Boston is home to some great shopping locations. Take for example Newbury St., the Copley/Prudential shopping plazas and Downtown Crossing. Store after store lined up in one big fashion paradise.
Getting there however can sometimes be a pain. There is rarely any available parking, and public transit can get annoying as you watch your charlie card balance diminish. Also, don’t forget about having to lug all your fashion fabulous purchases home and the crowded train!
Cue online shopping stat! And even better, how about a website where you can not only purchase clothing, but also sell your no longer wanted fashion items that you collected while cleaning out your closet. Their market place also contains overstock from various fashion companies! If this sounds intriguing then Smashion is the website for you.
Smashion is a Boston based website that provides not only outlets for buying and selling, but an interactive fashion community as well. The best part is Smashion is free! There are no membership fees, and Smashion takes no percentage cut from anything you sell via the website; both revolutionary ideas compared to other sites such as Craigslist and EBay.
Second Time Around, another prominent Boston location for selling second hand items, only allows for you to receive 40% of the final selling price.
The marketplace is only one of the tabs that Smashion offers on their site. They also feature daily blog articles discussing the season’s latest trends, fashion tips, and outfit inspirations. There’s a photo gallery where members can post pictures of themselves in their favorite looks, and there are discussion boards for users to ask and answer fashion related questions or inspire debate.
So if it’s another blistering Boston summer day and you can’t stand the thought of shopping in the heat, head online to Smashion instead!
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