Reselling clothes evidence: 42 quotes from 11 creators
Every quote, figure and source behind our reselling clothes guide: 42 quotes from 11 creators, grouped by claim, with the full source list.
Every quote, by claim
Accepted figures: each is backed by the creators quoted under it, verbatim and linked to the moment they said it.
Full-time or part-time: full time capable
“over 10 plus years of being full-time resellers”
“Jonah went part-time so that he could help me with the business. And it's been going really, really well.”
“We quit our traditional jobs and built a flexible work-from-home life around reselling thrifted clothing online.”
“These are the kinds of items that pay my bills, help me to go from a side hustle to a full-time income”
“These are the types of items that allow me to take my reselling from a side hustle to a full-time business and build a life that I actually love.”
“These are the types of items that allowed me to go from a side hustle to a full-time business and build a life that I actually enjoy.”
“only reason I have this office is because I needed more space. I started having employees.”
“I'm going to be going over my sales as a full-time reseller on sites that I sell on, which are eBay, Poshmark, and Dep Depot.”
“Every single week, I come on and share what's selling in my full-time reselling business.”
“Like I can literally just sell clothes and just live. Like every day I can wake up and just do clothes.”
“you can start and grow your very own reselling side hustle and business, too.”
“I started a reselling side hustle when I was in college. I was working two part-time jobs and I scaled it to a business that's done a million dollars in all time sales.”
Payout methods (vinted): Bank transfer
“your money into your bank account, you have to transfer it from your wallet to your bank, which can take up to 5 days.”
Fit by life phase (employed_moonlighter): 0.63 score 0–1
“It's cool that you can make good money on the side, especially with the economy that we have right now, with minimal-ish effort, you know?”
“I'm a part-time reseller. My full-time job is teaching high school choir.”
“I do teach high school choir and that is what I do August through May and then in the summer months I resell as much as I can,”
Platform fee (depop): 12%
“Even if you do Boosting, Boosting is um, I believe 12% fees”
Platform fee (poshmark): 20%
“So, that made my earnings on Poshmark with the 20% fees $20.”
“I sold a Gudun shoen floral printed organic cotton cardigan for $50. I grabbed that at the Family Thrift Center outlet for $2.50. that sold for 50. My earnings were 40.”
Platform fee (vinted): 0%
“Pure profit, zero selling fees, completely unvinted as we all know.”
“but you don't pay fees as a seller.”
“you throw it on Vinted, and you know, you can make eight bucks. You know, there's no fees on there.”
“still, to this day, and knock on wood, Vinted is not taking seller fees”
Schedule control: own schedule
“We choose to do this as a [music] job rather than a normal corporate 9-5 because it gives us the freedom and the flexibility that we need to live our lives.”
Vehicle required: yes
“you got to get up, you got to go, you got to get into the car, and you got to find the items, and you got to make money.”
“A lot to fit in the car, a lot of stuff. It's getting more difficult to find.”
Single reports, not yet confirmed
What one creator said, before a second independent source backs it. Not used as a fact anywhere on the site.
Monthly earnings, part time
“You can make a few thousand bucks like we did today at like a very leisurely pace.”
Startup cost
“we went to the Goodwill bins, came home with 45 pieces, spent $90 total.”
“So, we ended up coming home with right around 55 pieces, $110 spent.”
“we ended up coming home with right around 45 pieces. So, 90 bucks spent.”
Time to first dollar
“in under 40 minutes including drive time, we're like $500 right here”
“They sold within like a day or two for a full price, $24.95.”
“We listed this one and sold in like one day for 40 bucks.”
Common pitfalls
“as of October 2026, Vinted does not allow commercial reselling on standard US accounts. This includes buying second-hand items specifically to flip for profit.”
“Always, guys, when you post something that immediately gets a lot of interest or something that's obviously has a really high sell-through rate on it, don't accept the first offer.”
“So, you can accidentally price yourself out of sales if you're not careful and pricing competitively is a strategy that I use to be able to sell more items that I otherwise wouldn't pick up.”
Platform fee
“but you don't pay fees as a seller.”
“So, that made my earnings on Poshmark with the 20% fees $20.”
“still, to this day, and knock on wood, Vinted is not taking seller fees”
Income volatility
“this right here is going to give you dependable income steady over and over and over. It's just a grind.”
“And obviously in the summer it can like, you know, ruin your business when no one buys anything and it's slow moving.”
Schedule control
“We choose to do this as a [music] job rather than a normal corporate 9-5 because it gives us the freedom and the flexibility that we need to live our lives.”
