I Spent a Day With a Family Making $6K/Month Flipping Mattresses | Niche Riches

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[00:00:00]Today I'm spending a full day with Eric and Yamara, a husband and wife team who are quietly making thousands flipping items most people would never expect to resell, primarily mattresses. Using an app called Share Town, they pick up items from customers, prep them at home, and resell them on Facebook Marketplace.

[00:00:16]I'll be on the pickup, in the prep, and at the storage unit learning how they split the work and what the money actually looks like. What would you say you're earning profit per month doing something like this?

[00:00:26]>> Tier has been pretty good. So, >> yeah. In just 3 months part-time, they've cleared $11,000 in profit with the last month alone topping $6,000.

[00:00:36]Throughout the day, Eric and Yamara will break down how Sharetown actually works, what they look for, and how they run this thing as a family. Meet Eric, meet Yamara, meet the hall. This is Niches.

[00:00:48]>> How's it going?

[00:00:50]>> Town shirt on and everything.

[00:00:51]>> How's it going?

[00:00:52]>> Nice to meet you.

[00:00:52]>> How are you guys doing?

[00:00:53]>> Very good.

[00:00:54]>> How was the drive?

[00:00:55]>> It wasn't so bad. Going in, I had three things I want to figure out by the end of the day. First, how does Sharetown actually work for the people doing it?

[00:01:02]Not the pitch, the real version. What's required of the reps? What does a typical day look like? And how much can a family realistically pull in doing this part-time? Second, this is a family side hustle and I want to see how they pull it off. How do Eric and Yamada split the work? They even have their kids involved. How much do they help?

[00:01:18]They were pressing questions that I needed answers to.

[00:01:20]>> I know Eric and your wife's How do I say your wife?

[00:01:22]>> Yamada.

[00:01:24]>> Oh, >> yeah. No, that's that's I don't want to say it wrong. Is a thing.

[00:01:27]>> No, it's good. It's Mar.

[00:01:29]>> And how do I say your I'm sorry.

[00:01:30]>> Isabella.

[00:01:30]>> Isabella. Okay, that I can do.

[00:01:32]>> That I can do.

[00:01:33]>> And do you help out a lot?

[00:01:34]>> Yes, I do.

[00:01:35]>> The most that we've done me and her has been eight pickups.

[00:01:38]>> Okay. In a like in a time. Yeah.

[00:01:40]>> In a day.

[00:01:41]>> That's that's a lot though. You guys did it the other day. So, I do know one thing about Sher Town. Per the terms like you need to have a helper with you.

[00:01:46]>> Yes. The size of the items that we're picking up. We don't want to damage any items that the customers have in the house. It's probably a good idea to have someone if you can. I I I personally would never damage anything by myself.

[00:02:04]>> And last but not least, I wanted to know what's actually selling. Shartown moves a range of returned goods, but mattresses are Eric and Yamada's bread and butter. And by the end of the day, I wanted to know exactly why. To find these answers, the best place to start would be a pickup. Okay. Well, let's see what we got. I'm excited. I've never done a mattress, so this will be first for me.

[00:02:25]if I can help in any way. Matt address or whatever.

[00:02:28]>> Everyone always asks and we're like, "We we got it." They're like, "Oh, oh, let me go." They're like, "No, no, you'll see." Have like an aversion to uh >> standing around people while they're working and not helping. So, >> I figured the best thing I could do was let these masters of their craft work and stay out of their way. Though, I can't say I was always successful. Eric and Isabella were ready to work. They were dialed in. that came with all the tools needed to move the mattress safely and quickly. Plus, the required pickup steps, like photo verification, was already second nature. This definitely wasn't their first day on the job, and honestly, I was impressed.

[00:03:03]>> Very mechanical. You guys have got all the stuff ready.

[00:03:12]Do >> you have other stuff? Like, are you holding other mattress? We sold a lot of mattresses. We sold a lot of uh dining room chairs, tables, a sectional couch that I delivered to Mount. So, it was a pretty good >> uh movement.

[00:03:32]>> Man, you guys made it look easy.

[00:03:35]>> Now that I had a sense of what a pickup actually looks like, I want to see what happens to the items afterward. Every piece that Eric and Yamada bring in runs through the same staging process. They take it in, sanitize it, snap photos, and prepare it for storage before it ultimately heads out to the storage facility. Luckily, they had a handful of items prepped and waiting for transport.

