Poshmark Cracks Down On Listing Removals, Raising Alarm For Sellers Who Cross Post On Other Marketplaces
UPDATE 5-2-25
Poshmark's new Excessive Listing Removal policy went into effect May 1, but sellers report received warnings and suspensions in error despite previous assurances that they would not be penalized for removing items sold on other sites.
Liz Morton
UPDATE 4-28-25
Poshmark has heard the significant outcry from sellers about the new Excessive Listing Removal policy and published a company blog post intended to address concerns and provide additional clarity.
New Policy Details
Last week we announced a new Excessive Listing Removal policy. We have heard and sincerely appreciate your feedback on this policy. Ahead of the May 1st policy launch, we want to provide clear guidance on what’s allowed and confirm that thoughtfully refreshing your closet is still encouraged!What you can do:
- Refresh listings that haven’t sold for 60+ days: You are welcome to refresh older listings to keep your closet vibrant and up-to-date. This policy is about how often you revisit your listings—not how you do it.
- Improve your refreshed listings: Add new photos, update titles and descriptions, or use SmartList AI to enhance your listings.
- Use in-app features to reach shoppers: Price Drop and Offer to Likers are great ways to boost visibility.
- Remove listings when no longer available: If your item sells elsewhere or is out of stock, you can delete it from Poshmark.
- Continue using Copy Listing feature: Copy Listing can be used to create similar listings anytime or to refresh existing listings after 60 days.
What we’re discouraging:
- Excessive deletion and relisting of the same items: Removal and relisting in fewer than 60 days.
- Behavior that circumvents fair discovery: Any action intended to gain unfair search or marketing advantages.
As the marketplace evolves, so do our policies. Refreshing your listings remains an important part of a successful selling strategy—our goal is to ensure it’s done in a way that benefits the entire community. Together, we can keep Poshmark fresh, fair and full of authentic discovery.
That clarification will be welcome news for sellers who cross list items on other marketplaces, but likely won't assuage sellers fears that this new policy may be aimed at trying to get them to pay more for Promoted Closet advertising.
Poshmark is still soliciting feedback from sellers here:
Poshmark is cracking down on sellers who remove listings and/or relist items with new policy company says is aimed at improving discoverability and attracting repeat buyers.
Sellers were given just a few days notice as the new Excessive Listing Removal Policy is set to take effect on May 1, 2025 - and despite the positive spin, sellers who cross post the same item on multiple platforms fear they could soon be punished for the practice.
Effective Date: May 1, 2025
At Poshmark, shoppers love discovering fresh inventory—not seeing the same items over and over. Keeping your closet active and evolving helps attract repeat customers and leads to more sales than repeatedly recycling old listings.Occasionally refreshing a listing can help boost its visibility, but excessive listing removal and relisting is not allowed. This behavior disrupts discoverability, derails prospective sales, and frustrates other Poshers.
What Counts as Excessive Listing Removal & Relisting?
The following actions are considered abusive and are not allowed:
- Repeatedly removing and/or relisting the same or similar items.
- Mass listing removals, whether manually or through automation.
- Any action that circumvents marketplace listing policies in order to gain unfair search or marketing advantages.
A “listing removal” includes deleting a listing, marking it as “Not for Sale,” or making changes (like significantly altering price, title, or description) to discourage purchases, thereby effectively making it not available.
Acceptable Listing Removals
We understand that there are legitimate reasons for occasionally removing listings and managing inventory freshness, such as:
- Items are damaged or out of stock.
- Items are seasonal and only sold during specific times of the year.
- Closet is set on a Vacation Hold.
Poshmark goes on to say that sellers suspected of engaging in excessive listing removals may receive automated warnings. If the behavior continues after a warning, temporary restrictions on creating new listings may apply and in severe cases, accounts may be permanently disabled.
Sellers shared their thoughts on the new policy on Reddit, with some speculating Poshmark may be trying to cut down on shady practices like ending and relisting an item if it doesn't sell for as much as the seller had hoped in a live show.
From what I’ve heard, part of this is about those people who ‘sell’ something for way less than they would like—like a share show or low start—then cancel the sale, then relist.
Other's believe the motive could be more nefarious - an attempt to dissuade sellers from cross-listing items to other platforms like eBay, Depop, or Mercari.
I don’t think they care about bots and automation, or even the good old re - list sales trick. This is about controlling sellers and instilling fear in those of us who sell across multiple platforms. My guess is they’ve noticed the uptick in CROSSPOSTING something many of us have do now because of sales plummeting on the Poshmark platform.
Sellers have been using the re-list after 60 days trick on Poshmark for years now so it can’t be that, this is the company that gave us the Copy listing / Reposh feature and stands to gain more revenue from a 60 day old re - list but I’m sure what they’re seeing more and more of is what I have to do more and more now - remove listings or mark items NFS because they sold elsewhere...
Posh doesn’t procure, list, store, maintain, or fufill the products sold on its site. We do all of that, the items are our property while in our possession, and the drafts are our labor.
Who are they to think they have any right or claim over our items before they have sold?
Posh doesn’t pay us a guaranteed minimum monthly fee to maintain our closets. Sellers front-load ALL costs and expenses.
If I so choose to pull 100-200 items that haven’t been moving online for an in-person market, where they might do better without the burden of shipping fees, I should be able to do so. If I want to pull 50 stale items and take them to a BST, I should be able to do so.
And some also think it could be a ploy for Poshmark to push increased use of paid advertising with Promoted Closets instead of regaining a visibility bump for free for ending and relisting items.
Another interesting point I came across is that relisting gives you free exposure & they’d prefer you to pay for Closet Promotion instead. But personally, I’ve never had a good experience with it & it’s just another expense. Reselling is becoming exhausting. It feels like it’s constantly something & once you get a LITTLE bit ahead, they pull the rug out from under you
It remains to be seen how heavily Poshmark will enforce this new policy, but if it does impact sellers who cross list to other marketplaces, there will likely be swift and vocal backlash that could rival the outcry over changes to their fee structure last year.
What do you think of Poshmark's new Excessive Listing Removal Policy? Let us know in the comments below!
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