International original-art arbitrage and resale
Source affordable original artwork from local artists and small shops in other countries, then resell it to buyers in the home market through social media and local marketplaces. The model can be operated while traveling or remotely by contacting shops, requesting photos, taking deposits, and arranging shipping.
physical B2C Resale / Flipping
From Chris Koerner on The Koerner Office Podcast — Forget AI. Make $10K+ With These Offline Side Hustles at 17:48
Problem: Local artwork is difficult for distant buyers to discover and purchase, while the reseller provides discovery, selection, communication, and international shipping.
For: Buyers who want distinctive original artwork from particular countries or regions but cannot travel to source it themselves.
Products from this video
Examples
- The speaker's sister-in-law bought approximately 12 to 14 original artworks during a UK trip, mostly from Ireland, and sold them in Utah for a few hundred dollars each.
Other takes on Resale businesses
- A used and new equipment dealership supplied through dealer trade-ins and local flipping
- Buy Costco customer returns and liquidation inventory through auctions, then test, clean, repair, and resell the items locally through Facebook Marketplace.
- Data-driven Amazon FBA business importing competing products from China
- Local liquidation and random-goods resale store
- Local buy-low, sell-at-market-value flipping of used items and equipment
- Resell overlooked electronics and other underpriced goods through local marketplaces and eBay