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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”

— Ralli Roots, Goodwill Gave Us a Behind the Scenes Tour of the Bins! (YouTube, 2 Sep 2026, at 1:57)

“Jonah went part-time so that he could help me with the business. And it's been going really, really well.”

— Taylor Jo, Come Source With Us at a HUGE Goodwill Bins Store (YouTube, 22 Jul 2026, at 28:42) Disputes this figure.

“We quit our traditional jobs and built a flexible work-from-home life around reselling thrifted clothing online.”

— Taylor Jo, We Quit Our Jobs To Sell Clothes From Our Garage [+ Today's Haul] (YouTube, 30 Jul 2026)

“These are the kinds of items that pay my bills, help me to go from a side hustle to a full-time income”

— 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) Disputes this figure.

“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.”

— Cayley Elaine, These are the items that pay the bills in my reselling business - What's Selling Right Now (YouTube, 23 Oct 2026, at 0:02)

“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.”

— Cayley Elaine, These are the items that pay the bills in my reselling business - What's Selling Right Now (YouTube, 15 Oct 2026, at 0:03)

“only reason I have this office is because I needed more space. I started having employees.”

— Cayley Elaine, Goodwill Thrift Haul - Here's What I Sourced For My Reselling Business (YouTube, 30 Sep 2026, at 0:47)

“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.”

— 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)

“Every single week, I come on and share what's selling in my full-time reselling business.”

— Cayley Elaine, Super Fast Sales in My Reselling Business - What Sold on Ebay, Poshmark, and Depop Last Week (YouTube, 25 Sep 2026, at 0:03)

“Like I can literally just sell clothes and just live. Like every day I can wake up and just do clothes.”

— Brady Wentz, Vintage Band Tee Heaven (YouTube, 9 Oct 2026, at 23:46)

“you can start and grow your very own reselling side hustle and business, too.”

— 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) Disputes this figure.

“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.”

— Trash Pandas Thrift, I’m no math teacher (although I was a math tutor yearssss ago lol) (YouTube, 28 Sep 2026, at 0:05)

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.”

— Flipping Junk, Is Vinted actually worth selling on? (YouTube, 1 Oct 2026, at 13:46)

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?”

— Becky Park, Why Selling Less Made Me More Money This Week: What Sold on eBay and Poshmark! (YouTube, 1 Nov 2026, at 24:14)

“I'm a part-time reseller. My full-time job is teaching high school choir.”

— Becky Park, Vinted Beat ALL My Reselling Platforms This Week! What Sold on Vinted, Poshmark, and eBay (YouTube, 10 Oct 2026, at 0:19)

“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,”

— Becky Park, Not Gonna Lie...Sales Were Super Duper Rough. (YouTube, 29 Aug 2026, at 3:09)

Platform fee (depop): 12%

“Even if you do Boosting, Boosting is um, I believe 12% fees”

— Cayley Elaine, Super Fast Sales in My Reselling Business - What Sold on Ebay, Poshmark, and Depop Last Week (YouTube, 2 Oct 2026, at 18:39)

Platform fee (poshmark): 20%

“So, that made my earnings on Poshmark with the 20% fees $20.”

— Cayley Elaine, These are the items that pay the bills in my reselling business - What's Selling Right Now (YouTube, 15 Oct 2026, at 6:00)

“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.”

— 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)

Platform fee (vinted): 0%

“Pure profit, zero selling fees, completely unvinted as we all know.”

— Retro Reselling, My eBay Sales CRASHED 50%… Here's How I Saved My Business! (YouTube, 14 Oct 2026, at 10:02)

“but you don't pay fees as a seller.”

— Flipping Junk, VINTED Doesn't Want Your Business (YouTube, 15 Oct 2026, at 6:47)

“you throw it on Vinted, and you know, you can make eight bucks. You know, there's no fees on there.”

— Flipping Junk, People Are Paying Up For These on EBAY! (YouTube, 4 Oct 2026, at 8:45)

“still, to this day, and knock on wood, Vinted is not taking seller fees”

— Becky Park, What Sold in Two Weeks on Poshmark, eBay, and Vinted! (YouTube, 30 Sep 2026, at 12:46)

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.”

— Taylor Jo, What We Flip Online Instead of Going To Work (YouTube, 21 Oct 2026, at 0:29)

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.”

