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Side Hustling Ep. 30: Single Mom Makes $500 Per Month Selling Garage Sale & Goodwill Shoes

872 views · Published 23 June 2017 · 8:37 · Indexed 25 October 2026

Channel: Rules For Rebels · 2017 · Howto & Style

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Today's side hustle story is about Maria from Chicago who started a side hustle selling used kids shoes she found at garage sales and Goodwill stores, and it all started almost by accident.

Maria was a single mom. She wanted the best for her kids so she enrolled them in sports, bought them iPads and Xboxes and all that jazz, partly because she felt guilty about working so much and not spending as much time with them as she would have liked to.

Unfortunately the more she bought them the more she had to work to pay for the stuff and the more she worked the more guilty she felt so she bought them more, again, in turn having to work more. It was a vicious cycle.

One day while helping the kids clean their rooms she noticed all the shoes and clothes they had that they couldn't fit into any longer. Many of these items still looked brand new. She decided to sell them on eBay.

After seeing how quickly they sold, as well as how much they sold for she had an idea. She started traveling around to garage sales and different Goodwill stores picking up any brand name kids boys shoes she found. Typically paying anywhere between a quarter and $3 per pair. She could easily sell these shoes on eBay for anywhere from $20 to $50.

This is how Maria's side hustle started. While it's difficult to scale and while she'll probably never become rich from this hustle, it fits the bill and fits what she needs.

She was able to stop picking up Saturday shifts at the post office and was able to fill in that income gap with money from selling on eBay. Best of all she's able to take the kids out sourcing with her and they actually enjoy it as well, as long as she occasionally picks them up a toy at a garage sale.

Anyhow, watch the full episode to hear all about it. Until next time, Rules for Rebels signing off!!!

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