pre-owned

Lawyer Aliyah Clarke and fashion designer Kaleen Sanois started a side business called 2nd Closet - a pop-up thrift shop where people can buy and sell pre-owned clothing.

The site even carries pre-owned dog gear and used books, among other items.

The firm already offers, in some of its stores, a service where it sells pre-owned items.

Mugenyi is a reseller, one of a small community of entrepreneurs who comb the Greater Seattle area for pre-owned goods that can be fixed up or parted out and sold for a profit, often overseas.

Deborah Mayer, who has sold new and pre-owned handbags and other designer goods out of her New Jersey home for 16 years, understands that all too well.