There are some vintage clothing items that aren't going to be (purposely) purchased for resale in Amanda's on-line shop or social media. It's not worth the risk of trouble, shadow bans, store closure and so on. SPOILER ALERT! Here they are: High-end designer labels and (potential) Knock-offs Banned Animal products, furs, ivory etc Items that require risky keywords in the title or description Items that would mean having trademarked words in the title or description Clothes with culturally insens...
Sep 01, 2023•31 min
This week Amanda goes in depth on the touchy subject of seller's remorce. Why is it touchy? Because people's very personal feelings about clothing, money, family, privacy and the all-too-common experience of changing our minds all come into play. Amanda shares some personal stories while relaying tips on how you can avoid feeling remorse over parting with your vintage garments and what to do when a seller comes back to you wanting their stuff returned. ___ **** The Thrifters podcast is 100% comm...
Aug 25, 2023•43 min
Branding. Kind of an embarassing word if you think about it. But we need to talk about it. Not your logo or color scheme, etc. but what can people expect to see from you and your business. Do your social media followers recognize your posts instantly without the need to read who it's from? This week Amanda talks about finding and defining our brands by sending out a clear, honest message of who YOU are, what you're about and what you love. Defining who you are and who your audience is will mean ...
Aug 18, 2023•32 min
This week Amanda gets into all the things we should be checking for and disclosing about our vintage garments. Stains, holes, degraded elastic, moth damage, and the dreaded devil's dust. She goes over each of the catagories of condition and what a piece of clothing in might look like in these catagories. Do you believe in the concept of wabi sabi, the beauty in imperfection? Beleiving things have some value even with flaws kind of a Must in the Vintage business. **** The Thrifters podcast is 100...
Aug 11, 2023•38 min
It's one of the top three things we struggle with as resellers, Pricing. This week Amanda gets into how she goes about pricing what she sells. Sadly, its not a mathematical equation. Good thing! as Amanda has some severe Math Anxiety. But we can talk about searching for "comps", our own mitigating factors, and how to trust our own gut when pricing garments. **** The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some valu...
Aug 04, 2023•37 min
You're not in this ALONE! This week Amanda talks about how to build and foster your own community of like-minded people who are also trying to make a go of it in a business that not a lot of people understand. **** The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good about. No subscription necessary. buymeacoffee.com/thethrifters Follow Amanda...
Jul 28, 2023•18 min
Amanda is back to talk about the steps she takes to find out, as certainly as possible, what era her vintage finds are from. There is a lot out there on the Internet and social media. What avenues are helpful and what can lead you astray? **** The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good about. No subscription necessary. buymeacoffee.c...
Jul 21, 2023•30 min
We don't know about you but Amanda is feeling some burnout. It's been a lot of ups and downs in the vintage selling business lately. This short episode is a reminder it's OK to pull back sometimes and give yourself a break. **** The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good about. No subscription necessary. buymeacoffee.com/thethrifters...
Jul 09, 2023•9 min
This is a contination of Amanda's thoughts on how her own vintage business is doing in 2023. And she offers her encouragement for all the other resellers out there. **** The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good about. No subscription necessary. buymeacoffee.com/thethrifters Follow Amanda @Irreverentfinery on Instagram Irreverentfin...
Jun 30, 2023•27 min
This week Amanda takes a minute to see how her vintage business is doing in 2023. What goals were set at the beginning of the year and how's it going so far? **** The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good about. No subscription necessary. buymeacoffee.com/thethrifters Follow Amanda @Irreverentfinery on Instagram Irreverentfinery on ...
Jun 23, 2023•31 min
This week Amanda breaks down some options for storing your vintage clothing and some solutions she has found for making things as easy and organized as possible (for her). **** The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good about. No subscription necessary. buymeacoffee.com/thethrifters Follow Amanda @Irreverentfinery on Instagram Irreve...
Jun 16, 2023•30 min
Washing clothes. This subject may sound kinda dry (ironically) but knowing how to bring vintage clothing back from "the dead" can mean good money from pieces that others have given up on. In part III of this series, Amanda puts a button on the subject of laundering vintage clothing. And this time it's all about removing stains. What products have worked? What techniques are too harsh? Amanda gets into it all. Product Links: Folex - https://amzn.to/3qBEXKh Amodex- https://amzn.to/3WUZZj3 Grandmas...
Jun 09, 2023•30 min
There is one thing that won't show up in photos but can make vintage clothes unwearable (and unsellable!) Stink. What do you do with clothes that are great except for the fact that they smell bad? Some funk can be delt with easier than others and some might be best left behind. This week Amanda goes into a deep dive on deeply disturbing odors and techniques for fighting them off. **** The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast ha...
Jun 02, 2023•27 min
This week, Amanda is back with some very valuable information on a step that is often essential before a vintage seller can photograph, list and sell: Laundering! What steps does Amanda take first? What's a last resort? When should you Abort Mission?? There's more to cover in future episodes but this is a fantastic start. Links to products discussed: Orvus Blue Dawn Restoration Retro Clean Folex Oxi Clean **** The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated ...
May 26, 2023•32 min
This week, Amanda wraps up her series on sourcing vintage clothing. How to find and network with the right kinds of contacts, both on-line and out in the real world. You can make private buying appointments with people who run local estate sale companies or with that person who just complimented your outfit at the grocery store. It’s all about asking the right people and Amanda has some fantastic stories about the different ways she’s ended up having private access to sought after treasures. ***...
