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Online selling software for charity shops

  • List donations without barcodes by drafting the title and description from photos.
  • Bring stock from every shop and donation centre into one online stock count, with each item recording where it is.
  • Give every volunteer a login with permissions for what each person can do.
  • Free trial
  • No credit card required

Charity retail is a volume game run by busy people

Donations arrive every day, most have no barcode, and the people listing them might be volunteers who come in twice a week.

The hard way

  • Valuable donations sold in the shop for £2: because there's no time to research and list them online
  • Every item described from scratch: by whoever is on shift that day
  • Each shop selling online on its own: with no shared view of the stock
  • Shelves full of titles that never sell: taking space from ones that will

The smart way

  • Listings drafted from photos: volunteers check and publish
  • A login for everyone: with permissions for what each person can do
  • One online stock: fed by every shop and donation centre
  • Stock blocklist: slow sellers flagged at the scan

Running one online shop for several charity shops

Most charities start selling online with one keen volunteer and a laptop. This is how it grows past that.

Most donations don't have a barcode. Take a few photos and the AI listing generator drafts the title, description and item specifics, ready for a volunteer to check.

Grow, Scale and Enterprise include unlimited staff accounts, so every volunteer has their own login. Set what each person can do, and see how many items each one lists.

Shops and donation centres add their items to one online stock, and each item records which shop or centre it is in, so whoever packs it knows where to find it. Whatever sells on eBay comes off your other channels straight away.

Built for charity retail

Tools that help each donation raise more

Custom service

Want your volunteers to use AI with confidence?

We train ecommerce teams by video call to use AI on real work: writing listings, answering buyers and tidying product data.

See AI training for ecommerce teams

FAQ

Questions charity sellers ask us

Can each volunteer have their own login?
Yes. Grow, Scale and Enterprise include unlimited staff accounts. Each person has their own login and permissions, and you can see how many items each one lists.
Can several shops sell through one online shop?
Yes. Each shop or donation centre adds its items to one online stock, and each item records which shop or centre it is in. Prolisto keeps eBay and your other channels in step.
Can Prolisto tell us which donations are worth listing online?
Yes, for anything with a barcode. Scan it and Prolisto compares eBay sold and active prices with buyback offers, then scores the item against your own rules, so volunteers only list what pays.
Do donated books and DVDs need photos?
Not if they have a barcode. Scan it and the details and image come from the catalogue of over 5 million books, CDs, DVDs and games.

Try Prolisto for free

Book a short call, connect your channels, and see how much of your week it gives back.

  • Free trial
  • No credit card required