I am new to selling but I love to thrift shop I am in my 60's and have enough stuff in my house that I don't need I could sell with out going to thrifting for about a year
Your resourcfulness tip really hits home! My first like, 3 years of reselling was mostly a minimalist journey, selling old textbooks and clothing that I didn't wear, 3 or 4 sales a month, with my full time job. Then I realized people did this for a living and started asking my family and friends for the stuff they had planned on giving to goodwill anyway, started thrifting for inventory not long after that, Now I have an extra room in my house for all my inventory, quit my full time job a few months ago and have been on the journey of figuring out what kind of business I want, thank you for all the tips and super helpful info!!
Agreed. I made a mistake in the beginning. I bought a target pallet, I didn't have enough space and truthfully it stressed Me out. I started going through what I have listing more than sourcing. This helped so much on my sales and "cleaning up" I have no regrets learning is important and thanks to RUclips people like you, I've only improved.
I almost made similar mistake with pallet but my husband refused to clear out my garage for storage…blessing in disguise for pallet…i ended up goin crazy at outlets tho so just made a different beginner mistake
My favorite example of the profit to be made from elbow grease was a beautiful white lace blouse that I got for less than $1 at the Goodwill bins. Someone had spilled what seemed like an entire cup of coffee on it. I got it cleaned up, photographed it nicely, and sold it for $20. 😎
Do your research on every item, ran into a Nike Jordan Cactus Jack T -shirt at store for $14 sold for $180. Get to know everything in your niche. Love your videos, really motivating, keep up the great work.
Totally in my head with these tips. I'm guilty about buying more than I can chew because of space but I have taking notice and began to think before I buy buy buy. It's more of a hobby atm with just selling dvd, books, and board games. Granted I'm not making 100s of dollars a month but it's fun to see how things you buy for $1 can be worth 10x or even more.
I used to have a route of about 5 or so thrift stores per day 6 days a week and I found most of my home run items at the same thrift store that I would go to at opening every day. I spent about 3 hours per day sourcing and 1-2 hours listing. I was making a few grand or more profit per month doing that and only spent about 30 hours a week or less depending on how many items I had to list.
@@EduardoReyes-bx6ly usually not more than 30 minutes, but as little as 15 minutes. I focused on finding big ticket items quickly and getting to as many spots as possible. I have sold some legos in the past, but I generally would avoid them unless they were either cheap or especially interesting. I would usually do Video Games and Electronics.
@@legoboy-ox2kx Nice. I roughly try to mimic the DR (clothes) and once I spent 3 hrs touching every piece of clothing. Now I go for the 50% tag items that are not trash and the obvious good ones at reg price that pop up. It takes 30 to 45 mins but I still think it’s too long for my schedule sometimes.
@@EduardoReyes-bx6ly I don't do much reselling now, but every so often I buy an item here and there, such as a DVD/VHS player or video game/system, but I mostly do it for my game/media collection. I collect vinyls and laserdiscs too
I had a guy yesterday I always see at the GW, he has full-time job and goes to GW everyday after work he handed me 2 items and said these are good and I don't have time to list and too much inventory piling up unlisted ...I told him, you love to pick and I have the help and the store volume to sell it quicker, ypu Pick and I'll pay a little bit over, save me time, let you enjoy picking without the hassle and a quick turn around, could work for both of us.
