In an effort to maintain a vibrant, fresh marketplace for buyers and sellers alike, Poshmark has announced an important policy change regarding listing removals and relisting activities, effective May 1, 2025, “Poshmark Excessive Listing Removal Policy”.
These updates aim to ensure that buyers have an authentic, engaging shopping experience without seeing the same items repeatedly recycled in search results.
If you crosslist or manage large amounts of inventory on Poshmark, it’s crucial to understand exactly what this new policy covers—and how to adjust your listing practices to stay compliant.
Here’s a breakdown of the changes and what they mean for resellers:
What Is the New Excessive Listing Removal Policy?
Poshmark’s new policy targets excessive removal and relisting of the same or similar items. While refreshing your listings is still allowed—and even encouraged in some cases—doing so too frequently, especially in a way that manipulates search visibility, is no longer permitted.
According to Poshmark, the following actions are now considered abusive and are not allowed:
- Repeatedly removing and/or relisting the same or similar items, especially within short periods.
- Mass removal of listings (whether manually or through automation tools).
- Any action designed to circumvent marketplace policies to gain unfair advantages in search or visibility.
In Poshmark’s words, excessive relisting disrupts discoverability, derails prospective sales and frustrates the Poshmark Community.
What Is Still Allowed?
Poshmark makes it clear that thoughtful closet management is still encouraged. Here’s what sellers are allowed—and even recommended—to do:
- Refresh listings that are 60+ days old.
You can refresh older listings to keep your closet vibrant and relevant. Listings that have sat unsold for a long time can still be updated or copied as needed. - Improve listings when refreshing.
Poshmark encourages sellers to update photos, revise titles and descriptions, and use tools like Poshmark SmartList AI to enhance listings before reposting. - Use Price Drop and Send Offers to Likers.
These in-app Poshmark features are ideal for boosting visibility without needing to remove and recreate listings. - Remove listings for legitimate reasons.
You can delete listings when an item sells elsewhere, becomes damaged, or is no longer available. - Use the Copy Listing feature properly.
Poshmark’s Copy Listing function remains available to create a refreshed version of a listing, but it’s intended for use after 60 days—or for creating similar listings with thoughtful updates.
Why Poshmark Made This Change
Poshmark’s update directly addresses this by encouraging sellers to focus on authentic discovery instead of mass listing manipulation.
The new policy reflects the platform’s long-term vision: a marketplace where freshness and listing quality are rewarded over quantity and automation shortcuts.
What Happens If You Violate the New Policy?
Sellers who engage in excessive listing removal and relisting behaviors may face the following consequences:
- Automated warnings.
Sellers suspected of excessive activity will first receive warnings. - Temporary restrictions.
Continuing the behavior after a warning may result in being temporarily unable to create new listings. - Permanent limitations.
In severe or repeated cases, accounts may face permanent selling restrictions on Poshmark.
Key Takeaways for Sellers
- You can still refresh or update your closet, but only thoughtfully and at appropriate intervals.
- Focus on optimizing existing listings—update titles, descriptions, keywords, and photos—before relisting.
- Avoid automated tools that mass relist listings without meaningful changes or in short cycles.
- Use marketplace-approved features like Copy Listing (after 60 days), Price Drops, and Offers to Likers to gain or maintain visibility.
By keeping these guidelines in mind, you’ll help maintain a fair and vibrant marketplace—and continue to grow your Poshmark business sustainably.
Final Thoughts
Poshmark’s new Excessive Listing Removal Policy is a shift toward quality over quantity in listing management.
Sellers who adapt by thoughtfully improving their inventory and working within these guidelines will be better positioned for long-term success on the platform.
If you’re managing listings across multiple platforms and looking for ways to refresh your inventory safely, be sure you’re using tools that support optimization, not just automation.
Smart crosslisting and real listing updates—not just reposting the same content—will be the key to staying visible and thriving under these new policies.
Stay tuned—we’ll be sharing more tips soon on how to refresh your listings the right way without risking your account.
