How Maya Went From $600 to $3K+ in Revenue Each Month With Crosslist

With the help of Crosslist, Maya expanded her vintage clothing business to 3+ platforms. By letting Crosslist take care of the listing process, she was able to free up 10+ hours each week, giving her more time to focus on the actual selling part. This helped her increase her sales by 400% in 6 months. 

About Maya and her business

Maya grew up in a household that was big on sustainability, which meant most of her clothes were thrifted and upcycled by her mother. Naturally, Maya absorbed this love for thrifting and sewing, which meant each of her outfits were one of a kind. “Omg, where did you get that?” was a question she was constantly asked.

Maya told us that she spends much of her free time scouring thrift stores for rare vintage finds or unique pieces that made her feel confident and let her personality shine through. Sometimes, she would add more bells and whistles or make new outfits out of the old ones. “Less waste, more color” was her philosophy. 

However, it wasn’t until a friend made an offhand remark about how she would “pay good money for a dress like that” that Maya realized she could turn this into a business. She wanted to brighten other people’s closets and make money in the process. 

Having already been familiar with Poshmark’s fashion-forward community as a long-time buyer, Maya decided to set up shop there. Slowly, but steadily, she came to be known for her rare finds and unique upgrades. She was consistently bringing in $600 worth of sales every month, even if listing all her items took up 12 hours of her time each week.

The stalemate

With her Poshmark sales reaching stability, Maya wanted to cast her net further and connect with untapped audiences. Research told her that multi-channel selling is where the real potential was: she could diversify her customer base, get more visibility, and increase her sales. 

She had heard of Mercari and Depop; heard how vintage fashion would get a huge positive response on both platforms. If everything went well, she could turn this side hustle into a full-time job and dedicate all of her time to helping people get matched with her unique finds. 

The problem

Maya was excited about this potential change in her business. She quickly signed up to Mercari and Depop, and began the laborious process of copying over her unsold Poshmark listings.

Even though Maya had known that it would take time, she hadn’t expected it to be this difficult. She had to copy each listing field separately, go through her phone gallery to search for and upload the corresponding product photos, and double-check each listing before posting them. 

“I think I copied over three listings in the span of an hour. Three! I knew right away that this wouldn’t be sustainable long-term. I needed better options.”

In addition to this, Maya also realized that she would have to tailor the pricing for each platform to adjust for the varying fees. Since most of her pieces were single quantity items, she also had to track sold items diligently from the same screen so that she didn’t accidentally oversell. 

The solution: Crosslist’s single, dynamic listing form, bulk cross posting, image management, and custom pricing settings

It was a late-night internet deep-dive that led Maya to Crosslist. Quite understandably, she was a little skeptical at first. 

“I had looked into cross listing tools before. All of them promised an easier way of cross listing, but none of them delivered. I was still having to enter additional details for each listing,” says Maya. 

So, when she found Crosslist, she didn't expect anything different. However, she decided to do a bit of homework before writing it off completely (and we are so glad for that). 

After going through Crosslist’s knowledge base and watching a few demo videos, she knew that she had finally found a solution to all of her problems. 

Bulk importing and cross posting

Maya first wanted to transfer all of her remaining Poshmark listings to Mercari and Depop and finally start selling on those two platforms. 

She first imported her Poshmark listings to Crosslist. “I could easily filter my listings to select only those that I hadn't already cross listed manually. I was happy to find that all of the selected listings were imported to Crosslist at once! I only had to wait a couple of minutes,” she said. 

Once she had brought everything within Crosslist, the cross listing process was just as easy. She just had to select all the listings, pick Mercari and Depop to cross post to, and click the cross post button.

“Crosslist automatically posted all the listings to the platforms without me having to double-check or approve the listings to go live. I didn't even have to be in front of my computer! I saved some serious time,” Maya told us. 

Single, dynamic listing form

When Maya decided to create new listings within Crosslist, she was once again happy to find that she would only have to fill out a single listing form. Once that was done, it was a matter of selecting all the three marketplaces and clicking the “post” button. 

“After a few weeks, I noticed that, even though I was listing more than ever, I was saving 10 hours of my time each week!” she says. 

Image management 

Managing and storing her product photos used to be a big nightmare for Maya. She used to take pictures on her smartphone, transfer them to her computer, and edit them with third-party software before finally posting them. Now, she could skip all of these and take care of all her product photo needs right within Crosslist. 

“Crosslist’s image storage, background removal, and editing tools were a huge weight off my back. They made the whole process that much smoother!” says Maya.

She was also delighted to find that Crosslist automatically resized the images to fit the requirements of the respective platforms. 

“I had no idea that Poshmark had different image size and shape requirements than Mercari and Depop. I would have spent an embarrassingly long time trying to figure everything out and make sure I was uploading the right sized images to the platforms,” she said, while expressing her gratitude at our tool for taking care of this automatically. 

Inventory management

Crosslist’s dashboard gave Maya a bird’s-eye view of all of her listings, including which platforms they had been posted on. She could create tags, easily mark items as sold, and delist them from all the available marketplaces. 

The results

1. A 400% increase in sales

After consistently selling on all three platforms with Crosslist for just half a year, Maya saw that her revenue had made quite a jump — 400%, in fact! Her $600/month sales numbers increased to over $3,000/month.

2. Further expansion

Her vintage clothing business was going so well that Maya decided to further expand to eBay — all with the help of Crosslist, her trusty cross listing tool. 

Within 2 years of stumbling across Crosslist, Maya achieved her dream of quitting her day job and selling online full-time. She is currently planning on setting up her own online store through Shopify.

3. A huge amount of time saved

A process that used to take hours now gets done within minutes with Crosslist. She estimates that she saves more than 10 hours of time per week by automating her listing process. 

“This gives me more time to focus on finding clothing unicorns and modifying them,” she says. 

When we introduced the free Poshmark automation tool, life got even easier for Maya. Now, she truly focuses on the core aspects of her business and leaves all the repetitive tasks to us. 

Here’s what Maya has to say to other online sellers:

"Crosslist revolutionized my reselling business. Not only did it open doors to new marketplaces, but it also saved me so much time. Juggling a full-time job and trying to scale my reselling business proved impossible. I would have thrown in the towel if I hadn’t found Crosslist. My sales have skyrocketed since expanding to Mercari and Depop – I can’t source new stock fast enough! Every vintage clothing reseller should be using this tool!”

– Maya