[00:03:53]So, I got to see a real look at the inventory they're actually moving.

[00:03:56]>> These are all listed for sale currently, or are you still waiting to >> accept the Sienna?

[00:04:00]>> Say this one. This is a nice couch over here. What's this listed at for sale off top of your head?

[00:04:04]>> That couch I kept, so I'm not selling it.

[00:04:07]>> Can you elect to keep? You can elect to keep pickups if you want. You got to pay for it.

[00:04:10]>> I know. Of course. Of course.

[00:04:12]>> The cost like the fee to share. pay it.

[00:04:14]You got to keep it.

[00:04:14]>> At first, Yamada was a little camera shy, but if I was going to learn the inside details of this side hustle, I had to go straight to the source. Uh, would you mind being on the video >> because she >> cuz you know all the numbers. I know you're the muscle. You're the muscle and you're the >> That's how it works. She's the one that sets everything up. She's the one that works the uh with the customer, the deals and all of that.

[00:04:35]>> And I show luckily she came around using the mattress behind me as an example.

[00:04:39]Yamada broke down exactly how the app works. You do the pickup, you pay Sharetown a fee for the item, and they give you both a recommended selling price and a pricing floor. Whatever you sell for above the fee, you pocket the difference. Their app, Sharetown's app is saying, "Hey, list this based on what they're showing here.

[00:04:55]>> List this for 165 and then do you pay the 60 that they're the shareown fee when you sell it?"

[00:05:01]>> When you sell it.

[00:05:02]>> Okay. So then your profit, sorry, I didn't mean to cut you off, but your profit is $105 in that and if it goes according to that plan. Okay.

[00:05:08]>> If you're talking about Helix, you're talking about purple. Um, like there's a Purple that we sell that is like their top brand and like we paid like $700 on that specific.

[00:05:17]>> I didn't know mattresses were that.

[00:05:19]>> Oh, >> I might have to get into the mattress.

[00:05:20]>> Purple sells mattresses that are $10,000.

[00:05:23]>> No kidding. I've been sleeping on that.

[00:05:24]Okay. No pun intended on that last statement, but how about we see something more familiar to me? Let's see the numbers on a brand name couch. This couch here is a little bit of a higher brand. This is what the retail price is when people buy it new. So, this is what I would pay shar. So, see the difference here. The profit is a lot higher. Okay.

[00:05:41]>> 6 7 8. You're making a little bit over $300.

[00:05:44]>> Yeah. That covered how they price and list, but I still wanted a closer look at the prep and storage side of the operation.

[00:05:50]>> So, these are vacuum sealed, right? Or they're just wrapped up.

[00:05:53]>> They're wrapped up.

[00:05:54]>> Okay. Did you do this?

[00:05:55]>> Yes. Yeah, we have to do it.

[00:05:57]>> I We'll show you with this one.

[00:05:58]>> Yeah.

[00:05:59]>> Uh we have to do it because once we sanitize it, which I'll show the sanitizer.

[00:06:03]>> Yeah.

[00:06:04]>> We don't want anything, you know, to mess with it. This mattress right now, if we open it, it pops right back out without any issues.

[00:06:13]>> Part of this is familiar to me and part of it's really new. I've never done mattresses. I just recently did some bedroom furniture that did really well for me. So, like the bed frame itself, couches has always been historically kind of like where I found myself doing really well. Um, so it's it it's just it's unique to hear about a totally different sort of like item that I would have otherwise never sold myself. So, and I like that you can vacuum seal or not vacuum, but I like you can wrap them up. You're going to see how we do it.

[00:06:37]That's really quick. It's very doable.

[00:06:39]My daughter, she's 95 lbs and she's she's our helper all the time.

[00:06:42]>> I saw her helping you smush that mattress down.

[00:06:44]>> Helpers do have to be 18 and over for liability reasons. For sure. Tom, yeah.

[00:06:47]And our other daughters, they come and they clean the mattresses. So, this is a side hustle even.

[00:06:51]>> You got a family like a family side hustle. Not even a family business. A family side cuz you said you guys work full-time as well.

[00:06:56]>> So, this is the sanitizer.

