We reveal the best places to sell your unwanted items online, from clothes to vouchers— plus Hols from £15 are back
WE are hoarding an average of £2,589 worth of items we no longer need, according to Gumtree.
That adds up to an incredible £70.4billion nationwide.
But today is the day to sort out your cupboards and cash in on the stuff you forgot you had.
Today is National Clear Your Clutter Day, a campaign run by.
Sun Savers talked to founder Jasmine Birtles to get her top tips on the best websites to use to turn your trash into cash . . .
Best for gadgets
Items can be listed in an auction-style format or via a “Buy It Now” option if you have a price in mind.
Cost: It is free to list up to 20 items a month, then each one costs 35p. The site takes a ten per cent cut of anything you sell, while PayPal takes a further 3.4 per cent plus 20p.
Best for vouchers
Never going to use that bungee jump voucher you got for Christmas? Don’t worry – Zeek will let you sell it.
It accepts all kinds of vouchers from store cards to experience days, provided you do not want more than 99 per cent of the face value.
Cost: Three per cent of the asking price.
Best for homeware
If you are looking to get rid of any bulky second-hand furniture, go to Gumtree – but be prepared to meet the buyer.
Site bosses recommend that meetings take place in public and you should always take someone with you, too. Never give out your bank details.
Cost: Free.
Best for clothes
Download the free app, upload a snap of the item you want to sell. Sellers set the prices they want and invite buyers to make an offer.
Cost: The site takes ten per cent of all sales.
Best for books, music and DVDs
Helps pay for postage and offers buyers the chance to collect, which cuts down on trips to the Post Office. Anything you earn goes straight into your Amazon account.
Cost: If an item sells, you are charged 75p, plus 15 per cent of the final price.
Best for beauty
Facebook shoppers are renowned for impulse buys, so make sure your items are new or tested and you have good pics.
Once you upload a post to the Marketplace, everyone in your local community can see it so you probably save on postage, too.
Cost: Free
Designer double
TONE neck and chest areas with from , rather than .
SAVE: £65
Sophia's spending tip
ARE you planning some DIY? Then head down to next week to pick up a bargain on tools, including a Parkside hammer drill for £40. That’s £20 cheaper than a similar one at .
- All prices on page correct at time of going to press. Deals and offers subject to availability.
Deal of the day
sale has up to 50 per cent off items, including Deep Metro glazed tiles, down £10 to £25 per sq m.
SAVE: £10
Shop and save
GET 3 for £10 on selected meats at . Can anyone else smell BBQ season? Offer ends on Monday.
SAVE: £2
Reader's saving tip
SUSAN SMITH, from Chorley, Lancs, says: “Make sandwiches for your week’s lunches all at once then freeze them. It saves time and money, as you can buy in bulk. They will have defrosted by the time you are ready to eat them.”
- Send your ideas to sunsavers. co.uk/tips and get 28 codes, worth £5, if yours is used
Fancy a free fiver?
YOU can get FREE cash with super Sun Savers just for buying your favourite paper.
Our brilliant new rewards club will pay back our most loyal readers.
Just pick up the paper each day to collect your Sun Savers codes and we will GIVE YOU £5 when you have collected 28.
This isn’t a one-off and there is no limit to how much cash you can save.
For every 28 codes you enter, we will give you a fiver. So over the course of a year, that could add up to £65.
We are keeping it super-simple. You don’t have to enter codes from consecutive days, so don’t worry if you forget a day or two.
What is Sun Savers? Here's everything you need to know about our new rewards club
Download our easy Sun Savers app and quickly scan your code using your smartphone. Or go online and enter your code at .
To get you on your way, join today and we will put a bonus £1 in your Sun Savers wallet tomorrow. And the good news doesn’t stop with free cash.
With Sun Savers, we give you the best hacks, deals and tips to save money every single day.
TO JOIN: Don’t worry, folks — joining takes just 30 seconds, in three steps.
All we’ll ask of you is your name, your date of birth and an email address to get you on the way to your first crisp fiver.
You can choose to save or cash out straight to your bank account or instantly with Paypal.
Don’t delay — join Sun Savers now!
Hols From £15
THERE is still time to bag a bargain break with Hols from £15.
Our holidays, available all over the UK and Europe, come with a best price guarantee.
We’ll refund the difference, plus £10 if you find your holiday cheaper within 28 days of booking.
Pick a midweek break and get a fourth night FREE.
Just collect EIGHT Sun Savers codes or printed tokens/codewords, in paper daily until Sunday, April 22.
For those collecting Sun Savers codes, opt in to the Hols from £15 promotion in the ‘Offers’ section of Sun Savers, then enter your EIGHT codes via the app or sunsavers.co.uk.
See page 28 for today’s code.
If you’re collecting printed tokens/codewords, go to or use the online booking form.
- Price per person based on four sharing. Subject to availability. Code/token collect. Full terms and conditions
Win up to £3,000 with our The Grand National Daily Draw
AND they’re off! Starting today you can be in the running for our winning Sun Savers giveaway – The Grand National Daily Draw.
To celebrate the Grand National at Aintree this week, we’re giving you the chance to win massive amounts of cash every day of the festival just by picking up your favourite newspaper.
In true horse-racing fashion, we’ll be paying out on first, second and third place each day. First place will scoop you £3,000, second place £2,000 and third place £1,000.
Plus, if you don’t win today’s draw, don’t worry as you can enter as many days as you’d like.
To find out if the paper you’re holding is a winner, just enter the Sun Savers code, printed daily in the paper, into the Sun Savers app or website.
Then head to today’s Grand National Draw in the “Offers” section of Sun Savers, and click “Enter” there before midnight.
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- Terms and Conditions: There will be three daily prize draws with three winners each day of a cash prize. There will be a first place winner of £3,000, a second place winner of £2,000, and a third place winner of £1,000 each day between Thursday, April 12 and Saturday, April 14 2018. Each draw will open from 00:01 and close at 23:59 on each day. Sun Savers membership required to enter. One valid unique Sun Savers code plus clicking ‘Enter’ in Sun Savers within the time period equals entry to the prize draw of that day. Over 18, residents of the UK only, excluding ROI. One entry per day per person. Winners will be selected at random from all valid entries. Allow 14 days from entry closing for the draw to take place and winners to be notified. Prize is non-transferable and will be credited via cheque. Your information will only be used for the purposes of this competition. Promoter is News Group Newspapers Ltd. Not open to staff of the promoter and promotional partner or their families. The winners will be required to participate in reasonable publicity relating to this competition. The Editor’s decision is final. For a list of winners please send a stamped addressed envelope to News UK, Competitions Department, 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF stating which competition you would like the winners’ details.