May 12, 2023•24 min
This week Amanda shares some thoughts about how to get the most out of yard sales, garage sales, church rummage sales and so on. How to make it clear you are looking for clothes. How to find the stuff that others missed. Should you bargain? Amanda even gets into how people so often get it wrong when running a sale. It's time to hear stories about Amanda’s best and worst experiences following those cardboard signs toward what could be Treasure! Or a pile of junk. It's probably junk. But Yard sale...
May 05, 2023•29 min
This week Amanda fills us in on what happened at the Estate sale that was keeping her up at night. Pre-sale jitters/anxiety. It can be a thing. Amanda also addresses our troubling times and how it feels to drive through rural, conservative areas to find vintage clothing. *** The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good about. No subscr...
Apr 30, 2023•26 min
It’s part II on our series on sourcing. This week Amanda dives into the subject of going to estate sales in the hopes of finding vintage clothing, etc. she takes you step-by-step through her process of finding sales, preparing for them, getting in (hopefully before your competitors) locating and checking the good stuff, paying and all) Plus, what are your attitudes and emotions when going into estate sale situations. They can be intense, intimidating, physically rough or even boring! Amanda talk...
Apr 21, 2023•20 min
It's time to take a deep dive into the subject of sourcing vintage clothing. What do we mean by sourcing? Getting. It's getting your hands on some fantastic, vintage clothing that's worth reselling at a profit. In part I, Amanda talks about thrift stores, her background in shopping at Goodwill, Salvation Army, and indie thrift shops. She also goes over exactly how she prepares to "make the circuit" and what she does first and formost at every shop. No episode would be complete without stories ab...
Apr 14, 2023•30 min
Occasional adversity is part of any business including being a vintage clothing reseller. This week Amanda talks about some of the way she gets through set-backs and conflicts with all aspects of buting and reselling dead people's clothes. *** The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good about. No subscription necessary. buymeacoffee.c...
Apr 08, 2023•24 min
This eposide marks one year since the launch of the podcast! And Amanda's journey as a full-time vintage clothing reseller started just over a year ago, so it's time to take stock. How is it going so far? What has she learned in 1 year's time? What do we want to going forward? Amanda gets into all of this with "favorite" guest, husband and podcast producer, Ben Walker-Storey. *** The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has bro...
Mar 31, 2023•44 min
This week Amanda talks about the power of setting specific goals for your vintage reselling business and what it's done for her. How many items should you list per day? How much money do you plan to make per month? week? Day? Here's how to break it down and make it happen. *** The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good about. No subs...
Mar 24, 2023•20 min
This week Amanda discussess everyting involved in preparing for and running Live Sales on social media platforms. She is now going live weekly and it's become an fantastic new revenue stream! Here are the helpful items mentions in this episode (Some of these may be affiliate links. We get a cut of any sale at no extra expense to you, thanks!) Z Racks Live Sale Numbers Live Sale Bot VCA Live Sales Page *** The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated thoug...
Mar 18, 2023•34 min
This week, Amanda gets into what it was like, literally digging through the house of someone who had collected A LOT of clothes. We are talking amazing vintage peices from the 1960s to the 80s. Hear what Amanda came away with, what she learned and what she felt once it was all over. **** The Thrifters podcast is now 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good...
Mar 10, 2023•32 min
Amanda recently got the opportunity to rumage through a hoarder house. Maybe seeing this as an "opportunity" is up for debate but (spoiler alert) this one turned out to be full of amazing finds! In part one of this story, Amanda gets into how she was able to develope a relationship with someone who runs estate sales and helps clear out homes when a person has passed. It's lead to some memorable adventures and fantastic finds Next week we will hear part two, where Amanda gets into actually diggin...
Mar 03, 2023•39 min
This week has been a rough one at Walker-Storey Manor. What do you do when you need to get things done but there are unusual obsticals in the way? Amanda briefly goes over some ways she gets things done when she would rather throw up her hands and forget the whole thing. **** The Thrifters podcast is now 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good about. No s...
Feb 17, 2023•13 min
In todays episode, Amanda delves into the real reasons why she wears vintage and the healing power of fantasy clothing. This deeply personal episode shares her story and the long term purpose of Amanda's career selling vintage clothing. What's your vintage story? **** The Thrifters podcast is now 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good about. No subscript...
Feb 10, 2023•30 min
There are 3....afflictions that make Amanda put even the most lovely of vintage items back on the shelf. They are: 1. Shattered Silk 2. Devil's Dust 3. Perished Elastic This week Amanda goes into detail on how to detect and avoid clothing that has deteriorated beyond repair. Plus we'll go over some thoughts on how to deal with (and maybe even make use of) these devilish garments if they have made it into your home. **** The Thrifters podcast is now 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatl...
Feb 03, 2023•33 min
Some may call it intuition, visualization, manifestation or even witchcraft but the truth is there is scientific evidence you "see" in the world what you are already focused on. What does that mean for vintage resellers? It means deciding in your own mind how you will fair when sourcing vintage might just manifst into what you find. Nothing? Abundance? It may be up to you. Amanda goes into this "heady" subject with some stories and personal experiences. Shout out to Mel Robbins podcast Mel Robbi...
Jan 27, 2023•31 min
When it comes accepting payments for on-line purchases we have a bunch of choices out there with some pluses and minuses. The main plus for a seller would be not having to pay any fees, right? But does asking buyers to send payment via Venmo (personal) or Cash App leave them vulnerable to losing their money? The short answer is uh, YEAH! In this episode, Amanda gets into why it's essential for professional sellers (or anyone else selling something on-line) to use Paypal or Venmo Business and for...
Jan 20, 2023•42 min
