Tips for selling on Vinted please

However RM works well for me despite this, because they print the label and collect from my door, so it reduces the admin burden.

Remember sizing is totally random! Include actual measurements.

Good photos, and when it's sold actually post it. As a buyer 7 things I've "bought" have had the sale cancelled by Vinted as the seller hasn't posted it.

For me it's just a case of being out of pocket until they receive the item & confirm all okay. With the other couriers you just drop off the parcel, with RM you pay for postage and have to be reimbursed.

Oh why?! I've just changed my settings to Royal Mail

I find it really easy to upload to. I’ve made about £800 this year selling.

Good photos and an honest description. If you want £10 for an item, put it on at £12 or £13. People will always offer lower. Choose your posting options and toggle off those that don’t suit you.

I always take a photo of mine packaged and I don’t sell anything I’m not prepared to lose if that makes sense. I have had one issue this year where a bag burst open in the post. One of the 3 items in the bag was lost. As PP said, Vinted customer service is utterly useless. They find in favour of the buyer. In this instance, it was easier to refund the buyer and I lost £11. Not ideal but at least it wasn’t £51.

This!!!

Thank you so much re the bags!

Sorry also don't worry about labels most you can print at the drop off point.

RM you have to pay for postage and Vinted pay you once the buyer has the item, the others the buyer pays for direct so you're not out of pocket on postage.

These are pretty cheap Mailing bags

I've made £80 today. I made sure everything was ironed, well presented and fairly priced. It has been very simple.

Oh and dont use royal mail

i only use yodel store to store or door.

Take plenty of photos
Iron things
Include a photo of the size label
The more you have listed the more things seem to sell
I always list for £2 or 3 more than I actually want then when people favourite the item I'll send an offer for the price I'm after, on the odd occasion they've sold at the higher amount anyway

Go into your settings and turn off courier options that are a pita for you (Ive switched off Yodel as the drop off is too far away and inpost because there's never empty lockers)

Try to avoid a username with loads of random letters & numbers that's what the scammers tend to have.

You have 5 days to send an item once you've downloaded the label, so if you can't send for a few days don't get the label too early

Have a read of how people can make an offer on a bundle as it's not as easy as it should be and I've had to explain it to buyers a few times.

Take clear photos
say if its a smoke/pet home (i never buy from smokers🤢)
dont put your price too low, you can then haggle.
if you don’t sell, remove and relist. (I had a pair of jeans on for £5 for over 8 months. Removed it and placed a fresh new listing for £10 and sold it in hours.

Lots of photos
Be honest about any damage
If anybody in your household smokes make this clear

Don't upload it all at once. Do four things a day to keep it bumped.

Take photos in bulk and do a few photos, front, close up, back, label, care label. Then keep them in a folder. Then after a few weeks you can delete any item unsold, wait a day then reupload it. Vinted don't like you doing that so slightly change the title and maybe a new first photo or wait 24 hours once you delete it.

Just bear in mind if anything goes wrong there is little to no customer service and Vinted don't give a sharny shite if you have lost money.
If you DO get in contact with a customer service person they are half-wits at best.

Cheap black plastic posting bags from Amazon. They cost a few pence each.

I find it a bit time consuming but okay for making smallish amounts like £30. (I don't have much to sell.)

The bit I find takes time is the ironing, taking photos, cropping photos or editing them to get good images (a lot of sellers just don't bother.)

Then there's the packing and taking to a drop off point or post office. Then you have to photo the cert of posting and send to the buyer.

I worked out that if something sells for £5 you could easily have spent a few hours doing all of the above, especially taking good photos.

I think a lot of sellers take a quick snap with their phone and just upload it there and then, rather than presenting the clothes as best as they can.

You then have to rely on the buyer recording it's received, so you can be paid. Some are slow and I've had a few in the past who said not received, when in fact it was in their porch etc all along.

I bought mailing posting bags from Amazon - very reasonably priced and are waterproof, strong and easy to use.

I want to get started with this too. Do people buy packing bags to send things in? I bought an item recently and it seemed very professionally wrapped when it arrived!

I've had success with specific branded items that people will be searching for, or unusual sizes or function. Having a number of similar things is useful if people want to buy a bundle - so prioritise listing all the same size at once if that is a factor.

I can't be bothered listing stuff for £1 or so- more because then actually sending the stuff tends to be a hassle and I find the timeline difficult to keep track of (I wish they'd split sales and purchases in Inbox).

Price realistically and accept offers and bundle discounts - bird in the hand and all that.

Honestly don't bother. More hassle than it's worth listing and (possibly) selling for a couple of quid, then you have to go and post at a location chosen by the buyer. Stupid questions from buyers too.

Just give it to charity.

Don't even get me started on buying from vinted, most of the items aren't as described

Check out what couriers / drop off lockers that are within reasonable distance of you and then unselect the others from your settings. In my case, "Evri" are the next town over so I don't bother with them however my local shop does Yodl -so I opt for them as it's a 2 minute walk from my house.

List items for slightly more than you actually want. People like to barter. However decline the rude ones! I got offered £10 for a brand new branded winter coat (with tags) that was worth over £100 and I was selling it for just £40. Few days later I got £40 for it.

List on a Saturday morning
Decent photos
Sell season relevant