I turned my side hustle selling second-hand clothes into a £1.1MILLION business… here’s how you can too

A WOMAN has revealed how she turned her side hustle selling second-hand clothes into a £1.1million business.

Sarah Dean, 31, from Lancashire, started selling vintage clothes in 2018 to top her income from jobs in bars and restaurants.

She and her friend Sam sold clothes via Asos Marketplace, Depop and eBay.

The pair turned their side hustle into the business Go Thrift after partnering up with two former suppliers.

Go Thrift buys vintage clothes from wholesalers before washing and steaming them for resale online.

Sarah told Insider: “I was still working 50 hours a week in hospitality and fitting in Go Thrift on my two days off.

“I also worked two to three nights a week, so I’d work on Go Thrift during the day before going into the bar for a night shift.”

She decided to pursue the side hustle after the covid-19 lockdown shut down the hospitality industry across the UK – costing Sarah her job.

Sarah said: “It was quite a risk, but the hospitality industry was forced to close, so I took it as an opportunity.

“It was exciting and terrifying to leave an industry I’d worked in for so long, but COVID-19 gave us the time to concentrate on the business.

“After quitting, I worked 10 hours a day at the warehouse, and we all tried our best to push the brand.”

Go Thrift took off as the pandemic forced high-street shoppers online in search of a bargain, turning over £1.1million last year.

The business spent £17,000 on its own website – but still gets most of its orders from eBay.

Now it has won a massive investment from One Planet Capital – allowing it to move 20 new workers into a 30,000sqft warehouse.

It comes after a man revealed how he turned his after-work side hustle into a £2.1million business with backing from a huge celebrity.