Wow. That's such excellent advice for any sort of business and especially this one. I really appreciate you taking the time to share. You did a great job summarizing this concisely
Thank you so much for this information!! I was clicking the like button and not sure why it clicked as a dislike and then I tried again, it was the same for 3 times until I was able to correct the mistake. Not sure why RUclips would dislike when I was clearly clicking 👍. Thank you for this videos mostly this one. Made me realize a mistake I made that I have to fix. Single mom here making a good living and fixing details through your information. Appreciate it!! 🙂
Beginners pls read: Your beginner advice is KILLER! Idk if newbies really value how true ur advice is…as example i started goin to nike outlets at beginning bc i LOVE nike/athleisure…also almost everything sells…problem is wit things like sneakers, u listing for higher amount….not everyone lookin fkr expensive sneakers all time…so they can take longer, which if ur capital ($$$) low, this can kill ur biz and ur motivation….i was watvhin wrong youtubers who had me buy studio lights, branding my closet, and just wasting soooo much time and energy….now i have giant mannequin and studio box lights that lengthen pic process by a lot…tryin to reuse lights and cut boxes up to make a giant light box shelf like u….if u new to this, please dont make my same mistakes! I promise if u follow this channel from beginning YOU WILL BE SET UP FOR SUCCESS My main problem is i am in nyc area and have tooooooo many options for thrifting but also cost of goods is higher here…havent done gw bins yet but have two relatively close to me….although nyc gw bin shoppers scare the F out of me too…just feel like it HAS to b pretty crazy there
Any suggestions for getting clothing cheap? Yard sales seems like a tough way, would have to hit so many of them and spend time and money finding one that has decent clothes. The thrift stores where I'm at in orange county California price jeans at $10-20, t shirts are $6-15. Which sounds crazy but that's how it is now out here.
Here in Phoenix the competition T the thrift stores is fierce. If you aren’t there at the roll out, then you are out of luck. A route with roll out timing is a must here if you are hitting thrifts.
Hard to find items to make much of a profit on here in Surprise/Peoria area too. Go to the bins occasionally & seem to do OK- just quite the drive. Do you go to the bins? What Part of Phoenix are you in?
@@bryanronning Depends on what you're looking for, but I love Salvation Army and St Vincent de Paul way better than GW with the exception of those on Scottsdale road
One full week, 133 active 11 sold for $247.00. I have a couple bins of cloths I received for free some with tags still on them. (most are cheap, not brand name) are they worth the time? Oh, I sold a canoe and accessories on FB for $650 . I destroyed my shoulder and my paddling days are over. Made back what I paid.
Love your content i am based in NEW ZEALAND and about 2 years ago (WE have a site here called trademe the NZ variant of ebay) i started buying moving blankets off someone on this site and started reselling them on the same site i was selling 100's then he ran out and i had people wanting repeat orders so i imported half a container from china and sold out anyway fast forward i just bought a 20ft container at half the price i paid for the last lot and new shipment due jan 12 2023 so it is cheaper when you buy more is all i can say cheers keep up the good work
We have a community dumpster for our apartment and every once in a while someone throws away a bag of clothes or electronics/different products that are in visibly good condition. I try to grab them and check them out but my husband acts like I'm absolutely insane 😆 Even if it's not worth flipping I like to at least donate it to my local homeless shelter. It drives me nuts seeing people throw away tons of perfectly good items. Sometimes they'll sit the items on the ground so others can take it but most of the time they throw it in the dumpster.
One of the best videos I have watched that’s been helpful , Thank you so so much , and I’ve been selling for a little bit but you have pointed out several things I need to straighten out . So helpful . Thanks again what a blessing you are …
I just saw an animal move behind you and dive into the pile of clothing .... it was hard to see exactly what is was but I think it was a bird! Don't want your inventory covered in bird poop!!
Love watching your videos and hearing the podcast with tech that you used to post here weekly. Will you continue? Haven’t seen an upload in a while. Did I miss something? Thank you for the invaluable tips.
yep I live in Florida as well the thrifts and bins are all filled with Walmart clothing. People here are not trendy and dont spend a lot of their clothing and if they do they are not giving them up to the thrift stores...
Pleasant Hill Contra Costa Blvd & GW W.C. was meh - every time I've gone thru. Danville a total bust. Salinas really sucked. Palo Alto not too bad, but not worth the drive from east bay. Livermore is hit or miss, but more nice stuff - $6.99 - $8.99+ /clothing items for all - GW shoes all $15.99 - they are set like a franchise. The time suck was notable. I think we forget to count the hours. Plus on mileage write off.
I recently sold a Uniden police scanner for $275.00, and $10.00 flat rate shipping. It had 1 view. The next day I sold a Canon camera for $199.00 and $10.00 flat rate shipping. 0 views. I can't understand.
I noticed something else seconds before and it looked like someone throwing another shirt into the piles haha so it may be another pair of pants or something by an employee in the back.
