Accounting, cross-listing, shipping, stock tracking, custom packaging and printing: the services UK home sellers use, and who each one suits.
Shipping and labels
Print labels in batches and compare couriers.
Parcel2Go
UK courier comparison site for booking and printing parcel labels.
Suits you if you post the odd bulky parcel, such as a pair of boxed trainers, and want to compare couriers before booking. You can choose a home collection or a drop-off shop, and its free Smart Send tool gathers orders from several marketplaces.
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ShipStation
Order and label software that pulls in orders from several marketplaces.
Suits you when you send dozens of parcels a day from eBay and Etsy and want one queue for every order. It connects to Royal Mail and DHL, so you compare and print labels in one place.
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Cross-listing
List once and post to several marketplaces.
Crosslist
Crosslisting for eBay, Depop, Etsy and Whatnot, available in the UK.
Suits you if you list on eBay, Depop and Etsy and can manage without Vinted, which it doesn't support for new users.
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List Perfectly
Crosslisting tool that copies listings between eBay, Vinted, Depop and more.
Suits a clothing reseller who keeps one stock list and pushes it to Vinted, eBay and Depop. It also supports Whatnot and Etsy, so one listing can follow an item across platforms.
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Vendoo
Create a listing once and post it to several marketplaces.
Suits you if you list the same stock on eBay, Vinted and Depop and want to stop retyping it. Its sale detection can delist an item from the other sites once it sells on one.
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Accounting and tax
Records, receipts and Self Assessment.
FreeAgent
Accounting for sole traders, free with some UK business bank accounts.
Suits a sole trader who banks with NatWest, RBS, Ulster Bank or Mettle, since those business accounts include FreeAgent at no extra cost. You can file your Self Assessment return to HMRC from inside the app.
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QuickBooks
Bookkeeping and tax software for UK sole traders and small businesses.
Suits you if you have registered as a sole trader and want income and costs in one place. HMRC recognises it for Making Tax Digital, and it can submit VAT returns to HMRC.
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Sage
Record keeping and Making Tax Digital submissions for UK sole traders.
Suits a sole trader without VAT registration who wants a free starting plan. You keep your sales and costs as digital records in Sage, then use them for Making Tax Digital quarterly updates.
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Xero
Cloud accounting with bank feeds, invoicing and receipt capture.
Suits you once your shop has grown into a small business with stock, invoices and maybe VAT. It reads receipts you photograph and is HMRC recognised for Making Tax Digital.
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Stock tracking
Know what you have and where it lives.
Sortly
Inventory app that tracks stock with barcode and QR code scans.
Suits you if you keep hundreds of items in tubs and lose time hunting for the one that sold. Scan a QR label on a box with your phone to see what is inside, then update counts as you go.
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Custom packaging
Mailers, boxes and tissue with your name on.
noissue
Custom printed tissue paper, stickers and mailers for small shops.
Suits a small clothing or jewellery shop that wants branded tissue and stickers without ordering a pallet. noissue says its custom tissue paper is compostable.
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Packhelp
Custom printed mailer boxes and mailing bags, designed online.
Suits you if you sell handmade goods or beauty products and want a printed box to open. You design it in an online editor with a 3D preview and pay in pounds on the UK site.
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Stickers, cards and labels
Thank-you cards, stickers and labels for your parcels.
Canva
Free design tool for labels, cards and stickers, with a print service.
Design your own thank-you cards or labels without design software. Start from a template on the free plan, then print at home or order through its print shop.
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Sticker Mule
Custom stickers and labels with free online proofs.
Suits you if you want logo stickers to seal mailers or tissue. You see a free proof before printing, and the UK site prices in pounds with free delivery to the UK.
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Vistaprint
Business cards, stickers, labels and postcards printed and posted to you.
Use it to print thank-you postcards and business cards to drop in each parcel. The UK site offers free economy delivery on orders over £40.
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