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Post by somany on May 28, 2019 16:35:16 GMT
1) There is a sh*t load of clothes on Poshmark. We are an overindulgent society.
2) Sharing others' items, I need to scroll down so as not to share just their just shared items. Seems crazy to share them again so soon. Or am I missing something?
3) Click on the share from the feed; no need to click into the listing. Of course because that is how I began sharing, I still find myself doing it about every third share SMH
4) Easy to get side tracked and not remember whether I've shared what's sitting on my screen. Focus more!
5) There are a lot of people who follow few but have tons of followers. There are a lot of people who follow tons but don't have as many followers. Not going to follow those who don't follow many. Don't need to be sharing their stuff if they aren't sharing other's. Other than that, not sure what, if any, significance there is to this observation.
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Post by val2525 on May 28, 2019 17:10:52 GMT
Following on Posh is just a numbers game, IMO. As a buyer, there is no advantage to me following anyone other than someone who regularly sells items I'm interested in. As a seller however, with everyone following everyone just so they can say they have "X followers" makes marketing by following useless.
YMMV.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2019 17:32:36 GMT
2) Sharing a ‘just shared item’ is just fine and often preferred. Sellers with large closets often stack their preferred items at the top for this reason. Your sharing will send to item to completely different feeds and sets of eyes than the sellers share, since you each have unique followers. Shares do not go to all of the Poshmark username. I’m fairly certain items of a undetermined age go nowhere, actually. If it’s compliant, just share. I think you are overthinking this one.  4) Resharing something you have just shared isn’t a big deal. It’s really only obnoxious when someone ‘sharebombs’ multiple times in a row. That used to work to bring items to the top of someone’s feed. Now, it just gets you carpel tunnel. 5) Following. While some people follow all willy nilly, others follow what they like to buy. If you are using Poshmark strictly for selling, I highly recommend putting a specific style and size range at the top of your closet and target following people that are buying those styles and sizes. You can narrow users by size and listed brands in the find people page. This is definitely a place to work smarter, not harder. I don’t share for share. You will burn yourself out here quickly if you try. I was outraged when I started out and someone suggested this, but it’s the truth.  I understand someone took their time to share my item, but I could easily spend all day sharing someone else’s closet. YOUR closet is the focus and shares should be used to bring buyers into your closet or thank someone for a purchase. |
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Post by chapeaunoir on May 28, 2019 19:32:10 GMT
Shares do not go to all of the Poshmark username. I’m fairly certain items of a undetermined age go nowhere, actually. If it’s compliant, just share. I think you are overthinking this one.
On another group I'm in, someone who actually works for Posh or talked to someone who works there (possibly at a Poshfest) said that the share effectiveness diminishes over time - mentioned something like after a month it goes down a certain percentage, then after two months another percentage, after that it'll just gradually disappear. It's to keep people from sharing stuff that's been in their closets for months and years and keep things fresh.
I share a few from people who trouble to share mine but it doesn't take that long. I do share all vintage.
So far just experimenting with the target sharing - the sharing seems so random to me.
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Post by denise15601 on May 29, 2019 1:28:02 GMT
1) There is a sh*t load of clothes on Poshmark. We are an overindulgent society. 2) Sharing others' items, I need to scroll down so as not to share just their just shared items. Seems crazy to share them again so soon. Or am I missing something? 3) Click on the share from the feed; no need to click into the listing. Of course because that is how I began sharing, I still find myself doing it about every third share SMH 4) Easy to get side tracked and not remember whether I've shared what's sitting on my screen. Focus more! 5) There are a lot of people who follow few but have tons of followers. There are a lot of people who follow tons but don't have as many followers. Not going to follow those who don't follow many. Don't need to be sharing their stuff if they aren't sharing other's. Other than that, not sure what, if any, significance there is to this observation. If you want to follow new people, on your cell- look for "Find People" There you can follow new Poshers and also Posh Ambassadors. |
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Post by denise15601 on May 29, 2019 1:29:06 GMT
Shares do not go to all of the Poshmark username. I’m fairly certain items of a undetermined age go nowhere, actually. If it’s compliant, just share. I think you are overthinking this one. On another group I'm in, someone who actually works for Posh or talked to someone who works there (possibly at a Poshfest) said that the share effectiveness diminishes over time - mentioned something like after a month it goes down a certain percentage, then after two months another percentage, after that it'll just gradually disappear. It's to keep people from sharing stuff that's been in their closets for months and years and keep things fresh. I share a few from people who trouble to share mine but it doesn't take that long. I do share all vintage. So far just experimenting with the target sharing - the sharing seems so random to me. By the "share effectiveness"..do you mean sharing other's items or your own? |
