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Setting Up A Second Hand Clothing Business? Advice?
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I have been really successful selling second hand clothing privately and online, now id like to expand and would like to maybe rent some where small just to set up a small business doing this as i LOVE actually doing this job!
I dont want to use ebay any more as its become far too pricey in fee's and buyers seem to only want something for 99p!
Any advice on setting up a small business? Whats the LOWEST costs of doing it? What about setting up a website? Lowest cost on doing that or are there any that are free to set up BUT that are successful and popular? Id love to know more as i feel i have such a potential to make this work since charity shops have now become drab and pricey as well - plus my local area has nothing like this
Many Thanks
I dont want to use ebay any more as its become far too pricey in fee's and buyers seem to only want something for 99p!
Any advice on setting up a small business? Whats the LOWEST costs of doing it? What about setting up a website? Lowest cost on doing that or are there any that are free to set up BUT that are successful and popular? Id love to know more as i feel i have such a potential to make this work since charity shops have now become drab and pricey as well - plus my local area has nothing like this
Many Thanks
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Hi, shop rents vary dramatically. We have been really lucky and have a lovely shop in a quite well-to-do area and the rent is unbelievably low (and it is set for the next 3 years). We sell quite expensive stuff (£1000 minimum) so we don't have to sell a great deal to cover the rent and expenses. Our website is hosted by Office Live (hope I am allowed to say that) and is free for a set period and then really quite cheap after that. My husband did the site himself (it took him ages but it looks v professional). Good luck. x
You cannot generalise about Charity shops, I am out of town and we have 2 locally and I can honestly say I get most of my stuff from there. How about a beautiful pair of Karen Millen trousers for £2.
Good luck with your business, cannot help advise you much, last one I helped set up and run was an engine reconditioning business 20 years ago.
Good luck with your business, cannot help advise you much, last one I helped set up and run was an engine reconditioning business 20 years ago.
I'm not sure - I suppose that if it doesn't sell within a certain time period then you just give it back. I found this - http://www.thecurtain...e.net/secondhand.htm. It probably isn't appropriate for you, I just remember going to one in Buckinghamshire when we were doing up our house and had some big windows that needed covering.
Re selling on - I used to have a shop like that near me. She would take clothes and sell them and keep a percentage of what they sold for. She used to keep them for a month (I think longer if they were designer) and then if they didn't sell, you had to collect them and take them away, or if you didn't she gave them to a charity shop. Good idea at the time, I sold a Jaeger dress there for £80 (those were the days!).
No, it was a shop, with proper shopfittings and a changing room.
I notice you said £5 for a top is dear in a charity shop - I don't think it is, they are there to raise money for the charity, not to provide a pound shop. One of our charty shops (and we have many) sells designer labels for £20 and so on - a bargain.
I notice you said £5 for a top is dear in a charity shop - I don't think it is, they are there to raise money for the charity, not to provide a pound shop. One of our charty shops (and we have many) sells designer labels for £20 and so on - a bargain.
but where will you be getting your stock from? charity shops...?
unless you are competent on the web and design side i would suggest getting it doen preofessionally - as you will need an online shop - which includes payemnt facilties, photos of stock, possibly cash conversion facility, p&p calculator, an all that kind of thing...it could get difficult for you
there is software that can do that, but only if you are ok with - serif webplus is good
unless you are competent on the web and design side i would suggest getting it doen preofessionally - as you will need an online shop - which includes payemnt facilties, photos of stock, possibly cash conversion facility, p&p calculator, an all that kind of thing...it could get difficult for you
there is software that can do that, but only if you are ok with - serif webplus is good
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