Loved the video thanks for sharing! Question how do you keep your clothes from getting odours and smelling fusty in storage?? Any tips much appreciated ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Hi. Love your channel. I'm a recent sub and I was wondering, if sourcing wholesale pallets, how often should I order them? Weekly, biweekly, monthly...etc
just go out and find a lot of madewell jeans huh. Well here in Florida people shop at Walmart and all the thrifts and bins are filled with garbage clothing. It would be much easier if we all shopped in California.
Chris, I found that the only way to survive now is buying items in bulk and making connections with people with inventory. Going to the thrift store now to find items isn't profitable!
Yes it is. Just started from zero after being gone for 6 years. Made $88 off of a $5 thrift purchase the first week with zero feedback. Went back and bought a few more things and now I'm up over $300. Other than a few changes on ebay and shipping everything its all the same.
When buyer sends an offer and you accept the offer. Buyer doesnt pay/cancel within 1hr than later says they want to cancel the order. Per ebay rules buyers have 1hr to cancel their offers accepted. But after they're committed to the buy. If a buyer asks to cancel order after 1hr do you still cancel order for them or just wait for ebay to auto cancel the order to avoid a defect? Thanks! Went from above standard > below standard > above > top rated
Gross. $5 item sells for $20. After fees ~15% you're left with $17. $12 profit. Put 40% of the $12 into seperate bank account 'tax account' than repeat $5>$12.2 in related fees/taxes Find a bank or stock that can give you that ROI and I'll bet the house lol
Hi, how do you report taxes on purchases from the mall or ross etc for resale? I'm almost clear on how it's done when purchasing secondhand but I have seen alot about retail for resale being different. Thanks in advance😊
I am a new seller. I am trying to sell things that I have home. I sold an item and after a month ups returned it saying that "unable to forward" What do you think I should do please?
He said in another video you need to understand that you as a business owner are not the only one effected by gas prices. Im not saying im general EVERYONE is complaining. He was explaining that since gas went up for example Goodwill prices go up because of gas. Stores in general prices are going up. It isn't just thinking about your gas. Its just an unfortunate truth that you also have to think about in general. Instead of just saying gas went up, how can you save me money on gas?
I am new to selling but I love to thrift shop I am in my 60's and have enough stuff in my house that I don't need I could sell with out going to thrifting for about a year
I’ll buy your vintage tee shirts if you have any haha!
I'm with yeah.
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Thought I saw a RAT jump at @1:50, but it was only the lady behind tossing a shirt across. Phew!
Your resourcfulness tip really hits home! My first like, 3 years of reselling was mostly a minimalist journey, selling old textbooks and clothing that I didn't wear, 3 or 4 sales a month, with my full time job. Then I realized people did this for a living and started asking my family and friends for the stuff they had planned on giving to goodwill anyway, started thrifting for inventory not long after that, Now I have an extra room in my house for all my inventory, quit my full time job a few months ago and have been on the journey of figuring out what kind of business I want, thank you for all the tips and super helpful info!!
I really LOVE his slogan…”Make progress daily” I cannot tell you how much it motivates me! Thank you for what you do
I owed my first business for 15yrs..The last 6 minutes of this video is EVERYTHING
Agreed. I made a mistake in the beginning. I bought a target pallet, I didn't have enough space and truthfully it stressed Me out. I started going through what I have listing more than sourcing. This helped so much on my sales and "cleaning up" I have no regrets learning is important and thanks to RUclips people like you, I've only improved.
I almost made similar mistake with pallet but my husband refused to clear out my garage for storage…blessing in disguise for pallet…i ended up goin crazy at outlets tho so just made a different beginner mistake
My favorite example of the profit to be made from elbow grease was a beautiful white lace blouse that I got for less than $1 at the Goodwill bins. Someone had spilled what seemed like an entire cup of coffee on it. I got it cleaned up, photographed it nicely, and sold it for $20. 😎
I still saving up for better lighting, so thank you for suggesting taking pictures outside in the shade!!! 😎
Im 16 so im waiting till I’m 18 and for now I’m gaining knowledge so thx to u I’m learning alot. Your content has lots of great tips
Hey homie, that’s amazing . But don’t wait 2 years. Get in the game now while everyone buying online.
Unlike most jobs, in other podcasts i heard of someone training their 16 year old son.
