Personal shopping agents bumped her secondhand spending from $365 to $820 in 2 months
davidyin44 · x · 2026-10-16
Steph Mui shares first-hand data after 2 months of using personal shopping agents (instinct, muse, caspian):
- Her secondhand/vintage spending rose from $365 to $820 monthly after fully outsourcing the digging/sifting process — the agents are great at uncovering hidden gems
- Her spending shifted toward agent-friendly platforms: from 65% eBay / 25% TheRealReal to 50% Poshmark / 30% ThredUp, since agents can directly push matching listings from those sites
A rare concrete datapoint on how agents reshape not just spending volume but platform traffic.
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