First step of woodworking, build and organize your space in a way that lets you build more efficiently! Feels so much better to work in a space where you know where everything is!
It looks like you're really on the ball with this business. Good job!! It's a needed niche and quite profitable as well. I have a parallel business selling collector car auto parts on ebay. In 5 years I went from selling low value, high volume parts to selling high demand, low volume parts. Income has escalated from subsistence income to now making some serious money. Keep it up!
I particularly liked your tips for picking up furniture once you've bought it, what to bring with you to make the pickup go more smoothly. Never thought of ziploc bags for hardware and the drill driver! ♡
In my area I mostly get people that ask me to refurbish antique furniture for them. I got lucky I stopped having to look for items to flip. I like your business model. This info is definitely valuable 👌 I always ran into the same issues.
That is awesome! Yeah, that is the goal to get to the point where you don't need the apps anymore. :) Great work! Thank you so much! That is good to know. Are there any other things you would have added?
@@ShannonElizabethDesign the only thing I can think of is maybe getting word of mouth leads. Whenever I get a piece from someone I ask them if they know anyone else who wants to get rid of old antique or semi new pieces. They usually have a family member or a neighbor to get more from.
I also forgot the most important rule of all. Don't fall into the trap of having a whole house full of half pieces of furniture. Then you start looking like a hoarder instead. Only take what you know you can work on
Whoooooa, HOW HAVE I NOT BEEN RECOMMEND YOU BEFORE !!!??????? Been watching and learning from some of the top ladies-and some gents here on UA-cam for YEARS. You popped up for the first time today, and Im going to say.......... WITHIN THE FIRST 2 SECONDS YOUR STYLE AND YOUR WORK SPACE SET UP HAD ME GOOOING W O W😯😮😯😲😲 I Want to learn everything she has to teach me😆😎 So happy your here to share your knowledge, subscriber within the first second💗 RARE🥰
@BlessedAbundance Wow! I think this is one of my favorite comments! That is so sweet of you! Thank you so much!!! That really means so much. What style of video is your favorite?
I actually do have a videos on my tool wall, some tool holders, and my workbench 🥰 my tool wall: ua-cam.com/video/zapFsu0ikCw/v-deo.html My workbench: ua-cam.com/video/1eLY3fCHGHI/v-deo.html
I used to have a neighbour who did this a lot and I think still does it too. He once said he made like £18k in a year and once had a customer who paid £900 to get a piece delivered from UK to France, where she was living. I wonder how does this differ from selling your own handmade furniture though. Do people who buy furniture in that price range use apps too? Is it mostly over the weekend? Do they expect a free delivery because overall price is higher? Is "some" assembly required acceptable? I know you may not know the answer to all of these questions, but if you do, please share!
That is awesome! Yeah you definitely can make a lot. I don't know from experience, since I don't really sell pieces of furniture I have build from scratch right now. However, this is how I would start off if I did decide to sell my own pieces. I would definitely post my pieces on those apps in the beginning to get traction, but also have a website and an instagram showing all of my work. And every time I sell something to someone through those apps I would direct the customer to my website and I would really try to grow an audience on instagram and direct that audience to my website so overtime I would not need to post on those apps. I am sure that there are some people that would buy very expensive pieces on those apps, but I would say that the average user would not. Definitely, a good amount of selling furniture was on the weekends but some people would come during the week after work. I would say that people don't expect free shipping for an expensive piece because shipping is so expensive for bigger items. Yes, some assembly would be better because you can say a lot on shipping, but try to make it as simple as possible for the customer. Hope this helped :) Sorry for such a long answer haha
I was wondering how long it usually takes for you to sell an item? You say in the video that if it doesn't sell at least past one weekend, then drop the price. Does it take you longer to sell more expensive furniture? Most of my furniture will be between $100-$400 and I don't know if cheaper furniture sells faster. Also @ 7:45 , don't price chairs too high? What if its a $600-$1000 dollar chair, do people still want chairs to be under $100? Thanks for your video, this is all new to me.
It would vary, but typically a week I would say. I am not too sure on more expensive items. Although, I would guess cheaper sells faster. I met more free chairs that you find don't really sell for much (that also excludes sofa chairs). A lot of times you will find one or two dining table chairs for free so those are really hard to sell. But I think higher in chairs would do better. Hope this helped :) Yeah, of course. Thank you!!!
