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A Resourceful Reseller's Thrifting & Secondhand Sourcing Fieldbook
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items Thrifting has been a hobby of mine since I was a very young kid. I remember being maybe 12 years old going to my local thrift store and buying books from the 10/$1 sale to resell online and making BUCK on them. Nowadays, thrifting is simultaneously e... I may receive commission from the products linked here and elsewhere on my page
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Sourcing: Online / Non-Locally
Sourcing: Online / Locally
Sell: Online / Non-Locally
Selling: Online / Locally
Apps & Software
Sourcing: Online / Non-Locally
Unless you live in a big city, you may not always have enough items available to source where you live. This is when shipping comes in to play. You can purchase items from anywhere and have it shipped to your home.
Mercari is great for sourcing: they offer coupons, boast a HUGE marketplace full of people and items, and for the most part whatever you buy is shipped right to your door (if not ubered).
Mercari
Marketplace is great for sourcing both locally and non-locally. Online deals are more plentiful but can go fast depending on the niche.
Facebook Marketplace
eBay is great for sourcing. They have a huge market of sellers who post pretty much anything. Make use of the alerts and watch features. Auctions are your friend; keep an eye on ones that end late at night for a good deal.
eBay
Shop Goodwill is Goodwill's online auction site. Usually overpriced and picked over, and what isn't has exorbitant shipping rates to make up for it. Still, there may be the occassional gem there.
ShopGoodwill.com
Find non-local Buy/Sell/Trade groups on FB with this link. It's usually good to add keywords and join groups related to your niche.
Facebook BST Groups
OfferUp does offer shipping but the app does not unlist old items from inactive sellers. Make sure when sourcing here to check when it was posted and contact seller prior to purchasing.
OfferUp
Sourcing: Online / Locally
Mercari also has a no-contact local buying option where Uber delivers the item direct to your door. Usually same or next day.
Mercari
Marketplace is great for selling both locally and non-locally.
Marketplace
Ebay /does/ have a local feature but it's clunky and likely to be priced at market value.
eBay
Craigslist is great for getting good deals and sometimes even freebies locally.
craigslist
Freecycle is a lovely community of neighbors sharing and gifting items they no longer need. Keep an eye on it for freebies you could resell. I once picked up a free mid century modern credenza 2 hours away and sold it for $1000.
Freecycle
Buy Nothing is similar to Freecycle except it's on Facebook and more group-oriented. Find your local Buy Nothing group(s) here, join them, and get access to lots of great freebies but also find a new place to give away your old items. Also join the B...
Buy Nothing Facebook Groups
Trash Nothing is another free economy group, pretty much like Freecycle but easier for the modern smartphone age. TN has an app for easier posting and browding on the go.
Trash Nothing
Search on Facebook in the Groups section “free” or “freebies” + {Your city or locality} to see if there are any existing free items gifting groups near you. If not, you can always start one and post the link on your profile and in your local communit...
Facebook Local Freebie Groups
Find your local buy/sell / online ‘yard sale’ groups by searching your location or nearby cities + “sale” in the Groups search. The items there are usually crossposted to Marketplace so they will be likely to go fast, but if you can join a bunch you'...
Local FB Sales Groups
OfferUp is a local buy/sell app. It's not as popular as Facebook in my area but is very popular in others.
OfferUp
Sell: Online / Non-Locally
OK: You have your items purchased, cleaned, and ready for resale. The only problem? No idea how or where to sell it. Don't worry y'all. I gotchu. Check out these apps and websites for easy, convenient sales for shipping.
Mercari is one of my personal favorite online sales marketplaces. Mercari offers local and shippnig sales/purchases and also gives out coupons for a % off an item of your choice often.
Mercari
Selling with marketplace is quick and easy for both the online and local markets. Be careful with the shipping market though: if you get too many late or canceled orders you can and will be banned from shipping with facebook.
Marketplace
eBay is great for selling online. It has a huge audience of both buyers and sellers that pretty much guarantees quick sales. High fees but worth it for the most part. I don't do free returns but do allow returns with a restocking fee.
eBay
When I post to Marketplace, I ALWAYS cross-post (to do this directly while listing, click ‘List in more places’) every item to buy/sell groups that I am part of. It skips the shifty Marketplace algorithm and gets your items seen by more interested pe...
Facebook Local Sales Groups
You can post your sale items on Offerup and choose to post either locally, for shipping, or both. I recommend if an item is shippable to post it for both markets as it's more buyers.
OfferUp
Selling: Online / Locally
Selling with marketplace is quick and easy for both the online and local markets. The local market is great for unloading lots, selling in bulk, and selling larger items (such as furniture, large electronics, etc), but is also a great place to cross-...
Marketplace
Mercari does offer a local no-contact delivery service but it's not too popular yet. If you decide to use it it's just checking a box and sharing your phone number for quick local sales.
Mercari
The local pick up feature on ebay is great for selling higher end furniture and equipment.
eBay
Craigslist still has a pretty big audience looking to buy. Post, renew, and be patient. Also check out wanted ads to see if you have anything they want.
craigslist
Join groups related to your niche and cross-post related items there to sell with shipping faster.
Facebook Niche BST Groups
Offerup is great for local selling. Not as popular as FB marketplace in my area but more popular in other areas. I always cross post to all my apps.
OfferUp
Apps & Software
This app is AMAZING. I love it so. It regularly scans the local buy/sell apps for freebies in your location radius and alerts you when new ones are posted. Can be customized for alerts only for specific keywords.
Freebie Alerts - Free Stuff Alerts for Facebook, Nextdoor, Craigslist, & OfferUp
Flyp is a 100% FREE tool that not only crossposts your items to multiple apps and marketplaces but also shares, reposts, & tracks and analyzes your sales for you.
Flyp: 👉 FREE Crosslister & Poshmark Sharer
The OneShop app not only crossposts your items to multiple marketplaces, but also analyzes your sales and views and relists and bumps items automatically. This is a subscription based service but they do offer a lower price for small sellers.
OneShop: Crossposting, Inventory Management, Sharing, etc.
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