Vinted - am I starting too high?

You're listing for 25 but the buyer than has to pay buyer protection and shipping so it's more like 30 for them.

As others have said, they can't return it or try it on, and they can't be sure it doesn't e.g. smell of smoke or have a stain.

I'd probably be selling an item like that for 15-20 and would expect offers rather than someone paying full price.

If someone favourites it, you could always message them and make an offer

The price is too high especially when you factor in the buyer protection fee and delivery cost that the buyer pays. Plus, the fact you can’t really return or try on items like you could a shop. Plus delivery can be slow.

Supermarket items on Vinted are difficult because you’re unlikely to have people actively searching supermarket brands so you’ll need to capture styles of clothing. Something you bought a few years ago might be outdated too.

I bought a £200 free people jacket for £15 on Vinted last week!

5 years old from a supermarket? Probably looking at £5, £10 absolute maximum.

Many people search low-high pricing so they'll never see your item.

My experience as a seller is if it's not sold within 7 days it's very unlikely to sell at that price. Some here might say that's too hasty but I've rarely gone on to sell things when I've held the price beyond that.

But a jellycat item doesn't have to fit anyone. So if the person can't get it off the web, doesn't have any available locally then demand will be greater than supply.

But for clothing items demand is limited because people don't know if the stuff they are buying is going to fit them, so it either has to be a fairly low amount of money (because then they can be confident they can sell it on for the same price) or you have to wait for the smaller subset of people who know that brand so well that they are confident it will fit them.

I have sold clothes on eBay for years, but not used Vinted.

IMO you are pricing much too high. You might get that for mid range high street labels (Reiss, Whistles, Hobbs etc), but not for budget items.

Tesco/George coats and boots go for £5-£8 on Vinted. I think you're pricing too high.

Even most Asos items can be found for under £10.

If someone is searching i.e black hooded jacket and seeing lots of Asos/high street items for £5-£10 they're not going to pay £25 for a supermarket brand, even if it's never worn.

The trouble with vinted is that you can't return things and you can't try things on. So essentially you have to discount for that risk factor.

On top of that, you have to consider if the item in question is enough of a basic/classic/timeless item that it hasn't aged over the course of the time since you bought it.

I wouldn't be prepared to punt £25 (which is essentially what you're asking people to do, because they don't know if it's actually going to fit) on a supermarket item.

My average price is £2-3!

Err, yes! £25 for a supermarket item? I don't think I'd even click on it. It doesn't really matter how much you paid for it, it's worth what someone is willing to pay now.

My approach to Vinted is to sell a lot at quite low prices. I've made £000s over the past 2 years.