Ask HN: Have any of you started a non-tech business?

Yes. I'm a co-founder of a Second Hand Clothing Start Up - https://streetgarms.co.uk/. We sell second hand streetwear from brands like Supreme, Palace and The North Face through our own website, and we've achieved top seller status on Depop while working toward power seller status on eBay.

The second hand clothing market is booming, particularly with Gen Z having a fundamentally different attitude toward pre-owned clothing compared to older generations. We've bootstrapped from just 3 items to over 1,500 in 4 years. Some interesting challenges we've faced:

- Scale is particularly difficult in this space - Finding software solutions for automation is challenging - Depop's API is - severely limited - Managing thousands of unique SKUs with single-unit inventory creates complex operational issues

Overall it's a solid business in a rapidly growing sector. Coming from a tech background, I'm fascinated to see how the scaling dynamics here differ from typical tech startups. The unit economics and operational complexity create an interesting contrast to pure software businesses.

Did freelance marketing in high school and currently writing a sponsored newsletter. Approached both out of genuine curiosity.

I quit the freelance marketing gig once I started college (lost a big client at that point anyways), but I still write the newsletter if I finish my dsa homework lol.

Wouldn't really consider either to be businesses, moreso side hustles I was interested in.

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