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Practical guides for people selling online.

Written from running eBay and Vinted stores and mentoring sellers — not from summarising other people’s articles.

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Twelve guides across selling, strategy and search.

Selling on Vinted · Pillar

How to Start Selling on Vinted in the UK

The complete beginner’s guide — setup, what to list first, photographs, pricing, postage and your first week.

Selling on Vinted

Why Your Vinted Items Aren’t Selling (7 Fixable Reasons)

Seven concrete reasons listings stall, and exactly what to change for each one.

Selling on Vinted

Vinted Photography: How to Shoot Items That Actually Sell

Light, backgrounds, the four shots every listing needs, and why photographing flaws helps you.

Selling on Vinted

How to Price Items on Vinted Without Undervaluing Them

Sold prices vs asking prices, true margin, leaving room for offers, and why too cheap also fails.

Selling on eBay · Pillar

How to Become an eBay Top-Rated Seller (and Keep the Status)

What eBay actually measures, why feedback isn’t the metric you think, and the habits that protect it.

Selling on eBay

eBay Listing Optimisation: A Practical Checklist

Titles, item specifics, photos, pricing, postage and what really affects Best Match placement.

Selling on eBay

How Much Does It Cost to Run an eBay Store in the UK?

Subscriptions, final value fees, and the costs sellers routinely forget to count.

Selling on eBay

eBay Feedback: How to Protect Your Rating and Handle Negatives

Feedback vs defect rate, preventing negatives, and exactly how to respond when one lands.

Selling on eBay

Should You Outsource Your eBay Store Management?

When it pays for itself, when it clearly doesn’t, and what to ask before handing over access.

eCommerce strategy · Pillar

eBay vs Vinted vs Etsy: Which Platform Is Right for What You Sell?

What each platform is actually good at, and why selling on all three at once usually backfires.

SEO for small business · Pillar

SEO for Small Business: What Actually Matters in 2026

Foundations, search intent, first-hand experience, local search — and what to ignore.

Seller stories

From £0 to £450: How One Seller Built a 4.9-Star Vinted Shop

What was done, in what order, to take a mentee from no experience to 73 reviews.

Topics

What gets covered

Selling on eBay

Listings, pricing, feedback and Top-Rated status.

5 posts

Selling on Vinted

The fastest-moving platform for clothing and homeware.

4 posts

eCommerce strategy

Multi-channel selling, sourcing and margins.

1 post

SEO for small business

What actually moves small sites up the page.

1 post

Seller stories

Real mentee journeys, with the numbers.

1 post

WordPress & websites

Building sites that rank and convert.

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