This is Why You Shouldn’t Pay Resell Too Early

May. 15, 2020

2 min read

Do not buy resell prior to a drop, or the same weekend of release. Ever. That is my #1 rule and it will not fail you. Especially right now with all the restocks and uncertainty in the market.

I sent this message to a few members but here it is for everyone:

To put it simply, the market is dictated by who has pairs in hand. The fewer people with pairs in hand to ship, the higher the price. So buying early means you are paying a premium to buy from someone who has a connect to get a pair early and sell it early.

Once all pairs have shipped and are available to sell the price always goes down. Usually the best time to buy is about a week after release. But because of COVID, shipping is taking even longer and now the best time to buy tends to be 2 weeks post-release.

I have not once in the past 2 years seen a shoes price be the cheapest before release. It’s like the stock market, you have to time it right. There will be exceptions to this rule like Strangelove Dunks but they will be rare so please be patient.

The last time I broke this rule was the OW Jordan 5. I thought it was so exclusive because of Chicago only + SNKRS so I paid $1000 USD. I even ignored my own advice to @JLP to NOT buy lol. The chart below shows pricing. Pre-release, $1500, release weekend $1000, dips to $750, rises to $900 and at one point hits as low as $680. If I hate waited 6 weeks I would have saved $320 USD. Knowing my self I would have copped at $750 which still saves me $250.

With all this said, I have made a new channel called #marketcheck in Slack. If you like analyzing the market trends and helping members save money, join it! If you have questions about if you should buy resell yet or when, join the channel! I know I enjoy projecting and pricing the market so I’ll dive in there on the reg.

Sole Savy is unreal! With a busy schedule it’s hard to keep up on shoes, and the group keeps me up to date on releases, tips on how to manually cop, and a marketplace with killer deals from fellow like minded collectors. It’s changed the sneaker game for me!

@SoleSavy is the truth. They've helped me cop kicks I never would've imagined getting at retail. Members always willing to assist on drops too. And most of all, a REAL community of REAL sneakerheads. These guys should be the gold standard for sneaker communities! #LifetimeMember

My membership paid for itself three fold by being solely responsible for my union 4’s, mesh sacai waffles, sacai blazers, court purple aj1s, glow in the dark yeezy 350s, travis scott lows (which I traded to get desert ore ow’s), air max 1 londons, bc3’s for way under retail etc.

Can't say enough about SS. The stellar help with copping shoes is a given but it's the community that makes it extra special. Hands down one of the best decisions I made as a wannabe sneakerhead.

The community of sneakerheads and resources available to help manually cop are great and really will help you get more Ws. The Zoom calls for hyped drops like Union Jordan 4 only adds to the camaraderie while providing real time instruction

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This is Why You Shouldn’t Pay Resell Too Early

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