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Thrift Warehouse and Secondhand Craft Shop
What going viral did to them
Overwhelmed
Donated stock ran out and one-star 'wasted trip' reviews followed. The owner called the pace 'not sustainable' (Jul 2025).
Latest published report: 16 Jul 2025
Next check-in
28 Oct 2026catch-up check-in (12-week mark passed before launch)⚡ The trigger
The owner posted a tour of her £1-an-item warehouse, which takes charity-shop overflow.
🪝 The hook
Everything costs £1, and you're stopping it going to landfill. A bargain and a good cause in one.
📈 The numbers
- 12,000 items sold in a week
Figures come from the sources below and are often the owner's own claims. We don't estimate.
🗓 Check-in schedule
Every entry is checked 2, 6 and 12 weeks after it blew up (from 15 May 2025, the mid-month estimate of blow-up date).
- 2 weeks · 29 May 2025 · passed before launch, no It Blew Up check-in
- 6 weeks · 26 Jun 2025 · passed before launch, no It Blew Up check-in
- 12 weeks · 7 Aug 2025 · passed before launch, no It Blew Up check-in
🔁 Check-in history
From published reports (pre-launch backfill). It Blew Up hasn't run its own check-in on this business yet.
- Week 9 · 16 Jul 2025 · Devon Live · outcome: Overwhelmed