# CLIC Sargent’s eBay shop raises £1 million

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/07/17/clic-sargents-ebay-shop-raises-1m/
- Published: 2014-07-17T12:34:36+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

CLIC Sargent has raised £1 million from sales made through its eBay shop since it
opened in December 2006.

Following its early success, in 2008 it was the first charity to employ a paid member
of staff to manage its shop. Now there are three members of staff running the shop
together with 10 dedicated volunteers.

## How the eBay shop reached £1 million

The charity has run a number of successful auctions on its [eBay shop](http://stores.ebay.co.uk/CLIC-Sargent-Shop).
In 2008 it raised £60,000 by auctioning items donated by Spice Girl Mel B, ranging
from a rubber duck to a £10,000 piano.

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It also holds **annual themed auctions**. For example, in last year’s _Get in Character_
event, well-known authors including Andy McNab and Joanna Trollope gave winning 
bidders a chance to appear as a character in their next novels.

The charity also benefited for some time from a partnership with HMV which donated
obsolete stock for CLIC Sargent to sell on eBay. This corporate partnership raised
£450,000.

The charity also raises funds via its shop from members of the public donating the
income raised from their auctions. Donated items include a 2012 Olympic Torch and
a rare early edition of _Pride and Prejudice_by Jane Austen.

 

[⌊Miranda Hart had donated to CLIC Sargent for sale on its eBay shop⌉⌊Miranda Hart
had donated to CLIC Sargent for sale on its eBay shop⌉[

Miranda Hart had donated to CLIC Sargent for sale on its eBay shop

 

## Global sales

Kate Apperley, eBay co-ordinator at CLIC Sargent, said:

> “One of the main reasons the eBay shop has been so successful is the site’s global
> reach. eBay has the potential to reach millions of people worldwide each day, 
> and we have sold items in every corner of the world. It’s a great place for us
> to sell the more unusual or collectable items, or higher priced items that just
> wouldn’t achieve their true value within a traditional high street charity shop.”

 

##  Downton Abbey items for sale on CLIC Sargent’s eBay shop

[⌊Donated for sale on CLIC Sargent's eBay shop⌉⌊Donated for sale on CLIC Sargent's
eBay shop⌉[

Hair accessory worn by Laura Carmichael, as Lady Edith Crawley in Downton Abbey.

 

[⌊Downtown hairclip donated for sale on CLIC Sargent eBay shop⌉⌊Downtown hairclip
donated for sale on CLIC Sargent eBay shop⌉[

Hair clip worn by Elizabeth McGovern, as Downton Abbey’s Cora Crawley, Countess 
of Grantham.

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