Shop Goodwill Online

If you're a thrift store shopper, you've probably made a few visits to your local Goodwill store, but you might not have known that you can also shop online from the comfort of your couch...

ShopGoodwill.com is an auction website owned and operated by Goodwill Industries. The site pulls from a national inventory of used items, and it operates like eBay, except that all proceeds go to Goodwill's education, training, and job placement programs.

Buyers bid on loot, and the highest bidder "wins." You can search merchandise by category, price range, and auction end date, among other things. Like eBay, Goodwill has reserve prices, the minimum amount the seller will accept.

The inventory is a little more well-edited than an average Goodwill shop, and prices can run a little higher, but you'll still find steals compared to commercial auction sites. Find more information right here.

Thanks to Heather for tipping us off to the Goodwill online shop!

Photo: kylesteed licensed under Creative Commons

Comments (11)

I know that building! Gotta love thrift store row aka Forest Park Avenue. :)

posted by STLcolleen on October 23rd 2009 at 2:53pm
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Heh- I recognized it immediately too. I used to live behind the cathedral so this was a monthly stop :-)

posted by rehtse534 on October 23rd 2009 at 3:07pm
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Love that site! That's how I got my dining room pendant.

posted by kannenberg on October 23rd 2009 at 3:08pm
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For years and years Goodwill and Salvation Army have employed "pickers", who have always taken out what they think are the most valuable things. They would then sell them to choice business's who would pay more money for them then the individuals who shopped there.
This is no surprise that they have now joined the online auction game.
It is getting harder and harder to find anything good at thrift stores......
no more sets of original fiesta on the dirt cheap....
Hall vases, Stangle, Roseville ...
good for them.....but sad for us collectors.

posted by zoee on October 23rd 2009 at 3:43pm
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you just spilled the beans on one of the internet's best kept secrets.

posted by Amandica on October 23rd 2009 at 3:50pm
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@Amandica: Heh. Had the very same thought with the addition of an expletive or two : )

posted by reginamonster on October 23rd 2009 at 3:59pm
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agreed with the two posters above me.

The beans are now spilled.

posted by Ana on October 23rd 2009 at 4:06pm
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God, I hope no one reads this post... You guys have potentially killed a gold mine...

posted by modtramp on October 23rd 2009 at 4:07pm
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File this under "who knew??" I certainly did not!

LOVE going to the Goodwill stores. Thanks for providing info on this great site.

I disagree with those who think this ruins it for the retail shopper/seeker, though. There is still LOTS of good stuff at the Goodwill and Salvation Army stores in my area, plus miscellaneous thrift shops, plus tag sales and those heart-stopping curbside finds. Plenty to go around, I say!

posted by mirandabee on October 23rd 2009 at 4:21pm
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Amandica, that's what I was thinking . . . "you've exposed my secret!"

posted by mary pat on October 24th 2009 at 7:37am
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i didn't know about this...but after look through it, i still think i prefer real thrift store shopping. i just feel like i'm on eBay here. i do agree that some thrift stores have turned to boring overpriced garbage stores. the other day i saw a plain green wine bottle, with part of the label still glued on, selling for $14!!! are you serious?? at a thrift store? anywhere?

still, i love the feeling that i've gotten a treasure for very little money. that site took all the fun out of it...you just gotta know where to look. :)

posted by nikki moore - photography and vintage treasures on October 26th 2009 at 1:36pm
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