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Amazon, eBay and Craigslist make selling a hassle with individual auctions and meetups, but there are other sites that will streamline selling your used items. So, what’s in your junk pile?

Women’s Clothing

Plato’s Closet is a great standby for selling gently used clothes, but what if yours are worth more than $6 or $8 an item?

Try thredUP, an online consignment store for higher-end brands

(think Banana Republic and Lucky Jeans). Go to thredup.com and order a cleanout bag, stuff it with your clutter clothes, ship with the included label and watch them sell.

If you can’t get cash for some of your more worn clothes, drop them off at your local H&M. They accept used clothes to recycle into new textiles as part of their sustainability initiative. Donators get a 15 percent off coupon to the store (which is sort of like money, no?).

Electronics

The old phone collecting dust in your desk drawer is a wad of money in disguise. Sell it to gazelle.com, nextworth.com or yourenew.com. (We were quoted $95, $110 and $120 respectively for a 16GB iPhone 5S.) They buy laptops, tablets, game systems and more, too. Whatever you do, don’t throw old electronics away. The environment and your wallet will thank you.

Books, CDs and DVDs

Gently used books are welcomed at powells.com, where sellers enter the ISBN numbers of the books they wish to sell for an instant quote. If you like the number you see, Powell’s will cover the shipping cost to send them in. You can get cash or store credit. secondspin.com will buy your CDs and DVDs for anywhere from 10 cents to $7 or $8 dollars, and they reimburse if you ship through USPS.

Kids’ Clothing

Totspot is a new app for parents to sell used children’s and infants’ clothing to other families. Just snap a photo and post. If you’d rather someone else do the work, use the Totspot Concierge service. Order a cleanout bag and send your items to another mom and split the profits. It’s more cash than you’d get stuffing them in a bottom drawer, minimal effort required.

Vintage Items

Redecorating this year? Etsy can help. This isn’t eBay—if it’s not handmade, the items you’re selling have to be considered vintage, which is 20 years or older. But if they meet that criterion, etsy.com is going to give you the best chance at selling older items. Their market is crafty folks who are very into rustic, refurbished looks.