Help Me Sell My Stuff
Decide how to sell it — not just whether to.
Five quick questions, then a plain-English plan for selling, consigning, auctioning or donating what you have. The rules are fixed and explained — nothing is guessed.
Your plan
Answer the five questions and your best-fit selling path appears here, along with the other options worth combining with it.
Every option, by type
Grouped rather than ranked — the right choice depends on what you have.
Marketplace
- Visit
Facebook Marketplace
Hands-on
Strong local option for bulky items and furniture, plus general household goods buyers can pick up.
- Visit
OfferUp
Hands-on
Local general marketplace suited to everyday goods and straightforward local pickup.
- Visit
eBay
Hands-on
Broad national marketplace — most useful when items are shippable, collectible, branded, or need a wider buyer pool.
- Visit
Poshmark
Moderate effort
Clothing, shoes and accessories plus some home and electronics categories, with simple prepaid-label shipping.
Managed consignment
- Visit
The RealReal
Low effort
Managed luxury and designer consignment — handles photography, pricing, customer service and shipping for accepted items.
Online auction
- Visit
MaxSold
Low effort
Whole-room, storage-unit or estate-style online auctions, with seller-managed and managed service levels.
Donation & clear-out
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1-800-GOT-JUNK?
Low effort
Full-service clear-out when the remaining items aren't worth selling, aren't suitable for donation, or you simply need the space emptied quickly. They handle lifting, loading and removal.
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Habitat ReStore
Low effort
Donation path for furniture, appliances, home goods and building materials. Many locations offer pickup for large items.
- Visit
Goodwill
Low effort
Donation path for clothing, household goods and small appliances or electronics. Accepted items vary by location.
Fees, eligibility and pickup options change over time and vary by location. Confirm current terms directly with each option before you commit. Every option listed here today is a standard public link: CostCrossover has no paid placement or referral arrangement with any of them. If that ever changes, the paid link will say so right next to it — see our affiliate disclosure.
Educational planning tool only. Recommendations follow fixed rules based on your answers and are not financial advice.