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<blockquote data-quote="LittleDudesMom" data-source="post: 648016" data-attributes="member: 805"><p>My daughter has a business and probably 70% of her stock comes from thrift stores. Goodwill, to a lesser extent Salvation Army and a lot of local church-related thrift stores. The balance comes from estate and yard sales. </p><p></p><p>She does the majority of her selling through Instagram - no fees! She probably does a "flash sale" on Instagram once a week. She also participates in local "pop ups" and does about 6 of those a year.</p><p></p><p>As someone who had an antique business for years and also sells for others on ebay, I have a little knowledge. With my daughter's success, I've learned more. Have a "style" or "nitch" that is your own. Rather than selling a plethora of stuff, draw in your eye and concentrate on a period (mid-century, arts and crafts, etc.), a room (kitchen kitsch, etc.) or a style (shabby chic, etc.). Once you do that, you can more easily identify your market.</p><p></p><p>My daughter does 60's and 70's clothing and small home decor of the same period. Her ascetic is brightly colored florals. She sells tons of clothing and linens are really, really hot right now. She rarely has an instagram linen sale where she doesn't sell everything! </p><p></p><p>She works part-time as a nanny (been with the same family since there only son was 4 months old, now he's 4.5) so doesn't have to be to work until she picks him up from preschool at noon. She has gotten to know the days the local thrifts get new stock, has made friends with the workers (every time we go to a thrift, they know her name), knows most of the local estate companies so knows which estate sales will be priced too high for resale and which companies she can make a profit on. She keeps her eyes very narrow to her ascetic, which is a tough lesson at first. Don't shop for yourself, shop of the business is a lesson that took her a while to get!</p><p></p><p>She will be having a "close out sale" in April. Her dad has an empty commercial space (very rough) and she is going to advertise on CL, Instagram, and hand out flyers at our two downtown universities. She is planning on using the majority of the space to sell out old stock by pricing everything the same. She will have one corner of full price merch. She has the luxury of a great warehouse space where she has 5 z-racks of clothing, tables filled with house wares, a shipping station, and a small area she set up with lighting for taking pics. Having the space to organize your things really helps. She used to have it all in her tiny apartment and was not as organized as she is now. </p><p></p><p>That's how she does it. Hope this has given you some ideas.</p><p></p><p>Sharon</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleDudesMom, post: 648016, member: 805"] My daughter has a business and probably 70% of her stock comes from thrift stores. Goodwill, to a lesser extent Salvation Army and a lot of local church-related thrift stores. The balance comes from estate and yard sales. She does the majority of her selling through Instagram - no fees! She probably does a "flash sale" on Instagram once a week. She also participates in local "pop ups" and does about 6 of those a year. As someone who had an antique business for years and also sells for others on ebay, I have a little knowledge. With my daughter's success, I've learned more. Have a "style" or "nitch" that is your own. Rather than selling a plethora of stuff, draw in your eye and concentrate on a period (mid-century, arts and crafts, etc.), a room (kitchen kitsch, etc.) or a style (shabby chic, etc.). Once you do that, you can more easily identify your market. My daughter does 60's and 70's clothing and small home decor of the same period. Her ascetic is brightly colored florals. She sells tons of clothing and linens are really, really hot right now. She rarely has an instagram linen sale where she doesn't sell everything! She works part-time as a nanny (been with the same family since there only son was 4 months old, now he's 4.5) so doesn't have to be to work until she picks him up from preschool at noon. She has gotten to know the days the local thrifts get new stock, has made friends with the workers (every time we go to a thrift, they know her name), knows most of the local estate companies so knows which estate sales will be priced too high for resale and which companies she can make a profit on. She keeps her eyes very narrow to her ascetic, which is a tough lesson at first. Don't shop for yourself, shop of the business is a lesson that took her a while to get! She will be having a "close out sale" in April. Her dad has an empty commercial space (very rough) and she is going to advertise on CL, Instagram, and hand out flyers at our two downtown universities. She is planning on using the majority of the space to sell out old stock by pricing everything the same. She will have one corner of full price merch. She has the luxury of a great warehouse space where she has 5 z-racks of clothing, tables filled with house wares, a shipping station, and a small area she set up with lighting for taking pics. Having the space to organize your things really helps. She used to have it all in her tiny apartment and was not as organized as she is now. That's how she does it. Hope this has given you some ideas. Sharon [/QUOTE]
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