Rid
Sell with a Text
197 followers
Sell with a Text
197 followers
We make selling easier than buying. Just send us photos. We handle the rest. We research your product, find markets for them, negotiate with buyers, answer questions, and handle delivery/pickup.
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@vminvsky55 love the URL!
I had this question too:
Can you provide a min-max range for the commission you collect?
@vminvsky55 also, when I click the "Get rid of something" button, a new message pops up with this text:
What does that mean?
@chrismessina That's the number that you text to sell something. Just send a photo of what you want to sell and then we'll sell it for you. Was it surprising when iMessage popped open?
@vminvsky55 that the pre-filled text read "Sell me my" which is nonsensical.
@chrismessina Hi Chris! Great question. We are still figuring out exactly the commission rates. For now we're thinking that if it's with delivery (we pick it up in addition to finding a buyer) it will be around 30%. If we don't do delivery than maybe around 10%. That being said, it will also likely depend on the price of an item -- crazy to take 30% on higher ticket items. If you message #PH2025 we'll only take our costs :).
congrats team for the launch! is it like an end to end service for merchat or they can use some tools themselves?
Congrats team on the launch! This is an awesome idea - selling things online is so painful, so there's a huge market for this product.
Just a heads up - the "Sell" and "Get Rid of something" buttons don't work on my Windows laptop because it can't handle the imessage scheme. Maybe you could catch that error and show alternative instructions instead?
@k_kelleher Thanks! Should work now.
@benediktstroebl The description is pretty brief, is this AI handling the research and negotiations, or do you have a human team doing the actual selling? Also, do sellers get to choose which platforms you list on or is that all automated behind the scenes?
This is downright brilliant—just text a photo, and Rid does all the heavy lifting? From researching your item to finding buyers and even arranging the pickup, it streamlines every frustrating step. Especially great for busy folks who have things to sell but never get around to listing them. Loving the YC backing, too!
Rid.me makes selling old stuff as easy as texting a friend snap a pic, send the text, and they do the rest.
I love the "back to basic but make it the best in the niche" concept. Way to go post-genAI for everything