Selling outgrown kids' clothes

Every outgrown garment goes one of three ways: to a sibling, to someone else's kid, or to a buyer. The order matters. Save first, because a Didriksons overall that fits the little brother in two years is worth more than the 150 kronor it fetches online. Give away the basics, nobody pays for washed-out bodysuits and they make another family genuinely happy. Sell the rest, which is a shorter list than you'd hope.

What actually sells: outerwear and shoes in good shape, with a brand name the buyer recognises. Reima, Didriksons and Kavat hold their value; a shell jacket without holes finds a buyer in days. Basics do not sell, and supermarket leggings are not worth photographing. A rough price rule that has served us well: a third of the new price for outerwear in good condition, less if the reflectors are worn dull, more for boots with intact liners in the season they're wanted.

Where to sell

Sellpy if you cannot face the admin: send a bag, they photograph and price, and keep roughly half. Vinted takes no commission, but you do the work and stand in the parcel queue. Facebook groups for bulky things like snowsuits and skis, since local pickup skips the shipping. And loppis for everything at once, on a Saturday, at prices that mostly clear the table. Pick one channel per pile; listing the same overall in three places is how you sell it twice.

The part that defeats most of us is not the selling, it is the pile. Sorting by size is what makes it manageable: you need to know which sizes each kid is in right now and which are outgrown, because that line decides what leaves the house. We track it in Stillfits, where marking a garment as outgrown takes a second and a good overall can be saved to the younger sibling's wardrobe instead of sold by mistake. However you keep track, keep track; the family that knows its sizes sells in an afternoon.