A WOMAN who bought nine £4 bags of charity shop rejects to resell has revealed where you can get them to do the same.
Danielle has turned her passion for reselling into a lucrative side hustle , and consistently has new ideas on how she can flip things to make a profit.
In a video on her TikTok page , Danielle showed the huge bags she had nabbed from a local charity shop, stuffed full of a whopping 266 items.
As she delved into the sacks, she pulled out some stunning items, including a pair of Topshop jeans, a blue Monki dress and a new with tags striped red and white dress from New Look.
She explained that the items were all things that the charity shop “couldn’t sell” and – after going through them – she decided that 175 were more suited for an upcoming car boot sale she’s doing.
That left her with 91 items to list for sale online.
“It’s been 10 days since I picked up these bags, so have I made any money ?” she said in the clip.
“So far, I’ve sold 28 items for a total of £184, bringing my profit so far to £303, and I still have 63 items to sell online and a car boot to do with the rest of the items.”
In the comments section, Danielle was bombarded with questions asking how she managed to get her hands on the bags.
To which she replied: “The charity shop reached out to me, but honestly, just speak to your local charity shop.
“A lot of them are getting paid pennies for rags nowadays, so they’re more than happy to sell you their unsold stock at a few pounds a bag.”
Elsewhere in the comments, one person wrote: “What a great pickup!! Car boot sale video incoming soon I hope!”
“This is amazing, it would be interesting to see what the charity shop had them listed as vs what you could sell them for,” another added.
“I do think more people are shopping online for secondhand though so reaches a broader audience.”
“The broader audience is the key,” Danielle agreed.
“All of these items were originally £6 and under, and then reduced and still didn’t sell!”
“Seems like it might be a good little partnership to have,” a third agreed.
“Always a good way to source new stock!”
Top charity shop tips for bagging a bargain
Ross Dutton has been a manager for Crisis's charity shops for four years and currently runs the charity's Finsbury Park shop in London.
Choose your area – As a rule of thumb, the posher the area, the better quality the clothes that are donated.
Don’t hang around – If you see something you like, buy it, as it’ll likely be gone when you come back
Look out for cut-off labels – Some of your favourite high street stores will have deals with local charity shops to donate stock that isn’t sold during their own sales . Often part of the deal is that they need to cut the labels off the clothes.
Stay at home – While some charities have their own site, like Oxfam and Crisis . many also sell from dedicated eBay stores, such as British Heart Foundation and Scope . You won’t get the range of bargains that you would get in a physical store, but if you’re looking for something specific it may be worth checking online too.
“I actually have those jeans in the first clip!” someone else laughed.
“Well they sold, so clearly very stylish and not at all unsaleable,” Danielle responded.
Another asked how many hours she’d spent getting the items, listing online and selling them, to which Danielle said: “It’s difficult because I sell on Whatnot so I sold 100 items in the 1.5hr show (not just the 20ish of these items).
“But I’d say 2 hrs picking up, going through bags, editing videos and then however long it took to pack up the 28 items (hard to distinguish as they are bundled in with the other items from the show).”
