What: Sideline Swap is a marketplace for used sporting equipment, where you can sell old gear paying only reasonable 12% fee.
Expected pay: NA
Husl$core: $$$
Fees/commissions: 12% (includes credit card transaction fees)
Where: Nationwide
Requirements: Sporting goods to sell
Review:
If you’re a serious athlete and have old equipment filling every closet and corner of your garage, you may want to consider selling on Sideline Swap. The site is specifically geared to peddling everything from skis and boots to rollerblades and lacrosse helmets to other sports enthusiasts. That may help you sell your premium equipment for the premium price that it deserves.
This, of course, does not mean you’ll get anything close to what you paid when the equipment was new. But, you may get more than what the same equipment would sell for on Craigs List.
It’s free to list your items for sale, however, when an item is sold, the site will take a 12% commission, 3 percentage points of which goes to a credit card processing fee. Maximum fees are $50, plus the 3% credit card fee.
The buyer pays for shipping, so if you list an item for sale at $100, you can expect to net $88. That’s , competitive with other sales sites outside of CraigsList, where listing and selling is free.
Sideline Swap, and it’s direct competitor Gear Trade, are unlikely to get the traffic of bigger sites like CraigsList and eBay. The bright side: Listings are free at all four sites (eBay will charge if you list more than 50 items in a month, though), so there’s no downside to putting your items for sale on all four and taking the highest offer.
What their sellers say:
Oliver Stout, a 23-year-old former college athlete, says he spent a fortune on La Crosse equipment over the years. Now he’s clearing out his parent’s garage by selling his old sticks and gear to help finance his last semester at school. “I think I’ve sold $5,500 worth of stuff over the last three years. That helps.” He says he particularly likes the site because it caters to other sports enthusiasts, like himself, who are aware of the value of his gear.
“Brilliant idea. Easy to buy. A cinch to sell. Great interface with sorting capabilities geared to what an athlete wants. Perfect for sports families with fast-growing kids. I’m hooked.”
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what if my son bought a pair of Ray Bans that are damaged in shipping? He paid with a debit card so as much as I told him never to pay for anything with a debit card he did anyway! The seller is not responding to him so what do we do?
I recently sold 4 hockey sticks through sidelineswap. I packaged every time according to their exact recommendations. I also know their instructions are the standard way to ship a hockey stick because I have ordered tons from True, Bauer and CCM over the years and have received them the same way. Well the last stick was damaged by USPS and the buyer was seeking a dispute through sidelineswap because he admitted he would get nothing from USPS in a claim (even though SidelineSwap has a help article that they can assist in an insurance claim with USPS). His other argument was my packaging which again I did correctly and in accordance with sidelineswaps instructions. Sidelineswap ended up refunding the buyer the whole amount and cancelled my swap which means I am technically at fault and receive no money from the swap. I feel that sidelineswap does not have a fair balance to the seller. I am not going to use this platform to sell on anymore because of the poor customer service. It is so automated and easy for the buyer to dispute and get their money back when the seller is not at fault and it is clearly the shipping provider.