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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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
What the eBay-Depop Acquisition Means for Resellers
Depop has changed owners twice in five years.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
The Best Non-Clothing Items to Resell for Profit in 2026
The best non-clothing items to resell are consumer electronics, video games and consoles, books and media, trading cards and collectibles, small kitchen appliances, tools, and ...
Manual Listing vs AI Listing: How Much Time Do You Actually Save?
Quick answer: When you weigh up manual listing vs AI listing, AI-assisted listing usually cuts the time it takes to create a listing by 2 to 5x. The catch is that the number ...
How to Reduce Returns on eBay (Without Losing Sales)
Most avoidable eBay returns come down to one thing: the item didn't match the listing. The way to reduce returns on eBay is to make your listings accurate before the sale, with ...
Is Whatnot Worth It for Resellers? The Honest Take on Sourcing and Selling
Is Whatnot worth it for resellers? Short version: yes, if you sell visual, crowd-pleasing stock in volume and don't mind being on camera. Less so if your income comes from ...
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Reselling Tax UK: What You Actually Owe HMRC
If you buy stock to resell on eBay or Vinted, you owe Income Tax and possibly National Insurance on your profit once your trading income passes £1,000 in a tax year. Selling your ...
eBay vs Vinted 2026: Which Should UK Resellers Actually Use?
There is no single winner in the eBay vs Vinted debate, and 2026 has made the answer more situational, not less. Vinted still wins on cost and speed for everyday fashion. eBay ...
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