Sneakers

How to sell sneakers on Metzee

Size, condition and completeness decide the price. The camera is how you prove all three.

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Buying sneakers in a live auction

What to ask the seller to show you, and what a refusal to show it means.

Pricing sneakers for a live auction

Start low, let the size run find the buyer, and use a reserve rather than a high opening price.

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Packing and posting sneakers

The shoe box is not the shipping box. That one mistake accounts for most sneaker damage in transit.

How sneaker condition is described

Deadstock, VNDS, and the honest middle. What each term commits you to.

What are your sneakers worth?

Size and condition do most of it. The same shoe in two sizes is two different prices.

Photographing sneakers for a listing

The sole, the size tag and the toe box. Everything else is decoration.

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Delivering sneakers: courier, local or collection

Light, boxed and robust — the easiest category on the site to post, with one exception.

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Questions to ask before bidding on sneakers

Four questions, and the one where a vague answer should cost the seller your bid.

How sneaker condition is described

No scale, three words, and a number out of ten that means nothing.

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Getting the size right when buying sneakers

The number on the tag depends on which region printed it. The insole does not.

Storing and caring for sneakers

Midsoles yellow in light and glue fails in heat. Sealed plastic makes both worse.

Starting a sneaker collection

Buy pairs you will wear, in your size, until you can read a sole at a glance.

Common mistakes selling sneakers

Posting a deadstock pair in their own box is the expensive one. Hiding the sole is the slow one.

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How to spot fake sneakers

Metzee does not authenticate. What to ask a seller to show you, and what it means when they will not.