I’m a stay-at-home-mum but make £20K a month selling people’s cast offs – my hubby’s even quit his job to help me
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A COUPLE have been able to make themselves a whopping £20,000 per month by selling second-hand clothing online. What was once a side hustle for Zoe Cavanagh and her husband Joe has now become their full time-job. Both aged 29, the couple actually started selling odd bits and bobs online years ago, but back then it was just a hobby.
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In June this year, they decided it was time to level up to something bigger. And by October 2024, the parents' earnings were so high that Joe was able to quit his job as a manager at a self-storage facility to help his wife with their new business. But how did they do it? Here, Zoe and Joe share their tips for others.
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“We have been reselling on and off for around 15 years, as a side hustle,” Zoe, who lives in Solihul, Birmingham, told Absolutely Business. “[In the beginning], most of the time, we [just] made ends meet and had some extra money for Christmas,” Zoe, who lives in Solihul, Birmingham said.
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“Joe’s first big resale was actually when he was around 16 and was doing voluntary work in a charity shop and found a duffle bag filled with boxed N64 and SNES games. “He managed to buy them for 50p each and made a good profit, which at that age felt huge.
“[When we started reselling regularly], it didn’t take long to come to the realisation that we wanted to do this full time. “[But] we were lacking a platform where we were able to move through volume.”. So, what changed?. The couple discovered the online social marketplace, Whatnot, where people can sell anything from trainers to sports cards, second-hand clothes to luxury handbags.
