Vintro Pro
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Vintro Pro
NL · FR · EN
From a passion for secondhand goods to a business with structure — before your stock catches up with you.
Which law? This page follows the Belgian rules. The Netherlands, France and the UK differ — you will find the comparison further down this page.
Almost every successful resale entrepreneur starts the same way: small.
You buy a few items, sell them at a profit, and get a taste for it. Stock grows, more customers come in — and it becomes a real business.
And that's exactly where the first problems tend to start.
Many founders pour their energy into:
But far less attention goes to the organisation behind the scenes.
"What did I pay for this item? Where is it right now? Which goods actually make the most profit?"
Once those questions become hard to answer, you lose the overview.
Before you sell a single piece, three things are already fixed: where you register, when you get a VAT number, and from what turnover you must charge VAT. All three differ per country, and the gap is wider than you would guess.
In Belgium it runs through an accredited business counter. You get a ten-digit company number in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises, and that same number becomes your VAT number — but it has to be activated at the FOD Financiën before you begin trading. You will need NACE codes describing what you sell.
The turnover limit below which you charge no VAT runs from 20,000 euro in the Netherlands to 85,000 euro in France. That is more than four times as much. A dealer starting in the Netherlands lands in VAT far sooner than one starting in France — on identical turnover.
If you sell through an online platform, it often starts before that threshold: the platform reports your sales from 30 sales or about £1,700 a year. That is a report, not a tax bill — but it is the moment the question “am I trading?” gets asked. What that report means, and when you really are trading.
Register at an accredited business counter (KBO). Your company number becomes your VAT number, and must be activated before you start.
Register at the KVK, which passes you to the tax authority. Your VAT id follows within two weeks. The lowest threshold of the four.
Everything through the INPI guichet unique: SIREN, SIRET and APE code. The VAT number is requested separately from the SIE.
Register with HMRC for Self Assessment once you earn more than £1,000. VAT only starts at £90,000.
⚠️ Be careful with what you read online about France. The much-discussed reform to a single €25,000 threshold has not taken effect: the BOFiP version of 1 July 2026 still holds 85,000 euro. Blogs quoting €25,000 are out of date.
Deliberately not covered here: the register obligation for second-hand goods — the opkopersregister, the livre de police, the stock book. That differs per country again and is explained separately in What belongs in your stock list?
One more obligation you meet later on is explained separately: whether the e-invoicing obligation touches you as a second-hand trader in Peppol e-invoicing: does it apply to you?
A classic shop sells dozens of identical products. A secondhand business doesn't — almost every item is unique:
So you need to track every item individually.
Many entrepreneurs start with a spreadsheet, a notebook, loose photos on their phone, or paper labels. That works fine when you have twenty or thirty items.
But what happens once your stock grows?
Every item goes through the same lifecycle.
An item comes in.
It gets a unique identity.
Photos are linked to the item.
Purchase and sale price are recorded.
The item gets a fixed location.
The sale is recorded.
You gain insight into revenue, margins and stock.
Businesses that master this process grow more easily.
Many founders think: "We'll sort that out later." But later is often too late.
Good structure from day one prevents a lot of frustration.
Good record-keeping isn't administrative overhead — it's management data:
One piece of admin stopped being optional in Belgium: since 1 January 2026 an invoice to a Belgian trade colleague has to go electronically through Peppol — with no turnover threshold below which you are exempt. To a private buyer it is not required. What e-invoicing actually asks of you.
Everything above — knowing what you bought, where it is, how fast it sells and what the tax office expects of you — is exactly what this app was built for. Not a tool alongside your shop, but the place where your stock lives.
How to start in the app: you add your first item with ➕, print a label for it, then try scanning at the point of sale. Those three steps appear as a starter list on your screen as soon as you have an account. From there the 📈 Dashboard tab fills up with your own figures on its own.
Successful resale entrepreneurs don't manage chaos — they manage processes.
They know what they buy, where it is, and how fast it sells. That leaves more time for what really matters: helping customers and growing the business.
Vintro Pro combines smart inventory software with personal guidance for entrepreneurs who want more oversight of their stock, admin, and processes.
In Belgium you register through an accredited business counter. You receive a ten-digit company number in the CBE, and that number becomes your VAT number — but it has to be activated with the FPS Finance before you start trading.
It differs sharply per country: 25,000 euro in Belgium, 20,000 euro in the Netherlands, 85,000 euro in France and £90,000 in the United Kingdom. Every figure was checked against the government itself on 31 August 2026.
From 30 sales or 2,000 euro a year. That is a DAC7 report, not an assessment — but it is the moment the question of whether you are a trader gets asked.
No. That reform did not come into force: the BOFiP version of 1 July 2026 keeps 85,000 euro. Blogs reporting 25,000 euro are out of date.
Around a hundred items searching gets awkward, around five hundred the overview disappears, and around a thousand the admin costs more time than the selling itself.