The how-to of running a resale business. Practical, hard-won advice on photography, pricing, listing, grading and shipping — the unglamorous skills that actually make the sales.

June 19, 2026

How I Decide What to Buy and What to Leave at a Boot Sale

Buy it or leave it — that decision is the whole game. Get it right often enough and you've got a business; get it wrong and you've got a garage full of stuff your other half keeps asking you to do something about. Here's the real running maths: the 10x rule and when I let it slide, profit per square foot, and the £8 punt that turned into £700.