I earn £9.8k a MONTH reselling charity shop buys on eBay & Depop – I cleared my student loan & quit my job thanks to it
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A woman makes $12k a month on average by buying and reselling clothes on eBay and Poshmark. Kelsey Mikula, 27, started buying and reselling clothes in 2020 while she was studying zoology at Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia, US. She buys clothes from charity shops like Salvation Army, Goodwill and local thrift stores and sells them on sites like eBay, Mercari and Poshmark.
![[Portrait of Kelsey Mikula, who paid off $80,000 in student loan debt by reselling clothes.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/msemail_sc-i-earn-12k-a-mo-1305102jpg-JS964489795.jpg?strip=all&w=702)
Kelsey will also collect unwanted clothes from people's homes and sell them at auction on Whatnot. In March 2023, Kelsey was able to successfully pay off her $80k student loan and now runs her business full-time. On average, Kelsey sells $15k of clothes a month - but spends $2.8k a month on the items she resells - making $12k a month.
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Kelsey, a reseller and content creator, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, said: "It has been crazy how much things have grown since I went full-time. "Working for myself I have a lot more free time, it is good for my mental health doing something that I really want to do.
![[Woman sitting amidst numerous plastic storage bins full of clothing in the back of a truck.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SWNS_RESELL_CLOTHES_05jpg-JS965463999.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
"That being said, you need to be productive if you want to see the money coming in. "Reselling is a performance-based job, if I work my butt off for the whole month my numbers go up. "I have also streamlined my business in a way that some weeks when I am not working full time I am still earning a full-time income.".
![[Pile of clothing and shoes for resale.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/msemail_sc-i-earn-12k-a-mo-1305105jpg-JS964489804.jpg?strip=all&w=928)
Kelsey started reselling items while she was studying zoology at University to get some extra cash. After graduating, she would then resell on the side of her full-time job as a unit secretary in a hospital - before taking the plunge and going full-time.
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