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I just love the concept of Sell My Wedding; an online marketplace for pre loved wedding items. Selling everything from dresses and accessories to reception décor.

The benefit of buying pre loved? You could bag yourself a bargain, save time on DIYing your day and be eco friendly too by recycling. Or if you are a newly-wed then selling on your wedding items will boost your bank balance, free up space and spread the love to another happy couple.

Plus founder Rebecca has a special offer especially for WWW readers, with 20 free accounts worth £10 each for couples to sell their wedding items and 5 wedding vendor accounts worth £100 each up for grabs, read on to find out more...

Hello, I am Rebecca Aspin (34) founder of Sellmywedding.co.uk an online marketplace where newlyweds can sell their pre-loved wedding items to brides-to-be. The website re-launched with a new look in January and is helping brides across the UK recycle their weddings - from the dress to the decorations.

My Wedding. Images by Simon Kench Photography.

The wedding industry has changed dramatically since I myself got married in 2007. Not only have wedding trends changed but the daily inspiration from wedding blogs mean that brides-to-be have so much inspiration available to them. Already married, I love the fact that I can immerse myself in this beautiful, inspirational and creative industry on a daily basis. I love the interaction with our users, both brides-to be (our buyers) and newlyweds (our sellers) and seeing the fantastic weddings that they have planned or plan to have.

Images by Ally Byrom Photography

Sell My Wedding was established in July 2011 when following my own wedding I was unable to find a UK website where I could recycle my wedding items with another bride.

Three years on, many of the items from my wedding were still in bags and boxes. It seemed such a waste to banish such beautiful items to the loft, never to be used again.

Whilst there were websites for selling second hand wedding dresses, there was nothing out there where you could literally sell everything to do with your big day.

I thought that such a marketplace would not only help make a wedding more affordable but it would also enable brides-to-be to gain inspiration from newlyweds, who had already done the hard work by trawling websites and shops to find the perfect items.

Since we launched we have helped hundreds of newlyweds sell their wedding and we are proud to have over 1,000 beautiful pre-loved items currently for sale.

To mark our second birthday the site underwent major investment and development to make it even easier for newlyweds to sell their wedding and for brides-to-be to find their perfect items.

As well as a new look, the sign up process was improved and an internal messaging system introduced to make selling simpler and safer. The search functionality is bigger and better and you can now search for items to hire as well as pre-loved items to buy. We are also now iphone and ipad compatible meaning our users can add items from the convenience of their mobiles or tablets.

We remain passionate about recycling, reusing and re-loving and in order to bring together the largest marketplace of pre-loved wedding items, alongside our private sellers we have opened up our site to wedding businesses and vendors who specialise in pre-loved, vintage, sample or wedding items to hire.

Our concept remains simple, private sellers pay a one off fee of just £10 to list an unlimited amount of wedding items, for businesses the one off fee is £100. There are no individual listing fees, no sales commission, and sellers manage and update their items. Buyers register for a free account which enables them to contact the seller directly! It's as simple as that.

We like to think we are not just a second-hand classified site but a beautiful online marketplace.

Sellers that do really well on Sell My Wedding are those who list a number of items from their wedding and who take the time tell their story of their wedding on their profile page, which is in essence what the site is all about. We had one seller who literally sold her entire wedding - bunting, décor, dress - within 24 hours to the same buyer.

We are continuing to see lots of rustic and vintage inspired weddings on the site. I love the fact that newlyweds are listing the items that they have made and these are proving popular, as brides-to-be can get the DIY look without having to do any of the DIY themselves.

We are also seeing lots of art deco, Hollywood glamour inspired weddings. Classic white and glitter are also trends that we are starting to see come through.

Don't be afraid to buy pre-loved - just because it's a wedding, everything does not need to be brand new.

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If you are looking for a 1950s style wedding dresses you should definitely search for a pre-loved dress first. As the dresses are short they do not have marks or wear and tear from trailing on the ground.

Also if you are looking for centrepieces or décor, buying second-hand is a great way to keep the costs down as you can buy and then resell after your own wedding.

Sell My Wedding is giving WWW readers the opportunity to sell their wedding items for free.

The first 20 WWW readers to drop Rebecca an email saying hi - just put WWW in the title - will be set up with a free account worth £10 each to sell your wedding items.

We also have five wedding vendor accounts up for grabs too - worth £100 each. So if you are a business with wedding items to hire, or upcycled, sample, second-hand or vintage items for sale, just email details of your business to Rebecca and the first five to say hi will be set up with a free shop!

Email - [email protected]

Via the contact form on www.sellmywedding.co.uk

Twitter - @sellmywedding

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