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Reselling, Extinction Bursts and Gen Z
The bottom has fallen out of clothing reselling. Everyone knows it. The platforms know it. The buyers know it. The resellers really feeling it. I found a low‑effort, low‑income lane that works for me, but the broader market is in free fall. What’s happening now is a wave of pivoting — collectibles, sneakers, vintage tech, anything with a pulse. In some cases, it’s not a pivot at all. It’s an extinction burst. An extinction burst is when you keep repeating a behavior that used to work, long after it stopped paying off. You double down. You triple down. You pour more effort into a void because of the old trick that once rewarded you. In a K‑shaped economy: https://greenswater.blogspot.com/2026/06/are-you-ok-kshaped-economy.html , extinction bursts are everywhere. The business technique that worked last year, may not work next year. The “secret” that once made money now barely moves the needle. The grind continues, but the return doesn’t. We all have our own extinction bursts...
