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Guides for UK resellers.

Short, honest guides to the problems that cost resellers time and money between checkout and your door, and what a good setup does about them.

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14 guides so far, newest first. Want step-by-step help with a tool? See the tool guides.

Whether reselling is taxed in the UK depends on whether HMRC would see the activity as trading. HMRC's guidance draws a line between selling your own personal possessions and buying or making things in order to sell them, and it describes a trading allowance for each tax year. This post explains those ideas in plain English and links to the official page for each one, so you can read the current rules at the source.
Pokemon5 min read

Pokemon Center UK orders: queues, pre-orders and cancellations explained

How Pokemon Center UK orders work for customers: what the queue is, what a pre-order means, why orders get cancelled after confirmation, and what to do next.

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Reselling5 min read

What to track as a reseller (and why spreadsheets break)

The numbers every UK reseller should record for each item: cost, sale, fees, postage, expenses and where the stock is. Plus why a spreadsheet stops coping.

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Couriers4 min read

Evri tracking statuses explained

What each Evri tracking status means, from expecting your parcel to delivered or ready at a ParcelShop, what to do at each stage, and when to chase the sender.

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Couriers5 min read

DPD tracking statuses explained

What each DPD tracking status means, from expecting your parcel to delivered or ready at a Pickup shop, what to do at each stage, and when to chase it.

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Couriers5 min read

Royal Mail tracking statuses explained

What each Royal Mail tracking status means, from sender preparing item to delivered, what to do at each stage, and when a parcel that has gone quiet is a problem.

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Reselling2 min read

Checkout profiles for UK bots, explained

What a checkout profile is, why every bot wants its own CSV or JSON layout, what has to be right for UK addresses and phones, and how to make and convert profiles without retyping card details.

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Reselling2 min read

Selling extras to other resellers without getting scammed

The safe way to move extra stock between resellers: who you're dealing with, how to price, how to hand over, and what a marketplace built for the community changes.

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Money2 min read

Chasing refunds and returns without losing track of the money

Cancellations, returns and lost parcels all owe you money, and each has a deadline. What slips through, how much it typically costs, and how to keep every refund visible until it lands.

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Reselling2 min read

Out of emails before the drop? Why it happens and what to do

One-per-customer limits mean every extra order needs a real, working email that receives its confirmation. Why free webmail runs out fast, what resellers use instead, and how to have enough addresses ready before the queue opens.

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Couriers2 min read

How resellers track 200 parcels a week without losing one

Once you're past a few orders a day, a spreadsheet stops working. What breaks, what a good tracking setup needs, and how to know which parcels are late, redirected or missing at a glance.

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Money2 min read

Why 3DS prompts get missed on drops, and what it costs you

3D Secure approvals time out in about five minutes. On a drop with several checkouts in flight, that's how orders silently fail. What causes it and how resellers keep every approval in one place.

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Couriers2 min read

Redirecting Royal Mail parcels before they reach your door

How Royal Mail's redirect-to-Parcel-Shop option works for recipients, the timing, the postcode and attempt limits, and how to stop missing the window on drop day.

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Couriers2 min read

Can you redirect a DPD parcel to a Parcel Shop?

Yes, once DPD has the parcel. What the option looks like, when it opens, why it closes fast on drop day, and how resellers get it booked without watching the app.

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