I can’t help feeling angry when I see people throwing out perfectly fine products just to make room for new stuff. Not that I worry about them making easy money from reselling the items, but because of the waste of resources involved, especially when there are so many online resale platforms available. Many focus on fashion-related items, but we are starting to see more for other products. Only a few days after posting about Shein’s resale product, I read about the sport retailer Decathlon’s new resale platform for their products. And I thought, it is about much more than just pricing. Thinking about it, I can see many more reasons why companies are starting their C2C resale channels.

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