[00:06:58]>> Well, we we put it here. It comes in a gallon jug. Do they make you buy a certain type or is it like >> It is one certain type called Sterap is commercial grade sanitizing spray alcohol >> based. With the mattress sanitized and prepped, it was time to pack it up for storage. And I was curious whether this fatherdaughter duo would move with the same precision as before, and I wasn't disappointed.

[00:07:29]That's it. With everything packed and ready to head out, I had one last question for the family. How much money are they actually making from this? And honestly, their numbers surprised me.

[00:07:37]>> Let's go to sales. So, in the Share Tan app, you can go to your sales. So, this is what you can see.

[00:07:43]>> So, so far, this is for the year. You said >> this for the year.

[00:07:45]>> So, 84 sales this year. So far, 22 almost 23,000. Is that in revenue?

[00:07:51]>> That's in total. And then this is after I pay >> Share Town. Okay. So, you're basically making like 50% profit margin on your sales. So, your average profit when you sell something is 137, >> right?

[00:08:01]>> You said 80% mattresses, you think, but roughly?

[00:08:03]>> Well, >> I need to get in the mattress game.

[00:08:05]That's what I I I've You've I'm sold.

[00:08:08]I'm sold. I'm going to go home. I'm going to go home and order a truckload of mattresses.

[00:08:12]>> Hey, >> okay. You showed me your profit, which is really great for what you've done so far this year. You said you have some cost, too. Some storage. You have a storage unit. How many storage units do you have?

[00:08:21]>> Well, now we have three.

[00:08:22]>> Three. Okay. Probably spending like $600, $700 a month in storage. Um, for the two that we've been having for a while, it's like close to 400. Now, we added this one, so it's like almost six.

[00:08:31]Yeah.

[00:08:32]>> Six. Okay. In total, >> yes. Yeah. Okay. That's kind of what I figured.

[00:08:35]>> Well, I mean, we just added that third one, and that's because we got a shipment and that one comes later on as you've been an established rep. So, that one is going to that's that one's going to pay for itself. I'm fine with that.

[00:08:45]>> For a family running this as extra income on the side, those numbers add up fast. Even after accounting for expenses like storage, they're clearing thousands of dollars in profit every month. And speaking of storage, that was the last piece of the operation that I needed to see. How packed were the units going to be. Were they running in a tight, organized space, or was it more chaos behind closed doors? We were about to find out. You need a hand. Are you all good? I can't do it. I It's hard for me.

[00:09:08]It's hard for me to stand here and not help.

[00:09:10]>> I know. It's It's normal.

[00:09:12]>> We'll show the first unit and then we'll do the other one. So, this one is one of the units that we have.

[00:09:21]Oh, so you guys really are all about the mattresses for sure.

[00:09:24]>> This is where we have the the queen and you know smaller mattresses.

[00:09:27]>> Yeah.

[00:09:28]>> Uh full queens. We have a desk here that I picked up for a while.

[00:09:32]>> Oh, now you're talking my language.

[00:09:33]Let's see.

[00:09:35]>> Oh man, you got this >> stowed away. Is that Yes.

[00:09:37]>> Wait, did it come like that?

[00:09:38]>> Yep.

[00:09:39]>> Okay. I was like, there's no way you package this one. See, there's some items and and I'll show you on the other unit as well. Some items that I do uh pick up from a warehouse.

[00:09:48]>> Uhhuh. So, how this warehouse works is when an item is on the way to the customer, >> if they cancel it for whatever reason, it'll go to the warehouse.

[00:09:58]>> Is 4 minutes from my job.

[00:10:01]>> Perfect.

[00:10:01]>> That's why I had to expand my my radius so I could kind of cover this as well.

[00:10:05]>> If you could get stuff like that, that's like the best.

[00:10:08]>> Oh, yeah. No, no, this Yeah. And it's a little bit different, you know, because then since then item specific, you got to wait for the right person for it.

[00:10:15]>> Mhm.

[00:10:16]>> They always come.

[00:10:17]>> Sure. Of course. you hold on to it and all that. So, and I'll show you on the other unit.

[00:10:21]>> I had no idea what I was walking into to see the way you stored things like what kind of stuff you guys got. I guess I didn't really expect all the mattresses.

[00:10:28]That's like really what's what's like the recurring the recurring theme for me. And I like the way you store them.

[00:10:33]Do you see you have other units too, right? Let's see the other ones as well.

