Emma Drew

[Dontspillthemilk]

Reselling is a massive thing right now. You can't find anything good in my local charity shop now because of our local reseller (she's not difficult to spot, basically Emma with a different hair colour and a bigger BMW). I remember her haggling with one of the volunteers in Barnardos over pennies.

There's so many of them on YouTube just now, it seems to have replaced MLMs as the "easy" way to make money without having an actual job.

It’s definitely a thing right now, and like you said, charity shops are bare.

 

[Mayday]

100% with you both on the diabetes campaign, that could have been a massive thing for her, she could have helped so many people there, but no.

I also feel uncomfortable about the matched betting she promotes. I’m not going to pretend I know anything about the subject so feel free to correct me if I’m wrong. It’s essentially gambling right? An industry so heavily regulated and that so many vulnerable people get addicted to with dangerous consequences, yet she is able to promote it as a side hustle and claims to earn a lot from it. Is that right?

I’ve no idea about matched betting
Apparently you can’t loose on it. To be honest as a money making blog what worries me with her is she doesn’t tell you what you need to declare I’ve said it before all these side hustles will get a lot of people in trouble. I don’t even think she declares hers properly. You can’t give people money making advice if you cannot even be bothered to tell them they will need to register for self assessment

It is sort of gambling I guess if you don't do it properly. Basically you sign up and make the most of free offers (so if you credit £10 to your account and get a free £10 bet) then there's another website you use, where you basically 'match' the bet based on the odds to ensure you won't lose any money. There are sites like profit accumulator that help calculate that stuff like what your profit will be/where you need to place the other bet.

Its alright for making a bit of extra cash but imo the people who sign up to every site going, and then have about 20 different 'free' bets going across the different sites are insane (as thats how people get the 'big' money of £1000-£2000 a month).

Reselling is a massive thing right now. You can't find anything good in my local charity shop now because of our local reseller (she's not difficult to spot, basically Emma with a different hair colour and a bigger BMW). I remember her haggling with one of the volunteers in Barnardos over pennies.

There's so many of them on YouTube just now, it seems to have replaced MLMs as the "easy" way to make money without having an actual job.

Yeah I've noticed a lot of youtube reseller channels lately. I don't have a problem with it as at least its helping charity but some of them seem to buy any old tat, instead of having a niche like toys or clothes or something.

 

[H12345]

Reselling won’t last
People will stop donating and sell their own tit. Also charity shops will just whack the price up.

Matched betting is making money from those offers the bookies use to lure people in (i.e. Bet £10 and we'll give you another £20 bet for free). You have to place a bet on an outcome (with a bookmaker) then bet against the same outcome (with a betting exchange) at the same odds. So basically, you win as much as you lose and then cash out the free money. So you only make £20 in the example above. It's a very time consuming process and an absolute bugger if something goes wrong (you can lose money doing this if you don't know what you are doing or make a little mistake). I tried it once, couldn't get my lay bet on in time but ended up winning anyway so I cashed out and haven't touched it since.

I think the people who are really successful at matched betting are the ones who spend a great deal of time at it (like anything else) and although it is touted by a lot of people as a great side hustle, there's still always the chance of something going wrong and you ending up losing money. You can also get banned by the bookies because, for some reason, they don't like matched betting

Also, I was self employed until January of this year, both working as a contractor and running a small business, and there's been some hilarious stuff Emma's done in the guise of being self employed, like treating her home broadband as a business expense when she was working from home

id love to see what she puts against business expenses bet all them lunches down the pub goes against it as her content

 

[boostar]

Reselling won’t last
People will stop donating and sell their own tit. Also charity shops will just whack the price up.

I would love to see an honest account of how much a reseller makes. The ones on YT seem to keep a lot of stock and spend ages sourcing, packing and posting stuff, so it'd be interesting to see what their hourly wage was, after all the fees etc.

 

[SunshineSally]

I would love to see an honest account of how much a reseller makes. The ones on YT seem to keep a lot of stock and spend ages sourcing, packing and posting stuff, so it'd be interesting to see what their hourly wage was, after all the fees etc.

Sparrow's End makes an absolute pittance and she gave up a Department Head job in a high school as well. She posts monthly income reports

I have dabbled in reselling and it really isn't worth the hassle. It's very time consuming and the fees are outrageous

 

[H12345]

Sparrow's End makes an absolute pittance and she gave up a Department Head job in a high school as well. She posts monthly income reports

I have dabbled in reselling and it really isn't worth the hassle. It's very time consuming and the fees are outrageous

Oh no I used to follow her I was really hoping she would do well

 

[SunshineSally]

Oh no I used to follow her I was really hoping she would do well

She seems very happy with her achievements and quite rightly so but she doesn't make anywhere near as much as she used to.

 

[Mayday]

Sparrow's End makes an absolute pittance and she gave up a Department Head job in a high school as well. She posts monthly income reports

I have dabbled in reselling and it really isn't worth the hassle. It's very time consuming and the fees are outrageous

Oh wow I didn't realise she gave up her job, I thought she was doing it as a side hussle?

