Resale Value Desk
Five drivers set the resale price of a garment, in rough order of weight: brand tier, category, condition, size and season — each expressed as a percentage of the original retail price.
Everything starts from the original retail price, because resale value is commonly expressed as a percentage of it. A durable mid-tier garment typically clears at 25–45% of retail; that band is the default for solid, wearable pieces from known makers. Before any other driver is considered, find the real retail number — not the current sale price, not a memory of it.
Brand tier moves the ceiling. A discontinued piece from a sought-after label can hold 80–100% of retail, because the buyer has no new option at any price. Discontinuation is doing the work in that sentence: a current-season piece from the same label still competes with retail stock and prices accordingly.
Category moves the floor. Denim and outerwear hold value better than logo-heavy jersey, and the gap widens sharply below good condition — so a category that forgives wear keeps its percentage as the piece ages, while a printed tee loses it. A jacket sits in the forgiving half of the wardrobe, which is why outerwear anchors so many pricing discussions.
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Size acts differently by garment type. On tops it is a hard constraint: a medium with a half-inch measurement miss sells at a discount that the same miss would not cause on a pair of jeans. Publish flat measurements — chest, shoulders, length, sleeve — so the buyer prices the garment, not the guess.
Condition then places the piece inside its band, which is why the five-step scale has its own page: see Grading condition. Season ranks last among the drivers — it shifts demand at the margin, while the first four set the band itself.
Once the percentage is chosen, the fee math on Fees and what you actually net converts it into the amount you will really receive, and the six-step procedure on the main page walks the whole estimate in order.
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