Nica Yusay: This one is $429. And then I'll show you guys this
guy.
Last night, we sold $55,000 in sales. Just being able to save
$55,000 in a matter of two minutes, blows my mind. Like I
still don't believe this is real life.
Quick run through. $599...
When my business started making six figures, that's when I was
like, oh, okay, maybe we should rethink this and see if I should
pursue this full time
I'm Nica Yusay, I am a small business owner. And I cater to
vintage designer. Everything has always been very curated based
on my style, and my love for fashion, every bag that I pick
out every single one, if I don't love it, I'm not going to sell
it. Because, one, there's risk involved if I don't sell it,
then I have to keep it. And if I don't love it, I'm not going to
use it. And to at the end of the day, me going on live, me going
on Instagram, on social media, showing these bags if it's not
100% authentic, people are gonna see right through you.
Like I always think that like, oh, maybe my website glitched,
because everything is sold out. But like, you guys are really
just so freaking fast. Is everything sold out?
I came from a single parent household. And so I've pretty
much grown up like thrifting, finding great deals shopping
secondhand. And financially, like I just didn't want to like
ask my mom for things, if I can find it at a thrift store and
then just spend like a few dollars on it. I love vintage
bags. I feel like they have more character. They're really unique
at the end of the day, very good quality because they're 20,
almost 30 year old bags. So I was like telling my fiancee oh
my gosh, like I love finding secondhand bags. I'm finding
like so many. I'm obviously leaving them at the stores. I'm
like, even if I see a good deal, I can't buy all of them. Because
financially I wouldn't be able to afford rent. He kind of gave
me this idea like oh, well, why don't you like start buying them
and then selling it and then just make like a little bit of
money so that you can keep it going.
Putting a lot of money on the line is extremely scary to me.
And I think it also comes from like, you know, I came from a
single parent household. We were kind of financially insecure.
So I'll show you guys up close. She was she's got goldtone
hardware, beautiful caviar condition is an excellent,
excellent condition. I'm going to show you guys up close.
This is not a stable job in any way. Like if you don't even sell
one bag you made $0 this week, at the time, like yes, I worked
in a corporate role. But I still had student loans. I still had
rent and we had bills to pay for. I think it was really when
I entered TikTok that it kind of blew up. I had one video that
went viral and thankfully it was about like my small business
really like showing like the business side of like selling
designer bags. And it ended up getting like 2.8 million views.
It's not like I amassed a huge following. I think I've gained
like maybe probably like 10,000 followers from that one video.
That's a lot.
Did anyone on Tik Tok get a bag?
I tested it out. And they ended up selling like so quickly. And
it was because I was kind of like telling my followers, hey,
I'm going to be dropping these bags. And I'm not going to pre
sell them like they're just going to be live at seven. So if
you can make it and it's kind of your lucky day, but if you can't
then stay tuned for the next one.
Okay, it's 7pm so all the bags should have dropped.
I think that kind of just changed everything. I was making
five figures at my corporate job. And then when my business
started making six figures, that's when I was like, oh,
okay, maybe we should rethink this and see if I should pursue
this full time.
I love it. This reminds me of a bag that I actually have it's
the double sided one that we sold with the large logo.
You'd think it would be like easier once you start working
full time as opposed to like having two jobs but no, I'm like
so strict on myself. And I feel like that's also a good thing
because if I wasn't like super dedicated I don't think that
this business would be where it is today. The beginning of the
week is Monday's, so Mondays are when I kind of look at my
inventory and I have an idea of how many bags I want to sell. So
typically right now, I'm trying to sell between 20 to 30. That's
been my goal. And I'm very strategic with what kind of bags
every drop to because I kind of want there to be a variety. So
once we've got that figured out, then I'll meet with my
photographer, and we'll have our photo shoot.
Oh my god, so cute.
Photographer: Let's do another one but with a twist.
Nica Yusay: Tuesdays are when you know, it's more like
prepping the listings, like typing up the descriptions of
every single bag and then uploading the images onto my
website on Shopify. And then Wednesday whoa, I will wake up
early and then we'll get all the listings to make sure like
everything's good to go. Once I'm done with that. It's all
marketing at this point up until I have to go to the event at
six. We'll go on the live and then at 7pm exactly all the bags
will drop. And then it's kind of their opportunity to snag
something if they see it if they want it.
So she has a beautiful like burnt orange like very vibrant
almost neon like orange.
Okay, Alex, you got the Louis Vuitton Montsouris MM Backpack!
Jessica got the Fendi Zucca Baguette! That is everything.
This is so crazy.
Thursday's are sourcing days. So sourcing days are when I'm like
working with my vendor. I'm basically like working with her
and looking at the bags and looking at what we think is
going to be really great pieces that we can sell for the next week.
This can fit what your Airpods?
And then on top of that going to like thrift stores around me.
It's also my favorite day because I get to just see and
feel all the really great bags.
I've actually hired my mom and my sister to help me pack orders
I was thinking like if I was to hire my mom and my sister for
example and have them ship out my orders I would gain a full
day and what does that full day look like? A full day could mean
I can add an additional five maybe even 10 bags to my
inventory for the next drop. So it's kind of like holding myself
to it that if you hire someone you have to do something in
exchange. This did not come overnight. You put in a lot of
like hours and you make so many sacrifices. I'm just really
happy like reflecting on it. I'm just so proud of like how much
this is grown.
I would love to get to a place where in like five years I can
say I have a whole team helping me out I have a warehouse I
have, you know, an actual brand that's outside of my house. That
is the end goal for sure.