i don't know what it is it seems like
there's kind of this thing lately where
people like to shame other people for
like selling
plant cuttings or whatever i don't know
what it is but
it kind of seems to be a thing lately
just me anybody else noticing that
it's kind of weird if you ask me but hey
to each their own
if you don't want to sell your plants
that's fine but
some of us do so that we can get other
plants too you know
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hey guys thank you so much for stopping
by as you saw by the title of the video
and probably why you clicked on this
video
i will be telling you about several
different ways that you can utilize your
plants to make you
a little bit of extra money a little bit
of sad money
and what i've done in the past and
actually still do to this day is
if there's a plant i want that's maybe
like a little bit out of my price range
or a lot of bit out of my price range i
will take cuttings
propagate them and sell them to make
like a new plant budget for myself
so it's kind of a cool way that we can
utilize our plants to grow our
collections
for like technically free although it's
not free because don't get me wrong
there is a little bit of work involved
this is actually how i go ahead and take
my plant cuttings and propagate them so
that i can sell them and have like nice
plants for people to buy so
i'm just gonna go ahead and take a
cutting here
and yeah okay there's my plant cutting
this is the start
of something new feels so right
to be here with you okay whatever here i
have a propagation box with some moss in
it i do have a video of this whole
process
if you would like to watch that get a
little bit more in depth about the
propagation box
i just like really just like to lay my
plant in it
i mean you can pot them up as well and
put them in a box whatever you just
prefer
and i like to separate the nodes so i'm
going to go ahead and just cut these
into individual nodes
just so that i can put them together and
when i end up going to sell this plant
or swap it or whatever it is a little
bit more of a full plant with multiple
growth points as opposed to just like
the one strand although to each their
own so
yeah i'm just gonna go ahead cover this
box and over time i will end up
with a new plant which is really
exciting
here's an example of another one of my
propagation boxes i have a whole bunch
in here right here we actually have some
monstera peruse
um and i decided to separate these ones
out but this is a really great way to
utilize your plants that you know we put
so much time and energy
into so that you can make a little bit
of extra money and it's
pretty like a pretty easy
straightforward process so
that is how i prepare my plants to sell
or how i start
plant cuttings to be able to suck
facebook there are two different ways to
sell plant buy
and sell plants on facebook so way
number one is facebook marketplace which
in my experience does have more success
if you're
looking to sell or buy it locally
there are often like shipping options on
marketplace but in my opinion most
people go on there looking for stuff
locally
i mean don't get me wrong you can sell
common or uncommon it just kind of
depends on how much
how much side money you're wanting to
make to support
the plant collection growth hustle
okay so way number two on facebook is
actually through
buy sell trade groups um they're often
called
purge groups and how these go is
find groups you like here are a few of
the ones that i'm a part of and
have had great success buying and
selling in
but there are so many out there this is
one of the more straightforward ways so
you join one of these groups request to
join
and then whenever you want to sell your
plants you just go ahead and list them
for sale
so some of the things you should
probably include in your
like post listing is of course a photo
of the plant
as well as the price you want for the
plant and also
the shipping cost so those are kind of
the three
main things that you're going to want to
include in your listing you can
definitely go
further into it because in these groups
sellers will do purges
they're called purges and you basically
just post that you're going to be doing
a purge at a certain time
and share photos of all the plants
you'll be selling and then in the
comments section
you add a photo you comment add a photo
of the plant for sale
and the price of it and then people try
to snag them as fast as they can and
typically how it works is the first
person to comment sold gets the plant
and then of course you get their
information through facebook messenger i
wouldn't recommend
requesting payment outside of paypal
goods and services
it's just a little bit it just looks a
little more shady and some people can
get away with that especially if they're
well known sellers but
in the beginning it's best to do the
goods and services so people trust
that you are liable and that they're
going to get their plant and not get
what's the word scammed scammed
and then of course you ship the plant
send them the tracking number and you're
good to go
a little bit extra money coming your way
so you can buy some new plants
and also do like etsy so go on
create an account and say that you want
to sell on etsy it specifically has to
be a selling account
and you can go ahead and start listing
your items so just so you know once you
decide you want to sell you do have to
set up your account right away and add a
listing
so make sure that you're prepared to
actually get going once you like set up
your
like shop there you just add a title
description
you do have to put the dimensions of the
box you'll be shipping the item in
as well as the weight you can select to
either have etsy
calculate the shipping cost for you or
you can just set like a flat rate
so just whatever way you fill is the
best etsy is really great for that as
well and then the last way
that i have had a lot of success doing
this although i do think it might depend
person by person is to actually
sell my plant cuttings or you know
propagations on
my plant instagram account which my my
account really isn't plants it's more
like lifestyle-y but
i do sell plants on my story quite often
and if you're able to like
if you're able to find yourself in the
plant community on instagram
um ways you can do that are comment on
other plant accounts you know build
relationships with people and i'm not
saying to build relationships with
people
just to like use them but like build
some serious connections with people in
the plant community and
you know you'll have a lot more success
as a plant account
on instagram if that's what you're
looking to do but there are two ways you
can sell
on instagram and way number one is to
post
the photo of the plant you want to sell
in your actual like grid
feed and sell from there and then the
person that wants to claim it can either
dm you or comment that they'd like to
buy it and then you can work it out from
there
again paypal goods and services is the
best way to go
just to you know cover your butt and
make sure people don't feel like they're
getting scammed at any point in this
it's just a little bit of a safer way
a little bit of a safer way for people
to buy so as a seller it's important to
make sure that your buyers
feel safe doing that purchasing the way
you would like them to purchase
but then the other way you can do it is
actually post a photo of the plant you
want to sell on your story and then put
like a question box that has
you know the plant name and price have
them answer in the question box if
they'd like to buy it or dm you to buy
it
either way i usually do the question box
because it's a little bit easier to keep
track of
and get their information and go from
there so all these ways are really easy
ways that you can make a little bit of
extra money
with your plants i mean again i know
sometimes people like to shame other
people for selling for like making money
or trying to make a little money off of
their plants but
personally i see nothing wrong with it i
see nothing wrong with it at all
at all and i mean yeah like don't get me
wrong it's fun to swap and trade
and gift for free but you know at the
end of the day like i said before we put
in a lot of work into our plants
so there's really nothing wrong with
wanting to make a few extra bucks
off your plant and if somebody feels
that what you're asking for the plant is
worth it they're gonna buy it so
if anybody has anything to say about
that that's on them
if somebody's willing to buy it who
cares right who freaking cares what some
other person who's not gonna buy your
plant thinks
and then i guess the last way is of
course you can set up like a shopify
or something start like an actual plant
shop
that requires a lot more licensing and
like permit type things which is not
often the way most of us want to go but
that is an option
but it varies by state what you need to
do to be able to do that
so check with your state on that one but
it is an option of course okay
those are the five ways i've personally
used to make a little bit of extra money
to you know support the hat plant habit
or you know pay the bills some months
yeah again if you have any additional um
tips or tricks for selling your plants
then
please leave them down below i will be
reading through all of the comments and
i really enjoy seeing your feedback
and yeah let's help each other out so
that we can get some new plants that we
really love and make us really really
happy and bring us joy
yeah let's help each other out that's
the moral of the story
and yeah that is it for this video thank
you so much for watching and i will see
my next one
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