[00:10:35]I want to see I want to see the full breath of what you guys have gotten here. Throughout this entire day, I've been impressed by this family time and time again. This may be a side hustle for them, but they've still built systems and processes to run this thing like a real business. Oh, wow. Oh, this is a really big one in here.

[00:10:50]>> It's Oh, yeah.

[00:10:51]>> This is a big unit.

[00:10:52]>> All right. And if you notice, it's not that cool because I moved a lot of inventory.

[00:10:57]>> Sure. Well, that's good. What's in here?

[00:10:58]What are these?

[00:10:59]>> Okay. So, these are the major. These are ottomans.

[00:11:02]>> Oh, okay.

[00:11:02]>> So, this I picked up from a customer's house.

[00:11:05]>> Uh-huh.

[00:11:06]>> It was the wrong color.

[00:11:08]>> That's it. So, that's that's how it was wrong color. These are from Love Sack.

[00:11:13]These are the Any table from Love Sack.

[00:11:16]I have we actually had a total of six.

[00:11:18]>> We sold three.

[00:11:20]>> We holding on to those. I picked this stuff from >> so >> I just see furniture and this is more again this is more what I'm accustomed to what I've done.

[00:11:31]>> I'm always telling her, hey, if they send anything, you know, furniture- wise, I'll go pick it up. I don't care what it is. It sits a little bit longer, but when it sells the profit margin, it's a lot bigger.

[00:11:42]>> You find them you find your profit margins better on furniture than the mattress?

[00:11:45]>> Yes. with Article. This is an example. I picked up a sectional leather sofa from Article.

[00:11:51]>> I took a picture with the sofa in my truck.

[00:11:54]>> Yeah.

[00:11:54]>> I picked it up from a warehouse. Same deal. I picked it up from the truck. I told my like, "Oh, look how pretty."

[00:12:00]>> That same picture, she posted it on Facebook and before we got to I got to the house, she was already negotiating price with someone >> for delivery the next day.

[00:12:11]>> Yeah, couches are crazy. Love couches.

[00:12:13]Was it like was it like this kind of color leather?

[00:12:16]>> Yep. Yep. It was kind of tight.

[00:12:18]>> You seem like you do high volume on the mattress. Lots of lots of stuff.

[00:12:21]>> No, mattresses look pretty good.

[00:12:22]>> After a full day with Eric and Yamada, I'd seen the whole operation, the pickup, the prep, the pricing, the storage. What I expected to be a side hustle video had become something more.

[00:12:31]A husband, a wife, and their children building a real business together. Each one running their own corner of it. But before I could call it a day, I had one last question. What advice based on what you guys have learned thus far, what kind of advice would you give to anyone looking to start something like this?

[00:12:46]>> Go for it.

[00:12:47]>> Yeah, >> go for it. Stay consistent. Stay with it. There's going to be ups and downs, eslows, like everything, >> but this is a business that you can start with zero to start.

[00:12:56]>> Give it a go. There's nothing to lose, but know that it is hard work >> from the pickup to the cleaning.

[00:13:02]>> Um, dealing with people, both when you're picking up and you're selling, you have to be comfortable with that.

[00:13:07]But if you are thinking about how do I make extra money or like like me that I was a mom looking for just to help out.

[00:13:14]>> Um just go for it. If you have the hustle, >> you need to have that.

[00:13:18]>> You got to have that. And to add to that, you guys, what do you think?

[00:13:20]>> Well, don't overthink it. You know, just try to make it as easy as possible for you, >> right?

[00:13:26]>> And that's about it.

[00:13:27]>> That is simple advice, but I think it's actually really good advice. Sometimes people often analyze something in so much depth that they get paralysis and don't ever take any action. So, I'm more in the camp of just like jump out of the airplane and build your parachute on the way down and you'll figure it out hopefully.

[00:13:42]>> Yeah.

[00:13:43]>> Uh but usually you'll figure it out.

[00:13:44]Yeah.

[00:13:45]>> So, well, thank you guys so much for giving me some time today. I really appreciate it.

[00:13:49]>> Appreciate you.

[00:13:50]>> Yes. Thank you. Nice to meet you as well. Thank you. I got to go look up a truckload of mattresses now. I got to I got to go figure it out.

[00:13:59]Can I stop all the