I would love to see an honest account of how much a reseller makes. The ones on YT seem to keep a lot of stock and spend ages sourcing, packing and posting stuff, so it'd be interesting to see what their hourly wage was, after all the fees etc.

I followed chasingsecrets and I think she was making about £2500-£3000 a month (she'd post her 60 day report on Instagram) but it didn't take into account listing fees, the % ebay/paypal takes, returns etc. I think she also posted a lot - at least 15 parcels a day and had about 600-800 listings at any given time.

 

[H12345]

She seems very happy with her achievements and quite rightly so but she doesn't make anywhere near as much as she used to.

And she should but she’s so lovely I really am rooting for her to do so so well

 

[SunshineSally]

Oh wow I didn't realise she gave up her job, I thought she was doing it as a side hussle?


I followed chasingsecrets and I think she was making about £2500-£3000 a month (she'd post her 60 day report on Instagram) but it didn't take into account listing fees, the % ebay/paypal takes, returns etc. I think she also posted a lot - at least 15 parcels a day and had about 600-800 listings at any given time.

She took a year off and, tbh, I doubt that she is returning. Bravo to her in making the leap.

I really don't know how their totals translate into a monthly wage but I should imagine that the total needs to be really high if you want to earn a decent wage. Those fees are harsh!

 

[boostar]

Oh wow I didn't realise she gave up her job, I thought she was doing it as a side hussle?


I followed chasingsecrets and I think she was making about £2500-£3000 a month (she'd post her 60 day report on Instagram) but it didn't take into account listing fees, the % ebay/paypal takes, returns etc. I think she also posted a lot - at least 15 parcels a day and had about 600-800 listings at any given time.

I'll need to have a look at those channels.

I think it's getting more difficult to make a living reselling since there are just so many people trying to do it. Like every other side hustle, there's always a few people who will pack in their job to try and do it full time.

I've watched a few US based resellers and they seem to trawl discount shops/goodwill for hours and still come home empty handed. It's certainly not a sustainable business if they are having to fight with all the other resellers for stock (not to mention the people who are actually in those stores shopping for themselves). Then there are the retail arbitrage people who will buy 100s of the same product for the FBA scheme but they are pretty much gambling on that item being popular enough to clear the backlog before amazon start charging them for shelf space!

 

[Youtubegossip]

Just in case we don’t know who she is. She’s got a description in her stories. She lives in a chapel

 

[H12345]

Just in case we don’t know who she is. She’s got a description in her stories. She lives in a chapel

Converted chapel get it right

 

[Boblebob]

Oh no I used to follow her I was really hoping she would do well

Yes i really like her and she seems genuine. Her last vlog was a chatty one and really insightful. Much better then Emma's that is for sure.

 

[Youtubegossip]

She’s insufferable. If I was an estate agent I’d honestly rather lose the commission than deal with her behaving like that. Yes they’ve got it wrong but it’s more likely they’ve just missed the s. Get over it.

 

[H12345]

She’s insufferable. If I was an estate agent I’d honestly rather lose the commission than deal with her behaving like that. Yes they’ve got it wrong but it’s more likely they’ve just missed the s. Get over it.

She’s so up her own a
What a child cancel her appointment over a mistake.
Honestly she should just give up and stick with the chapel then. I imagine she stamps her feet at everything

 

[boostar]

She’s so up her own a
What a child cancel her appointment over a mistake.
Honestly she should just give up and stick with the chapel then. I imagine she stamps her feet at everything

It's a catch-22 situation, if she finds a new build, she'll be in a less rural area and probably have neighbours closer to her/less privacy so she'll moan about that but if she stays in that money pit chapel, she'll moan about the work that needs done, the septic tank/gas/mould/cold. Either way, I can guarantee she won't be happy.

 

[Youtubegossip]

It's a catch-22 situation, if she finds a new build, she'll be in a less rural area and probably have neighbours closer to her/less privacy so she'll moan about that but if she stays in that money pit chapel, she'll moan about the work that needs done, the septic tank/gas/mould/cold. Either way, I can guarantee she won't be happy.

I love her to do lists

Write list
Ring dentist
Tick dentist off list

Oh look I’ve done ten things today

 

[H12345]

I love her to do lists

Write list
Ring dentist
Tick dentist off list

Oh look I’ve done ten things today

Slow and steady wins the race
Can’t wait to hear her rant about the dentist. The utter shock that’s probably gone through her that she can break a tooth. Bet she regrets them refills from the weekend now.

 

[boostar]

I keep trying to watch the hypnotherapy video but I just cannot focus on it at all.

One of the US vloggers that I follow did a video on reselling items she's bought from goodwill and it's interesting to see the backlash in the comments. I always think goodwill looks awful - like someone has emptied a skip in a shop - so I can't imagine people making money from reselling that crap!