When people ask me how I got into reselling, I always say the same thing. It started by accident.
Back in 2020, I was running my own plumbing business. Good money, honest work, but I always had an entrepreneurial itch. One day, I stumbled across a video about buying Amazon return pallets. The idea was simple: buy pallets of returned items at a fraction of their retail value, sort through them and sell the working ones on eBay and Amazon.
I placed my first order. A single pallet. I set up in my garage. That first pallet taught me everything: how to grade items, how to photograph products and how to write listings that actually sell. The profit wasn't massive, but the potential was obvious.
Within a few months, I was ordering multiple pallets a week. The garage overflowed into the garden. My partner wasn't thrilled. That's when I knew I needed to scale properly.
I found a small unit. About 1,000 sq ft. It felt enormous at the time. I started filming content, sharing the hauls, the wins and the failures. People loved it because it was real. No fake guru energy, just a regular bloke opening boxes and showing you exactly what's inside.
Fast forward to today and I'm operating out of a 6,000 sq ft warehouse in Petersfield with a forklift, a team and over 250,000 followers across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and Snapchat.
The key lessons I've learned:
- Start small, but start NOW. My first pallet was around £200. You don't need thousands.
- Document everything. Social media growth came because I shared the real journey.
- Reinvest profits. Every penny went back into the business for the first year.
- Scale smart. Don't upgrade your space until you absolutely have to.
- Build community. My followers aren't just numbers. They're people who trust my recommendations.