Poshmark sparks drama with relisting policy change debacle

As of May 1st, Poshmark’s policy regarding relisting changed from “whatever, we don’t care” to “you can only relist or renew a listing every 60 [mf’n] days.”

This radical shift is bewildering to most Poshers because relisting is a great strategy to make sales (hence, Poshmark also makes money).

Relisting is deleting (aka delisting) a listing from a platform and listing it again so it is new or just in.

Resellers like to relist their listings because it makes them “new” again. Just like in a retail store, old items get moved to the back. Same goes for virtual closets and shops as well; listings that are old or stale don’t get the love and attention that new listings receive. Relisting helps secondhand items find new, loving homes.

Why the sudden change?

According to Poshmark, some sellers are relisting at a pace and quantity that they deem “excessive.” I believe it; I’m sure there are some sellers who make shopping an unpleasant experience because of their excessive relisting.

My question is: why not address it with those Poshers?

We may never know because Poshmark has been silent since the change.

But it gets worse.

Poshers receive warnings and listing suspensions for normal activity

The morning of May 1st, before most Poshers had even had their third coffee, social media was plastered with screenshots of warning emails and notices of suspension due to “excessive listing renewal or removal.”

It is unclear why some received warnings and others suspensions, (and varying lengths at that).

But the issue is that the majority of Poshers who received the email were just doing normal things— listing new items, delisting items that sold elsewhere, etc.

Typically after a technical fiasco like this one, Poshmark would issue an apology or at least acknowledge the f*ck up.

Not this time.

Poshers are MAD.

And rightfully so. Not only is Poshmark’s new policy messing with their income, Poshmark’s system for detecting excessive relisting is flawed to say the least, all while Poshmark is silently planning their next PoshFest post.

Feelings of abandonment

Poshmark might be wondering why Poshers are burning with rage; it’s because we feel abandoned, bamboozled, controlled, and most of all, unappreciated. We bought into the idea of a Poshmark community only to find we are subjects of a monarchy.

Full-time resellers and part-time Poshers helped shape Poshmark into what it is today. Casual Poshers might have been the beginning of Poshmark, but resellers are the future.