# Sneakers

## Sneaker secondary market (Fees, pros/cons)

Choose the right secondary market to sell your sneakers.&#x20;

### **Pros & Cons**

**Laced** Pros: Payout is usually the highest. Cons: Sales can be slow & fees are higher than other services. Intense inspection process.&#x20;

**Alias** Pros: You can sell shoes with damaged boxes & they feature fast payouts. Cons: One of the lowest payout services.&#x20;

**Stock X** Pros: Most known & reputable service people use, expect faster sales. Cons: High fees for accounts under level 3.&#x20;

**EBay** Pros: Lowest fees out of all services, next-day payouts for eligible accounts & high customer reach. Cons: Prepare your own shipping and you need to build up a reputation to get good sales.&#x20;

### **Fees**

**Laced** fees are 12% + a 3% payment processing fee. <https://www.laced.co.uk/pages/terms-and-conditions>&#x20;

**Alias** The commission fee is 9.5% + seller fee for a seller in good standing. The commission fee can increase to 15% + seller fee and a maximum of 25% + seller fee depending on the number of seller cancellations and verification issues. The commission fee will be deducted from the seller’s listing price. [https://www.alias.org/faq#:\~:text=What%20are%20the%20commission%20fees,a%20seller%20in%20good%20standing](https://www.alias.org/faq).&#x20;

**Stock x** For every transaction that occurs there is a 3% payment processing fee. StockX also charges a Transaction Fee that depends on your seller level. Everyone starts at Level 1 which has a 9.5% Transaction Fee. Here are the different seller levels: \* Seller Level 2: Need to have sold three items. Transaction Fee: 9% \* Seller Level 3: Sold 30 items or £10,000 in sales. Transaction Fee: 8.5% \* Seller Level 4: Sold 100 items or £25,000 in sales. Transaction Fee: 8% The Seller Levels do not apply to bags or watches. The Transaction Fee for bags is 14.5% and 9.9% for watches. Keep in mind there is still the Payment Processing Fee. <https://stockx.com/news/en-gb/all-in-pricing-for-uk-sellers/>&#x20;

**eBay** Until 17 February 2023, items listed in the Men's Trainers category (Clothes, Shoes & Accessories > Men > Men's Shoes > Trainers) and Women's Trainers category (Clothes, Shoes & Accessories > Women > Women's Shoes > Trainers) qualify for a promotional final value fee of 5% + 30p when the selling price (per item) is £100 or more (excluding postage, and any other additional fees or taxes). <https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/fees-private-sellers?id=4822>

## Bots VS websites tier list&#x20;

🟢 Manual purchasing is possible.

🟠 Bots will be doing damage, but manual is still possible.

🔴 You will have a tiny chance of securing manual, bots will win.

&#x20;🟢Nike/SNKRS: These few-minute draws will be fine for manual users, especially if you can enter with multiple accounts.

🟢ASOS: Manual purchasing is relatively easy assuming you are ready in advance for the drop.

🟢Adidas/Confirmed: These draws will be fine for users and you will have plenty of enough time to enter with multiple accounts.

🟢Route One: Win rates of raffle draws are high when manual users enter multiple times.

🟢Slam-jam: Same principle as Route One, raffle entries can have a high chance of winning when entered multiple times.

🟢Jd Raffles: Payment holds can be long, but win rates are high due to high stock raffle releases.

🟢Offspring: Stock drops are usually drip fed, easier to add to a cart for manual users but take time.

🟠Size Launches: Win rates are low, prioritizes Size + members.

🟠Footpatrol launches: Win rates are low, heavily botted entries but feature great stock levels.

🔴End raffles: Extremely botted entries due to no payment required, win rate is almost impossible manually.

🔴 Foot locker: No bot protection, no chance of manual purchasing.

🔴Kith: No bot protection, most purchases are pre-loaned.

🔴Jd website: Actual JD.sneaker drops are heavily botted and nearly impossible to purchase manually.

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