Do your research on every item, ran into a Nike Jordan Cactus Jack T -shirt at store for $14 sold for $180. Get to know everything in your niche. Love your videos, really motivating, keep up the great work.
Totally in my head with these tips. I'm guilty about buying more than I can chew because of space but I have taking notice and began to think before I buy buy buy. It's more of a hobby atm with just selling dvd, books, and board games. Granted I'm not making 100s of dollars a month but it's fun to see how things you buy for $1 can be worth 10x or even more.
I used to have a route of about 5 or so thrift stores per day 6 days a week and I found most of my home run items at the same thrift store that I would go to at opening every day. I spent about 3 hours per day sourcing and 1-2 hours listing. I was making a few grand or more profit per month doing that and only spent about 30 hours a week or less depending on how many items I had to list.
Hi,
Would you sell legos (obviously judging by your username). And how long would you spend at the thrift store?
@@EduardoReyes-bx6ly usually not more than 30 minutes, but as little as 15 minutes. I focused on finding big ticket items quickly and getting to as many spots as possible. I have sold some legos in the past, but I generally would avoid them unless they were either cheap or especially interesting. I would usually do Video Games and Electronics.
@@legoboy-ox2kx Nice. I roughly try to mimic the DR (clothes) and once I spent 3 hrs touching every piece of clothing. Now I go for the 50% tag items that are not trash and the obvious good ones at reg price that pop up. It takes 30 to 45 mins but I still think it’s too long for my schedule sometimes.
@@EduardoReyes-bx6ly I don't do much reselling now, but every so often I buy an item here and there, such as a DVD/VHS player or video game/system, but I mostly do it for my game/media collection. I collect vinyls and laserdiscs too
@@legoboy-ox2kx if I ever see a laser disc I’m buying it for sure
You are so generous with your knowledge! I learn something new every time I watch your videos. I truly appreciate you. Thank you
I had a guy yesterday I always see at the GW, he has full-time job and goes to GW everyday after work he handed me 2 items and said these are good and I don't have time to list and too much inventory piling up unlisted ...I told him, you love to pick and I have the help and the store volume to sell it quicker, ypu Pick and I'll pay a little bit over, save me time, let you enjoy picking without the hassle and a quick turn around, could work for both of us.
Wow. That's such excellent advice for any sort of business and especially this one. I really appreciate you taking the time to share. You did a great job summarizing this concisely
Thank you so much for this information!! I was clicking the like button and not sure why it clicked as a dislike and then I tried again, it was the same for 3 times until I was able to correct the mistake. Not sure why RUclips would dislike when I was clearly clicking 👍. Thank you for this videos mostly this one. Made me realize a mistake I made that I have to fix. Single mom here making a good living and fixing details through your information. Appreciate it!! 🙂
The beginning looks like my death pile when I first started on eBay 🤣
Woooow! What amazing super secrets!
Beginners pls read: Your beginner advice is KILLER! Idk if newbies really value how true ur advice is…as example i started goin to nike outlets at beginning bc i LOVE nike/athleisure…also almost everything sells…problem is wit things like sneakers, u listing for higher amount….not everyone lookin fkr expensive sneakers all time…so they can take longer, which if ur capital ($$$) low, this can kill ur biz and ur motivation….i was watvhin wrong youtubers who had me buy studio lights, branding my closet, and just wasting soooo much time and energy….now i have giant mannequin and studio box lights that lengthen pic process by a lot…tryin to reuse lights and cut boxes up to make a giant light box shelf like u….if u new to this, please dont make my same mistakes! I promise if u follow this channel from beginning YOU WILL BE SET UP FOR SUCCESS
My main problem is i am in nyc area and have tooooooo many options for thrifting but also cost of goods is higher here…havent done gw bins yet but have two relatively close to me….although nyc gw bin shoppers scare the F out of me too…just feel like it HAS to b pretty crazy there
Can't get enough of the wisdom on your channel so signed up for the pateron membership which is great value, thank you.
Thank you for taking your time to share your knowledge and experiences. It's all very helpful and appreciated!
Any suggestions for getting clothing cheap? Yard sales seems like a tough way, would have to hit so many of them and spend time and money finding one that has decent clothes.
