Mailys Rabot
Co-Founder & CTO
The engineer behind the platform, leading Trendful’s technology and infrastructure.
22 articles
- How resale merchants handle inbound shipping (and what sellers expect in 2026)
July 28, 2026
How resale merchants handle inbound shipping from sellers: prepaid labels, live tracking, and delivery in 4 days on average. What sellers expect in 2026 and how to deliver it.
- Introducing the sell form on Launch: intake without a website
May 14, 2026
Launch plan merchants can share a link to a custom sell form so customers submit items without needing the merchant’s site. Submissions sync to Trendful Admin for quotes, shipping labels, and payouts—and you can embed the form when you do have a website. Upgrade to Pro when you want customer accounts and a storefront on your domain.
- The Catalog API is moving to Price Hero — and v3 is here
April 20, 2026
We've launched Price Hero, a dedicated platform for the Catalog API. Here's what's new: v3 endpoints, a self-serve developer portal, a credit-based pricing model, and a live API Explorer.
- Accurate resale pricing needs real data, not just AI chatbots
October 10, 2025
Everywhere you look right now, AI is making headlines. From writing essays to generating product descriptions, tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini seem to have the answer for everything. So it's natural that people in resale have started asking: Why not just use an AI chatbot to figure out resale pricing?
- Powering internal pricing tools with the Trendful Catalog API
September 23, 2025
The Trendful Catalog API isn't just for powering customer-facing resale experiences; it’s also a powerful engine for building internal pricing dashboards and automation tools. In this article, we explore how merchants, wholesalers, and resale platforms are leveraging the API to make better, faster pricing decisions at scale.
- Powering e-commerce listings with the Catalog API
June 12, 2025
Discover how resale merchants and platforms use the Trendful Catalog API to create clean, consistent product listings with minimal manual input. From title standardization to improved categorization and search, this use case shows how the API helps streamline e-commerce operations and drive conversions.
- How we built our resale app on top of the Catalog API
April 11, 2025
Learn how Trendful built its Resale App using the Catalog API to create a step-by-step product submission flow, deliver instant pricing, and power smarter product identification for handbags and watches. This article showcases how developers and resale businesses can build flexible, UI-friendly resale experiences using the Catalog API.
- How blockchain is shaping the future of luxury resale
March 24, 2025
Blockchain is transforming the luxury resale industry by enabling greater transparency, security, and trust through digital product passports. This technology offers a tamper-proof way to verify authenticity, track ownership history, and simplify resale transactions.
- How the Catalog API will power the resale market?
January 31, 2025
The resale market is booming, transforming the way consumers buy and sell pre-owned goods. With an estimated global GMV of $400 billion and expected growth to 3-4% of the retail market in the next five years, businesses need smarter tools to navigate this rapidly evolving landscape. Enter Trendful’s Catalog API—a powerful solution designed to streamline resale operations, enhance pricing accuracy, and optimize product discovery for businesses enabling resale.
- What’s included in the Trendful Price Database?
September 13, 2024
The Trendful Price Database offers a comprehensive tool for discovering fair market values and detailed price data for designer handbags and watches, organized with intuitive hierarchical attributes. With features like typo-tolerant search, image recognition via Trendful Vision, and upcoming enhancements such as real-time data collection and automated pricing alerts, Trendful ensures you have precise and up-to-date pricing information at your fingertips.
- Data visualization case study: Gucci Soho Chain Strap leather shoulder bag
August 13, 2024
This data visualization post outlines the evolution of the Gucci Soho resale values over the past year. In this article, we highlight some of the resale market post-holiday trends.
- Differences between the North American and European resale market
June 18, 2024
The resale market has seen tremendous growth in recent years, with both North America and Europe emerging as significant players. This article delves into the key differences between these two markets, examining the types of marketplaces, product offerings, and pricing trends.
- Comparing the cost of resale apps: Trendful vs. custom development
April 25, 2024
For merchants looking to integrate a resale app onto their online store, two primary options are available: subscribing to an existing service like Trendful or opting for a custom-built app. Each choice has its own implications on cost, time investment, and technical complexity..
- The inspiring journey of Closet Full of Cash
February 26, 2024
In the dynamic realm of luxury resale, one name has consistently stood out for its commitment to knowledge-sharing, innovation, and community building – Closet Full of Cash. Founded by Deanna Thompson in late 2015, this platform has become a cornerstone for resellers, offering invaluable insights and resources for navigating the complexities of the industry.
- Scale your resale business with Trendful’s exclusive UPS shipping discounts
April 28, 2023
Discover how Trendful’s partnership with UPS can save your resale business up to 50% on shipping labels, streamline operations, and enhance customer relationships.
- Data visualization case study: Louis Vuitton Alma Monogram Vernis
July 12, 2021
Our first data visualization post outlines the evolution of the Alma resale values over the past two months. In this article, we highlight some of the resale market specificities and introduce some notions about the estimation of fair market values.
- Trendful powers luxury market recommerce businesses
March 15, 2021
Recommerce refers to the unique business concept of selling previously used or owned items. Most of the recommerce businesses rely on the customer-to-business model but there actually isn't a technology that solves their main problems, but Trendful does.
- What's in your closet? Charlotte's Parisian style
February 18, 2021
In this fifth episode of the 'What's in your closet?', we explore Charlotte's Parisian style! Read more if you love French style as much as us!
- 5 reasons why you should adopt circular fashion
January 20, 2021
At Trendful, we believe in two things: high-quality fashion and sustainability. We, of course, want to share our passion for sustainable fashion with you, so let’s play a game. Are you ready?
- History of Fashion Week
January 20, 2021
A fashion week is a one-week event during which fashion designers, brands, or "houses" showcase their talent, travel the world, and make a name for themselves. They take months and even years of preparation and hard work to get to display their latest collections in runway fashion shows to buyers.
- What's in your closet? Mailys, Trendful co-founder & CTO
January 20, 2021
In our 3rd episode of our "What's in your closet?," series we will explore the French closet of co-founder & CTO, Mailys! We hope you love her interview as much as us!
- What's in your closet? Anchyi Adorned
January 20, 2021
We are very excited in our 4th episode of our 'What's in your closet?' blog series to explore the closet of the always stylish, Anchyi Adorned, you can find her on Instagram @anchyi! We hope you enjoy our interview with her as much as us!