Wholesale Updated September 2026. This guide was first published in 2022. Facebook’s menus, eligibility and selling fees can change; check the platform’s current instructions before listing. Facebook Marketplace can help local buyers discover an item, but a listing still needs a clear price, honest condition details and a practical collection or delivery plan. A Facebook Page […]
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The Ultimate Selling Guide for Small Businesses
Archive note (2018 guide): Links to articles no longer available on this blog have been removed. Please check current information before relying on older selling advice. We have decided to start the new year by introducing the ultimate selling guide for small businesses. Wholesale Clearance UK is a family firm, and we recognise the complexities, […]
Most Expensive Things Sold on eBay? Ten Historic Examples
Some of the Most Expensive Things Sold on eBay I'm keeping this one to myself... just you and me Archive note (2017): This is a look at remarkable eBay sales and listings discussed when the article was written. It is not a verified ranking of today’s most expensive completed sales; historic prices and listing details [...]
How to Sell on Shpock UK: Fees and Practical Tips
Updated September 2026. This article was first published in 2017. Shpock’s features and fees have changed, so check its current help pages before listing. Shpock is a marketplace app for buying and selling second-hand goods. It can be useful for local collection and for testing demand for individual items. If you are reselling stock, think […]
LinkedIn for SME’s: Useful or not?
It was announced yesterday (13/06.2016) that Microsoft is to purchase LinkedIn, the professional networking website, for $26bn (£18bn), which equates to $196 a share. That’s a lot of money. Apparently the deal will enable Microsoft to boost sales of its business and email software, although to be fair, it doesn’t sound as though they’re failing […]
How to make a million on eBay
Before I start, I have to say that if it was that easy to make a million on eBay I would have already done it, right? I haven’t, so maybe it isn’t possible for everyone. However, it certainly has been done in the past and that’s what interests me. Can you make a million on […]
14 Market Stall Set up Ideas
Archive note: First published in 2014. Check current market rules, insurance, food-trading requirements and costs before relying on this guide. If you’re considering going into business for yourself, you may not know where to start. A great many of our Wholesale Clearance UK customers own their own market stall and this is the backbone of […]
UK Shoe Size and Width Guide for Online Sellers
A UK shoe size is a starting point, not a promise that every pair will fit. Foot length, width, instep and the shape of the shoe all matter. If you sell footwear online, giving buyers the labelled size alongside clear fit information can prevent avoidable returns. Quick answers: what are EU 40 and EU 34 […]
The 20 Second Commute: advantages and disadvantages of a home-based business
Thinking of starting a home-based business? Great idea. Here’s why. I have a friend who used to spend two to three hours a day in her car just to get to her place of employment which was only 20 miles away. She would arrive so stressed and so hyper that it was a foregone conclusion […]
Build a bonfire, build a bonfire: discounting items for sale on eBay, the how, when and why.
So that might be the longest title I have ever used in this blog but I wanted somehow to get a link in to bonfire night given that it’s November the 5th, however tenuous it might be. But in my mind the link is that instead of burning unwanted stock – let’s sell it for […]
In for a penny, in for a pound: the rise and rise of the Pound shop
I was having a conversation with a friend of mine the other day who owns a sweet seaside gift shop that sells a wide range of mid-priced gifts. She mentioned that without the cheaper pound shop lines that she offers, she would be in serious trouble some days. She has to work hard to take […]
Here comes the bride: selling for the wedding industry
Archive note (May 2013): The wedding-accessories lot and prices described below are historical and the original advert is no longer available. Browse current one-off job lots for today’s stock. When this was published, we had a mixed wedding-accessories job lot which included 99x Fascinators (that’s the little flowery decoration things that women wear in their […]
Ten terrible mistakes you should avoid when selling on eBay!
People assume that selling on eBay is a walk in the park, but actually if you want to be successful, you do have to work very hard at it. Sourcing items, researching prices and creating listings can be very time consuming, so it is important to get it right from the word go. I’ve been […]
Diversifying your stock offer
In these difficult economic times, running a small business can be extremely hard work. In spite of news items suggesting that online retail sales have rocketed (Retail Gazette for example, reports that ‘online retail sales rose 16 per cent year-on-year last month (March 2013), driven by clothing sales despite the freezing weather’) you may be […]
Top Tips for Tantalizing Buyers on eBay
Now that we have all finally settled into the New Year, perhaps it’s time to try your luck with auction sites if you haven’t already. eBay is the biggest of these and dominates the market but there are others such as ebid and totalbids so you could give them a try. It’s probably best to […]
To Market, To Market…
To market, to market, as the saying goes… or does it, with the birth of the internet, pound shops, and discount stores has the market become non-existent? Actually it seems to have done the opposite, while figures show that the number of people visiting and standing at markets has remained stagnant over the last twenty […]
Car boots: a trader’s dream or nightmare? Part Two
Car boots: a trader’s dream or nightmare? Part Two (Click Here for part 1) Following on from Part One where we looked at why you should consider car boots, we now look at what sells. What sells at car boots? • Candles – foreigners and holiday makers love the Colony candles. Not only are they […]
Car boots: a trader’s dream or nightmare? Part One
Car boots: a trader’s dream or nightmare? Part One Getting up at 5am is never a good thing, but car boots are an area of business often ignored. We look at whether car boots could increase your profits. Car boots were introduced as a way to clear out junk from your loft or home. People […]