The thrift stores where I'm at in orange county California price jeans at $10-20, t shirts are $6-15. Which sounds crazy but that's how it is now out here.
Here in Phoenix the competition T the thrift stores is fierce. If you aren’t there at the roll out, then you are out of luck. A route with roll out timing is a must here if you are hitting thrifts.
Hard to find items to make much of a profit on here in Surprise/Peoria area too. Go to the bins occasionally & seem to do OK- just quite the drive. Do you go to the bins? What Part of Phoenix are you in?
im from tucson and drive up once a week, its brutal
I've been doing ok in Tempe AZ
@@azcatz-sue Really? which stores do you like? I understand if you dont want to share.
@@bryanronning Depends on what you're looking for, but I love Salvation Army and St Vincent de Paul way better than GW with the exception of those on Scottsdale road
Thank you from Germany :-)))))
One full week, 133 active 11 sold for $247.00. I have a couple bins of cloths I received for free some with tags still on them. (most are cheap, not brand name) are they worth the time? Oh, I sold a canoe and accessories on FB for $650 . I destroyed my shoulder and my paddling days are over. Made back what I paid.
Love your content i am based in NEW ZEALAND and about 2 years ago (WE have a site here called trademe the NZ variant of ebay) i started buying moving blankets off someone on this site and started reselling them on the same site i was selling 100's then he ran out and i had people wanting repeat orders so i imported half a container from china and sold out anyway fast forward i just bought a 20ft container at half the price i paid for the last lot and new shipment due jan 12 2023 so it is cheaper when you buy more is all i can say cheers keep up the good work
We have a community dumpster for our apartment and every once in a while someone throws away a bag of clothes or electronics/different products that are in visibly good condition. I try to grab them and check them out but my husband acts like I'm absolutely insane 😆 Even if it's not worth flipping I like to at least donate it to my local homeless shelter. It drives me nuts seeing people throw away tons of perfectly good items. Sometimes they'll sit the items on the ground so others can take it but most of the time they throw it in the dumpster.
That's why I have a 6 ft dumpster hook!
Do you remove items from your store that haven’t sold after being listed for a while? Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Thanks Chris as always invaluable guidance 👊🏼👊🏼
Great advice. Where do you get those plastic zipper bags? Those look great for storing garnets that you're arbitraging from eBay?
Thank you. Learning a lot from all your videos. Really appreciate you and your team. Many thanks
Good video Chris, thanks for the wisdom.
As always, thank you for the advice!👍
You are amazing, thank you for sharing.
One of the best videos I have watched that’s been helpful , Thank you so so much , and I’ve been selling for a little bit but you have pointed out several things I need to straighten out . So helpful . Thanks again what a blessing you are …
I just saw an animal move behind you and dive into the pile of clothing .... it was hard to see exactly what is was but I think it was a bird! Don't want your inventory covered in bird poop!!
A really honest informative video good stuff !
Love watching your videos and hearing the podcast with tech that you used to post here weekly. Will you continue? Haven’t seen an upload in a while. Did I miss something? Thank you for the invaluable tips.
I really enjoy your content - always learn something new :)
Thank you Chris. God bless you and your family. 🙏
Awesome content, thanks
Another great one
I enjoy your videos they are very helpfull. Thank you
Solid info. Much appreciated.
Great video 😊
Was that a rabbit jumping in the back ground?????
I have never seen either of those brands out thrifting here in my area of Florida
Yes. Madewell is hard to come by in Florida...unless it's worn to shreads.
yep I live in Florida as well the thrifts and bins are all filled with Walmart clothing. People here are not trendy and dont spend a lot of their clothing and if they do they are not giving them up to the thrift stores...
Another great video!
Pleasant Hill Contra Costa Blvd & GW W.C. was meh - every time I've gone thru. Danville a total bust. Salinas really sucked. Palo Alto not too bad, but not worth the drive from east bay. Livermore is hit or miss, but more nice stuff - $6.99 - $8.99+ /clothing items for all - GW shoes all $15.99 - they are set like a franchise. The time suck was notable. I think we forget to count the hours. Plus on mileage write off.
