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A second-hand shop is a shop which sells 
Xianyu
- Chinese app that allows people or retailers to sell new or used products. * Her-Age - Resale marketplace leader in Italy.
Used DM
- Buying used furniture in Dammam.
used good
Used goods, also known as secondhand goods, are any item of personal property that have been previously owned by someone else and are offered for sale not as new, including metals in any form except coins that are legal tender. Used goods may ...
s. Secondhand shops are often part of the different parts of the reuse or Circular economy
A circular economy (also referred to as circularity or CE) is a model of resource Production (economics), production and Resource consumption, consumption in any economy that involves sharing, leasing, Reuse, reusing, repairing, refurbishing, and ...
. Different formats of second-hand shop exist, selling in different formats and type of content: from antique stores, to consignment, and various types of thrift or charity shop, where the used goods are sold.
The format of selling second hand goods in a shop, is not ubiquitous: the cost of operating a physical location alongside the need to handle large inventory, sometimes means that resellers opt for temporary venues like Flea market
A flea market (or swap meet) is a type of street market that provides space for vendors to sell previously owned (secondhand) goods. This type of market is often seasonal. However, in recent years there has been the development of 'formal' ...
, garage sale
A garage sale (also known as a yard sale, tag sale, moving sale and by many other namesSome rarely used names include "attic sale", "basement sale", "rummage sale", "thrift sale", "patio sale", "lawn sale", and "jumble sale".) is an informal ...
s or temporary pop-up type sales.
Some goods have always had a vibrant second hand market that allow for the creation of permanent venues, such as antiques
An antique () is an item perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance, and often defined as at least 100 years old (or some other limit), although the term is often used loosely to describe any object that i ...
and books
A book is a structured presentation of recorded information, primarily verbal and graphical, through a medium. Originally physical, electronic books and audiobooks are now existent. Physical books are objects that contain printed material, mo ...
. With the advent of social movements focused on reuses in the 21st century, such as the sustainable fashion movement, other goods have become more economical for specialized stores focused on their resale.
By format
Consignment
Free shops
Junk shops
Pawning
Thrift or charity shops
By good type
Antiques
Books
Notable businesses
*Goodwill Industries
Goodwill Industries International Inc., or simply Goodwill, is an American business that provides job training, employment placement services and other community-based programs for people who face barriers in their employment.
Goodwill Indust ...
- Runs Goodwill Stores throughout North America as well as 16 other countries.
* The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army (TSA) is a Protestantism, Protestant Christian church and an international charitable organisation headquartered in London, England. It is aligned with the Wesleyan-Holiness movement. The organisation reports a worldwide m ...
- Christian-based thrift store operator that sells second-hand items.
* Oxfam bookshops
Oxfam is the largest retailer of second-hand books in Europe, selling around 12 million per year. Most of Oxfam's 600 charity shops around the UK sell books, and around 100 are specialist bookshops or book and music shops. A typical Oxfam bookshop ...
- second-hand bookstore in the U.K.
* Value Village - second-hand shops in the U.S.
* Hard Off - second-hand shop chain in Japan
Other venues for second-hand resale
Websites that facilitate second-hand resale
*eBay
eBay Inc. ( , often stylized as ebay) is an American multinational e-commerce company based in San Jose, California, that allows users to buy or view items via retail sales through online marketplaces and websites in 190 markets worldwide. ...
- Website that allows people or retailers to sell new or used products.
*Craigslist
Craigslist (stylized as craigslist) is a privately held American company operating a classified advertisements website with sections devoted to jobs, housing, for sale, items wanted, services, community service, gigs, résumés, and discussi ...
- Website that allows people or retailers to sell or give away goods and services, primarily targeted to the local community.
*Kijiji
Kijiji ( , ; ) is a Canadian online classified advertising website. It operates sections for cities and urban regions, for posting local advertisements. Kijiji was launched in February 2005 as an eBay subsidiary under Marktplaats BV Marktplaats ...
- Similar to Craigslist, but popular in Canada.Xianyu
- Chinese app that allows people or retailers to sell new or used products. * Her-Age - Resale marketplace leader in Italy.
Used DM
- Buying used furniture in Dammam.
Temporary venues
People will sell used goods right in front of their home in what is called a "garage sale
A garage sale (also known as a yard sale, tag sale, moving sale and by many other namesSome rarely used names include "attic sale", "basement sale", "rummage sale", "thrift sale", "patio sale", "lawn sale", and "jumble sale".) is an informal ...
". The products would be set up in front of the garage.
In the UK, people buy and sell at a car boot sale
Car boot sales or boot fairs are a form of market in which private individuals come together to sell household and garden goods. They are popular in the United Kingdom, where they are often referred to simply as 'car boots'.
Some scientific ...
. Sellers will drive their vehicles to a large field, laden with products both used and new, and sell out of their boot.
Similarly regular Flea market
A flea market (or swap meet) is a type of street market that provides space for vendors to sell previously owned (secondhand) goods. This type of market is often seasonal. However, in recent years there has been the development of 'formal' ...
s generate
See also
*Car dealership
A car dealership, or car dealer, is a business that sells new or used cars, at the retail level, based on a dealership contract with an automaker or its sales subsidiary. Car dealerships also often sell spare parts and automotive maintena ...
- new car dealers in certain countries offer pre-owned cars with variable quality and price. There are also dealers who sell only used cars.
* Charity shop
A charity shop is a retail establishment run by a charitable organization to raise money. Charity shops are a type of social enterprise. They sell mainly used goods such as clothing, books, music albums, shoes, toys, and furniture donated by ...
* Give-away shop
Give-away shops, freeshops, free stores or swap shops are stores where all goods are free. They are similar to charity shops, with mostly second-hand items—except that everything is available at no cost. All goods are freely given away, althou ...
* Resale boutique
A () is a retail shop that deals in high end fashionable clothing or accessories. The word is French for "shop", which derives ultimately from the Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in anc ...
- specializes in contemporary high-end used designer fashion, vintage clothing
Vintage clothing is clothing that originates from a previous era, as recent as the 1990s. The term ''vintage clothing'' can also be applied in reference to second-hand retail outlets, e.g. in "vintage clothing store". While the concept origina ...
, or contemporary basics
* Surplus store
A surplus store or disposals store is a business that sells items and goods that are used, purchased but unused, or past their use by date, and are no longer needed due to excess supply, decommissioning, or obsolescence. The surplus sold is often ...
- often sells military surplus
Military surplus is goods, usually materiel, that are sold or otherwise disposed of when held in excess or are no longer needed by the military. Entrepreneurs often buy these goods and resell them at surplus stores. Usually the goods sold by th ...
supplies.
* Wrecking yard
A wrecking yard (Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian English), scrapyard ( Irish, British and New Zealand English) or junkyard (American English) is the location of a business in dismantling where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brou ...
, scrapyard, wrecking yard - sells used automotive parts
References
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