# Working from home kit & pet supplies among most popular online charity shop buys

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/08/27/working-from-home-kit-pet-supplies-among-most-popular-online-charity-shop-buys/
- Published: 2021-08-27T09:35:57+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Online charity shop sales are continuing to increase with those made through Shopiago
rising 185% between February and August this year.**

It reports that pet supplies, baby products, sporting goods, toys and games, and
laptops, desktop computers and tablets in particular have all seen a steep rise 
in online sale prices.

Charities using [Shopiago](https://www.shopiago.com/) saw an increase of 162% in
the average sale prices of donated pet supplies online from February to August 2021,
while sales of sporting goods online have seen an increase of 44%, and those of 
toys and games have gone up by 104%. Baby products have seen an increase in average
sale prices of 73% since February 2021, and the number of laptops and tablets sold
by charities via Shopiago has increased by 110%, while, prices for business and 
office supplies have jumped by 42%.

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Coins however moved down the league tables for online charity sales, with sales 
dropping by 84%.

Thom Bryan, Head of Product at Shopiago, commented:

> “It is really interesting to see these trends emerging. Clearly the cultural impact
> of the various lockdowns saw many people make big life decisions like having a
> baby or getting a puppy, where others were drawn to classic pastimes like sport
> and gardening.
>  
> “More and more UK charities are realising that there is a huge opportunity to 
> generate funds by listing shop donations online and so in future we look forward
> to growing insight on how trendsdevelop and how consumer tastes change. Shopiago
> also enables charities to do ‘click and collect’ at scale online, so one of our
> predictions is to see a boom in second hand furniture over the coming months, 
> following in fashion’s footsteps.”

The platform’s charity partners include the British Red Cross, Sue Ryder, Barnardo’s
and the British Heart Foundation.

[Earlier this month](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/08/13/more-charities-selling-online-as-average-shop-lost-33000-in-third-lockdown/),
the Charity Retail Association revealed that the average UK charity shop lost over
£33,000 in income during Lockdown 3, although figures also show that more charities
are now selling online. Shopiago reported a 151% increase between February and July,
rising to 185% between February and August.

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