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Listing Monster mascot beside a Vinted and Depop listing feed mockup, promoting five ways to sell more

How to Sell More on Vinted and Depop

The fastest way to sell more on Vinted and Depop isn't a growth hack. It's fixing the five things that actually decide whether a buyer sees your listing, clicks it, and buys: your ...

Billy Burridge
Billy BurridgeMarketplaces · 4 min · Sep 15, 2026
ListingMonster mascot with a weekly listing rhythm card showing Monday, Wednesday and Friday highlighted for Vinted listing sessions

How Often Should You List on Vinted? The Real Answer for New Resellers

Short answer: For most new Vinted resellers, 2 to 3 listing sessions a week is enough. Vinted confirms that listing age and listing frequency are both parameters its systems use, ...

Billy Burridge
Billy BurridgeListing · 4 min · Sep 15, 2026
Blog hero titled "Best Fashion Brands for Resale: The A–Z eBay Sourcing Guide," with brand tags for Zara, Chanel, Nike, and Levi's, and the ListingMonster mascot.

Best Fashion Brands for Resale: The A-Z eBay Sourcing Guide

The best fashion brands for resale on eBay span three groups: dependable high-volume names like Zara, Marks & Spencer and Gap that turn over fast at modest prices, mid-tier ...

India Neckel
India NeckelSourcing · 8 min · Sep 15, 2026
Blog hero titled "Best Camera Brands to Sell on eBay: A reseller's sourcing guide," showing tiles for digital, drone, film, and instant cameras, with the ListingMonster mascot.

Best Camera Brands to Sell on eBay: A Reseller's Sourcing Guide

The best camera brands to sell on eBay fall into five categories: mainstream digital (Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Panasonic Lumix, Olympus, Pentax), specialist medium format ...

India Neckel
India NeckelSourcing · 6 min · Sep 15, 2026
Listing Monster graphic headed eBay International Shipping UK with a browser card showing globe, returns, shield and payout icons and the Listing Monster mascot.

eBay International Shipping UK: What the Returns Change Means for Sellers

eBay International Shipping (eIS) is replacing the Global Shipping Programme for UK sellers, with accounts moving across in phases from August 2026. The headline change for ...

Patrick Cooper
Patrick CooperShipping & Storage · 4 min · Sep 15, 2026
Blog hero titled "The Words That Get Your eBay Listings Removed," contrasting a removed listing using a trademarked term with a compliant generic alternative, with the ListingMonster mascot.

eBay Prohibited Words: The Terms That Get Your Listings Removed

eBay does not publish one single "banned words list." Listings get pulled through a mix of automated filters and manual policy enforcement, and the trigger is almost always one of ...

India Neckel
India NeckelListing · 6 min · Sep 15, 2026
Listing Monster graphic showing a £100 reselling budget split into stock, packaging, buffer and reinvestment, with the LM mascot

How to Start Reselling With £100

If you've got £100 and want to start reselling, the honest advice is: don't spend it on stock yet. Spend a small amount testing what sells in your area first, keep £15 to £20 back ...

Billy Burridge
Billy BurridgeGetting Started · 4 min · Sep 15, 2026
Listing Monster graphic showing a £100 reselling budget split into stock, packaging, buffer and reinvestment, with the LM mascot

How to Handle Difficult Buyers on eBay, Depop and Vinted

To handle a difficult buyer, stay calm, keep every message on the platform, and respond using facts rather than emotion. eBay, Depop and Vinted don't handle disputes the same way, ...

Billy Burridge
Billy BurridgeCustomer Support & Returns · 5 min · Sep 15, 2026
Illustration showing automate first as step one and hire as step two for scaling a reselling business, with the Listing Monster mascot

When to Hire Your First Employee in a Reselling Business

Knowing when to hire your first employee in a reselling business comes down to one test: is there a genuine bottleneck left after you've automated what software can automate, and ...

Billy Burridge
Billy BurridgeSelling Faster · 5 min · Sep 15, 2026
Illustration of the Listing Monster mascot holding a tablet above three cards labelled Payment, Postage and Returns, on a navy background with the Listing Monster logo

How to Set Up eBay Business Policies 2026 (Payment, Postage and Returns)

To set up eBay business policies, go to Account Settings > Business Policies, then create one payment, one postage and one return policy. Once saved, you can apply all three to ...

India Neckel
India NeckelGetting Started · 3 min · Sep 15, 2026
Listing Monster mascot batching reselling tasks: photography, listing, packing and scheduling grouped together

Task Batching for Resellers: How to List More Items in Less Time

Task batching for resellers means grouping similar jobs together and doing them in one sitting, rather than switching between sourcing, photography, listing and packing all day. ...

