If you're a reseller you spend a lot of time hitting up estate sales. But are you taking full advantage while you're there? Take a second look around next time and you’ll find a lot of things, not to resell but to help with your business. Amanda goes over some things to look out for that can help you repair, photograph and store your clothing finds. And don't forget supplies to keep costs down when cleaning, packaging and shipping your vintage clothing!


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It's been a holiday of sleepless nights coughing high fevers all sorts of unpleasantries. So let's just get all the illness out of the way and left behind in 2023. It has been a tumultuous year for myself and a lot of resellers. So today I want to talk about the things I am leaving behind in 2023 and the things I am embracing as I move into 2024.

How can we take our businesses more seriously and cut out the unhelpful habbits next year?


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Having a child in school is a lot like sending them to a petri dish and just seeing what they come back with. And so Amanda is once again, sick. So Ben is filling in to tell you about his adventures with selling Print-on-Demand.
"But I'm not a designer." you say? Don't let that stop you! Ben has some great ways you can fill out your Etsy shop (and beyond) with lower priced items that can be sold over and over again, no sourcing involved. Design skills are nice but not really necessary.

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The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good about. No subscription necessary.

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Nina from Nina's Buy and Bye joins Amanda to get into of how she's quickly made a success of Live-streaming on Whatnot. If you are concidering doing live sales its definitly worth hearing how whatnot is so different. Nina has some fantastic tips on building community and growing on this exciting (still very new) platform.

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This week Amanda adresses something many resellers are going through right now, an unexpected dip in sales. What can we do? We can try some new stuff! There are other ways of making sales with vintage clothing besides what you're doing right now.

This means pushing through the discomfort of trying something new, so Amanda is here for that pep-talk.

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Does thrifting bring you a "treasure hunting" rush? This week Amanda goes over ways she has found to feel better and improve her vintage reselling business without spending more money and time out sourcing.

Are you doing alright? If you're feeling like "maybe not" let's take a moment to be in the now and really take stock of how we’re doing, both in business and mentally. Let's turn off the noise from social media, clean up and get organized so we can turn that "death pile" of clothes on our floors to a pile of cash!

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The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good about. No subscription necessary.
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Amanda goes over five simle practices she implents in her vintage clothing business. These are things that need she needs frequent reminders on, so let's go through them here on the pod! SPOILER ALERT! They are:

1. Stop making excuses. Just try.
2. Dream Big
3. Don't Panic. Make decisuions about your business with real intention
4. Invest in yourself and in your business. (plus some of Amanda's favorite investments)
5. Get a clear picture of YOUR next-level self.

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The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good about. No subscription necessary.

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Music by Kevin McLeod

This week, Amanda is back to talk about everything she does to prepare for buying at an Estate Sale.
What vintage you come away with really can depend on how prepared you were before getting there. It's not just about having the right supplies! Things happen fast and in order to get the jump on competition you will need to have as much prepared the night before down to finding out where the clothes (or whatever you're looking for) likely are located. Feel free to borrow Amanda's check-list and tips on how to secure private buying sessions with Estate sale companies.

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Edited by Ben Walker-Storey
Music by Kevin McLeod

First, a bit about how Instagram makes money and why they want you on the platform (hint: it's not to help small bussinesses who sell directly to their Instagram followers). Then Amanda dives right into the elusive Instagram Algorithm and what can get your content seen more.

Hey could ya do us a kindness this week? Leave a review on Apple or wherever you get podcasts!

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The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good about. No subscription necessary.

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Edited by Ben Walker-Storey
Music by Kevin McLeod

How does Instagram work? And what is this Algorithm anyway? In this first episode on the subject, Amanda talks mostly about our IG Feed and how we can be more of who and what we want to see, less of what we don't.

Next week we will go over how we can get our own content to be seen (and maybe bought!) by more Instagramers.

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The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good about. No subscription necessary.

buymeacoffee.com/thethrifters

Follow Amanda @Irreverentfinery on Instagram
IrreverentFinery on Etsy

Edited by Ben Walker-Storey
Music by Kevin McLeod