Retrophoria: A Place To Sell Only Vintage Items

There are a lot of venues for selling items online; Ebay, one of the biggest started out humble and wonderful once upon a time.  Now Ebay is the superstore of Ecommerce with new and vintage items.  When it first started, Ebay was solely vintage and I, amongst many other buyers and sellers watched it turn into a place where there is too much new, not so great quality merchandise, mostly from China.  Vintage goods are still going strong but the marketplace is flooded with too much and there are a lot of key word spammers so you get the impure search results.  Etsy was a great venue too, with ways to keep the key word spammers at bay, however they took those safeguards away.  Now the poor honest, hardworking independent artists and sellers have to compete with larger companies, yet again, from China.  We have nothing against China, just for the thousands of companies from China who manufacture low cost, low quality goods made to last for a few months at best.

Retrophoria is a company that has been around for a little while but hasn't seemed to be able to garner that much attention.  Yes, the site is pretty basic and they had some issues with Etsy uploads at one time but those have been fixed.  The best thing that Retrophoria has to offer is there no listing fee and small 3.5% fee when an item sells.  It still has a ways to go to compete with some of the larger markets but I do not think that is their aim.  I believe it is to be a purely vintage site that stays true to their origins.  Their platform lets you sell items from the 1920s to the 1980s, which we think should be expanded to earlier than 1920.  The interface for selling is very easy to use and it does not take long to list an item.  They have a duplicate item feature if you have something similar to sell that saves you time and energy.  In their own words "Retrophoria is an online marketplace where people who are passionate about collectibles can buy and sell vintage and retro items. Now there is a place that is completely dedicated to the sale of vintage items."

I've dealt with them personally and they are very open to suggestions and corrections that make the site more functional and easy for buyers and sellers alike.  It is refreshing to be able to email for help and get a quick response from someone truly interested in your comments or questions.  If you sell vintage and you sell online, try giving them a try and help boost a truly vintage only online selling venue.



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