Crossroads, Buffalo Exchange, and a bunch of other thrift stores are popular here in SF. People love selling their old clothes there to either get some cash or so they can get some new threads there at the store. There are always lines of people waiting to sell.
There are a lot of operational issues like you mentioned that will be hard to address. Can you hire stay-at-home moms who want to make some extra cash to help with your inventory? People ship you the clothes they want to sell, you redirect it to someone in your workforce, and they'll send it out as needed.
How do you know people need this product? Can you go to Buffalo Exchange and talk to customers to see if they would use it?
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This is a pretty sweet idea. Have you heard of 99 Dresses? http://www.99dresses.com/
Crossroads, Buffalo Exchange, and a bunch of other thrift stores are popular here in SF. People love selling their old clothes there to either get some cash or so they can get some new threads there at the store. There are always lines of people waiting to sell.
There are a lot of operational issues like you mentioned that will be hard to address. Can you hire stay-at-home moms who want to make some extra cash to help with your inventory? People ship you the clothes they want to sell, you redirect it to someone in your workforce, and they'll send it out as needed.
How do you know people need this product? Can you go to Buffalo Exchange and talk to customers to see if they would use it?