Thrifters Villa

Who is ready for a no script - off the cuff episode of Thrifters Villa?? These are some of our favorite episodes because we just sit back and have nice girls chat about everything related to everyday life to reselling and business. We hope you enjoy! Sign up for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thriftersvilla  Want to support Thrifters Villa without a monthly reoccurring fee? Buy us a coffee!...

This week, we had a very special guest and dear friend to us on - Blake from Blake Does Things on Instagram! Blake sent us an interesting Instagram reels video that sparked a conversation and podcast topic idea. Here is the link to the reels: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CTdUm01BFa9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link We hope this is a conversation starter for everyone.  Blake's Instagram: https://www....

Welcome back to Thrifters Villa Q&A Part 2, where we finish answering reseller and business related questions. We hope you enjoy this series and learned something new about us and our businesses! These questions definitely were though provoking and made us pounder what next steps we could be taking in our business. Sign up for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thriftersvilla Want to support Thr...

Who’s ready for a Thrifters Villa Q&A?? Thank you to our Patreon family for giving us so many questions to answer! This was fun!! These episode are definitely our favorite - we love answering questions from our community! Some of these questions are reseller related, while others are more personal/lifestyle based. We received so many questions that we decided to make this into a 2 part series! We...

Welcome back Thrifters Villa Fam! Today's episode is our very FIRST Patreon member co-produced epsiode! Thank you Danielle for submitting your idea and thank you to the Patreon family for voting on your favorite topic/idea! This is the first of many Patreon produced episodes you will see from us! Today's topic is broad, and also very difficult to talk about without going down a bunch of winding "w...

Anyone else ask themselves this question time and time again? Do you REALLY need to go sourcing? What value does sourcing bring to you at the present moment? Will it be detrimental to your business or goals if you do not source? How can you get creative with sourcing? How much time are you spending on sourcing vs. other areas of your business? These are just some of the questions and experiences w...

Fall and winter 2021/2022 fashion trends are coming your way this week! This is one of our favorite episodes to research and record. It’s always fun to see what designers are displaying on the run way shows, and how we, as resellers, can mimic these trends for our online clothing business. Sign up for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thriftersvilla Lori's Poshmark Closet: https://poshmark.com/...

This week, we thought we would change directions bit and have a discussion based around distractions and how they can affect your ability to stay focused. Losing focus, getting caught up on social media current events, and endless scrolling is something we all fall victim of at any point in time. However, the most important thing to remember is how we adjust, refocus, and move forward is where our...

Who doesn’t love a good day in the life Youtube video? Well, Thrifters Villa is bringing you a day in the life podcast edition. This week, we sit down with all of you and discuss the diferences between our days: from checking notifications, to shipping, to creating content, and everything in-between. We break down how we organize or days, our strategies, and our pain points. We also, share some of...

Join us this week as we discuss how we have taken our data and used those metrics to become successful on the reselling platform known as Poshmark. We will break down how we use this data to source for our stores, our strategies to meet our sales goes, and how data can sometimes be skewed and how to handle that. Sign up for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thriftersvilla Lori's Poshmark Closet...

In this week's episode, we will be sharing our latest thrift haul with all of you! We spent the day thrifting together and we cannot wait to share our finds with you. There are some new to us brands and some items that have sold quickly that we want YOU to know about!  Sign up for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thriftersvilla Lori's Poshmark Closet: https://poshmark.com/closet/loribosto...

In today's episode, Daniela sits down with Steven from @seafashionguru and they discuss Steven's business model, how volume selling has played a part of his business model, what changes he has made to his business post-pandemic, and Steve also shares some helpful eBay tips for all of our listeners! Steven's Poshmark Closet: https://poshmark.com/closet/seafashionguru Steven's eBay Store: https://ww...

Join us as we learn more about Dionne, her background in fashion, buying merchandise, her teaching career in helping young and up-in-coming designers, the luxury fashion world, all of Dionne’s latest projects, and much much more! We can’t wait to see you at the table! Dionne's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdionnedean/ Dionne's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Dionnedean Dionne'...