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Post by chapeaunoir on May 29, 2019 1:42:57 GMT
Shares do not go to all of the Poshmark username. I’m fairly certain items of a undetermined age go nowhere, actually. If it’s compliant, just share. I think you are overthinking this one. On another group I'm in, someone who actually works for Posh or talked to someone who works there (possibly at a Poshfest) said that the share effectiveness diminishes over time - mentioned something like after a month it goes down a certain percentage, then after two months another percentage, after that it'll just gradually disappear. It's to keep people from sharing stuff that's been in their closets for months and years and keep things fresh. I share a few from people who trouble to share mine but it doesn't take that long. I do share all vintage. So far just experimenting with the target sharing - the sharing seems so random to me. By the "share effectiveness"..do you mean sharing other's items or your own? From what I could tell, sharing your own. The longer items run, the less effective is sharing them, according to this person. It makes a lot of sense to me, and it would be easy for Posh to time stamp that item and work out percentage of exposure based on that and scale it over 60 or 90 days or whatever. I know if I check some of my items on my phone, I can see if they're really sinking in exposure with fewer and fewer people looking at them, despite my sharing them several times a day - there's a percentage that shows at the top of my listing. I don't even bother sharing off-season stuff, I just let it sink to the bottom and stay there. I might even get rid of it and relist it in August/Sept - someone buying 1 or 2 winter items in a season isn't worth my dragging down my whole closet because I have old stuff in there - similar to eBay. Anything over 90 days in my store on eBay gets pulled down, either for the next season or if in season to sell similar with tweaks. I know eBay says GTC is important to longevity, but 'longevity' in online selling is a pretty finite thing. |
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Post by kat on May 29, 2019 6:27:29 GMT
There are some that will advertise on VA places like fivrr for people to unfollow for them on Instagram and I’ve seen a few for Poshmark too. There’s a subculture of people that think it makes them look cool that they have followers while they follow no one. Huge eye roll.
I don’t intentionally follow those and I don’t follow or share established closets with low share numbers if I notice.
As mentioned above it’s definitely a numbers game and the more followers you have, the more eyes a share is put in front of. Like the old commercial,
“and they told two friends, and they told two friends, and so on, and so on”.
I personally shop by search so shares on my feed just make them easier for me to reshare.
I sell cheap things that probably wouldn’t sell on eBay while others swear Poshmark is more brand driven than eBay.
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Post by kat on May 29, 2019 6:56:08 GMT
chapeaunoir where do you go to see an item is sinking in exposure? I am also curious about items getting stale or not. A Facebook Poshmark group conversation between two poshfest attendees had a heated argument because one was told search rank was share based and the other was told it wasn’t. There’s conflicting information and I dont know if some started from the letter from posh support that got passed around on Facebook and Instagram. It said that subsequent shares do not show up on your follower’s feeds. Poshmark responded publicly and corrected it. Ok. I found a screenshot.  I’m on a Facebook break but if anyone is in a Poshmark group and has members going to Poshfest wanting to know if we have questions- that’s one I would like to know. Do we eventually have useless shares?
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2019 13:18:01 GMT
Kat, that’s interesting. According to the person that initially shared the decrease by age information, she ‘grilled’ one of the devs at poshfest until he told her. Certainly, no one is going to make up a story just for Facebook attention.... right?  I’m not even sure how to test this theory. Maybe no one is sharing my 8 month old $10 loft because it’s utter crap and not because Poshmark is hiding my listings. |
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Post by chapeaunoir on May 29, 2019 21:56:20 GMT
I read this in another group and it wasn't just for attention - it was buried in a long thread and there was further explanation that it was simply part of Posh's search algorithm and some discussion in the Posh Analytics group, which I'm not part of, but I picked up on it right away and given what I know about search engines, engagement and the like, it made perfect sense. It can be overcome a lot by good SEO, though - I have people picking up on stuff I haven't shared in months, so Poshmark isn't hiding anything, this is purely for sharing. It doesn't really matter to me because I tend to refresh all listings after a couple of months, anyway, but it's a pretty good theory. kat - when my phone charges up I'll look again and let you know what I see. @elm691 - I have WAY too much crap! All the cheap brands need to go - between shipping being $7 for light tops and now taxes, I'm finding that it's not really worth much unless it's bundled (which is why it's still there), but if it hasn't been bundled by now, I think it's just drek. I need the room in my storage, anyway. |
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I understand someone took their time to share my item, but I could easily spend all day sharing someone else’s closet. YOUR closet is the focus and shares should be used to bring buyers into your closet or thank someone for a purchase. 
