I started a golf equipment resale business out of a simple observation: the used golf club market is inefficient, and I knew the gear well enough to exploit that gap. I buy clubs — drivers, irons, wedges, full sets — from private sellers, estate sales, and platforms like Facebook Marketplace, then flip them at a profit on eBay and Facebook.
Across 40+ transactions, I've driven $20,000+ in revenue and cleared $8,400+ in profit — a 42% margin. The highest-margin deals have come from buying full sets where the seller doesn't know the individual component values, breaking them into pieces, and selling each part to the buyer who values it most.
Running this business gave me a real P&L to manage: tracking cost basis, estimating shipping, timing listings, and deciding when to cut a loss vs. hold. It also sharpened my judgment on pricing and negotiation in a way that feels more permanent than anything I learned in a classroom. It started as a side project and became proof of concept that I'm comfortable running something independently from zero.
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Key Contributions
- —Executed 40+ buy-and-resell transactions across eBay and Facebook Marketplace, generating $20,000+ in revenue and $8,400+ in profit — a 42% profit margin
- —Developed a repeatable sourcing process: identifying undervalued equipment, negotiating with sellers, refurbishing, and relisting at market-clearing prices
- —Managed end-to-end P&L including inventory, pricing, shipping logistics, and reinvestment of proceeds across an active multi-item pipeline