every industry has its secrets and when i first became a sneaker head i didn't know all the tricks
to the trade i had to figure it out on my own and trust me it was a rough process and after
being in the shoe game for over 15 years now i'm gonna be giving you guys a list of five different
secrets that most sneaker heads just won't tell you about so if you're just getting started into
the shoe game this video just might be for you if you didn't know by now my name is dj and this is
the dna show so one question that a lot of people ask me is dj how do i get my sneaker collection
like yours i think these five tips are definitely going to be very essential when it comes to
growing your sneaker collection and taking your game to the next level tip number one is going
to be smashing that like button because you know that helps the algorithm oh so much but now for
real though tip number one is going to be working trades now what do i exactly mean by making trades
i think every sneaker is going to have a value no matter if it's high or low and some sneakers
actually increase in value which we may or may not know about by now but shoes go up in value
and what does that mean you now have equity in the shoe and for those that don't know what equity is
let's say that you have a pair of sneakers for 200 bucks and now they're worth a thousand dollars now
you have 800 in equity in that shoe because you already initially spent your two hundred dollars
they're worth a thousand which means there's a 800 gap in between and now you have room to play
just like you do when you're purchasing homes or leveraging other material items in life you always
want to leverage your equity to then use that for your advantage to get something bigger and better
that you want for yourself for your collection or whatever it may be now i know this may sound like
it's a real estate video but at the same time this actually really does apply to sneakers as well
and that's something that we cover in the hobby to hustle program which i will talk about a little
bit later in the video so yes take advantage of your equity and your leverage on your sneakers to
then trade up if you haven't seen the previous videos that i've posted in the past of making
different trades i have one for you right here make sure you check out that video after this
one is over and that'll help you get a better understanding on my thinking and mindset when
it comes to working out a trade but at the end of the day a secret that a lot of people don't
want to tell you about is making trades because they know for a fact you can definitely come up
a lot bigger when it comes to trades compared to just simply cashing out on a shoe now on to secret
number two this one right here we're gonna call it the ugly duckling what does the ugly duckling mean
everybody has a sneaker in their collection that they call the ugly duckling simply because
everybody doesn't like it yet at the same time you still love it so one common shoe for example
that a lot of people makes fun of but i actually really love it and i'm still gonna always love it
to this day it's going to be the nike air monarch i've always thought this shoe was dope i don't
know what it is about it but it's just simply the ultimate dad shoe and one day when i become
a dad i'm gonna proudly rock this shoe as well so i think it's just always been instilled in me and
i'm ready to rock these someday so when i bring this topic up i want to let you know it is okay to
have that ugly duckling sneaker in your collection it is okay to have a shoe that everybody else
doesn't like i don't like all the yeezys and that's completely fine people like yeezys i get it
go ahead and buy what you like and that's what i really want to emphasize in today's video as well
buy what you like because at the end of the day you're the one that has to spend the money not
everybody else so their opinions honestly really don't matter and for those of you that do have the
ugly ducklings in your collection if you know what i'm talking about i'll post a picture for you guys
that don't know what i'm talking about but anyways drop a comment on the whole broad spectrum of
what ugly duckling sneakers do you have in your collection what shoes do you have that
you purchased that you really love that everybody makes fun of and no matter what you don't care
i would love to hear what those sneakers are down below in the comment section now third on
the list we are going to have buffalo exchange just simply buffalo exchange or other thrift
stores but i want to highlight buffalo exchange in particular i know for me personally living
here in oregon i have seen oregon pes get sent to buffalo exchange people drop off their collections
and people literally come up on crazy crazy shoes just simply at the buffalo exchange here on our
local portland stores now i know that is an ultra rare case simply because we live in this area
but at the same time just like they dropped off those pes and stuff they also dropped off
a bunch of retros and i was actually able to make it to the store in time to pick up about
10 different pairs of retros this was back in like what 2010 or 2011 when this happened
but at the end of the day this still happens today and you can definitely find some bangers in there
for 20 30 40 60 bucks and then next thing you know clean them up and now you're wearing a shoe that's
200 300 or selling a shoe for 200 or 300 and then now you're making some bread so when it comes to
thrift shopping or buffalo exchange in particular never overlook those stores if you're ever driving
by and you've got some spare time take the time to go ahead and just stop by the store see what they
have inside because i'm telling you right now you just might find a banger and next thing you know
