I used to live on 19p Lidl pasta – now I live in Bali making six figures selling clothes on Depop & have five employees
A WOMAN has revealed how she went from living off 19p Lidl pasta to making six figures selling secondhand clothes on Depop.
Law graduate Hollie Marie, 25, started using the app when she was “super bored” of her wardrobe - and now is one of the top sellers and has hired five people to help.
Hollie, originally from Cardiff, revealed how she first started selling old clothes on Depop in 2014 when she was 18-years-old to get some spare cash.
She said by 2016 she had dropped four clothing sizes, meaning she had numerous items to sell.
Speaking to the she said: "It wasn’t until the end of 2018 though that I really started to put the work in and try to build out some brands.”
is now based in Bali and sells everything from jewellery to designer men's clothes.
She even handed in notice at work in June 2021 to work full-time at her venture.
The savvy seller said: “I think by June I was handing my notice in, I’d been able to scale my shops to a point where I didn’t need to sacrifice my hours between 9-5 every day and there’s nothing more motivating than the sun outside to make you get off your butt and try and make something of your life.”
Her five employees back in the UK help to send out the packages, while Hollie manages her shops from Asia.
She said her working day starts at 5/6am when her “cheeky Bali dog” wakes up.
Then she will check in with her UK team - who work on an eight-hour time difference - to make sure everything is going ok.
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Hollie added: "Then I’ll find a cute cafe to work in and spend a few hours checking my inventories and seeing if I need to restock anything.”
She also checks out new Depop trends and creates TikToks and Instagram videos with selling tips.
After lunch she heads home, goes to the gym, and then sunbathes until people in the UK are awake, when she’ll upload her tips.
Her Depop career has been so successful that she makes between five and ten times what she previously made in a month.
She added that she’s come a long way from “living off Lidl 19p pasta.”
Hollie has now even written an helping people build their own businesses on the app.
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