
A way for frugal parents to “swap” their children’s gently used clothing. Are you like me? Did you save all the useable clothing from your first child in hopes of using it for your second? Of course your second child was the opposite sex, born at a different time of year, or 2 pounds heavier! Did your child have a growth spurt and never get to wear the 9 month clothing you bought? Now you have a closet full of clothing you cannot use. Why not send it to me and swap it for clothing you can use. It is that easy! For every item of clothing you send in you can swap it for an item of clothing you need. We accept onesies, tops, bottoms, and rompers size 3 month to 5T.
I am a mom of two young children. My daughter was born in 2007 and my son in 2010. Pre children I was a civil engineer with 15+ years of experience. Once I had my babies I knew I needed to stay home and raise them. In order to afford to stay home my husband and I made many drastic changes.
We moved cross country to a wonderful family friendly place where we could afford to live as a one income family. I, in my new role of family manager began clipping coupons, shopping resale, cooking dinners, and packing lunches. It was when I was using consignment to sell my childrens clothes and buy clothing we could use, I realized there had to be a better way. I was only getting 50% or so of the value of the clothes I was selling and turning around and paying for the clothes I was buying.
Why couldn’t I just swap my 2T girl clothing for 3month boy clothing I needed. Of course I could go to a swap meet, but I never had one near my home at a convenient time. There are also folks selling bags of clothing on craigslist, or boxes of clothing on the internet, but I never needed everything that was in the box or bag. I wanted to specify what I needed. So hippola.com was created!!