You have a bag you no longer carry and you want the money out of it. Finding someone who wants it is the easy part. The hard part is picking the route. Each one has costs, timing and risks worth comparing. Here are the four, with the figures each company publishes and the terms worth confirming before you choose.
The sources were checked on 9 October 2026. They include Spanish and English pages. These are advertised terms, not net offers for your bag. Two shops with the same commission can price the same piece very differently.
Route 1. Marketplace
You list, you sell, you deal with the buyer. On Mercado Libre you upload photos, set a price and pick one of three listing types, Gratuita, Clásica or Premium. Per its fees page, the Clásica fee runs from 8% to 16% of the sale value. Premium runs from 12.5% to 20.5%. The exact percentage depends on the category. Use Mercado Libre’s cost simulator to estimate category fees, shipping and taxes before you set a price, not after you sell. If you have no idea what to ask, used Louis Vuitton prices in Mexico by line is a starting point.
The risk is that the buyer works on you, not on the shop. Mercado Pago’s own blog says it plainly. Distrust buyers who reach you through unofficial channels and propose paying outside the platform where you listed. Check that the money landed in your account, not a screenshot. The same company says it has a mediation process that can back the seller against reversed charges or unjustified disputes. It does not promise to cover every dispute. The full rules of its seller protection program could not be read for this guide. Read them yourself before listing, especially what counts as proof of delivery.
And the “is it real?” questions land on you. If you plan to answer with the card or the dust bag, read which documents prove anything and which prove nothing first.
Route 2. Consignment
You hand over the bag, the shop sells it, keeps a commission and pays you afterwards. It is the route with the most fine print.
Vintalia
- Published commission: 15% of the sale
- Term: returned if unsold after one month
- Published payout: not stated on the page checked
Luxury Market México
- Published commission: 25% if the sale price is MXN 1 to 25,000; 20% from MXN 25,001
- Term: not stated on the page checked
- Published payout: when it sells
Troquer
- Published commission: published example: at MXN 28,000, 70% to you
- Term: not stated on the page checked
- Published payout: not stated on the page checked
Prevera
- Published commission: 20% of the final price, only if it sells
- Term: 60 days
- Published payout: 7 to 10 business days after the sale closes and the buyer pays, per its selling page
Shopsell
- Published commission: not stated on the page checked
- Term: two months minimum
- Published payout: 5 business days after they notify you of the sale
Three notes on those terms. The cut at Luxury Market is triggered by sale price, not appraisal. Under its published rule, a bag sold at 25,000 pesos pays 6,250 in commission and one sold at 25,001 pays 5,000. Ask which tier yours falls in before you agree a price. Troquer publishes its tier table as an image, and only the 28,000 example was readable. And Shopsell does not publish a commission on its selling page. Get it in writing.
The cost is not always in the commission. Shopsell charges a 1,000 peso penalty if you pull the piece before two months, and asks your permission before discounting after that. Prevera consigns for 60 days, returns the piece if it does not sell, and if authentication fails, the authentication and return shipping costs are on you, under conditions you accept up front. Its selling page says payment comes 7 to 10 business days after a completed sale and confirmed payment. We could not verify the full text of its terms. Ask which payment period the written agreement uses. That is one published example, not the rule everywhere. But it is the question to ask any shop. If you reject my bag, who pays?
Route 3. Direct buyout
In a direct purchase, the shop makes you an offer for the piece and takes on reselling it. Compare the written offer and its payout date against an estimated net return from consignment. The cited pages give no fixed difference.
Vintalia advertises immediate payment for designer bags, with Hermès, Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Gucci on the list, without publishing an outright-purchase formula. Prevera says it can propose a direct purchase if you would rather not consign, subject to demand, condition, provenance and selection. No formula, no payment term published. Get the offer in writing and compare it with a net consignment scenario, which depends on the eventual sale price.
US references help calibrate what “immediate” means. These are US firms, timing references only, not verified selling routes from Mexico. Rebag explicitly requires a US address. FASHIONPHILE quotes online in 7 to 10 business days and estimates payment 2 to 4 days after it receives and authenticates the piece. What Goes Around Comes Around buys outright and figures about three weeks from acceptance to payment. Rebag estimates 2 to 3 weeks of processing, then about 40 business days to credit the balance to your Rebag account. Moving it to your bank takes a further request and more time. If a shop in Mexico tells you “immediate payment”, ask for the exact date and what happens if inspection changes the offer.
Route 4. Private sale
You agree price, delivery and payment directly with the buyer. Compare the net and document the terms. The safeguards depend on the channel and on how you verify payment.
The municipal Cyber Police of Chihuahua describe the pattern used against sellers. A supposed buyer sends you an edited or fake deposit receipt and asks you to hand over the piece or let a third party collect it. Confirm with your bank that the funds are available before you hand anything over. A screenshot is not a payment.
Three rules if you go this way. Do not hand over the piece until your bank confirms that the funds are available. Nobody collects on the buyer’s behalf. And the whole conversation stays in one channel. Distrust anyone who tries to move you off it.
What a consignment contract should say
Prevera’s and Shopsell’s pages show that the rules change from one shop to the next. Ask for these six things in writing, dated:
- Duration, and the date they return the piece if it does not sell.
- Exact commission per tier and what it is calculated on.
- Payment date and what triggers it. “When it sells” can mean the day the buyer pays or weeks later.
- Who can lower the price and whether they need your permission.
- Transport, insurance and who carries loss or damage while they hold it.
- Who pays the external examination and the return shipping if they reject it.
If a shop will not put it in writing, that is your answer.
If you want to talk to Kove
If you want to contact Kove, start at /vender/. The separate /verificacion/ page describes the external-lab service and its cost; this guide does not compare Kove’s commercial selling terms. Kove passes on the lab’s result when there is one, as it explains on /autenticidad/. It does not issue authentication opinions of its own.