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Selling & Donating to Lovely Things – Your Guide for March 2026

Sick of sorting through kids’ clothes and selling them one piece at a time?
Photos, messages, measurements, low offers, ghosting, drop-offs… it quickly becomes more hassle than it’s worth.

Send them to Lovely Things instead.
We’ll give them a second life. You’ll clear space, get paid in one go and support sustainable kids’ fashion — easy.

Seller Slots

  • All slots must be pre-booked (minimum 25 items per booking).

  • We cannot accept items in-store without prior arrangement. We do not look at items 'on spec' in our store. 

  • Next seller slots open end of March 2026 – join our mailing list to be notified.

Postal Labels

  • We can now issue one label at a time only without exception. 

Please note: where labels are requested and not used, the seller will be removed from our database and blocked from using our service in future at our discretion.

For Businesses

If you have end-of-line, sample or surplus children’s stock, we’d love to hear from you. We offer a curated retail space for high-quality brands and a simple, flexible selling process.

Lovely Things’ Quality Standards

What we love to buy 

  • Most brands of quality clothing but we have very strict standards (see below for exclusions of certain brands).
  • All sizes of clothes up to 10 years of age in excellent condition, clean and freshly washed and ironed. Clothes which are not freshly washed will be rejected, you will be asked to collect these items or have them posted back at your own cost. Please note that clothes which have been stored in an attic, storage unit or similar are NOT considered to be freshly washed.
  • New items with tags do not need to be washed. 
  • Fully functional (i.e. working zips, buttons, etc.) All items should be turned the right way around (not inside out) and buttons/poppers/zippers are done up.

What we cannot buy ☹

  • Clothes from smoking or vaping households. 
  • Clothes with any stains, rips, pulls, holes, pilling, missing buttons or labels, obvious discolouration, stretching, cracked print or marker/pen marks.
  • Clothing from ultra fast fashion online brands including but not limited to Boohoo, Shein, Temu - please think about buying from these brands in the first place. 
  • Any items with names or year of birth (e.g. 'Mary' 'Born in 2023').  
  • Baby equipment/accessories.
  • Communion suits. 
  • Fake or 'replica' designer wear. 
  • Fancy-dress/costumes. 
  • Holiday clothing/souvenirs (i.e. with the name of the destination on it e.g. 'Orlando' 'Marbella' etc.)
  • Shoes/Football boots/specialist sport footwear.  
  • Socks & underwear. We will only accept new socks & tights in packaging. 
  • Sleeping bags (Gro-bags). 
  • Toys of ANY description. 

We strongly recommend that you check all items in daylight for all of the above and remove any names or phone numbers from items before submitting them to us.

If you have any questions about these lists, please just let us know and we will very happy to chat with you.

How to sell to us? It’s as easy as A, B, C!

A – Read our standards, choose your categories (Gold/Silver/Bronze), weigh your items.
B – Send us your fully completed Seller Form by email to laura@lovelythings.ie. Please note we only need individual details of GOLD items on form. The weight of SILVER and BRONZE items is all we need.
C – Post your parcel (minimum 25 items).

Payments

  • Paid via PayPal or Revolut within 2 business days after you accept our offer. Offers are always emailed and are non-negotiable. 

What will Lovely Things pay for clothes?

We offer a per kilo price for most clothing (we can send a full sample list of brands on request and you can read further details in the FAQs). This is standard in the textile market. 

Categories

BRONZE - €4 per kg for ‘high street’ brands like Dunnes, Gap, H&M, Mothercare, Next, Penneys, Zara, etc. 

SILVER - €6 per kg for junior designer brands like Hilfiger, Junior J, Ralph Lauren, Ted Baker, Jo Jo Maman Bebé etc. and Bronze items that are new with tags.

GOLD & FOOTWEAR – Per item Price. These are higher end designer wear (e.g. Armani Junior, Chloé, DKNY, Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney for Kids, Kenzo Kids, Gucci, Moschino etc. ) and new or excellent condition ‘Scandi’ or 'Indie' brands and Lovely Things also are happy to offer a per item price for Silver items that are new with tags, coats, complete outfits or occasion wear.

We cannot give itemised offers and do not provide offers on the basis of photographs. For Gold items please contact us to discuss the best way to send us these clothes at laura@lovelythings.ie. 

How do I receive my offer?

Once all the items are checked and weighed, we email you our offer. The price you receive is personalised to your items based on their brand and condition and is not negotiable. We are unable to offer you a breakdown of the individual price for each individual item.

You must confirm to us by email within 48 hours if you want to accept or decline our offer together with your payment details. If you prefer for us to take your payment details over the phone, we are happy to do so. All offers are final and rest with Lovely Things.

We take your privacy very seriously. For more information about how we process your information please read our Privacy Statement for Sellers. 

How do I receive my payment?

Once we have email confirmation from you that you accept our offer, we will arrange a PayPal or Revolut within 2 business days. We do not use any other payment methods at this time. It is your responsibility to ensure that all payment details are correct when submitting them to us. Lovely Things cannot be held responsible for incorrect payment details sent to us. An email to confirm that payment has been made will be sent at the time of payment. 

Why do Lovely Things only use PayPal and not bank transfers?

We make our payments through PayPal and Revolut so you do not have to share your bank details with us as PayPal currently offers the best transaction protection. Most financial fraud happens when bank or credit card details are shared via emails or messages and we want to protect you as much as we can. 

What happens if I don’t want to accept the offer?

If the offer is not accepted, you may either arrange to collect your clothing back from us within 14 days or have confirmed to us in the Seller Form that we may donate/and or recycle this clothing at our discretion.

What happens if the clothing sent does not meet Lovely Things’ Quality Standards?

If any of the clothes do not meet these standards, we will let you know by email. You may either arrange to collect your clothing back from us within 14 days or have confirmed to us in the Seller Form that we may donate/and or recycle this clothing at our discretion.

What happens if I don’t collect my clothing back from Lovely Things?

If you do not arrange to collect your clothing back from us within 14 days we will recycle this clothing at our discretion. All final decisions rest with Lovely Things.

Clear out your space and donate to us! 

Lovely Things are very happy to accept donations which meet our Quality Standards. Under our Social and Responsibility Programme, for each kilo of donated items received which meet our Quality Standards, Lovely Things will donate a minimum of €1 to be shared equally between our Programme Partners. (see Social Responsibility Programme).