Are you a stay-at-home mom looking to create extra income without leaving home? Or maybe you’re a reseller feeling stuck, wondering why your business isn’t growing? Then the Moms & Crumbs Reseller Podcast is for you!
This show shares the real, raw journey of a mom of four who turned her side hustle into a six-figure reselling business in just six months. Each episode is packed with hands-on reselling tips and tricks for eBay and Whatnot, plus motivation and mindset strategies to help you reach your goals.
If you’ve ever asked yourself:
“How do I build my dream business?”
“How can I make money online?”
“Is reselling a real business?”
or “Can I really turn my passion into income?” — you’re in the right place.
Whether you’re a full-time reseller or a full-time mom with a dream, this show will inspire you to start where you are and build something incredible. Expect step-by-step guidance, actionable tips, and stories that prove you can turn crumbs into something big.
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How I Survived My Worst Whatnot Shipping Mistake: 200 Packages Returned
I will never forget seeing more than 200 packages returned to my front door.
Each one had a big red notice telling me the same thing:
Dimensions wrong. Label voided. Repurchase required.
These were orders my customers had already paid for and were waiting to receive. Instead of moving toward them, every package had come right back to me.
I cried. I panicked. For a moment, I honestly thought I had destroyed my business.
But that shipping disaster became one of the most valuable lessons of my live-selling career. It forced me to understand how shipping really works, build better systems, and stop treating fulfillment like something I could figure out after the show.
If shipping profiles, package dimensions, or printing hundreds of labels makes you nervous, amiga, this story is for you.
Mom Life + Live-Selling Life: Building a Business as a Mom Without Burning Out
When I started selling live from home, I wanted everything to look professional.
I wanted a quiet house, an organized background, perfectly prepared inventory, and enough uninterrupted time to finish every show.
Then one of my children would start screaming.
Someone would need a snack. My baby would need to breastfeed. One of the kids would run through the background, ask me a question, or suddenly decide that the middle of my live show was the perfect time to perform a song he learned at school.
I quickly learned that building a business as a mom was never going to look perfectly quiet or controlled.
And honestly?
It didn’t need to.
My audience wasn’t looking for perfection. They were looking for connection.
The Day I Hired My First Employee—and Why It Changed Everything
There was a season in my business when I truly felt like I was drowning.
I was sourcing inventory in the morning, packaging orders throughout the day, and hosting live-selling shows at night. I was running on very little sleep while trying to care for my four children and keep up with everything happening at home.
One day, my son was sick and needed more attention than usual. I also had bags of orders from the previous night covering our living-room floor. My baby was crawling around the packages, and I still needed to prepare for another show that evening.
My husband came home and found me crying.
The Day I Almost Lost My Business: My Neighbors Tried to Shut Me Down—and Why It Became a Blessing in Disguise
I still remember opening my front door and seeing a city worker standing there with a notice in his hand.
He told me that someone in the neighborhood had reported our business. He needed to inspect our garage, take pictures, and give us 30 days to remove everything related to Moms & Crumbs from our home.
My heart dropped.
I felt sick. I was petrified.
My first thought was:
“God, is this really happening right now?”
We had worked so hard to build this business. Our garage was filled with inventory, we were shipping hundreds of packages, and our Whatnot shows were finally growing.
Suddenly, I thought we were about to lose everything.
How We Paid Off $60,000 in Debt by Selling on Whatnot—and the Mindset That Made It Possible
Near the end of a 12-hour Whatnot show, my husband called me into the back room of our Airbnb.
He looked at me and said, “It’s done. We did it.”
That one show had generated approximately $19,500 in sales—the final push we needed to pay off the $60,000 of debt that had been hanging over our family.
I immediately burst into tears.
Our friends started singing “Happy Birthday” to me while our customers celebrated with us in the chat. It wasn’t only my birthday or our 10,000-follower celebration anymore.
It was the moment we became debt-free.
