The sky is the limit if you choose retail arbitrage as your side hustle. There’s a learning curve — you’ll have to learn how to find things you can make a tidy profit on that will sell relatively quickly. But if you have some money to invest upfront, you can get this business off the ground in no time.
Retail arbitrage involves going to stores — like Big Lots, Burlington, Target, Trader Joe’s, Walmart, Marshalls, Ross and TJ Maxx — and buying discounted items that you can resell online for a profit.
You can try your hand at reselling your items on eBay, Craigslist, or Facebook marketplace, or you can try Fulfillment by Amazon. You send the products to Amazon, and it stores, picks, packages and sends the merchandise to people who order it. You’ll have to pay a fee for storage and the orders fulfilled, though, so you’ll have to decide if it’s worth it.
