How to buy and short Made.com shares

How to buy Made.com shares: investing or trading

You can either buy and own physical Made.com shares (investing) or speculate on its share price, predicting whether it will rise or fall (trading).

Investing in Made.com shares

Investing in Made.com’s shares gives you direct ownership of them, making you eligible to receive dividends if the company happens to grant them. Plus, you’ll have voting rights as a shareholder. With us, you can own physical Made.com shares from zero commission.¹

You can become a Made.com shareholder in these steps:

1. Create an account or log in
2. Search for ‘Made.com’ on our share dealing platform
3. Select ‘buy’ in the deal ticket
4. Choose the number of shares you want to buy
5. Open and monitor your investment position

Here’s how our commission rates compare against those of our competitors:

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To buy and own Made.com shares, your initial outlay must be the full value of your investment. With a possible rise and fall in the share price, you may get back less than the amount you committed. However, potential losses are capped at your total initial outlay (excluding additional fees).

You’ll make a profit if the company offers dividends or if you sell the shares when the share price is higher than the original buy price, or both.

Trading Made.com stock

Trading Made.com stock means that you’re speculating on the price movements of the company’s share price without owning the underlying assets. If you think that the share price will rise, you’ll ‘buy’ (go long) and if you think it will fall, you’ll ‘sell’ (go short).

With us, you can trade Made.com shares in these steps:

1. Create an account or log in
2. Search for ‘Made.com’ on our trading platform
3. Select ‘buy’ to go long or ‘sell’ to go short in the deal ticket
4. Set your position size and take steps to manage your risk
5. Open and monitor your position

When trading with us, you’ll use leveraged derivatives such as spread bets and CFDs, and you may be eligible to receive certain tax benefits.²

Learn about the differences between spread betting and CFD trading

Trading with leverage means that you can get full exposure while only committing a deposit called margin. It’s vital that you manage your risk as leverage can magnify both your possible profits and losses to the full value of your position.

Discover more about the impact of leverage on trading

See our full trading costs and charges

How to short Made.com shares

You can short Made.com shares using spread bets and CFDs with us. Short-selling is a way for you to potentially profit (or make a loss) from a drop in share price by selling (going short on) the underlying shares rather than buying (going long).

With us, you can short-sell in these steps:

1. Create an account or log in
2. Search for ‘Made.com’ on our platform
3. Select ‘sell’ in the deal ticket
4. Choose your position size
5. Open and monitor your position

If you think that the Made.com share price will drop, you’d take a short position. If your prediction is correct, you’d make a profit. If incorrect, you’d make a loss.

Remember, both spread bets and CFDs are leveraged, meaning you’d pay an initial deposit that’s a percentage of the full value of your position, but both possible profits and losses are magnified to the full value of your trade.

Learn more about short-selling

How to sell or close your Made.com position

You can sell your Made.com investment or close your trade in these steps:

A brief history of Made.com

The company was established by businessman Ning Li in 2010 with co-founders Brent Hoberman, Julien Callède and Chloe Macintosh. Aiming to fill a gap in the market, the idea was sparked when he realised that he could by a couch for twelve times less at the factory price.

An initial investment of £2.5 million got the company going, and a year later, it was selling furniture worth £25,000.

In 2017, Li stepped down as chief executive officer (CEO), passing the baton over to Philippe Chainieux, who joined as the chief financial officer (CFO) in 2013.

Chainieux stated that the company had a vast increase in sales due to the sudden, widespread shift to digital as result of Covid-19 lockdowns, noting that customers were buying home office furniture in the numbers.

What’s the Made.com business model?

Made.com designs and sells designer retail homeware and furniture digitally, and on site across Europe in networked showrooms. The company uses artificial intelligence (AI) to gauge whether an item is likely to sell by utilising existing customer data such as online reviews. In turn, this means consumers pay less as supply and demand is more balanced.

Made.com share price: how to analyse the Made.com share price

You can analyse Made.com shares using two methods – technical and fundamental analysis – however a combination of the two is usually more useful.

• Technical analysis comprises of chart patterns, technical indicators and historical price action that can help you predict future price movements
• Fundamental analysis entails elements such as a company’s net revenue, profit and loss statements, as well as wider macroeconomic factors, that can help you in determining likely share price movements

Footnotes:

¹ Commission rates differ for UK and US shares. Trade in your share dealing account three or more times in the previous month to qualify for our best commission rates. Please note published rates are valid up to £25,000 notional value. See our full list of share dealing charges and fees.
² Tax laws are subject to change and depend on individual circumstances. Tax law may differ in a jurisdiction other than the UK.