“No one gets as excited about thrifting as other thrifters!”

Liz O’Kane: While serving in the U.S. Air Force, Liz O'Kane fell in love with selling and buying on eBay. She made her first sale in 2002 and continued to sell part-time until she retired from the military in 2016. Liz turned her passion from a side hustle into a full-time entrepreneurial venture. She is not only passionate about selling but also about sharing her eCommerce experiences with the reselling community. She is active in various reseller Facebook groups, posts daily on her Instagram account, and runs a local in-person reseller meet-up group (that loosely meets every quarter!). In 2020, Liz was one of 50 small business owners to be awarded eBay's Up & Running Grant and was selected to represent eBay during Women's Small Business Month by sharing her reselling journey with over 15 national media outlets. In 2021, she interviewed eBay's CEO, Jaime Iannone, for eBay Open Online and was invited to eBay Headquarters in 2022 to film two segments for eBay Open 2022 and meet with various eBay teams to give input and learn more about the marketplace.

  • IG: @coloradoreworn (5,700 followers)
  • TT: @coloradoreworn (1,300 followers)
  • Email: shoppingaddiction@yahoo.com

Kristin Lott: Kristin, or rural squirrel as she’s called on social media, is a full-time reseller and part-time traveler picking, digging, and thrifting in bins all over the country. She is a mother of four girls and now a Gigi to five! She’s been married for 30+ years to an amazing, hard-working guy who was her high school sweetheart. They moved to Colorado nearly 10 years ago and have lived in several states before landing here. She grew up in Central Illinois and has been a thrifty person all her life. She likes finding secondhand things, hand-me-downs, heirlooms, and recycled items that still have lots of good use - either for her, her family, or for someone else. In her life, she has waited tables, worked in a mortgage company, been a teacher’s aide, owned a craft mall, been a leasing agent, the education coordinator for a large retailer, and now, she’s a full-time reseller on eBay and makes YouTube videos about her thrift travels across the country. She absolutely loves her job and is so grateful that being thrifty is finally paying off!

  • IN: @aruralsquirrel (6K followers)
  • IN: @aruralsquirrel (6K followers)
  • YT: @aruralsquirrel
  • Email: kristinlott@gmail.com

Kim Dehoyos: Kim is a former commercial lending admin, who left her high-stress job to do reselling full-time, back in 2021. She sells mainly clothing and media, with a little bit of everything else mixed in. Kim enjoys the thrill of the hunt! She had lived in Colorado for 18 years but decided to move (with her husband and cat) to Albuquerque, New Mexico, for better health…and she is enjoying every minute of it!

  • IN: @homescape_closeouts_nm (569 followers)
  • FB: @homescape Closeouts LLC
  • TIKTOK: @kimd_hc
  • Email: kimfdehoyos@gmail.com

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS & TAKEAWAYS:

  • Tips for starting your own meet-up with local resellers in your community.
  • If you don’t want to start your own meet-up, it’s easy to join an existing one!
  • Topics to cover in your meetings.
  • Search sellerevents.ebay.com for eBay meet-up communities.
  • Building a community around thrifting, reselling, and more!
  • “Just get started!”