Episode 487: Early Bird Reselling, Whatnot Wins, and eBay Recommerce Trends

Pure Hustle Podcast

Entrepreneurship, Business:entrepreneurship, Business

4.8 • 857 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Join the Discord and Partner with us via Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/purehustlepodcast MY RESLLER GENIE - USE OUR CODE “PUREHUSTLE” all in caps: https://www.myresellergenie.com/?ref=purehustle In this update episode of Pure Hustle Podcast, Mike and Orlando discuss building discipline through early mornings and workouts to boost reselling productivity, networking for free inventory hauls, and the shift in garage sale pricing amid inflation. They share random stories from Whatnot live selling adventures (shoutout to K-Way Shop) and the infamous "Popcorn Bucket Guy" at Disney. Reselling news covers Estee Lauder's lawsuit against Walmart over counterfeits, eBay's auto price reduction testing, and the 2026 Recommerce Report highlighting 89% of consumers planning to spend the same or more on pre-loved goods (with Gen Z leading at 59%). BOLOs include Moen shower heads for hospitality/home improvement and low-megapixel Elf digital cameras reselling strong. Plus, excitement for nearing episode 500 and spring garage sales. 00:00 - Intro and Episode Number01:09 - Orlando's Update: Discipline, Early Mornings, and Reselling Grind04:58 - Four Burner Theory and Balancing Life07:05 - Networking for Free Inventory Hauls09:24 - Garage Sale Pricing Shifts and High Demands11:49 - Economy, Inflation, and Buyer/Seller Dynamics19:24 - My Reseller Genie Promo and Bookkeeping Course22:46 - Random Story: Whatnot Live Selling Experiences27:43 - Random Story: Disney Popcorn Bucket Guy Drama31:31 - Reselling News: Estee Lauder Sues Walmart Over Counterfeits35:14 - eBay Vero Listings and Brand Restrictions38:34 - eBay Auto Price Reduction Testing Debate46:22 - eBay 2026 Recommerce Report Stats and Insights50:34 - BOLOs: Moen Shower Heads (Hospitality/Home Improvement)55:46 - BOLOs: Elf Digital Cameras (Low-Megapixel Resurgence)57:24 - Looking Forward: Spring Garage Sales and Organizing Space57:42 - Closing and Social Media Shoutouts

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0:00.0	Welcome to Pure Hustle podcast. I'm Mike.
0:08.3	And this is Orlando and we're an episode 487.
0:12.4	I almost pause for a moment.
0:14.2	Like, is it really 400?
0:15.3	Yes, it is 487.
0:17.3	And this is an update episode.
0:19.3	That's right.
0:19.6	We're coming in on 500 we we haven't done something
0:22.7	like super special since 100 when you shot confetti all over my studio slash uh storage where
0:30.2	i had all my inventory and i was getting confetti out of stuff forever but we need to do
0:34.5	something special i think for the 500 i don't know what it is yet we got a little time, but not much to figure that out. So thank you to all of you who've been a long time listener. And if this is new for you, you're just catching us right now. This is one of our update episodes. And on our update episodes, we kind of talk about what we've been doing reselling-wise, what's going on in the reselling world
0:54.5	in general, kind of some topics and some news items. We give you some random stories, some
0:59.3	bolos, things that you should be on the lookout for when you're at garage sales, thrift stores,
1:03.3	all the places that you're sourcing. And yeah, we love these episodes. They are, it's on a fun.
1:09.7	So, Orlando, how are things going, man?
1:13.7	Well, it's, it's an interesting time. Like, I, I miss the days where like my life was all
1:19.1	the same all the time as far as like when I was going full time. I don't miss those days also
1:24.4	because, you know, sometimes the grind, right? Like, people that
1:28.4	sell full time, they understand the grind. Like, it is fun and it's fantastic. And Mike and I were
1:33.1	talking today about somebody who went full time and how they're making it happen, right? And I was
1:39.5	thinking about this today. And I hate bringing this up because I've've I can't stand it when people talk about fitness
1:46.3	and people talk about discipline like I just don't like to talk about those things or hear
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