259: What Nobody Tells You About Your First Year as a Reseller, feat. Alexa Milmont

259: What Nobody Tells You About Your First Year as a Reseller, feat. Alexa Milmont

From The Get Thrifty Podcast by arc Thrift Stores

August 11, 2026 · 40 min · Episode 259

About this episode

Alexa Milmont shares the honest realities of starting a reselling business, discussing challenges and lessons from her first year.

Thinking about starting a reselling business? Alexa shares the honest realities of the first year that most people never talk about, from sourcing inventory at thrift stores and bins to balancing motherhood, growing on YouTube, and learning what actually makes a resale business sustainable. In this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast, Maggie sits down with Colorado reseller Alexa of Shop Style Cycle to discuss how she went from casually thrifting to building a full-time reselling business on eBay, Poshmark, and Depop. Alexa opens up about the mistakes, surprises, and lessons that shaped her first year, why transparency has become the foundation of her content, and how documenting her journey unexpectedly created a thriving YouTube channel. GUEST HANDLES & RESOURCES YouTube: @shopstylecycle IG: @shopstylecycle TokTok: @shopstylecycle Poshmark closet: https://poshmark.com/closet/shopstylecycle SHOW NOTES Why buying inventory just because it's cheap can hurt your resale business How sourcing from bins helps keep inventory costs low What it's really like balancing reselling with family life and motherhood Why sharing real profits, setbacks, and numbers helped build an engaged…

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Host: Maggie

Guest: Alexa Milmont

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Organizations: Shop Style Cycle, YouTube, eBay, Poshmark, Depop

Places: Colorado

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