But we didn’t accomplish it with a warehouse, truckloads of inventory, fancy equipment, or a huge team.
We started with thrift stores, the Goodwill Bins, clearance racks, used clothing, our garage—and a decision to keep showing up.
How to Do Your First Whatnot Show: A Step-by-Step Beginner Guide
The first thing I want you to do after being approved to sell on Whatnot is simple:
Schedule your first show.
Don’t wait until you feel completely ready, because you probably won’t. Give yourself a week or two to prepare, but choose the date now so you have something real to work toward.
When I scheduled my first show, I was terrified.
I didn’t understand all the technology. I was insecure about my English, nervous about being on camera, and afraid nobody would buy anything. When I finally went live, I cried, froze, and ended the show after only a few minutes.
It was messy—but it was also the beginning of the business that changed my family’s life.
Your first show is not supposed to prove that you are already an amazing live seller. It is your first training session
How to Bring More Buyers to Your Whatnot Shows—and Keep Them Coming Back
If you’ve ever wondered, “How can I get more people to show up for my live shows?” — this episode is for you. Today, I’m sharing exactly how I went from selling to a handful of people to building a loyal audience of thousands.
Here’s the truth: people come for your products, but they stay for you. 💛
In this episode, I break down the key ingredients to building a thriving Whatnot community — from creating connection and conversation to improving your lighting, background, and show experience. You’ll learn how to turn one-time shoppers into loyal friends and how small, genuine gestures can keep people coming back week after week.
Whether you’re brand new to Whatnot or trying to grow your existing audience, these are the strategies that helped me grow to over 100,000+ followers in three years — all while being a mom of four and working from home.
Overcoming Camera Shyness: My Live-Selling Confidence Tips
Before I became one of TikTok’s top live sellers, built a multi-seven-figure reselling business, or had hundreds of people watching my shows, I was terrified of being on camera.
I cried during my first Facebook Live.
I froze during my first Whatnot show.
At one point, I put a happy-face sticker over the viewer count because watching the number go up and down made me so anxious that I couldn’t focus on selling.
The confidence people see today did not come naturally to me. I built it one uncomfortable live show at a time.
If you are afraid to hit the “Go Live” button, I want to show you what helped me move through that fear—because confidence doesn’t come before you start.
Confidence comes because you start.
The Story Behind My First Pallet for Reselling—and What I Learned the Hard Way
When my Whatnot shows started growing, I ran into a problem I had once dreamed of having:
I couldn’t find enough inventory to sell.
I was still sourcing at thrift stores, garage sales, estate sales, the Goodwill Bins, and anywhere else I could find affordable clothing. Sometimes I brought my children with me while I dug through bins or stood in long lines waiting for the doors to open.
Then I would take everything home, prepare it, and sell it during my Whatnot show that night.
That hustle helped me grow, but it was also exhausting. As I began selling more products during each show, driving from thrift store to thrift store was no longer giving me enough inventory—or enough time.
I knew I needed to start buying in bulk.
That realization eventually led my husband, our four children, and me on a 12-hour road trip to Utah in a rented cargo van. We planned to buy our first reselling pallet.
We accidentally bought three.
And that was only the beginning of the adventure.
How I Got Started on Whatnot—and Why I Didn’t Quit After Day One
When I started selling on Whatnot, my first show lasted about five minutes.
I went live, saw myself on camera, completely froze, and started crying. I felt sick to my stomach. All I could think was:
What if nobody buys anything? What if my English isn’t good enough? What if I look ridiculous?
I ended the show convinced that live selling wasn’t for me.
But deep down, I knew I couldn’t let fear make that decision for me.
So instead of quitting after my first terrible show, I challenged myself to go live every day for 30 days. That decision would eventually help my family pay off $60,000 in debt and build what became a seven-figure reselling business.
But the story didn’t begin on Whatnot.
It started with a failed business, a garage full of unsold inventory, and one box of my neighbor’s “trash.”