Field guides for the secondhand hunt

How to search, compare and win across the six big thrift marketplaces.

Practical, no-fluff guides to hunting secondhand across Depop, Poshmark, Vinted, eBay, Mercari and ThredUp — written by the team building ThriftX, the app that searches all six at once.

• How to search all the thrift apps at once

  Six marketplaces, one hunt — the manual way and the fast way.

• Vinted vs Poshmark vs Depop: which is better for buyers?

  Prices, fees, buyer protection and safety, compared honestly — and why serious hunts search all three.

• The best thrift shopping apps in 2026, compared honestly

  Six big secondhand marketplaces and the search apps on top — what each one is genuinely best at, with no ranking games.

• How to actually find grails secondhand: search-term craft

  Vocabulary beats luck — the search craft of serious secondhand hunters.

• ThriftX vs Gem: which secondhand search app fits your hunt?

  Gem casts the widest net; ThriftX goes deep on six apps and checks the photos. An honest head-to-head.

• Apps like Gem: the best Gem alternatives for secondhand search

  ThriftX, Beni, Phia and the marketplaces' own saved searches — what each one is actually for.