About XS Items

The origin of XS Items was a result of a discussion between two of our founders; Cliff Haviland and Leonard Dorr.

In the summer of 2004, they were relaxing around a swimming pool in Florida and discussing successful business models that could be transposed from the US to the UK. One of those ideas was the recent phenomenon of eBay Trading Assistants; companies set up to sell items on behalf of individuals, businesses and charities on eBay’s rapidly growing global platform.

As with many good discussions, day to day and operational priorities took precedence, and the idea was left undeveloped.

In 2005, Ian Montgomery, another co-founder, approached Cliff (a previous work colleague) with an interest in developing a new business venture.

Cliff outlined the opportunity and secured Ian’s commitment together with Gareth Millar who was already working with Cliff.

For the next 5 months, Cliff, Len, Gareth and Ian worked on the business plan and launch of XS Items.

In September 2005, XS Items was brought to market in Chelmsford, Essex, offering an eBay drop shop service, predominantly to individual customers.  This was rapidly expanded to operations in Sudbury, Colchester and Ipswich.

As with all ground-breaking concepts, there have been many developments, tweaks and enhancements along the way.

We are now based in a combined office/warehouse facility in Colchester, Essex and concentrate solely on the commercial, business and industrial marketplace.

The past few years have shown what a terrific idea was concocted around that Florida swimming pool, and we are still learning and enjoying our involvement in a fast moving, developing marketplace.

We are now handling over £25m worth of stock on a yearly basis and expanding our range of channels to optimise financial returns for our partners.