In the world of luxury resale, authentication is one of the most critical yet complex aspects of running a successful business. Buyers want confidence that they’re purchasing genuine designer items, while resale businesses need to protect their reputation and bottom line. As counterfeit goods become more sophisticated, authentication services have evolved to help businesses verify products with greater accuracy. But with AI-driven tools, expert verification services, and emerging digital certificates, which approach is best for resale businesses?
February 20, 2025
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The resale market is booming, transforming the way consumers buy and sell pre-owned goods. With an estimated global GMV of $400 billion and expected growth to 3-4% of the retail market in the next five years, businesses need smarter tools to navigate this rapidly evolving landscape. Enter Trendful’s Catalog API—a powerful solution designed to streamline resale operations, enhance pricing accuracy, and optimize product discovery for businesses enabling resale.
January 31, 2025
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In the fast-paced resale market, managing inventory across multiple platforms can be daunting. That's where Trendful's Inventory Management System (IMS) steps in as a powerful solution for resale merchants. Built to streamline operations and optimize efficiency, Trendful's IMS is packed with intuitive features designed specifically to help merchants manage inventory and listings, including seamless integration with Shopify. In this article, we'll highlight some of the standout features and benefits that make Trendful's IMS a game-changer.
November 6, 2024
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Every company has a beginning, and Trendful's story is one of evolution, driven by a passion for the luxury resale market, technology, and problem-solving. Founded in late 2019, Trendful wasn't always a SaaS company, nor was its original mission to provide state-of-the-art resale software to merchants. In fact, it started as a humble luxury resale business, sparked by founder Jackie de la Parte's background working in the secondhand industry at art galleries and auction houses.
October 21, 2024
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We're thrilled to announce an exciting partnership between Trendful and Real Authentication, a globally recognized leader in the authentication of secondhand luxury goods. This collaboration is a key milestone for us as we continue to enhance the services we provide to resale businesses looking to scale with confidence.
September 27, 2024
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The Trendful Price Database offers a comprehensive tool for discovering fair market values and detailed price data for designer handbags and watches, organized with intuitive hierarchical attributes. With features like typo-tolerant search, image recognition via Trendful Vision, and upcoming enhancements such as real-time data collection and automated pricing alerts, Trendful ensures you have precise and up-to-date pricing information at your fingertips.
September 13, 2024
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This data visualization post outlines the evolution of the Gucci Soho resale values over the past year. In this article, we highlight some of the resale market post-holiday trends.
August 13, 2024
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In the evolving landscape of commerce, various commerce transaction models define how goods and services are exchanged. These models shape business strategies, consumer behaviors, and the overall market dynamics. Let's explore the common transaction models -- B2C (Business-to-Customer), B2B (Business-to-Business), and P2P (Peer-to-Peer) -- before diving into the increasingly significant C2B (Customer-to-Business) model.
July 30, 2024
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In the ever-evolving world of resale, having a strategic edge can make all the difference. Trendful, a leading resale software company, empowers merchants to effortlessly start or scale their resale business. Our software manages the entire reselling process, from the initial contact with customers (sellers) to issuing payouts. One of the standout benefits of our software is the ability for merchants to customize their pricing strategy and offer options to their customers.
July 10, 2024
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In the Resale Industry, one of the most critical and time-consuming aspects for merchants is managing customer submissions for items they wish to sell and the subsequent quotes that need to be sent. Efficiency is key since a delay in response time to an item submitted by a customer can lead to customers either not accepting the quote or finding another service to sell their item to.
June 24, 2024
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The resale market has seen tremendous growth in recent years, with both North America and Europe emerging as significant players. This article delves into the key differences between these two markets, examining the types of marketplaces, product offerings, and pricing trends.
June 18, 2024
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The Resale Industry is thriving in today’s eco-conscious and economically aware society, however, this presents unique opportunities and challenges, especially with the increased public interest and growth of the resale industry. While it offers a sustainable alternative to traditional retail, the continued growth means that just as e-commerce enablement technologies have been built up as the need arose to help companies easily run their e-commerce businesses online, there are currently glaring technological gaps in the industry for resale companies to also easily run their businesses. One particular complexity the industry faces is in managing business-to-consumer (B2C) transactions.
May 29, 2024
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As a follow-up to our previous origin story article of Season 2 Consign and the founders, Erika and Monica, in this exclusive Q&A session, we delve deep into the franchise model of Season 2 Consign, exploring how potential franchisees can join and thrive within this innovative brand. As the franchise scene burgeons, understanding the mechanisms and benefits of the Season 2 Consign model provides crucial insights for anyone considering this path.
May 21, 2024
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In the competitive world of luxury resale, few stories resonate as deeply as that of Season 2 Consign, founded by sisters Erika Tapia Schrieber and Monica Tapia-Mularski. Their journey, from leveraging their own designer collections to creating a national brand, encapsulates a tale of resilience, innovation, and sisterly collaboration.
May 10, 2024
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For merchants looking to integrate a resale app onto their online store, two primary options are available: subscribing to an existing service like Trendful or opting for a custom-built app. Each choice has its own implications on cost, time investment, and technical complexity..
April 25, 2024
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Trendful is set to redefine how our Enterprise plan clients interact with our Price Database. We are thrilled to announce the launch of Trendful Vision – an innovative AI-powered feature that will transform the way merchants can search for prices and market insight information.
April 19, 2024
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Both models present a distinct approach to resale, accompanied by their unique set of benefits and challenges. This article delineates the essential differences, advantages, and disadvantages of both models to aid in informed decision-making for both buyers and sellers.
