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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.

What are you selling?

01

What are you selling?

Choose all that apply.

How much stuff?

02

How much stuff?

What matters most?

03

What matters most?

How much of the work will you do?

04

How much of the work will you do?

Shipping or local pickup?

05

Shipping or local pickup?

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

  • Facebook Marketplace

    Hands-on

    Visit

    Strong local option for bulky items and furniture, plus general household goods buyers can pick up.

  • OfferUp

    Hands-on

    Visit

    Local general marketplace suited to everyday goods and straightforward local pickup.

  • eBay

    Hands-on

    Visit

    Broad national marketplace — most useful when items are shippable, collectible, branded, or need a wider buyer pool.

  • Poshmark

    Moderate effort

    Visit

    Clothing, shoes and accessories plus some home and electronics categories, with simple prepaid-label shipping.

Managed consignment

  • The RealReal

    Low effort

    Visit

    Managed luxury and designer consignment — handles photography, pricing, customer service and shipping for accepted items.

Online auction

  • MaxSold

    Low effort

    Visit

    Whole-room, storage-unit or estate-style online auctions, with seller-managed and managed service levels.

Donation & clear-out

  • 1-800-GOT-JUNK?

    Low effort

    Visit

    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.

  • Habitat ReStore

    Low effort

    Visit

    Donation path for furniture, appliances, home goods and building materials. Many locations offer pickup for large items.

  • Goodwill

    Low effort

    Visit

    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.