that'll take your collection to a whole another level or just give you some extra bread in your
pocket and speaking of extra bread i want to again mention to you guys the hobby to hustle program
that's where we really specialize and dive deeper into the art of flipping sneakers growing
your collection creating a side income or just a full-time income because that's what i was able to
do off of sneakers create a full-time income and then reinvest that into properties and different
things like that so we dive deeper into the program if you want to check out that make sure
you check out the link down below i'll have that pin for you guys down below in the comment section
so if you want to join that make sure you check that out you'll get a full email with all the
information once you get signed up and everything i'll see you guys on the inside of there as well
but for now let's take it a secret number four now this one i know a lot of people don't want
to admit to and that is completely fine but i'mma keep it honest with you it's happened to me too
that is overspending on a pair of shoes now what does that mean hype gets to you you really want
to shoot oh so bad next thing you know you go and spend 1200 on a dorm baker 5 me that's what i did
i spent 1200 on a shoe i don't even know it might be worth 1200 still to this day but at that time
i just knew i was spending too much money but i wanted to shoot so bad because i had every
other doernbecher sneaker from the collection and i just knew i needed to add those in there
to complete the set so it made sense for me at the time but at the end of the day i knew for a fact
i should have never pulled the trigger because i knew i could have gotten for a cheaper price and
i was just very impulsive buy i should have waited should have had some patience so that was my type
of situation i'm sure a lot of people have over spent on a pair of shoes i know um what's another
good one the tanker threes with the red back tab remember everybody was spending like 600 bucks for
that shoe when it first came out and then what did it go to like 200 and everybody was sick about it
so i've seen a lot of different situations when it comes to different sneakers like that where
people overspend on the shoe and then it goes down and like why did i do that why do i do that be
patient don't overspend try to be very strategic because at the end of the day like i said earlier
you're spending your money and i want you to make sure that you make wise decisions along the way
now next up number five on the list i think we have another one that a lot of people are simply
ashamed of telling the story or telling people or admitting or whatever you want to say
but that is buying fake shoes without knowing they're fake i know for a fact myself it has
happened to me i know a bunch of other friends and other people it has happened to them they
don't purposely buy fakes but when you get into the shoe game you tend to come across a fake pair
of shoes every now and then especially with the way the shoe game is now with everybody being
oh so proud of fakes next thing you know you come across a pair of fake shoes and they look so good
and all these different things you don't know you buy the shoe then you gotta worry about trying to
get your money back and all these different things some people get scammed other people
buy it and don't know and they can't get their money back or they're lucky enough to get their
money back and they don't want to you know there's all these different situations so many different
scenarios but a lot of sneaker heads over the years have purchased fake pairs of shoes before
not consciously doing it some have consciously done it and i completely understand that
but at the same time when they just didn't know i completely get it so don't fault them for it but
let them tell you their stories let them express their experiences to you so that way you can know
how to not get hit with a pair of fakes when you think that you're spending your money on a pair
of authentic pairs of shoes and different things like that and again the whole resale market when
it comes to everybody loving fakes and all those different things they can do that i'm not mad
at them the rep gang and the rep world whatever they call themselves completely fine you guys do
whatever you want to do i'm talking about simply the people that want to purchase authentic shoe
and buy a fake one by accident and they don't know and at the end of the day like i said this
is definitely a secret that a lot of sneaker heads just simply don't want to tell the truth to like
i said when i first got started into the shoe game and i was 15 16 years old i bought a fake
i actually honestly bought a couple fake pairs of shoes and i didn't even know it i was rocking
them to high school and everything and then once i found out oh yeah they were gone i gave them away
to my cousin and i had no problem with dismissing that shoe forever because i just knew that was a
fake i didn't want to have a fake but at the time i didn't know they were fake and that's completely
fine it happens to the best of them like i said it again it happens to the best i ain't saying
i'm the best of them or anything you know i'm saying but all i'm saying is it does happen to
the best of them i think you definitely can learn a lot of different things when it comes to these
five different bullet points on this video there is plenty more in the hobby to hustle program
this is just a small tip of the iceberg when it comes to the shoe game but this is definitely a
cool little beginner's guide for you guys i hope you enjoyed this i'm excited to share more videos
with you we got a lot of exciting announcements coming i'll see you guys another one all right
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