Learn the reselling game
Practical guides for UK resellers. No fluff. Built around how the market actually works.
Getting started
How to start reselling: a beginner's guide
A beginner's guide to reselling in the UK: what it is, the five steps to your first sale, the tax basics, and how to start the right way.
Where to find stock: a reseller's sourcing guide
Where UK resellers find stock cheaply: charity shops, car boots, online bargains, clearances and fairs, and the one rule that makes it pay.
What to start with: the safest items for new resellers
The safest items for new UK resellers: the forgiving categories to start with, what to avoid early, and how to let demand pick for you.
Scaling up to bulk: buying in volume sensibly
How to scale a reselling side hustle into bulk buying: when you are ready, what bulk looks like, the maths that matters, and how to triage a haul.
Moving into wholesale: buying at source
Moving into wholesale: what it is, where the stock comes from, the risks and minimum orders, and how to validate a lot before you commit.
Platforms
Selling on eBay: a UK reseller guide
How eBay works for UK resellers: who it suits, what sells well, the fees explained with a worked example, and how deteqta helps you price it.
Selling on Vinted: a UK reseller guide
How Vinted works for UK sellers: who it suits, what sells fast, the fee model with a worked example, and how deteqta helps you price it.
Selling on Depop: a UK reseller guide
How Depop works for UK sellers: the audience, what sells, the fees with a worked example, and how deteqta helps you price it.
Selling on Facebook Marketplace: a UK reseller guide
How Facebook Marketplace works for UK sellers: what it suits, the free local model, staying safe, and how deteqta helps you price it.
Selling on Grailed: a UK reseller guide
How Grailed works for UK sellers: the menswear audience, what sells, the fees with a worked example, and how deteqta helps you price it.
Selling on StockX: a UK reseller guide
How StockX works for UK sellers: how the bid and ask market works, what sells, the fees with a worked example, and how deteqta helps.
Selling on Vestiaire Collective: a UK reseller guide
How Vestiaire Collective works for UK sellers: the luxury audience, authentication, the fees with a worked example, and how deteqta helps.
Products
Vintage Levi's denim: how to spot the value
How to spot valuable vintage Levi's denim: model numbers, the red tab, the patch, selvedge and made in markers, and what really drives the value.
Nike trainers: how to spot the value
How to spot valuable Nike trainers: why model and colourway are everything, reading the tongue tag, condition and what drives the price, and what to check.
adidas trainers: how to spot the value
How to spot valuable adidas trainers: the model lines that sell, terrace classics like the Samba and Gazelle, condition, value drivers and what to check.
The North Face: how to spot the value
How to spot valuable The North Face: the Nuptse, fleeces and vintage, reading fill power and era labels, condition, value drivers and what to check.
Carhartt: how to spot the value
How to spot valuable Carhartt: workwear versus Carhartt WIP, the Detroit jacket and chore coats, vintage tags, condition and what drives the price.
Dr. Martens: how to spot the value
How to spot valuable Dr. Martens: Made in England versus standard, the welt and sole stamp, condition, value drivers and what to check before you buy.
Vintage band and graphic tees: how to spot the value
How to spot valuable vintage band and graphic tees: single stitch hems, tag dating, copyright years, condition, value drivers and reproductions to watch.
Stone Island: how to spot the value
How to spot valuable Stone Island: the compass badge, the fabric technologies, archive seasons, condition and what to check before you buy.
Ralph Lauren: how to spot the value
How to spot valuable Ralph Lauren: telling the lines apart, vintage Polo, the pony, condition and what drives the price across the range.
Barbour: how to spot the value
How to spot valuable Barbour: the model, dating a jacket by its label, made in England, the wax and lining, and what drives the price.
Patagonia: how to spot the value
How to spot valuable Patagonia: the models that sell, vintage labels and colourways, the repair friendly culture, condition and value drivers.
Champion: how to spot the value
How to spot valuable Champion: vintage Reverse Weave, dating by the tag, made in USA, prints, condition and what drives the price.
