This morning I read an article by a guy in Denmark called Ben who believes that he has found the perfect side hustle – as he called it – for making extra money.
It’s perfect because it costs nothing to get started with and is relatively easy.
This is nothing new as I recall seeing something similar in the film The 40 Year Virgin, but it’s not something you see being talked about often.
So what is this perfect side hustle?
Selling other people’s unwanted items and sharing the profits 50-50.
Basically, this is selling unwanted items online using platforms such as eBay and Vinted.
In the film The 40 Year Old Virgin, the female lead ran a similar business where people who wanted to sell their unused stuff but didn’t have the time or know how, would take it all to her and she would sell it online for a percentage of the profits.
Ben hit upon a similar idea after talking with his 83 year old neighbour Kurt.
Kurt was regularly offering Ben stuff that he no longer used. Ben would decline as he had no use for any of the items. He asked Kurt why he didn’t simply sell them online.
Being 83, Kurt didn’t know how to sell online and said that he would rather give the items away for free than try to figure out how to use a smartphone and platforms like eBay.
Ben thought nothing more about it until Kurt offered him a coffee machine and he thought to himself ‘what if I accepted this and sold it online?’
He realised that if people gave him stuff, he could make some extra money without having to lay out any money like a traditional product flipper.
Flipping products online is where you buy something cheap from a car boot or a charity shop and sell it to someone else for a profit. Flipping requires you to source and buy items to sell.
You have to lay out money before you can make a profit.
Ben realised that there was a whole treasure trove of products he could sell next door.
Before you start to panic, Ben wasn’t planning on ripping Kurt off.
Being a decent person and a good friend he approached Kurt and suggested that he would sell his items for him and share the profits with him.
After all, Kurt would have given it all away for free so getting 50% is far better than nothing especially when he had to do nothing.
Ben did all the work. He cleaned the items, photographed them, listed them online and arranged the collection and delivery when they sold.
I don’t know whereabouts in Denmark Ben lives, but it appears that he lives in an apartment block.
Copenhagen and many other Danish towns and cities, much like many other European cities, are made up of a lot of large apartment buildings.
Ben decided to go door to door throughout the whole building offering his service.
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He was a little concerned that people might have thought that he was taking advantage of the elderly but if anything, they were taking advantage of his skills.
He was offering a legitimate way for them to declutter and make some extra money without them having the hassle of doing the work.
Plus, it wasn’t just the elderly who took him up on his offer. A single mother jumped at the chance to sell a few items which she hadn’t got around to listing online.
Several of the older people told him to keep all of the money but Ben would only ever take a 50% share and gave them the other 50%.
Apparently the angry old woman who always scowled at him took him up on the offer and was ‘very happy’ with the money she made. She now says hello and smiles at him whenever she sees him.
This is a great idea as a way to make extra money because it means that you can start today without having to lay out any money up front and you do not need go out sourcing items at charity shops and car boot sales.
I cannot say how well you will do and how many people will take you up on your offer, it also depends on where you live and who you have access to.
Ben was surrounded by a lot of older people who had a lot of unused stuff they wanted rid of which was ideal.
We have to remember, while you and I know how to find our way around the internet, websites such as eBay and use a smartphone proficiently; there are many elderly people who don’t.
There is a treasure trove of stuff gathering dust in people’s homes which could free up much needed money.
One of the biggest problems with people is that they collect and hoard stuff which they do not need. They hold onto things for years which very often just gets skipped or sold off cheaply when they die.
Unless they purposely hold onto things to pass onto family so that they benefit from them financially when they have gone, they themselves miss out on the financial benefits of the stuff they have cluttering up their homes, which is a big shame.
Some miss out on the benefits of living in a clutter free home too.
Sometimes people need someone else to help them and I think this is a great service that anyone can offer.
Like I say, I cannot say how well you will do with this or how much money you could make, but it is something which you can start today.
If this interests you, I’d suggest that you start by telling close family and friends what you plan to do and then ask them if there is anything they no longer need or want which they would like selling.
Ask them to tell other people too.
I would also recommend looking online for a printing company like VistaPrint and have some free cards and flyers printed up which you can hand out to people, put through doors and put up on local notice boards.
This is a great service but it may not be for everyone because even though you do not need to personally go buying items to sell online, you do need to keep a tab on who gave you what, how much you owe them and you’ll probably have to go and collect a lot of the stuff you have been asked to sell.
So it’s not without work.
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Kind Regards
John Harrison
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