This couple made over Rs 16 lakh reselling items returned to Amazon, Walmart and Target

Two years ago when a couple from the US saw a distributor selling boxed collections in a Facebook group, they stumbled upon a side hustle opportunity that would end up earning them $1,950 (about Rs 16 lakh).

The boxes contained unopened packages that were returned to online sellers by customers and Jamie and Sarah McCauley found the process to buy it simple. Interested parties would have to visit a local warehouse and paid $550, on average, for one of the boxes but there's a catch -- t won't know what items are in the boxes, or what condition they’re in.

In the end, the couple ended up selling 25 and making a profit of $1,880 in July, they told CNBC Make It. So far, they’ve made about $19,500 by reselling the items returned to Amazon, Walmart and Target on eBay and Facebook Marketplace, they added.

“It really started off as an experiment to see if you could make real money from it if you treated it like a job,” Sarah told the publication. “So, we kind of did it for fun, then realised it was a really great way to make money.”