Preloved

Free-to-list-on second hand site Preloved has seen an 86% rise in the number of people selling unwanted items this summer compared to last year, with nearly 1/2 million Brits listing unwanted items on the site ranging from cars to wedding dresses and moose-heads to out-of-service Routemaster double deckers in a bid to beat the recession.

Record number of Brits making money selling unwanted goods online Thatsnews 2009

Preloved.co.uk of 3,108 members of the public has found that more and more Brits are turning away from the open air car boot to selling online.

The web is killing off the 30 year old Car Boot sale Thatsnews 2009

The increase in popularity of second hand websites such as eBay and Preloved show yet another way the internet has revolutionised the way we live our lives.

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Ian Buzer, founder of Preloved.co.uk had the following to say

Record number of Brits making money selling unwanted goods online Thatsnews 2009

Currently over quarter of a million items are listed on Preloved, including 74,000 cars, 4,600 wedding dresses, 3,100 prams, 850 electric guitars, 50 canoes and 1 moose head made from papier mache.

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Founder of Preloved, Ian Buzer believes there are a number of reasons car boot attendance is down

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Preloved is hoping to inject some of the fun back into the process of buying and selling online by bringing together buyers and sellers in a local area.

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Preloved.co.uk of 3,108 members of the public has found that more and more Brits are turning away from the open air car boot to selling online.

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Preloved has a community of over 2 million unique users per month from all across the UK. 8 in 10 sellers can expect a response in under a week from the classified site – site stats show that 51% of advertisers have been receiving a response to their ad within 4 days, and 81% have been receiving a response within 7 days.

Archive 2009-09-01 Thatsnews 2009

The increase in popularity of second hand websites such as eBay and Preloved show yet another way the internet has revolutionised the way we live our lives.

The web is killing off the 30 year old Car Boot sale Thatsnews 2009