Sweet American girl asked for advice for selling her used panties online

Hi Belle, I hope you're enjoying your hiatus!

I'm really interested in getting into the used panty selling business... but I'm not really sure where to start, since I can't afford the startup for Panty Trust just yet, and I'd like to try it out on a free/cheaper site to make sure I like doing this and am good at it... do you know of any other sites that you'd recommend? I'm located in the U.S., if that narrows anything down.

Also, I want to do online selling only... so no meeting in person. Is paypal a possible payment method? Or if I go with Payoneer, should I sign up for it using my panty-selling persona/name?

When you send your panties, do you put them in a ziploc bag? What kind of shipping package do you use? (box, envelope, etc) What's the most discrete?

Thanks for reading, and for making a super helpful blog =]
- H. Teasley

(This question arrived over two emails, however I’ve cut them so they appear as one.)

Dear Ms. Teasley, 

Thanks for writing to me here! I’m glad you’ve found my blog helpful, I’d like to think it does help other people and that I’m not just sitting here doing all of this writing for nothing (or worse, talking to myself like a crazy person!)

 

Firstly, Panty Trust is not a platform to use to sell your used panties. It’s a group of used panty sellers who wanted the used panty trade to be more transparent overall and people to hold some ethics when it came to dealing with their customers. 

If you want someone to help you find your way in the used panty scene, to help you market yourself, etc. and you hold the same ethic as Panty Trust, by all means sign up with Panty Trust. If not, just don’t do it. 

Being in the US should make it easier for you to sell to Americas (who have to be some of the kinkiest people around, if the internet is a reliable source!) 

I’ve tried multiple different places to sell my used panties. However my personal preference is my own site. I prefer this because I can vet my buyers myself, document my adventures in pantyland (on my blog) and have everything in one place so people can google me and know I’m genuine (exept of course for this blog, my twitter, tumblr, well, it's not all in one place, but the selling stuff mostly is!)

For someone who's not interested in starting their own site and just wants to dip their toe into the used panty trade to see how they like it, there are websites that are set up so you can sell your panties off them. Websites like Panty Zoo, eBanned (which I havn’t used so can’t vouch for it) and some people even just open a twitter account and let others know they are selling their panties, which seems to work okay. I've even seen a reddit account for used panty sellers, I listed on their once or twice, but never sold anything through them.

In terms of payment processors, Paypal is a HUGE no-no. They do not allow adult transactions and will not hesitate to close your account (and the buyers) and keep both your money. I had one buyer tell me once that he didn’t want to use anything other than Paypal to buy my panties because no other form of payment would allow chargebacks if I didn’t deliver my panties. Being a member of Panty Trust, a long-time seller, having a long online “paper trail”, references, etc. Didn’t matter to him, after pointing out to him politely that paypal would close both our accounts if he went to them with a complaint, he said he would take his business elsewhere. Occasionally you do meet these people, and it’s a shame but you have to have boundaries. 

In regards to payoneer, you use your legal name, however with the way payoneer is set up, no-one ever sees it. I have previously written about payment methods that can be used internationally.As you can see, there are not very many methods listed there because most payment processors don't want to deal with adult transactions, which is frustrating for those of us that want to make them! There are a variety of payment methods that are available to Americans such as greendot but not being an American I can't vouch for them. Give them a try though and let me know how they go!

I always ship in plain envelopes with padding. I ziplock my panties for freshness and wrap them in tissue paper so when my panty buyers receive the panties, they feel like they are getting a special present. The personalised, hand-written note I send with every order adds to that feeling. I do this to make people happy, because really, doing it for the money would have starved me a long time ago! ;)

Please contact me if you need any more help, and tweet me some time to let me know how you’re doing! 

If anyone else has any questions, feel free to write me. I’m always happy to help! 

Belle

xox