The Truth About Reselling

A $2K pallet flip, selling to a Juicy Couture co-founder, and the ebbs and flows nobody talks about — plus Whatnot's shipping change and meetups on the way. Reselling is all highs and lows — and this episode is proof. Amanda opened a pallet expecting junk sunglasses and found hundreds of Maui Jims: $2,000 in 24 hours on eBay, whole pallet paid off in eight hours. Sam had her own peak — a thrifted...

This week we're sitting down with Julie Shapiro of Casa Chic — a reseller who's been doing this since 2000, long before anyone called it a side hustle. Julie left her career as a trial lawyer (she still practices on the side) to stay home with her kids, started selling her own clothes on eBay, told a few friends on a park bench, and never looked back. Now over two decades later, her kids are grown...

Sam and Amanda discuss the challenges of reselling during the summer, including the impact on family life and the summer slowdown in sales. They also explore the balance between running a reselling business and spending time with family, gaining perspective on business challenges and the importance of prioritizing family time. The conversation covers parenting challenges, summer activities, member...

What does it actually look like to go from selling clothing & accessories on Instagram stories to $345,000 in sales on Whatnot in under a year — while being a mom, running a business with your husband, and pivoting from clothing to vintage jewelry mid-stream? Kelsey from Lucky in Love joins Sam and Amanda to tell us everything. Kelsey started reselling as a teenager on Craigslist and eBay, tur...

She hit 1.5 million in gross Poshmark sales (on average $450k annually) and she did it debt-free, without a color-coded bin system, and with the government holding her passport hostage. Ruth Ramsey (Ruthless Reselling) joins Sam and Amanda to pull back the curtain on what a real luxury reselling business actually looks like — and surprise, it doesn't involve tissue paper bows or a laminated invent...

Sam and Amanda are here to share what they know — and the first thing they'll tell you is not to take their word as gospel. Afterall, reselling is a lot like parenting. Everyone has their own flavor that works for them and their family. In this episode, they dig into the ThredUp resale market report and have a candid conversation about one of reselling's biggest pitfalls: blindly following advice....

🎧 New episodes drop every Wednesday. In the very first episode of The Truth About Reselling , hosts Amanda Anderson ( ⁠@amanda.commonthreads⁠ ) and Sam Strom ( ⁠@samanthastorms⁠ ) get candid about how reselling actually works in real life — motherhood, burnout, ADHD brains, algorithms, money fears, and all. This podcast series is for people looking for a flexible, lucrative career — one that can...

💸 Ever wonder what’s really going on behind those “$7,000 week” reseller TikToks? Welcome to The Truth About Reselling , where two resellers— Amanda Anderson and Sam Strom —pull back the curtain on the messy, brilliant, occasionally chaotic world of secondhand hustle. In this kickoff episode, they get real about: 🧺 The myth of the “easy money” side hustle 🛍️ Why resellers aren’t the villains the...