Close5 Review–Online Local Selling Made Easy


I am so excited to share a fun new company with you all today, especially because it has to do with getting a good deal and it’s FREE!! I was introduced to about a month ago and I am really loving this service. It is basically like a neighborhood garage sell on your phone. How cool is that?

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The Close5 motto is “List it easily. Sell it safer.” They describe themselves as a new way to buy & sell locally with safety top of mind. I totally agree with that description! I have been going to early morning garage sells for years, and I used to use Craigs list, but to be honest I dealt with some really shady characters on Craigs list and it made me more than a little nervous when I went to pick up items. After one particular scary encounter I stopped using Craigs list all together. Around that same time, I found some local Facebook yard sell groups and started shopping and selling on them regularly. I have to say that the local Facebook groups have been fun, but there are a lot of times that I can’t keep up with everything people list because there is not a good way to organize everything. Also, quality items are far and few between and they go super-fast.  You have to be glued to your computer all day long to get the best deals and best items.
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I feel like Close5 has really merged all of the best parts of online garage selling and buying and eliminated all of the annoying and negative parts to make an app that really works for everyone! (PS Close5 is only available in San Francisco & Bay Area, San Diego and Las Vegas currently, but they are expanding quickly!)


Like I say earlier, the app is FREE to download on your iPhone or Android and it takes about two minutes to set up your account and user name. Once you have your account set up you are ready to go.  Just take some pictures of the items you want to sell, add a description and price, and wait for someone to message you an offer. That is it!

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So the real question is does it work? Yes!  My friend sold a big ticket item in three days on Close5!  I have been listing more and more items as I sort through our house and purge.  I can’t wait for all of teh messages to start coming in!  One of the best features of this app is that you can search by category or area or both for items you are looking for. This makes buying a breeze, but it also helps when you are selling a specific item so those searching for it can easily find your listing.


There really is nothing to lose by giving the Close5 app a try, except maybe a few old items you have cluttering up your house and garage. 😉 I have the widget on my sidebar right now with everything I have listed so check it out and message me on Close5 if you see something you want.

Let me know what you think of this new app and when you download it I want to hear how things go.  Also, stay tuned for a big giveaway courtesy of Close5 soon!!

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This post is sponsored by Close5, but all opinions are my own and 100% honest.  

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  1. i am new to selling online and was looking to sell a purse on close5. I saw an add on tv and decided to try it. It was easy, I posted pictures of my purse and immediately got comments, nasty bully-ish comments about the authenticity of my bag from sellers of fake designer bags. I pulled my item out and figured it was not the site to sell gently used designer bags and contacted other companies. I was hoping to get into a community of buyers and sellers but got bullied instead by folks in my “neighborhood”. I’m sure the site is good for other items.

  2. Diana chou says:

    Pls do not use close 5 to sell! Buyers are all liers and harassing seller!!! Some kind of scam! I try to report to close 5 support but they did not care!!!

    • Latanya Stiner says:

      ***DON’T DO IT! DO NOT USE THIS APP! THE PEOPLE ON HERE ARE NOT TRUSTWORTHY AND MISREPRESENT THEIR ITEMS! I PAID $250 FOR MY 6MONTH OLD SONS CRIB BEDDING AND THEY WERE ALL PISSED STAINED! THAN THE SELLER WOULDN’T RETURN ANY OF MY PHONE CALLS OR TEXT MESSAGES! NOW MY SON HAS ABSOLUTELY NO CRIB BEDDING AND I HAD TO DIP INTO HIS PIGGY BANK FOR THAT MONEY! HOW CAN ANYONE DO THAT TO A CHILD!


    • I agree. I was offered $900 for a toy I had posted for $25. I think it’s a scam to get into your house and steal!! Or worse!! Beware!

    • I have posted several items (like 10 items) and have sold one item in the last year. I find that buyers never follow through on their bids once the offer is accepted. I am wondering if the buyers are real people. It’s pretty frustrating.

  3. I have been selling on close5 but now I try to open site and it does not open
    what can I do? I have things on there for sale and I had some pending sales


  4. Out of 25 “New or Like New Item” listings, my first sale was the only true sale I had on Close5. I received many, many offers for my listings, but the offers received were not “reasonable” offers at all for the items listed. The buyers wanted everything for almost nothing. 3 different times with 3 different buyers, I had accepted their offers, then nothing happened after that, nothing!! I removed all my listings as of the 3rd no show and will never use Close5 again! This was a complete joke and waste of my time and efforts..

