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Lisa Graystone Returns - Are we getting Lazy?

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Are Resellers Evil? ...Asking for a Friend...

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4 Major Lessons I've Learned This Year

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Snarknado! 10 Seller Behaviors That are Cringe

5

Summer Slump Pep-talk, 2025 edition

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Some Hard Learned Lessons on Bookkeeping, Inventory Organization

7

Shipping Postage and Packaging

8

How to Pivot Your Vintage Business During Economic Lows P. II

9

Tax Tips for Resellers

10

Give Yourself a Break! Fight Your Internalized Capitalism

11

The Pros and Cons of Collecting

12

How to Weather Economic Downturns

13

I Overshared! or The Case for Gatekeeping…sometimes

14

Trends in Vintage to Source Right Now

15

I'm Changing Gears and It's Hard to Be Patient

16

The Year in Review | Our Measures of Success

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The Vintage That Haunts You

18

Bringing Your Customers Into Your World

19

Considering Body Image as a Vintage Clothing Seller

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Lisa Graystone and the 55 Thousand Dresses

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More Fall Trends to Source

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Is Your Description a Slur? 5 Vintage Clothing Words That Can Get You Cancelled

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5 Common Mistakes We Can Make When Sourcing

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How Do We Keep Up with the Ever-Changing Tastes of Vintage Buyers?

25

5 Trending Looks to Source this Fall

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Some of the Ways I've Ruined My Vintage

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6 Brands from the 1990s To Watch For

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I Don't Buy It! 5 Vintage Items I No Longer Source

29

More Etsy Keyword Drama - Don't Get Your Shop Shut Down Over These Descriptors!

30

Time for a New Approach to Pricing Your Vintage?

31

Will We Ever Be Happy as Vintage Resellers?

32

Is This The End of Estate Sales? (100th Episode!)

33

Fear Not The Summer Slump

34

State of Etsy (and Sellers) Report for the First Quarter of 2024

35

Do What Scares You

36

Keyword Drama

37

Respectful Rummaging - Thrift Stores

38

Up-cycling Vintage Leather Jackets with “D.M.Foxx" of Fox Fitzgerald

39

The Resellers Report - Selling Platforms in the News

40

Thoughts After My First Whatnot Sale

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Don't Let The Highs and Lows of Your Vintage Business Affect Your Self-worth

42

Your Number One Most Important Skill as a Vintage Reseller - Curiosity

43

Adjusting to the Changing Landscape of Vintage

44

Finding Your Voice and Setting Yourself Apart in a Saturated Market

45

A Glossary of Vintage Vocabulary Words

46

How Do We Insure Our Vintage Business Inventory?

47

Beware of These Scams

48

All My Revenue Streams

49

5 Non-Clothing Items to Grab at Estate Sales

50

Out with the Old and In with the New, Best Practices for Our Vintage Business in 2024

51

How to Fill Out Your Etsy Shop with Print-on-Demand Items (with Ben Walker-Storey)

52

How to Whatnot with Nina's Buy and Bye

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A Few New Ideas for Earning with Your Vintage (And How to be OK With Being New)

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How to Boost Your Mood Without Thrifting (or 4 ways to invest in your business without spending money)

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5 Simple Habits to Boost your Vintage Business

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How to Buy at an Estate Sale - Prepare to Succeed!

57

How To Be Seen on Instagram

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What Does the Instagram Algorithm Want From Us?

59

How to Optimize Your Etsy Shop

60

The 10 Most Popular Vintage Styles for Women

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4 Ways We Can Be Better Resellers

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8 Ways to Get a Bad Reputation Among Resellers

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Halloween Haul - This is the Time to Buy Vintage Clothing!

64

Let's Dispel Some Vintage Selling Myths

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5 Things I Won't Sell

66

Second Thoughts - Dealing with Seller's Remorse (Your Own or Someone Else's)

67

Branding

68

Wabi Sabi - Lets Talk About the Imperfections of Vintage Clothes

69

Pricing Your Vintage Clothing

70

Building Your Vintage Community

71

How to Research Vintage Clothing

72

Are you Experiencing Burnout?

73

Midyear Check-in Part II

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2023 Mid-Year Review

75

Storage

76

Laundering - Part III - Stain Removal

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Laundering - Part II - Offensive Odors

78

Cleaning Your Vintage Clothing

79

Sourcing Vintage V - Private Buying Appointments

80

Sourcing IV - Yard Sales Etc.

81

Sourcing III - Estate Sales Follow up

82

Deep Dive on Sourcing Vintage II - Estate Sales

83

A Deep Dive on Sourcing Vintage Clothing : Part I

84

Facing Challenges in your Vintage Business

85

State of the Union - One Year of Reselling Full-time & Podcasting

86

Setting Goals for Your Vintage Business

87

Tips and Tricks for a Successful Vintage Clothing Live Sale

88

I Shopped a Hoarder House - Part 2

89

I Shopped a Hoarder House - Part 1: How I Got the Opportunity

90

Motivational : How to Get Things Done When Life is Hard

91

The Real Reason I Wear Vintage

92

Deal Breakers! - Three Issues That Make Clothing Not Worth Buying

93

Use Witchcraft (actually Brain Science) to Source Vintage

94

I Got Scammed! Are Your Sales and Purchases Protected?

95

What to do When You're New (to selling vintage on-line)

96

Confronting the Loneliness

97

My Biggest Challenges of 2022 - It's Hard To Do It All!

98

Who is Your Biggest Competition?

99

Game-Changer! Two Game-Changing Tips on Bookkeeping to Advance Your Vintage Business

100

The Art of Being Wrong