Hey Daniel! That is so sweet that you noticed. That really means a lot. It am building a camper van and it was a ton of work and wanted to finish it quickly so I took a break from UA-cam but I am actually gonna finish building it next week and I will start posting again
Everything shes saying is real talk dead on - a great low down. Craigslist IS ridiculous (I’m Surprised they haven’t reinvented themselves by now) (WTF?) Next Door. lol. She described it to a T. Nice friendly older people talking about their plants & bingo... & giving away their STUFF👍🏻
so pretty much your saying you cant do this unless you have a truck or an SUV and own a home with a garage so i dont know where my profit is in this venture cause id probably have to owe for the truck or SUV and the house i bought for the garage ,,i guess in your case its nice to have money , but i live in the city and can still do all of what your doing without having to own a house with a garage and buying an SUV or a truck but thanks for the video
My husband is really getting into woodworking (but is messy) and I just showed him your organized tool rack. He’s jealous of your space.
Aw thank you so much! That really means a lot. It definitely did take a while to build though haha
First step of woodworking, build and organize your space in a way that lets you build more efficiently! Feels so much better to work in a space where you know where everything is!
@@dakotamise2625 fully agree 😊 hah
Woah! this is such an eco-friendly business as well. i can imagine a lot of this furniture ends up in the trash. thank you for doing this.
Yeah that is true. A lot of people say that they would have thrown it away if I didn’t pick it up. Thank you!
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Love your channel. Very inspiring. Keep up the good work!👍
J. Diaz thank you so much 😊🙏🏼
It looks like you're really on the ball with this business. Good job!! It's a needed niche and quite profitable as well. I have a parallel business selling collector car auto parts on ebay. In 5 years I went from selling low value, high volume parts to selling high demand, low volume parts. Income has escalated from subsistence income to now making some serious money. Keep it up!
That is awesome!!! Congratulations! Sounds like you figured it out!
Thank you! Very helpful. Thanks for the time to make for those just starting out
Thank you! I appreciate it. Glad I could help
You're awesome! This was super helpful, as I'm just starting out flipping furniture :)
I particularly liked your tips for picking up furniture once you've bought it, what to bring with you to make the pickup go more smoothly. Never thought of ziploc bags for hardware and the drill driver! ♡
Thank you so much! Yeah quite a few lost screws taught me haha.
In my area I mostly get people that ask me to refurbish antique furniture for them. I got lucky I stopped having to look for items to flip. I like your business model. This info is definitely valuable 👌 I always ran into the same issues.
That is awesome! Yeah, that is the goal to get to the point where you don't need the apps anymore. :) Great work!
Thank you so much! That is good to know. Are there any other things you would have added?
@@ShannonElizabethDesign the only thing I can think of is maybe getting word of mouth leads. Whenever I get a piece from someone I ask them if they know anyone else who wants to get rid of old antique or semi new pieces. They usually have a family member or a neighbor to get more from.
alden allen that is really good advice. Thank you for sharing 😊
I also forgot the most important rule of all. Don't fall into the trap of having a whole house full of half pieces of furniture. Then you start looking like a hoarder instead. Only take what you know you can work on
Hahaha great point. I definitely have looked like that before
Thank you for very valuable information and helping us, beautiful lady.
So happy to help. Glad the information was helpful 😊😊 thank you!!
very helpful. won't hurt to try.
Whoooooa, HOW HAVE I NOT BEEN RECOMMEND YOU BEFORE !!!???????
Been watching and learning from some of the top ladies-and some gents here on UA-cam for YEARS.
You popped up for the first time today, and Im going to say..........
WITHIN THE FIRST 2 SECONDS YOUR STYLE AND YOUR WORK SPACE SET UP HAD ME GOOOING W O W😯😮😯😲😲
I Want to learn everything she has to teach me😆😎
So happy your here to share your knowledge, subscriber within the first second💗 RARE🥰
@BlessedAbundance Wow! I think this is one of my favorite comments! That is so sweet of you! Thank you so much!!! That really means so much. What style of video is your favorite?
Well done, educational and entertaining. Thank you.
Thank you Kristopher! I really appreciate it
You're in San Diego I'm in Riverside County. Being that people are moving out of California is it still a good idea to get into flipping furniture.
Could you do a video how you built your tool bench board/ workshop?
I actually do have a videos on my tool wall, some tool holders, and my workbench 🥰
my tool wall: ua-cam.com/video/zapFsu0ikCw/v-deo.html
My workbench: ua-cam.com/video/1eLY3fCHGHI/v-deo.html
Do you have any advice on what type of furniture to look for?
awesome video!! very helpful, thank you :)
Glad it was helpful! Thank you :)
Good idea. I’ll get a free dining room table, just paint over all the imperfections and sell it for a grand.
So helpful! Thank you!!
