Vinted - am I starting too high?

Far too dear. It isn't even half price. Unless it's extra nice or special in some way.

The fun of Vinted is to be able to pick things up that would otherwise be unobtainable or a considered purchase. Eg. New with a small flaw Missoni dress for under £40. Who wants to pay £25 for a supermarket dress when that will buy you something lovely from a much more interesting and desirable brand?

But what you're seeing hasn't sold! For a supermarket item like that you're looking at under a fiver.

You keep saying "I've seen someone selling things for a really high price". You haven't. You've seen people list things for a really high price. You don't know what things have sold for.

Brands retain some value, due to quality, volume and brand recognition. Supermarket stuff is literally ten a penny.

You definitely need to lower your prices and expectations, especially for supermarket mass produced stuff.

I price low.

My thought process is what would I be doing with this item if not selling on Vinted?...In my case hoarding it cos its too ni e to just give away to charity or going to a charity shop.

I now cull my insold Vinted items a few times a year (seasonally) and take it to charity. I do find I do sell alotthough at low prices and I always expect to be knocked down a bit. I tend to refuse low offers on new listing but older listing...it needs to just go and its better (for me financially) to go at a low price than end up being given away in 3 months time.
I use the same approach when buying...if its an older listing I'll male an offer for example.

Like PP has said buyers can't return items that don't fit/don't suit so that has to be factored into price plus then the price bumps up with postage and buyer protection fees.

The make up is almost certainly counterfeit. NEVER buy makeup from a market stall, car boot or online marketplace. They can be dangerous to your health. https://www.salonsaver.co.uk/blog/counterfeit-cosmetics

I tend to price on the higher end and most of my things sell but it’s mostly high street like Zara, Next etc.

I sold some M&S things, brand new with tags and 12 things sold almost instantly at about 75% of their cost. On the flip side, Primark things sell for a couple of quid.

I find it quite slow at the moment, presumably Christmas things would do well now.

Yes I agree- too high. Would you purchase a secondhand item from a supermarket for £25 if it was in a charity shop? More like £30 with p&p/fees on vinted and as others have pointed out, you can't try on/return. So you want to be confident you can sell for same price if needed.
When you list, it will give you a suggestion of price.

They're highly desirable items (especially the discontinued ones).

But a £25 supermarket item isn't.

Sorry OP!

I’ve made a grand in the last year selling stuff in the £15-30 range.

Most of this is COS/Arket and the like, mint condition and often with tags. I reckon I’m doing well if I sell a new item for a third to half of what I paid for it - e.g. COS dress worth £100 new, I got it for £50 in the sale, would expect to sell on Vinted for £25ish.

Wouldn’t price supermarket items over a fiver. I can’t even shift Topshop.

Massively depends on the brand. Popular brands like Zara, Karen Millen, Reiss will hold their value. Supermarket stuff won’t. It depends on how old it is too. Last year’s H&M range will still sell well. 5 years old Miss Selfridge won’t.

You’ll get used to it.

I have made £1200 since starting on Vinted. Most things are under a fiver. I think the real savings,are in realising that hardly anything has resale value clothes,wise,and not buying it in the first place. Most of my kids and even my clothes,are second hand now. When my kids was younger back before Vinted and depop I would buy nice kids clothes in the sales and sell on if they didn't get round to wearing. But now the second hand market is saturated I only buy things I absolutely love or know my kids will wear.

The key is not buying it in the first place.

I sell a lot on vinted and I reckon you only get 10 to 15 percent of the original price for high street things. So I would list your cost for maybe £7.50 but would be prepared to take £5. I price to sell because I'm trying to declutter my house and have no storage left. I list, leave for two weeks and reduce if not sold. If it's still there two weeks later I take it off and send to the charity shop. I buy a lot of clothes, it's my passion so I use my vinted money to supplement my budget and buy more expensive stuff. When listing high end clothes I have a look at what everything similar is selling for but I usually list for between 30 and 25 percent. I guess it depends how much you want to sell something whether you list low, reduce it or just keep hold of something. There are some clothes I would never sell because they are beautiful or I have an emotional attachment to them, but other things (DH checked shirts) I just put on for £1.

Supermarket / high street brand new will only go for around 20% of label price.

You have to consider that you don't get to try on or return, so people are taking a punt that something will fit. I'd say about a third of the stuff I've bought from Vinted, even sticking to brands I know, have come up small. And then I'm stuck having paid out until I can resell.

My DD buys from Vinted quite a bit. A gorgeous ball gown (lace over silk over tulle) for £15 in excellent condition. Leather boots for £5. Satin top for £3 and so on.
I'd have listed your item for £10 max and be prepared for offers below that.

After a bad experience with one seller - the item was fake, no way I was going to put it on my face, I am convinced some of those sellers are selling fakes and/or stolen goods. I only buy make up or skincare items from longstanding members with excellent reviews and a varied wardrobe, i.e. not selling only high end cosmetics.

To my mind, the only high street brands that you can command a decent price for on Vinted is Zara, followed by H&M and possibly Mango. Anything else? A fiver max!

I buy a lot from vinted. Generally I’m willing to pay about 25% of what an item cost new depending on condition etc. supermarket clothes are tricky as the sizing can vary a lot. I have trousers from Tesco in sizes 12, 14 and 16 and they all fit. My preferred clothes aren’t too fitted so jumper dresses, jumpers, coats from reliable places monsoon, jeans from Markies. I’ve had lovely brand new with tags dresses from white stuff, fat face and monsoon for about £15. Supermarket item would be a max of £10.

Yes it does but I always ignore it as the prices of some items are far too low.

You also need your make sure you are using the heading advert to full advantage - include brand, size, colour, season and adjectives like "warm". As people will search for things like "a warm Grey winter coat size 12"

There's loads overpriced on Vinted that sits there for months. There's lots reasonably priced that goes quickly.

I've had great deals and pay £6-£10 on item finding bundle deals. Generally White Stuff and FatFace. You won't sell at your prices.

But you're not "worse off". In your first scenario you are £1600 (£2000 - 400) out of pocket, in the second only £800 (£1000 - 200).

When you take photos, use natural light if possible and a nice background - I usually spread things out on the bed on top of a duvet cover facing a window.

Consider how the preview photo will crop your image. I find it annoying to have to click on endless thumbnails because I can't work out if something is a long or short sleeve. OTOH if you have an item which has lots of tiny details but looks drab from far away, consider a close up photo of that detailed piece as the primary photo.

Doesn't it have the thing where it shows you what similar items have sold for? Or is that just for children's clothes? Don't look at what people have listed items at, look at what they actually sell for if that's an option.

IME if they are priced right and desirable, they sell within a week or two.

If you massively underprice (did this once by accident!) you'll get loads of messages within minutes. I took the item down (where I live hardly anyone uses the actual system to buy through, just paypal) and relisted it a couple of weeks later at the price they were actually selling for.

If no interest at all, you've overpriced or taken terrible photos or you're trying to sell something that nobody wants.

My things always sell quite quickly. I mostly sell good quality boots and shoes due to my changes with my problem feet!
I price reasonably though and take a lot of photos in very good light.

If you sell clothes , iron them as they look awful all wrinkled in photos.