Make Money Thrifting at the Goodwill Outlet to Sell on Poshmark, Mercari & EBay
I go through phases where I don't go to goodwill outlet for months and when I go back I always say to myself, "WHY DID I STOP COMMING?!".... (toxic trait much?)
Making money at Goodwill Outlet or any other pay by the pound thrift store is very possible, but you need to think about it a lot differently than just shopping a regular thrift store. You have to be much more intentional with pay by the pound shopping and a little more competitive. The more you buy, the cheaper your haul is. Every 15 minutes to an hour (depending on the store, the volume of goods that day, staff availability, etc) staff will roll out a giant bin (about 4 ft x 10ft) of products. These products are loosely sorted into broad categories: housewares, shoes, accessories (belts, purses, suitcases, hats), clothing, toys, and textiles (rugs, sheets, towels, etc). Some locations also have furniture and books, though these typically aren’t sold from bins. Customers have about an hour to sort through a bin before it is rolled back into the staff area and disposed of.
My best advise is Grab first look later. The best technique for shopping in a fresh bin is to have a shopping cart handy and place anything you think you might want into your cart, quickly. It can be tempting to grab something, inspect to see if it’s broken, check the label, etc before putting it in your cart, but in the first 5 or 10 minutes when a bin is fresh and potentially crowded, you might lose other finds in the delay. If you think you might want something, just put it in your cart and plan to give everything a good inspection before moving to check out.