Nice Pliny hat
I recently sold a Uniden police scanner for $275.00, and $10.00 flat rate shipping. It had 1 view. The next day I sold a Canon camera for $199.00 and $10.00 flat rate shipping. 0 views. I can't understand.
WHAT FLIES BY IN THE BACKGROUN AT 2:07
I noticed something else seconds before and it looked like someone throwing another shirt into the piles haha so it may be another pair of pants or something by an employee in the back.
Loved the video thanks for sharing! Question how do you keep your clothes from getting odours and smelling fusty in storage?? Any tips much appreciated ❤❤❤❤❤❤
👍 good stuff
Hi. Love your channel. I'm a recent sub and I was wondering, if sourcing wholesale pallets, how often should I order them? Weekly, biweekly, monthly...etc
just go out and find a lot of madewell jeans huh. Well here in Florida people shop at Walmart and all the thrifts and bins are filled with garbage clothing. It would be much easier if we all shopped in California.
Share all the secrets with the competition??
10k budget? Your nuts, i dont know a single person starting out with 10k to throw stupidly into this.
Do you take pictures now out of your storage unit
Chris - still wanna know where your pants from? Which brand? What kind or type? Seem mad comfortable. I’d like to buy.
Madewell jeans at $20 and over have a 7% sell through. Are you sourcing certain styles with a higher rate?
Chris, I found that the only way to survive now is buying items in bulk and making connections with people with inventory.
Going to the thrift store now to find items isn't profitable!
Same.
Yes it is. Just started from zero after being gone for 6 years. Made $88 off of a $5 thrift purchase the first week with zero feedback. Went back and bought a few more things and now I'm up over $300. Other than a few changes on ebay and shipping everything its all the same.
When buyer sends an offer and you accept the offer. Buyer doesnt pay/cancel within 1hr than later says they want to cancel the order.
Per ebay rules buyers have 1hr to cancel their offers accepted. But after they're committed to the buy.
If a buyer asks to cancel order after 1hr do you still cancel order for them or just wait for ebay to auto cancel the order to avoid a defect?
Thanks!
Went from above standard > below standard > above > top rated
Hey Chris! What's up with your eBay store?
Good info
Question man. When you say turn $5 to $20 are you also accounting for ebay fees and shipping or just gross sale in general?
Anyone know?
@@royjohnson9043 Gross sale. Look at his store
Gross. $5 item sells for $20. After fees ~15% you're left with $17. $12 profit. Put 40% of the $12 into seperate bank account 'tax account' than repeat
$5>$12.2 in related fees/taxes
Find a bank or stock that can give you that ROI and I'll bet the house lol
Hi, how do you report taxes on purchases from the mall or ross etc for resale? I'm almost clear on how it's done when purchasing secondhand but I have seen alot about retail for resale being different. Thanks in advance😊
What type of taxes are you referring too? Sales tax? Income tax?
I am a new seller. I am trying to sell things that I have home. I sold an item and after a month ups returned it saying that "unable to forward" What do you think I should do please?
It sounds like you would benefit from being on the Thrifting Board Facebook group. People in that group are very helpful.
Hey Chris, I took all my listings down (around 3K) and I scheduled 15 a day (average). I am having no sales… What you think?
Either your below standard and ebay blocks your listings or your listing unwanted items/bad titles missing key words etc
Imo
Ok...Chris something jumped from one rack to another behind you around the 1:50 mark 😬 just wanted to let you know. Keep me up dated....
It was one of his employees tossing a clothing item she was sorting.
How long do you keep items that have not sold
Don't forget fees, packing supplies ect
how come your eBay store is not active? I tried the link...
Awesome
Two words. Goodwill outlet
Who pays for the gas??
He said in another video you need to understand that you as a business owner are not the only one effected by gas prices. Im not saying im general EVERYONE is complaining. He was explaining that since gas went up for example Goodwill prices go up because of gas. Stores in general prices are going up. It isn't just thinking about your gas. Its just an unfortunate truth that you also have to think about in general. Instead of just saying gas went up, how can you save me money on gas?
lol They call Ebay...Fleabay. I wonder why...?
Ok....🤭🤭🤭read futher. Sorry 😆😆
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great vlog
what was that thing moving around behind you in the vlog at tip #1 a rat?