There has been a lot of buzz the last few weeks regarding Poshmark’s new features and summer slowdown of sales, so we wanted to provide you with our perspective on these topics. Join us as we discuss Poshmark’s new sharing tool, bulk offer feature, video component to listings, and our perspective on what summer slowdown really means for us and our business.  See you at the table!  Sign u...

In today's episode, we will be discussing the Netflix mini series on the fashion designer Halston. We give you some history cliff notes on the designers background, how he got started, how his brand grew, and where the brand is today. We try not to spoil the mini series for you so if you haven't watched it yet, you will still be able to follow along to this episode and watch the series at a later...

In today's episode Lori and Daniela will be answering your reseller questions. These questions range from Poshmark strategies, processes with authenticating items, how to become a full time reseller, and much more! Sign up for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thriftersvilla Lori's Poshmark Closet: https://poshmark.com/closet/loribostonfound Daniela's Poshmark Closet: https://poshmark.com/close...

We brought you underrated brands two weeks ago, and in today's episode, we will be talking about overrated brands that make you question your reselling business. Now remember, this is just our opinion but we would love to know if you agree or disagree with our brand list. Follow us on Instagram and leave us a comment under our post for this podcast episode, and let us know what your overrated bran...

In today's episode of Thrifters Villa, we sit down with the founder and president of Fashionphile, Sarah Davis. Sarah shares her story with us on how she began thrifting, the beginning of her reselling journey, how her reselling business eventually launched into Fashionphile, and where the company is today. Fashionphile is an an e-commerce business that was founded in 1999. Their focus is on selli...

Welcome to our new monthly series where we will be taking time to sit down, relax, and unwind together. During these episodes, we will be chatting all things related to reselling, lifestyle, personal experiences, and so much more. These conversations are more open ended and allow you, our listeners, to get to know us both on a more personal level. Sign up for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/t...

In today's episode, we will be chatting with Poshmark Canada reseller and Youtuber Ashley Gibson. Ashley has been reselling since 2019 when Poshmark Canada launched! She is an early adopter of the application and she shares her experiences within the reselling community between the USA and Canada. Where to find Ashley: Instagram: https://instagram.com/ashleydtl?igshid=17n4954tjuxxt Youtube: https:...

In today's episode, we will be discussing a few of our favorite underrated brands or brands that do not get a lot of attention in the reselling community. We share our experiences, average resale price, and why we believe certain brands or styles within a brand have done well for us. Sign up for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thriftersvilla Lori's Poshmark Closet: https://poshmark.com/closet...

Hello Everyone!  In today's episode, we are discussing all of the tools that we simply cannot go without in our business. We compare and contrast products and discuss how priorities in products can change over time as a reseller.  Sign up for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thriftersvilla Lori's Poshmark Closet: https://poshmark.com/closet/loribostonfound  Daniela's Poshmark Cl...

Hey There Thrifters! In today's episode, Lori & Daniela sit down, unwind, and have some good ol' fashion girl talk filled with reseller related information, helping each other work through some thoughts and business ideas or struggles, and of course some stories surrounded around thrifting! We hope you enjoy this casual, yet informative conversation! Sign up for our Patreon: https://www.patreo...

Oh, the dreaded work/life balance conversation. At some point in our businesses we experience growth; personal, monetary, business space, and much more! But, let’s have an honest conversation on how we handle these growths and the stressors that can be associated with it. Join us this week as we discuss our own personal business growths, how we have handled these growths, how we balance work and l...

This episode was first released on May 18, 2020 Welcome back Thrifters and welcome to our first episode of our mini series: Coffee Talk. In today's episode, Daniela sits down with a local Rhode Island reseller and friend Jill. Together they will discuss all aspects of sustainable brands, what makes a brand sustainable, which brands in the fashion world are on that list, and some new brands to be o...