Born from an antique dealer's daily practice

Jerome Leadlay, a British antique and vintage dealer, trades as Jerome Leadlay Antiques from within Crystal Palace Antiques, and lives with his wife Griet Coussement in Bruges.

Every day he buys, registers and sells unique pieces: antiques, vintage furniture, decorative objects, art and collectibles. Like many dealers in one-of-a-kind goods, he kept running into the same challenges:

• How do you keep track of thousands of unique pieces?
• How do you remember later what you paid for an item?
• Where do you store photos, provenance and purchase information?
• How do you track your margins?
• How do you keep an overview as your inventory grows?

Brexit changed everything

Brexit brought extra administrative challenges. International trade became more complex — tracking purchases, sales, margins, documentation and paperwork became more important than ever.

What used to be manageable with spreadsheets and loose notes grew harder as the inventory grew. There was a clear need for a system that doesn't just manage stock, but brings structure to the entire flow of goods.

From problem to solution

Griet Coussement — a trained teacher working as a learning developer and accountant, also providing freelance administrative support to other businesses, and founder of Vintiques Export — saw the same challenge from a different angle. She noticed how difficult it becomes for entrepreneurs when important information ends up scattered across:

Together, Jerome and Griet arrived at the same conclusion:

That idea is what led Griet to build Vintro Pro.

More than inventory management

Vintro Pro was built to give every item its own identity. From purchase to sale, the important data is kept in one central place:

That doesn't just create better inventory records — it gives you a better view of the business itself.

Who is Vintro Pro for?

Vintro Pro was built for entrepreneurs who work with one-of-a-kind pieces — pieces you only have once, and that each need their own photo, price and description:

In short: for anyone working with pieces that exist only once — whether you find them, restore them or make them yourself — and who wants better oversight of their inventory, paperwork and margins.

Sharing what we know

In that same spirit, we're also building a knowledge base for second-hand entrepreneurs, with practical insights on margin VAT, inventory management, stocktaking, administrative organisation and growing a second-hand business — because we believe better information leads to better business owners.