Week 1: How I’ll Make $1K From Secondhand Stuff 🤝

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TLDR;

• Goal is to make $1k profit in April

• made $125 in 4 days

• using a seller “alter ego”

Week 1: How I’ll Make $1K From Secondhand Scores

Welcome back, in case you’re new and dropping in, I’m selling (free) used stuff to make $1k in profit (link to first email) by April 29th.

Getting the goods

I asked the neighbors if they had anything to get rid of - they had 3 things: office chair, ice maker (not pictured) and unicorn book shelf (not pictured).

Next, I went on all of the used marketplaces - FB, OfferUp, etc. and searched for “free”, “open box”, “new”, “moving”, within 10 miles of my place. Furniture and electronics are preferred but I was open to a bunch of stuff.

First place was a gold mine! This is the post that started it all:

Furniture ✅ 

Weird/funny looking ✅

Free ✅✅✅

But there was one problem…

The table didn’t fit in my car. (and I specifically only want to use a car so I don’t have a “truck” advantage) I want anyone to be able to do this!!

So I asked the question EVERYONE needs to ask - “So what else you need to get rid of?”

Turns out, a good amount!

I’m talking Smart TV, Huge mirror and a glass table top were all free and could all fit in my car! (pictures below)

Initial Expenses:

Items: Free

Gas to drive there: $1.57

Total Initial Investment: $1.57

Selling the goods

Here’s a secret about me: I hate haggling. I LOVE negotiations, but hate haggling.

So at first I posted the goods online the standard way:

• This is item name

• This is item size

• This is item material

• This is item price…

Snooze! My sales were also snooze 😴 

So I rebranded: EVERYTHING25

• No haggle

• No fuss

• Everything just 25 bucks

I put 3 bullet points about the item and a short (fake) story about it. People LOVE stories. With a punchline at the end about it only being $25.

Everything sold within 12 hours (minus book shelf since it hasn’t been posted yet)

How it’s going

I’m currently up $125 in ~4 days!! (as of writing this)

• Chair $25 SOLD

• Ice maker $25 SOLD

• Glass table top $25 SOLD

• Huge mirror $25 SOLD

• TV $25 SOLD

Will continue to use the EVERYTHING25 strategy and find more moving sales where I can get multiple items in one trip. Will also hit up a few more neighbors! 😎 

(As usual each business will have it’s own setbacks, and it’s all about the execution and consistency rather than just having the idea)

It’s a great day to be great!

Love, Mike 👋 

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