The Best Apps for Selling Your Random Stuff

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How You Sell: Software automatically scans the first photo of your item and categorizes it. Add more photos and a description, and you're done.

 How You Get Paid: Interested parties message you via the in-app chat system. Schedule a meeting, and if they like what you're selling, they pay you in cash.

 Security Features: Users "build trust" by verifying via email address, Google Plus, and Facebook.

 What Might Annoy You: Even with the great camera on an iPhone 7 Plus and decent lighting, a Sonos speaker looks like it's being sold at a flea market. Product photography is harder than it sounds.

 The Verdict: The quick listing process, chat system, and 20 million monthly users make it the app we'd come back to.

 How You Sell: Post photos and a detailed description, then wait for the offers to pour in.

 How You Get Paid: Cash or through a system linked to your bank. Once the buyer confirms receipt of the item, 5miles releases your money to you.

 Security Features: Verify your account with email, Facebook, and phone number. User profiles include star ratings and average response time.

 What Might Annoy You: Constant notifications asking you to pay to promote your item, which you can't turn off because that would mean missing inquiries.

 The Verdict: All the qualities of Letgo, with so many more obnoxious prompts.

 How You Sell: As with the others, emphasis is on good photography and quick descriptions.

 How You Get Paid: In cash and in person.

 Security Features: OfferUp uses your Facebook account and driver's license to let people know that you're real (and can be held accountable).

 What Might Annoy You: Lots of lowball offers followed by silence, but that's better than the creepy inquiries ("where you life[sic]"), which seem to happen more often in this app than in the others.

 The Verdict: The least visually pleasing to use with what appear to be the most inquiries from automated bots.

 How You Sell: Electronics are appraised based on a photo and specs. If you agree to the suggested sale price, Gone will send a box or a person to pick up the item.

 How You Get Paid: Gone lists your stuff on sites including Amazon and eBay. If it sells, you get a check in the mail.

 Security Features: If you forget to erase everything from your device before sending it in, Gone's partners will wipe it for you.

 What Might Annoy You: The app was picky. Gone wouldn't accept a Google Home, or any smart speaker, or a Fitbit Flex 2. You'll need to sell those elsewhere.

 The Verdict: It's nice to have the actual selling done for you. If Gone deigns to accept your item, you decide before sending it in that the offer works for you.

 Source: popularmechanics
Location: Fawn Creek, KS, USA

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