April 12, 2024
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In a world where luxury and personal touch often do not go hand in hand, Glow Luxury emerges as a trailblazing exception. Spearheaded by Lauren, a former dental hygienist turned entrepreneur, Glow Luxury has rewritten the narrative of luxury resale. Lauren's journey from managing closet sales to running a booming luxury resale business is a saga of passion, perseverance, and embracing change.
April 5, 2024
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In the dynamic realm of luxury resale, one name has consistently stood out for its commitment to knowledge-sharing, innovation, and community building – Closet Full of Cash. Founded by Deanna Thompson in late 2015, this platform has become a cornerstone for resellers, offering invaluable insights and resources for navigating the complexities of the industry.
February 26, 2024
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In the vast world of online businesses, it’s always inspiring to discover success stories that stem from genuine passion and a dream to create something unique. Among such stories is that of KimmieBBags LLC, a brainchild of Kim Balance, that has transformed the way we perceive online consignment.
September 19, 2023
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The resale industry has witnessed an explosive surge in popularity over recent years. For businesses, this burgeoning sector offers both challenges and opportunities. The challenge for these businesses is to scale and streamline operations efficiently.
August 9, 2023
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Discover how Trendful and Entrupy's resale solutions can help enable merchants to grow their businesses.
July 17, 2023
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Discover how Trendful’s partnership with UPS can save your resale business up to 50% on shipping labels, streamline operations, and enhance customer relationships.
April 28, 2023
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We are very excited to announce that we have been accepted into TinySeed’s Fall 2021 batch!
November 4, 2021
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Our first data visualization post outlines the evolution of the Alma resale values over the past two months. In this article, we highlight some of the resale market specificities and introduce some notions about the estimation of fair market values.
July 12, 2021
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According to our price database, Hermès is the fourth most popular designer on the growing secondary market, after Louis Vuitton, Chanel, and Gucci. Today we are going to look at the 5 most popular Hermès bags currently on the secondary market.
June 8, 2021
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To first understand the circular economy, let’s take a look at the linear economy. The linear fashion model follows a “make-use-dispose” pattern. This leads to an extremely wasteful and polluting system.
May 3, 2021
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Recommerce refers to the unique business concept of selling previously used or owned items. Most of the recommerce businesses rely on the customer-to-business model but there actually isn't a technology that solves their main problems, but Trendful does.
March 15, 2021
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Trendful is a recommerce technology for the luxury market. We have created a Resell Interface for designer handbags that can be integrated onto a secondary market business’s website. The business can choose to offer their customers buyout, consignment, or store credit offers for their items. Read the blog article to find out more about Trendful!
March 2, 2021
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In this fifth episode of the 'What's in your closet?', we explore Charlotte's Parisian style! Read more if you love French style as much as us!
February 18, 2021
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At Trendful, we believe in two things: high-quality fashion and sustainability. We, of course, want to share our passion for sustainable fashion with you, so let’s play a game. Are you ready?
January 20, 2021
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Follow these 8 simple steps to make sure you are not buying a FAKE Gucci handbag! In this authentication guide, we will be going over the following in detail: Material, Hardware, Logo, Stitching, Interior Label, Serial Number, Lettering/Fonts, and Controllato Card.
January 20, 2021
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A fashion week is a one-week event during which fashion designers, brands, or "houses" showcase their talent, travel the world, and make a name for themselves. They take months and even years of preparation and hard work to get to display their latest collections in runway fashion shows to buyers.
January 20, 2021
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Chanel is one of the most recognizable luxury brands and for many women purchasing a Chanel handbag is on their must-have list of purses to add to their collection. Discover how to authenticate Chanel handbags with our guide!
January 20, 2021
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So you bit the bullet and purchased your dream Chanel handbag or you added a pair of Chanel leather pants to your collection, now you are probably wondering how to properly care for your items.
January 20, 2021
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The iconic Italian brand, Gucci was founded in 1921 by Guccio Gucci in Florence, Italy, making it one of the oldest and renowned Italian luxury brands. Similar to how Louis Vuitton got started, Guccio Gucci first specialized in the production of luxury luggage for the wealthy upper-class traveler. Eventually, the brand would go on to manufacture products in knitwear, silk, shoes, and handbags.
January 20, 2021
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Louis Vuitton with its over 100 years of history remains one of the most important luxury brands today. Learn about the brand history and understand how, to this day, Louis Vuitton handbags and accessories typically retain 80% or more of their value!
January 20, 2021
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VINTAGE (adjective) -of old, recognized, and enduring interest, importance, or quality -dating from the past What does vintage mean? Vintage when used to describe clothing, is a generic term used for garments from a previous era.
January 20, 2021
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The contemporary phrase was coined by fashion retailers to mean the designs that flow immediately from the fashion week catwalks to meet the demand for incoming fashion trends.
January 20, 2021
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Welcome to our new series called, "What's in your closet?" where we will be interviewing women on their style and how they organize their clothing, shoes, handbags, and accessories. We hope you enjoy this new series, our first interview is with Trendful's co-founder & CEO, Jackie!
January 20, 2021
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In our 3rd episode of our "What's in your closet?," series we will explore the French closet of co-founder & CTO, Mailys! We hope you love her interview as much as us!
January 20, 2021
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We are very excited in this series to explore the closet of the lovely fashionista and female scientist, Taylor, you can find her on Instagram @stylishlytaylored or you can check out her blog at stylishlytaylored.com! We hope you enjoy her interview as much as us!
January 20, 2021
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We are very excited in our 4th episode of our 'What's in your closet?' blog series to explore the closet of the always stylish, Anchyi Adorned, you can find her on Instagram @anchyi! We hope you enjoy our interview with her as much as us!
January 20, 2021
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