This 26-year-old med student bought a house by selling used clothes: Without the side hustle, 'I wouldn't even have a savings account.' (via CNBCMakeIt)
Medical student Olivia Hillier, 26, says she stocks her Poshmark store with vintage clothing that "brings me joy."Hillier, a medical student at Rochester, Michigan-based Oakland University, had some experience selling a few of her own old clothing items on resale app Poshmark. She never thought much of it. But during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, she noticed that other Poshmark sellers were profiting from "flipping" trendy thrift store finds.
"If I wouldn't have had this business, I wouldn't even have a savings account," Hillier, 26, tells CNBC Make It. "And I'd have to take out loans to cover my living expenses, on top of tuition." She spent the next couple months testing various sellers' methods. She focused in on a style — vibrant vintage statement pieces — because those items sold the most quickly. Her store gained traction with a "young professional" audience primarily consisting of 25- to 40-year-old women, she says.
On Fridays, she'd run from class to thrift stores, spending those evenings sorting and cleaning clothes. On Sundays, she'd model and take photos of her new stock. On Mondays, in between hospital rotations, she'd upload the new products onto her Poshmark closet. And every other day, she'd make runs to the post office.
For Hillier, Poshmark's seller-friendly services make the fees worth it. When someone purchases an item on Poshmark, the platform emails a label to seller with a pre-populated shipping weight and address. All the seller must do is stick the label on the box and drop it off at the post office.
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