vendredi 11 janvier 2013

Gains Of Buying Second Hand Clothing Online

By Dorothea Garner


From the 19 century a new trade of selling used clothes emerged and has grown tremendously since its inception. The growth of technology especially the internet led to growth of businesses since they could now target a larger market without opening up new branches in different locations. This gave rise to the sale of second hand clothing online so as to boost turnover with many web stores such as eBay allowing people to sell their own clothes by after registering with them. More people are now able to buy and sell anything around the world with a click of a mouse button as a result of these stores.

Dealing with online selling of the clothes has caused a fashion change because you are able to access designer clothes, handbags, hats, belts and jewelry whose owners want to dispose for different reasons. The materials are always trendy, and cheap thus a preference of many people who want to look cool without incurring a lot of money. The various sites selling used clothes are therefore a good avenue for learning about fashion and various accessories.

Constant production of clothes by textile industries contributes directly to environmental degradation through emission of carbon gases which are associated with global warming. On the other hand, many of the synthetic materials are non biodegradable meaning they cannot rot when disposed off. Reduction in demand for new clothes can be influenced through increased demand for used one. In addition, web based stores do not litter the environment.

Clothes are often sold at reasonable prices compared to buying from a physical store since the cost of maintaining websites or these web store accounts is often quite minimal. The low price may also be attributed to the fact that most of the clothes on sale are given out for charity. Sellers also give good discounts to buyers who purchase large quantities.

Everybody cannot be a designer or a fashion guru though they want to look cool in different clothes. They therefore often check out different websites to know the latest trends which they can order thus ensuring they are always good. Your image is the one that reflects your personality so you ought to take advantage of sites like eBay and be ahead of your peers in the fashion.

Most of these types of these websites are run by various charitable organizations therefore; when one buys the clothes one is helping a needy person. This is because a certain percentage of sales from the clothes go back to helping the needy in the society. One can thus gain by having both a good garment and contributing to charity.

Selling products through the internet minimizes expenditure on labor since automated checkouts are often integrated in these websites. In addition, the shop is always open therefore increasing the likelihood of finding buyers at any time. Additionally, anyone interested can sell off their used clothes which in turn reduce the bulk of clothes in their homes.

Buying and selling second hand clothing online from sites like eBay saves buyers and sellers a lot of time otherwise spend hoping from one store to another searching for something in particular. In addition, all transactions are done through the internet therefore minimizing expenditure. Such time and money could be used doing something more value adding.




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