All sources
- Ralli Roots, Goodwill Gave Us a Behind the Scenes Tour of the Bins! (YouTube, 2 Sep 2026, at 1:57)
- Taylor Jo, Come Source With Us at a HUGE Goodwill Bins Store (YouTube, 22 Jul 2026, at 28:42)
- Taylor Jo, We Quit Our Jobs To Sell Clothes From Our Garage [+ Today's Haul] (YouTube, 30 Jul 2026)
- Cayley Elaine, These are the items that pay the bills in my reselling business - What's Selling Right Now (YouTube, 30 Oct 2026, at 0:05)
- Cayley Elaine, Goodwill Thrift Haul - Here's What I Sourced For My Reselling Business (YouTube, 30 Sep 2026, at 0:47)
- Cayley Elaine, Super Fast Sales in My Reselling Business - What Sold on Ebay, Poshmark, and Depop Last Week (YouTube, 2 Oct 2026, at 0:03)
- Brady Wentz, Vintage Band Tee Heaven (YouTube, 9 Oct 2026, at 23:46)
- Trash Pandas Thrift, I Thrifted 50+ Pounds Of Clothes From The Goodwill Bins In 5 Hours - Here's What Was In My Cart! (YouTube, 22 Oct 2026, at 0:19)
- Trash Pandas Thrift, I’m no math teacher (although I was a math tutor yearssss ago lol) (YouTube, 28 Sep 2026, at 0:05)
- Flipping Junk, Is Vinted actually worth selling on? (YouTube, 1 Oct 2026, at 13:46)
- Becky Park, Why Selling Less Made Me More Money This Week: What Sold on eBay and Poshmark! (YouTube, 1 Nov 2026, at 24:14)
- Becky Park, Vinted Beat ALL My Reselling Platforms This Week! What Sold on Vinted, Poshmark, and eBay (YouTube, 10 Oct 2026, at 0:19)
- Becky Park, Not Gonna Lie...Sales Were Super Duper Rough. (YouTube, 29 Aug 2026, at 3:09)
- Mcthriftzie, So Many FAST Sales! Ship $700+ in Poshmark Sales With Me! See What Sold For a GREAT Profit! $$ (YouTube, 25 Sep 2026, at 3:12)
- Retro Reselling, My eBay Sales CRASHED 50%… Here's How I Saved My Business! (YouTube, 14 Oct 2026, at 10:02)
- Flipping Junk, VINTED Doesn't Want Your Business (YouTube, 15 Oct 2026, at 6:47)
- Flipping Junk, People Are Paying Up For These on EBAY! (YouTube, 4 Oct 2026, at 8:45)
- Becky Park, What Sold in Two Weeks on Poshmark, eBay, and Vinted! (YouTube, 30 Sep 2026, at 12:46)
- Taylor Jo, What We Flip Online Instead of Going To Work (YouTube, 21 Oct 2026, at 0:29)
- Technsports, I'm Killing Every Excuse Resellers Make (YouTube, 12 Oct 2026, at 3:07)
- Technsports, The Money In Reselling Is Moving Fast, Most Resellers Aren’t (YouTube, 28 Sep 2026, at 1:50)
- Nothing New Thrifts, So many goodies at the goodwill bins! $1,000 Thrift Haul! (YouTube, 2 Nov 2026, at 0:02)
- Nothing New Thrifts, How To 10x Your Money At The Goodwill Bins! (YouTube, 28 Oct 2026, at 4:50)
- Nothing New Thrifts, I found a $200 jacket and $100 pants at the goodwill bins! (YouTube, 14 Oct 2026, at 2:17)
- Technsports, Thrifting America’s Most Insanely Isolated Goodwill (YouTube, 17 Aug 2026, at 9:37)
- Nothing New Thrifts, What To Buy At The Thrift Store?! 15 Very Recent eBay Sales! (YouTube, 19 Oct 2026, at 1:10)
- Nothing New Thrifts, Don’t skip these brands at the thrift! #Thrift #Thrifting #Thrifted #eBaySeller #GoodwillBins (YouTube, 9 Oct 2026, at 0:42)
All data
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time or part-time | full time capable | Ralli Roots, Sep 2026; Taylor Jo, Jul 2026; Cayley Elaine, Oct 2026; Cayley Elaine, Sep 2026; Brady Wentz, Oct 2026; Trash Pandas Thrift, Oct 2026; Trash Pandas Thrift, Sep 2026 |
| Payout methods (vinted) | Bank transfer | Flipping Junk, Oct 2026 |
| Fit by life phase (employed_moonlighter) | 0.63 score 0–1 | Becky Park, Nov 2026; Becky Park, Oct 2026; Becky Park, Aug 2026 |
| Platform fee (depop) | 12% | Cayley Elaine, Oct 2026 |
| Platform fee (poshmark) | 20% | Cayley Elaine, Oct 2026; Mcthriftzie, Sep 2026 |
| Platform fee (vinted) | 0% | Retro Reselling, Oct 2026; Flipping Junk, Oct 2026; Becky Park, Sep 2026 |
| Schedule control | own schedule | Taylor Jo, Oct 2026 |
| Vehicle required | yes | Technsports, Oct 2026; Technsports, Sep 2026 |