When I worked at a bank, I made pretty good money by most standards. I quit in mid 2015 to work for myself and never looked back.
I made 60% of my old monthly salary in December, mainly by selling recycled items, all by myself. That's a big deal to me, a source of immense pride, and plenty to live on.
Sure, it's not as much as I made from my safe corporate job, but the freedom and satisfaction I've enjoyed since has no price. It's also been a blessing so I could help with my Mom and Dad's serious health issues when a standard job would've certainly interfered.
December Overview:
101 items sold at only $355 in inventory costs! -- Don't be fooled by the scale because 67 of these were sourced for FREE from recycling household items on my city's curbs.
The remaining 34 items I got from thrifting cost me an average of $10.44 each. Talk about low risk, high reward.
This was my third best revenue and profit month in 3.5 years, also second in # units sold.
What was the reason?
For the first time in 3 years, I could FINALLY focus on myself 100%. Family health and/or toxic relationships were not on my plate, and it felt great. I know the system I have is super-profitable and can scale, I just need to make sure I can remain focused. My goal this year is to find a business partner or two to cover more ground in my city since I only source from a small section by my apartment. It's a tiny fraction of my city. There's so much money out there I can't get yet.
Anyway... back to the grind with more recycled items recently sold for pure profit.
For fun, leading off with a small toy treehouse sold for $25.
High end working partial vacuum base sold for $220 with cheap shipping.
Yes, I always show boring vacuum parts, but the money you can make from them isn't boring.
UV light air purifier sold for $89.
Vacuum hose sold for $65.
Complete working PlayStation 2 set sold for $62. Ironically found the same PS2 this week on the curb to restock.
Vacuum power nozzle sold for $60.
52 new skeins of cotton sold for $40.
Printer motherboard sold for parts/repair for $38.
Vacuum canister sold for $35.
Sony headphone charger sold for $26.
Vacuum floor attachment sold for $25.
Hair curling iron sold for $24.
Sealed new computer software sold for $15.
Money aside, these are all things that were not destroyed or wasted. I saved them and people bought them. This helps the environment and helps people save money, when compared to buying over-priced new replacements.
Bonus - almost all items were shipped used recycled boxes, padded mailers and padding. An example of packaging I'm already just about done with after a few days of finding it:
More Recent Recycling:
- Recycled Sales For $740
- Recycled Sales For $507
- Recycled Sales For $1,269
- Recycled Sales For $609
- Recycled Sales For $845
Recent Thrifting:
Keep in mind these are just some highlights. I sell quite a bit more.
As always, do what you can to reject waste and help our planet.
Thanks for your interest and support,