🏠 We know this situation
Someone you loved has died. Or a family member’s health has changed suddenly. Or you’ve been left with a house full of another person’s lifetime, and no idea what to do with it.
You’re grieving. You’re overwhelmed. You’ve got a house to clear, a landlord asking questions, and nobody helping. The charity shop will take the obvious stuff — but everything else just piles up, and the thought of listing it individually on eBay is impossible right now.
That’s why this exists. Not as a service. As a decision that this shouldn’t happen to people.
⚡ How it works
🕯️ The Wake Page
Every memorial listing gets a dedicated public page. Shareable. Warm. Personal if you want it to be.
The QR code on the order of service
Print it. Put it in the order of service at the funeral. Pin it on the board at the wake.
Friends, family, club members scan it. They see the person’s belongings. They buy something that meant something to the person they loved. The family gets the money. Progress shown live: “We’ve raised £340 so far.”
People buy things at wakes. They always have. Bring-and-buy at the wake is as old as community itself. This is just that — with a phone and an eBay account.
The page can hold:
- 🕯️ A photo of the person — optional, your choice
- 🕯️ A message from the family
- 🕯️ All live eBay listings (pulled automatically)
- 🕯️ A live fundraising total
- 🕯️ A place to leave a memory
“Instead of flowers, we asked people to help us clear the house.”
That’s the line. It goes on the order of service. It travels.
📸 The Portable Photographer
You shouldn’t have to photograph five hundred items. You’re grieving. That’s not your job right now.
🌱 A local person. A portable booth. Paid for their time.
We train local people — a neighbour, a young person who needs work, a community member — in how to photograph items systematically for eBay. They carry a portable studio: two lights, a backdrop, a phone mount. Everything they need fits in a bag.
They come to you. They photograph the house. You make them a cup of tea. They leave with everything on a drive. The listing machine takes it from there.
This is also a job. A real, flexible, local job — paid per visit, per item batch. The village provides for itself.
🌿 The Community Fund
When things sell and people pay us back — whatever they feel is right — that money is ring-fenced. It doesn’t go to salaries or shareholders.
- Covers tool costs for the next family who needs this and can’t pay
- Pays local photographers fairly for their time
- Goes toward the garden fête model — entertainers paid properly, stall holders profit-shared
- Eventually: a formal community chest the village votes on spending
🔥 Once things are selling
Once the house is cleared and money is coming in, some people join as Patreon Founders. Not because they have to. Because we helped them when they had nothing, and they want the village to keep going.
A Founder membership means we keep doing this for everything else in your life — 5 auto-listings a day, your own stall, your QR code for boot sales and markets. £15 a month. The maths make themselves.
There’s no ask here. When you’re ready, you’ll know.
🤝 We’re here
Tell us a little about your situation. No commitment. Just a conversation. Chris or one of the team will respond personally — not a support ticket, a person.
🕯️ Message received
Someone will be in touch with you personally. Take a breath. You don’t have to figure this out alone.