Poshmark vs StillSparkly for Jewelry

Poshmark is one of the largest peer-to-peer resale platforms in the US, with millions of active users. For clothing resellers, it’s a default choice. For jewelry sellers, it’s a lot more complicated.

StillSparkly, a marketplace built just for jewelry, works pretty differently. (For more platforms side by side, see where to sell jewelry online.)

Fees

Poshmark takes $2.95 on sales under $15 and 20% on sales of $15 or more. On a $40 necklace, that’s $8 to Poshmark. On a $200 piece, it’s $40.

StillSparkly is a flat 8%, so the same $40 necklace costs you $3.20 and the $200 piece costs $16. That’s less than half of what Poshmark takes, on every sale.

Listing flow

Poshmark listings are entirely manual. You fill in the photo, title, description, brand, size, category, color, condition, and price yourself, every time. That friction adds up, which is why most Poshmark sellers carry a backlog of unfinished drafts.

On StillSparkly, you start with your photos and we draft the title, description, and attributes for you. Edit whatever you want, or just publish. There’s no field-by-field form to fill out.

Search and filters

Search is where the two platforms differ most. Poshmark’s jewelry filters are brand, size (typically dress size), color, condition, and price.

StillSparkly filters by metal type, metal color, stone, necklace length, ring size, era, and style, plus brand, condition, and price.

Say a buyer wants a 14k gold-plated 18-inch chain. On Poshmark, they get a sea of unrelated necklaces. On StillSparkly, they filter to the exact match in seconds.

Visibility

On Poshmark, visibility depends on social work: sharing your closet every day, sharing other people’s closets, and showing up to Posh Parties. Sellers who skip it get buried.

On StillSparkly, a listing shows up when it matches what a buyer searches for, and there’s no daily sharing routine to keep up with.

Buyer experience

Poshmark is designed around bundles, lowball offers, and “offer to likers.” Negotiation is part of the platform’s culture.

StillSparkly is calmer. Sellers set a price, and buyers can pay it or send an offer, which the seller is free to accept or decline. There are no bundles or offer-to-likers blasts.

When Poshmark still wins

If you have an established Poshmark following and your buyers are mostly there for clothes (with jewelry as an add-on), don’t blow that up. Cross-listing to StillSparkly while keeping your Poshmark closet active is usually the smarter play.

The gap StillSparkly fills

Poshmark and the other general resale platforms were built for clothing, with jewelry treated as an afterthought category. That makes jewelry harder than it should be on both sides: sellers struggle to list efficiently, and buyers struggle to find what they want.

StillSparkly is built only for jewelry: vintage, handmade, fine, contemporary brands like Mejuri or Kendra Scott, signed designer, and costume. The filters, the listing flow, and the search all assume you’re selling jewelry, not a sweatshirt or a vintage lamp. And the commission is less than half of Poshmark’s.

If you’ve been reselling on Poshmark and your jewelry isn’t moving, list your pieces on StillSparkly. If Mercari is the other platform on your shortlist, see how Mercari compares.