— Technsports, I'm Killing Every Excuse Resellers Make (YouTube, 12 Oct 2026, at 3:07)

“A lot to fit in the car, a lot of stuff. It's getting more difficult to find.”

— Technsports, The Money In Reselling Is Moving Fast, Most Resellers Aren’t (YouTube, 28 Sep 2026, at 1:50)

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.”

— Technsports, I'm Killing Every Excuse Resellers Make (YouTube, 12 Oct 2026, at 7:46). Reported: $3,000/month

Startup cost

“we went to the Goodwill bins, came home with 45 pieces, spent $90 total.”

— Nothing New Thrifts, So many goodies at the goodwill bins! $1,000 Thrift Haul! (YouTube, 2 Nov 2026, at 0:02). Reported: $90

“So, we ended up coming home with right around 55 pieces, $110 spent.”

— Nothing New Thrifts, How To 10x Your Money At The Goodwill Bins! (YouTube, 28 Oct 2026, at 4:50). Reported: $110

“we ended up coming home with right around 45 pieces. So, 90 bucks spent.”

— Nothing New Thrifts, I found a $200 jacket and $100 pants at the goodwill bins! (YouTube, 14 Oct 2026, at 2:17). Reported: $90

Time to first dollar

“in under 40 minutes including drive time, we're like $500 right here”

— Technsports, Thrifting America’s Most Insanely Isolated Goodwill (YouTube, 17 Aug 2026, at 9:37). Reported: 0–2 days

“They sold within like a day or two for a full price, $24.95.”

— Nothing New Thrifts, What To Buy At The Thrift Store?! 15 Very Recent eBay Sales! (YouTube, 19 Oct 2026, at 1:10). Reported: 0–2 days

“We listed this one and sold in like one day for 40 bucks.”

— Nothing New Thrifts, Don’t skip these brands at the thrift! #Thrift #Thrifting #Thrifted #eBaySeller #GoodwillBins (YouTube, 9 Oct 2026, at 0:42). Reported: 0–2 days

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.”

— Flipping Junk, VINTED Doesn't Want Your Business (YouTube, 15 Oct 2026, at 1:17). Reported: Vinted bans standard US accounts that buy items specifically to resell 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.”

— Taylor Jo, What We Flip Online Instead of Going To Work (YouTube, 21 Oct 2026, at 40:31). Reported: accepting the first offer on a listing that draws immediate interest

“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.”

— Cayley Elaine, These are the items that pay the bills in my reselling business - What's Selling Right Now (YouTube, 30 Oct 2026, at 4:43). Reported: pricing too high and missing sales

Platform fee

“but you don't pay fees as a seller.”

— Flipping Junk, VINTED Doesn't Want Your Business (YouTube, 15 Oct 2026, at 6:47). Reported: 0%

“So, that made my earnings on Poshmark with the 20% fees $20.”

— Cayley Elaine, These are the items that pay the bills in my reselling business - What's Selling Right Now (YouTube, 15 Oct 2026, at 6:00). Reported: 20%

“still, to this day, and knock on wood, Vinted is not taking seller fees”

— Becky Park, What Sold in Two Weeks on Poshmark, eBay, and Vinted! (YouTube, 30 Sep 2026, at 12:46). Reported: 0%

Income volatility

“this right here is going to give you dependable income steady over and over and over. It's just a grind.”

— Technsports, Thrifting America’s Most Insanely Isolated Goodwill (YouTube, 17 Aug 2026, at 10:02). Reported: low

“And obviously in the summer it can like, you know, ruin your business when no one buys anything and it's slow moving.”

— Retro Reselling, My eBay Sales CRASHED 50%… Here's How I Saved My Business! (YouTube, 14 Oct 2026, at 27:16). Reported: low

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.”

— Taylor Jo, What We Flip Online Instead of Going To Work (YouTube, 21 Oct 2026, at 0:29). Reported: own schedule

All sources

All data

FactValueSource
Full-time or part-timefull time capableRalli 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 transferFlipping Junk, Oct 2026
Fit by life phase (employed_moonlighter)0.63 score 0–1Becky 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 controlown scheduleTaylor Jo, Oct 2026
Vehicle requiredyesTechnsports, Oct 2026; Technsports, Sep 2026