OfferUp

What: OfferUp is a free site that allows you to sell personal items, ranging from musical instruments and furniture to clothing and books

Commissions & Fees: None

Husl$core: $$$

Commissions & fees: none

Expected pay: NA

Where: Most major cities

Requirements: Must be over age 13 to use the app; if you’re under age 18, you must have parental supervision; smart phone

Review:

OfferUp is a phone application that allows you to sell everything from clothing to cars. There is no fee to list. However, if you want your item to get more attention, you can pay to have it “bumped” or “featured.”

The site suggests that sellers ask for cash payment. If they want to pay through the app, everything goes through Stripe, which charges processing fee. The site wisely advises sellers to walk away from buyers who try to pay with personal checks, cashiers checks, prepaid cards, etc. These buyers are bogus and attempting a fake check scam. (See Freelancers get nabbed by fake checks.) Scammers hit nearly every sale site, so there’s nothing different about the fact that they hit OfferUp too.

Recommendations

The reason this site gets a lower score than some of it’s competitors is that its app has a number of glitches and customer support is missing in action.

There are other free sites to sell your stuff, most notably Craig’s List and LetGo, and they appear to be the better choice. But, there’s also no reason not to list your items for sale on all three of the free sites. 

What their users say:

Have been on Offerup for a couple years. And all of a sudden it lets me post but they really aren’t posting. No views; no comments; no offers; so I decided to see from another computer. My ads were not on there. Don’t respond to your problems. This site has gone entirely down hill