  5. Glenda Alexander says:

    Location for hernando,ms

    • Latanya Stiner says:

      ***DON’T DO IT! DO NOT USE THIS APP! THE PEOPLE ON HERE ARE NOT TRUSTWORTHY AND MISREPRESENT THEIR ITEMS! I PAID $250 FOR MY 6MONTH OLD SONS CRIB BEDDING AND THEY WERE ALL PISSED STAINED! THAN THE SELLER WOULDN’T RETURN ANY OF MY PHONE CALLS OR TEXT MESSAGES! NOW MY SON HAS ABSOLUTELY NO CRIB BEDDING AND I HAD TO DIP INTO HIS PIGGY BANK FOR THAT MONEY! HOW CAN ANYONE DO THAT TO A CHILD!


  6. I need to contact them and they make that impossible ! My items went onto my Facebook which was unacceptable I wanted a private place not public to my personal friends

  7. Tried a while, nothing success. Did not sell anything.

  8. Latanya Stiner says:

    ***DON’T DO IT! DO NOT USE THIS APP! THE PEOPLE ON HERE ARE NOT TRUSTWORTHY AND MISREPRESENT THEIR ITEMS! I PAID $250 FOR MY 6MONTH OLD SONS CRIB BEDDING AND THEY WERE ALL PISSED STAINED! THAN THE SELLER WOULDN’T RETURN ANY OF MY PHONE CALLS OR TEXT MESSAGES! NOW MY SON HAS ABSOLUTELY NO CRIB BEDDING AND I HAD TO DIP INTO HIS PIGGY BANK FOR THAT MONEY! HOW CAN ANYONE DO THAT TO A CHILD!

  9. Latanya Stiner says:


    Watch out for “Laura” in the Santa Clarita area!
    ***DON’T DO IT! DO NOT USE THIS APP! THE PEOPLE ON HERE ARE NOT TRUSTWORTHY AND MISREPRESENT THEIR ITEMS! I PAID $250 FOR MY 6MONTH OLD SONS CRIB BEDDING AND THEY WERE ALL PISSED STAINED! THAN THE SELLER WOULDN’T RETURN ANY OF MY PHONE CALLS OR TEXT MESSAGES! NOW MY SON HAS ABSOLUTELY NO CRIB BEDDING AND I HAD TO DIP INTO HIS PIGGY BANK FOR THAT MONEY! HOW CAN ANYONE DO THAT TO A CHILD!

  10. yep nothing but scammers or want it for ,1/2 -price. not good sold nothing on here from antique hope chest, wedding gowns, gowns. Only had a scammer respond, but was smart enough to give fake name and addres. I like to play with these people a little bit just like the government Grant scammers I like to call back and let them know what they r several times.

  11. Fly Toni says:

    I sold two items for the first 24 hours of posting. Exchange of good and cash is a breeze. I was honest to tell buyers the flaws of the good for the money they are paying for. They accepted the item as is and closed the deal.
    I have other listings to which I am sure will not sell as fast as the first two, sometimes it could be frustrating to see the number of views but no offer. Or offering way too low … but that is something you should not be offended. People are not buying from store, expect to get a cheap offer. The idea is to get a good find and a cheap price for a good deal.

  12. william says:


    I don’t recommend this site due to the people being untrustworthy. This site was a waste of my time.

  13. Lori Okeefe says:

    Absolutely horrible app! First time user..not really user friendly at all. It appears to be but them when you try and do anything it seems to lock up or fail to let you do anything. I missed out so far on several offers due to this horrible app! It even did not show me all the items I have for sale after posting them! I’m going to stick with offer up and Craigslist!

  14. Lori Okeefe says:

    Absolutely horrible app! First time user..not really user friendly at all. It appears to be but then when you try and do anything it seems to lock up or fail to let you do anything. I missed out so far on several offers due to this horrible app! It even did not show me all the items I have for sale after posting them! It even put items of mine for sale in the buyers section like I’m bidding on my own items for sale. I tried to check my Notification Center and it work let me check anything. It just keeps circling around not letting me in to check it, I’ve wasted way to much time on this app! At first I thought it would be great and it was easy then it went south from there and is not user friendly at all. Won’t post here again!
    I’m going to stick with offer up and Craigslist!

  15. Gloria PoyserLyons says:

    I bid on some Items but cannotreach the seller for arrangements to pick up,when I return to the page the I gems are taken down.pls tell me how to contact th

  16. Like the app the new update is awful can delete old messengers getting info from people who are just borrowing the sent button to close to keyboard

  17. Second comment try to stay faithful but new update didn’t let me edit an Item so had no choice had letgo

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