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$40K a Month Reselling Walmart Finds While the Kids Are at School

  • Thomas Hammond

  • Amazon Reseller
  • $8,000 monthly profit

Thomas Hammond drops his kids at school in Little Rock, Arkansas, then has until 3pm pickup to run his entire business.

In that window he walks the aisles of Walmart, Target and Nike Outlet, buys products off the shelf, and resells them on Amazon πŸ‘‡

I’m averaging about $40,000 a month. This is just all me.

Just 15 hours a week. After Amazon’s cut and cost of goods, that’s about $8,000 profit a month – roughly $130/hour πŸ€‘

He’s not hunting clearance deals. He rebuys the same ~120 products over and over at full retail, from the 12 Walmarts within 30 minutes of his house.

The fat margins come from toys nobody can find. Every Walmart has the standard Mario figure – but the Bowser or Luigi version might only turn up in one store out of five…

the kids want that specific one and the parents don’t want to go out to several locations to try and find it.

Hitting a dozen stores, he tracks down the rare one, then lists it on Amazon. Up to 300% ROI on scarce toys πŸ‘€

He could scale with staff, but…

I actually just love [where] I am right now… It’s perfect amount of money for me.

Grab the Amazon Seller app, scan a few toy aisles near you, and see what’s flipping for double online 😎

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Updated: September 11, 2026

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