bat, the prices for wholesale lots can be a bit crazy depending on what you search—in this case, you’d be better off picking for new and gently worn clothes at local thrift stores or even off-price retailers such as Ross or Marshall’s. It seems like smaller lots of seasonal trends by indie brands are more reasonably priced at wholesale, although the lots are typically smaller, and it’s a little harder to sell less-well-known indie brands at or near the suggested retail price. Also, Poshmark shoppers are usually not looking to pay retail.

Descriptions for wholesale items should include the MSRP, or suggested retail price, and when offsetting the cost of the bundle of items, it sounds like a pretty good amount of potential profit.

For the example above, the price of the wholesale lot of three cute, on-trend dresses is $45, and the MSRP is $45 per dress. That sounds like a nice chunk of profit, but it could take a while for those things to sell, and there’s no guarantee that they will. It’s also common practice for Poshmark shoppers to make offers, and getting lowballed does happen quite frequently. Of course, that doesn’t mean you have to let your items go for lowball prices, but it’s good to keep this typical behavior in mind so you can set your initial prices accordingly.

My Conclusion

If you’re new to reselling and just need a way to initially stock your closet with some inventory to get the ball rolling, you can find some pretty good deals on really cute and in-demand trendy items in the Poshmark wholesale market. However, the mind-set of the average Poshmark shopper is to look for bargains or for items they can’t find elsewhere, and most shoppers make offers on items they like. From the browsing I’ve done in the wholesale market, I’ve concluded that it’s not for me; I’ve found more variety for much lower prices on brand new and gently used clothes and shoes in pristine condition by hunting thrift stores and other online resale apps. Especially right now with the spirit of spring cleaning and the Marie Kondo organization trend, people are donating their stuff at such a high rate recently that thrift stores are having trouble handling the surplus of inventory, which equates to more and higher quality finds for prices that are basically a steal. So if you’re looking to buy some inventory to stock or replenish your closet—whether that’s your resale inventory or your personal closet—now is a fantastic time to hit up some thrift stores, yard and estate sales, and other selling apps!