Poshmark vs Ebay

Poshmark and Ebay both land on Depends.

Poshmark

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Fine for casual sellers clearing closets who accept a 20% cut in exchange for a built-in audience.

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy it as an individual selling used, rare, or collectible goods . reach is unmatched and startup cost is zero.

Poshmark versus Ebay
Compare	Poshmark	Ebay
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Casual closet cleanouts	Casual sellers of used goods
Who it's not for	High-volume resellers . the 20% cut eats margins	Low-margin, high-volume new-goods sellers
Privacy	2018 breach forced password resets; a 2024 arbitrary-file-upload CVE and bot-traffic disruptions are also on record.^⁷	Mature platform with real breach history: 145M users notified in 2014; recent CVEs mostly hit third-party integrations.
Support quality	BBB disputes and 10,195 PissedConsumer reviews	Users hunt for real human support
Public sentiment	Sentiment skews negative on complaint sites and Reddit, with recurring themes of high fees, weak support, and 2023-2025 platform changes frustrating former power users.^³	Sellers complain about stacking fees and buyer-favoring disputes, while buyers praise reach and bargains but find support hard to reach.¹³
Biggest gotcha	20% commission plus $2.95 on sub-$15 sales . price items or margins vanish	Per-sale final value fees stack; cheap items can lose margin after fees and shipping