Billy Burridge
Billy BurridgeListing · 4 min · Sep 15, 2026
Blog hero titled "Charity Shop Sourcing: 8 things I changed about my trips," showing a map with a route between location pins, plus the ListingMonster mascot.

Charity Shop Sourcing: 8 Things I Changed to Buy Smarter

If you want a better return from charity shop sourcing, the fix isn't shopping harder, it's planning better. Plan your route before you leave, set a hard budget, and only buy what ...

Billy Burridge
Billy BurridgeSourcing · 3 min · Sep 15, 2026
imeline graphic showing Depop's ownership changes from Etsy in 2021 to eBay in 2026, alongside Poshmark's 2023 sale to Naver

What the eBay-Depop Acquisition Means for Resellers

Depop has changed owners twice in five years.

Patrick Cooper
Patrick CooperMarketplaces · 3 min · Sep 15, 2026
Browser mockup with two green-checked tiles, a clock labelled peak timing and a calendar labelled daily consistency, next to the Listing Monster mascot

Best Time to List on Vinted (and eBay): Why Timing and Consistency Both Matter

The best time to list on Vinted is real, and it's worth planning around. Evenings and weekends see more buyers scrolling, and both platforms give a fresh listing a short ...

Billy Burridge
Billy BurridgeMarketplaces · 4 min · Sep 15, 2026
Blog hero titled "Check sell-through before you buy," showing an interface with a rising trend graph, search, and chart icons and a "sell-through" badge, plus the ListingMonster mascot.

Why You Should Check eBay Sell-Through Rate Before Buying

Checking eBay sell-through rate before buying tells you whether an item actually sells before you spend a cent sourcing it. Sell-through rate is the percentage of listings for a ...

Patrick Cooper
Patrick CooperKnow Your Numbers · 5 min · Sep 14, 2026
Blog hero titled "Quit your job to resell full-time? How to know your side hustle is ready," showing an interface with briefcase, calendar, dollar, and checklist icons and an "am I ready?" badge, plus the ListingMonster mascot.

When to Quit Your Job for Full-Time Reselling

Reselling full time is worth quitting your job for once your reselling profit has replaced your full take-home pay for at least 6 straight months, you have 3 to 6 months of ...

Patrick Cooper
Patrick CooperReseller Life · 5 min · Sep 14, 2026
Blog hero titled "Selling Bladed Items on eBay UK," a 2026 UK seller guide showing tiles for table cutlery, age-verified, post in person, and UK stock only, with the ListingMonster mascot.

Selling Bladed Items on eBay UK: What You Can List and What Gets You Banned

Selling bladed items on eBay UK is still allowed, but only for a short list of products, and only if you follow eBay's age-verification rules exactly. Most knives are banned ...

Patrick Cooper
Patrick CooperListing · 5 min · Sep 14, 2026
Blog hero titled "When to buy wholesale? Knowing when to buy in bulk," with the ListingMonster mascot beside a stack of parcels.

When Should You Start Buying Wholesale to Resell?

Start buying wholesale to resell when you are selling out of a category faster than you can source it by hand, and you have cash you can lock up in inventory without starving the ...

Patrick Cooper
Patrick CooperSourcing · 5 min · Sep 14, 2026
Blog hero titled "How eBay's Search Algorithm Actually Works: A guide for secondhand resellers," with tags for Cassini explained, stale listings, and item specifics, plus the ListingMonster mascot.

How eBay's Search Algorithm Actually Works

Every time a buyer types something into eBay's search bar, a system called Cassini decides which listings get seen and in what order. Most guides explain Cassini in the context of ...

Oli Brown
Oli BrownMarketplaces · 5 min · Sep 14, 2026
Blog hero titled "3 stock mistakes killing my reselling business: buying, pricing, and the death pile," with a "the death pile" badge and the ListingMonster mascot.

3 Stock Mistakes I Made That Were Killing My Reselling Business

Most resellers who quit don't quit because they ran out of hustle. They quit because their stock got the better of them. I built Billy's Retro from a spare room into a six figure ...

Billy Burridge
Billy BurridgeSourcing · 3 min · Sep 14, 2026
Blog hero titled "Sole trader vs limited company," comparing the two business structures for UK resellers, captioned "which is right for you?", with the ListingMonster mascot.

Sole trader vs limited company: which is right for your reselling business

For most UK resellers, the sole trader vs limited company decision comes down to profit, not turnover. Start as a sole trader while you are building up. It is simpler, cheaper, ...

Patrick Cooper
Patrick CooperReseller Life · 5 min · Sep 14, 2026
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