Great video and topic! I feel like this is something you could expand on a lot because of your experience and help a lot of people learn.
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Thank you so much! Yeah, I definitely should expand on it. That is sweet of you. Thank you! 😀
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Thank you for informative content it's remind me what I need to do.
Thank you so much. That really mean so much!
I used to have a neighbour who did this a lot and I think still does it too. He once said he made like £18k in a year and once had a customer who paid £900 to get a piece delivered from UK to France, where she was living. I wonder how does this differ from selling your own handmade furniture though. Do people who buy furniture in that price range use apps too? Is it mostly over the weekend? Do they expect a free delivery because overall price is higher? Is "some" assembly required acceptable? I know you may not know the answer to all of these questions, but if you do, please share!
That is awesome! Yeah you definitely can make a lot.
I don't know from experience, since I don't really sell pieces of furniture I have build from scratch right now. However, this is how I would start off if I did decide to sell my own pieces. I would definitely post my pieces on those apps in the beginning to get traction, but also have a website and an instagram showing all of my work. And every time I sell something to someone through those apps I would direct the customer to my website and I would really try to grow an audience on instagram and direct that audience to my website so overtime I would not need to post on those apps.
I am sure that there are some people that would buy very expensive pieces on those apps, but I would say that the average user would not.
Definitely, a good amount of selling furniture was on the weekends but some people would come during the week after work.
I would say that people don't expect free shipping for an expensive piece because shipping is so expensive for bigger items.
Yes, some assembly would be better because you can say a lot on shipping, but try to make it as simple as possible for the customer.
Hope this helped :) Sorry for such a long answer haha
@@ShannonElizabethDesign That's a pretty good answer! Thanks a lot!
I was wondering how long it usually takes for you to sell an item? You say in the video that if it doesn't sell at least past one weekend, then drop the price. Does it take you longer to sell more expensive furniture? Most of my furniture will be between $100-$400 and I don't know if cheaper furniture sells faster. Also @ 7:45 , don't price chairs too high? What if its a $600-$1000 dollar chair, do people still want chairs to be under $100? Thanks for your video, this is all new to me.
It would vary, but typically a week I would say. I am not too sure on more expensive items. Although, I would guess cheaper sells faster. I met more free chairs that you find don't really sell for much (that also excludes sofa chairs). A lot of times you will find one or two dining table chairs for free so those are really hard to sell. But I think higher in chairs would do better. Hope this helped :) Yeah, of course. Thank you!!!
@@ShannonElizabethDesign Thank you Shannon!
why did you stop making videos?
Hey Daniel! That is so sweet that you noticed. That really means a lot. It am building a camper van and it was a ton of work and wanted to finish it quickly so I took a break from UA-cam but I am actually gonna finish building it next week and I will start posting again
You are awesome very informative. 💪😎
Thank you so much! That means a lot 😁
Nice! Thanks!
Thank you! 😊😊
Good info reselling furniture sounds promising
Thank you! 😀 Yeah definitely
Offer up does have a free section!
Oh really. That is awesome! Thank you for sharing!
As a takeaway the number one important lesson is be patient.
How much do you earn on average considering economic cost w.r.t hourly wages/time spent on a regular job
I hope this works out for me but when I try to sell a few things online nobody called for them😏
I’m sure you will get it. It took me a little to get the hang of it. And you could always lower the price on something if it isn’t selling
Thank you !
Glad I could help! :) Thanks for watching
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Everything shes saying is real talk dead on - a great low down. Craigslist IS ridiculous (I’m Surprised they haven’t reinvented themselves by now) (WTF?) Next Door. lol. She described it to a T. Nice friendly older people talking about their plants & bingo... & giving away their STUFF👍🏻
Aww thank you so much!! That really means a lot 😊😍
Haha yeah so true
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Aymn Dyak Happy Birthday! But my birthday is 20 September. Super close though 😊 how did you know my birthday was in September?
I see you got a Glu-Bot.
Yes, I did. 😀 And I am obsessed with it! Thank you! Definitely worth it
so pretty much your saying you cant do this unless you have a truck or an SUV and own a home with a garage so i dont know where my profit is in this venture cause id probably have to owe for the truck or SUV and the house i bought for the garage ,,i guess in your case its nice to have money , but i live in the city and can still do all of what your doing without having to own a house with a garage and buying an SUV or a truck but thanks for the video
Ew. You are bitter af. You can make it work if you TRY. No one else is going to put in the effort for you. Grow up
@@Kenzingo yea it’s not nearly as easy as you think. Really depends on the area and how much people get tired of your posts because they’re jealous
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