{"id":115,"date":"2023-01-26T13:27:30","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T21:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sidehustleera.com\/?p=115"},"modified":"2023-01-26T13:27:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T06:27:30","slug":"craigslist-arbitrage-how-to-make-money-flipping-items-on-craigslist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sidehustleera.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/26\/craigslist-arbitrage-how-to-make-money-flipping-items-on-craigslist\/","title":{"rendered":"Craigslist Arbitrage: How to Make Money Flipping Items on Craigslist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"514\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sidehustleera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/02910-EP.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sidehustleera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/02910-EP.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.sidehustleera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/02910-EP-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sidehustleera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/02910-EP-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sidehustleera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/02910-EP-650x418.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryan Finlay from\u00a0ReCraigslist.com\u00a0makes a full-time living (and supports his family of 7) buying and selling items on Craigslist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, he used this business to pull himself out from $25,000 in debt and now teaches others to do the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is really one of the most fascinating side hustle stories I\u2019ve come across because there\u2019s a Craigslist for your city that is probably teeming with \u201cinventory\u201d for you to run a similar&nbsp;business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve been wanting to get Ryan on the show since last year so I\u2019m excited we were finally able to connect. The Craigslist arbitrage game seems very attainable; no technical skills required and not a lot of startup capital necessary (Ryan started with just $200 in the bank).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His operation&nbsp;follows the basic adage of \u201cbuy low, sell high,\u201d but does so in a systematic and repeatable way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think you could earn an extra $50-100 per deal, or per day? Ryan gives the inside scoop on how to get it done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s an inspiring story arc here, that goes from experimenting in a bunch of different product categories, to finding a niche, to helping others in their business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Learn:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How a couple early wins hooked him on the business.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How he broke down his goals into a daily earnings target.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How his friends provided a daily accountability system to make sure he was working.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ryan\u2019s process for finding undervalued items, and his favorite\u00a0items to flip for a profit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His process to cut through the clutter on Craigslist and contact sellers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why he&nbsp;<em>doesn\u2019t<\/em>&nbsp;negotiate hard on every deal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What other product categories people have done well with.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ryan\u2019s best practices for finding\u00a0free products to flip.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ryan\u2019s #1 tip for Side Hustle Nation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ReCraigslist.com<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Appliance School&nbsp;(affiliate link)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How Side Hustlers Can Get More Done in Less Time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you think? Could you start\u00a0this weekend\u00a0and find one or two undervalued items? I might have to give this a shot!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Finlay from\u00a0ReCraigslist.com\u00a0makes a full-time living (and supports his family of 7) buying and selling items on Craigslist. In fact, he used this business to pull himself out from $25,000 in debt and now teaches others to do the same. This is really one of the most fascinating side hustle stories I\u2019ve come across because [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-115","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ecommerce"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sidehustleera.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sidehustleera.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sidehustleera.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sidehustleera.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sidehustleera.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sidehustleera.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117,"href":"https:\/\/www.sidehustleera.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions\/117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sidehustleera.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sidehustleera.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sidehustleera.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sidehustleera.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}