# ThredUp

> ThredUp is one of the world's largest online resale platforms for secondhand women's and children's apparel, shoes and accessories. Founded in 2009, the Oakland-based company combines automated distribution centers, a managed marketplace, and a 'Resale-as-a-Service' (RaaS) platform that powers branded resale programs for major retailers. It went public on Nasdaq in 2021 under ticker TDUP and frames its mission around extending the life of clothing to reduce fashion's environmental footprint.

- **Founded:** 2009
- **Headquarters:** Oakland, California, United States
- **Founders:** James Reinhart (Co-founder & CEO), Chris Homer (Co-founder & CTO), Oliver Lubin (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~1,700 employees
- **Products:** ThredUp Marketplace, Clean Out Kit, Resale-as-a-Service (RaaS), AI discovery tools
- **Notable:** Grew from a men's dress-shirt swapping idea into the world's largest online resale platform for apparel., Listed on Nasdaq under ticker TDUP in March 2021., Built highly automated distribution centers that inspect, photograph, price and list used clothing at scale.

## Products & services

- **ThredUp Marketplace** — Online marketplace for secondhand women's and kids' apparel, shoes and accessories spanning 35,000+ brands from value to luxury.
- **Clean Out Kit** — Prepaid bag that lets sellers mail in unwanted clothing; ThredUp inspects, photographs, prices and lists qualifying items.
- **Resale-as-a-Service (RaaS)** — White-label resale infrastructure that powers branded secondhand programs for retailers like adidas, Madewell, Crocs and Vera Bradley.
- **AI discovery tools** — Image search, style chat and automated pricing/authentication tools that make secondhand inventory easier to search and trust.

## Achievements

- Grew from a men's dress-shirt swapping idea into the world's largest online resale platform for apparel.
- Listed on Nasdaq under ticker TDUP in March 2021.
- Built highly automated distribution centers that inspect, photograph, price and list used clothing at scale.
- Publishes the influential annual Resale Report, now in its 14th edition, widely cited as an industry benchmark.
- Lists roughly 45,000 new secondhand items per day across 35,000+ brands.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Released its 14th annual Resale Report, sizing the global secondhand market at roughly $393B and highlighting AI-driven discovery and structural competition.
- **2025-11** — Reported Q3 2025 revenue of $82.2M, up ~33.6% year over year, with about 1.57M active buyers; raised full-year guidance.
- **2025** — Rolled out AI shopping tools including image search and a ChatGPT-style style chat to improve secondhand discovery.

## Links

- Website: https://thredup.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/thredup
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/thredup
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thredUP
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thredup/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/thredup
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thredup

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Last updated: 2026-06-01