
Last updated: 5 October 2026
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Buy Me Once is a UK shop that only sells things made to last, from iron frying pans to merino walking socks. The Buy Me Once referral code is a link rather than a code: open it and the site offers a £10 off coupon, which it emails to you. When we checked on 5 October 2026 the shop had 646 listings from 52 brands. UK delivery costs £4.45, or nothing on orders over £75.
Tara Button started Buy Me Once after her sister gave her a Le Creuset pot for her 30th birthday. At the time she was writing TV adverts. She wondered why nothing else she owned was built to last as long as that pot, and began researching warranties and building a basic website in her spare time.
In January 2016 a journalist found the site and wrote it up for The Telegraph. The article went viral, so Button quit her job to run the shop full time. She has since written a book on the idea, A Life Less Throwaway.
Before listing anything, the Buy Me Once team checks the product, how it is made and who makes it. It takes products off the site if they turn out not to last.
The range covers kitchen, home, clothing and travel. The brands with the most listings are Darn Tough merino socks, Wingback leather goods, Dip & Doze bedding and Stellar kitchen tools. Solidteknics pans, Dualit toasters and Elephant Box steel lunchboxes are also on the shelves. Each colour has its own listing, so the number of distinct products is lower than 646.
We have our own pages on three products you can buy there. The gomi power bank is made in Brighton from plastic councils will not recycle. The Anglepoise Original 1227 is the three-spring desk lamp Anglepoise first made in 1935. The SURI electric toothbrush has plant-based brush heads that SURI recycles by post.
| UK delivery | £4.45, free on orders over £75 |
| Delivery time | 3 to 5 working days |
| Isle of Man | £9.95 |
| Guernsey and Jersey | £11.95, charged without VAT |
| Returns | Most items within 30 days of delivery, unused and in original packaging |
| Return postage | Paid by you, unless the item is faulty, damaged or wrong |
Buy Me Once works with independent makers, so an order with products from two brands can arrive in two parcels. Some items ship straight from the maker. Because of that, you need to contact Buy Me Once before returning anything, and it will tell you where to send it. Underwear and some made-to-order products have return restrictions, which are shown on each product page.
The 30-day return window is separate from any guarantee on the product itself. A lifetime guarantee is normally honoured by the maker, not by the shop. The delivery page has the full charges, including the over-18 signature needed for knives.
Buy Me Once also runs a points scheme, the Lifetime Lovers Club. You earn points on orders, plus 250 for opening an account, 500 on your birthday and between 100 and 500 for leaving a review. Points are worth £1 per 100 when you spend them, in steps of 500 (£5), 1,000 (£10) or 1,500 (£15). The rewards page has the full list.
On a first order, the £10 referral coupon saves more than the points, because the 250 you get for opening an account are not enough to spend. The points help on later orders.
Claim the Buy Me Once £10 coupon
Not one you type in. The referral link opens a pop-up on buymeonce.co.uk, and when you enter your email address it sends you a £10 off coupon to use at checkout. It was working when we checked on 5 October 2026.
£10 off, sent as a coupon to your email address.
Yes, on UK orders over £75. Below that, UK delivery is £4.45 and takes 3 to 5 working days.
Most items can go back within 30 days of delivery if they are unused and in their original packaging. Contact Buy Me Once first. You pay the return postage unless the item is faulty.
Tara Button, a former advertising copywriter. The shop launched in 2016.
The UK site ships only to UK addresses, including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. There is a separate US site, linked from the top of the UK homepage.
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