To wonder how so many people get so many sales on Vinted

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Seems they have so many sales

Whereas I'm less likely to buy it if someone is wearing it!

My mom has sold my son’s old clothes on vinted for me.
I was looking to get £40 towards our holiday. We’re on £60 so far and there’s still a fair bit to go.
she lists bundles and takes clear photos. Always sells cheap too

Agreed, listing new items essentially bumps them, so I take all the photos at once and then list in batches :)

I sell quite a bit a few times a year have a massive upload of stuff then go onto holiday mode for a while.

I sell stuff cheaply but have been doing it for 4 years I reckon and have over 300 reviews now.

I buy also but only from buyer that have a clean uncluttered house and clear photos of the back the front and the label.

I Don't buy things where they're on a muck mirror with an unmade fithky bead in the background.

Things need pricing right

1-2 for primark/ Matalan/ Asda etc

I rarely spend more than I can afford to lose if I'm buying. Somethings I've bought and put in the bin!

Suggest you sell a few things super cheap. I got a lovely friends like these dress for £2 as she was just starting out.

There's lots more people selling on there now. It's great!

I think what sells easily on vinted is high end high street, joules, marks , John Lewis, boden, monsoon , east is what I buy. Competitively priced, it’s rare I’ll spend more than £20 on an item.

I buy on Vinted.

I'm put off by people wearing the item.
I also won't buy items that look crumpled, as if they have been lying on the floor or squashed in a bag. It makes me think that they haven't treated the item with care.
I also like a good description and I only buy from a seller that has at least 4 and a half stars.

It's always price. I buy a lot on vinted and quite often they'll be multiple of the item I want to buy so I just buy the cheapest. You can get some real bargains on there

Charity Shops have reported getting less stuff to sell now because of Vinted.

I sell tons. Mix of price, good photos and making sure you take a photo of the label. I don't buy anything that doesn't have a photo of the label as 50% of people seem to list (for example) age 7 as 6-7 and the other 50% as 7-8. One of my friends was complaining the other day that she couldn't shift an Oasis dress at £30 that she wore once and bought for £60. Most Oasis dresses are listed at no more than £10 that's why.

I have sold a fair bit (more than half of what I have advertised) thing so am struggling to sell are women's clothes some even with tags from Topshop and ASOS mostly dresses. For some reason no luck with those....but kids clothes and shoes sold really quick.

Fair pricing; remember buyer will pay postage on top.

Higher end brands

Items no longer made etc

Accept offers.

Price.
Lots of clear photos, taken in daylight
Iron the item so it looks nice.
A good description. Don't leave people wondering if the sleeves are sheer, whether it's above or below the knee, etc.
Remove and relist if it's not sold within a couple of weeks
Upload frequently, especially at weekends

I have sold a few things at a 100 pounds and have an excellent rating.
Sell things that people want. Branded stuff sells very well. Take good pictures. Be reasonable with your price. Packaging makes a difference too. If it's clothing I wrap it in tissue as a nice touch.

Good, clear pictures is key. Low prices & bundle discount turned on because i’d rather post multiple items at once! I delete if it’s been up too long and either re-list or take to a charity shop instead. Upload lots of similar sized items at once so people are more likely to buy a bundle. Also I try and sell the right season, so for example i’m posting swimwear/rompers for sale now and will save warmer clothes to list September time onwards.

I'm a buyer, not a seller, but think, as people have said, that it would be good to do little and often. Quite often things catch my eye on 'Recommended' that have just been put on.
I also use saved searches and these often depend on words in the description, e.g. I want to buy a zip-up hoodie of a specific colour so search for 'zip' in that category. I've been trying to find a replacement for a Shein cream jumper I bought on Vinted which was a lovely shape but crappy quality (learned my lesson, it would be nice if you could block specific brands on all searches) so searching with words like 'oversized' 'wide neck'. So you don't have to go over the top descriptive, but it's good to have some detail. And to be honest I am more likely to favourite something described as 'lovely dress, really flattering'. But be honest obviously!
For summer clothes especially I often narrow down by material just to natural fabrics so only the ones where the seller has bothered to fill that in will show up.
Oh and clarity on sizing definitely. I want to be able to see at a glance from the title if it's a 12 or an L size since Vinted helpfully bundles those together. Similarly is it age 10 or 10-12?

Ive got a friend who seems to sell loads. Low prices and good photos.

However - do consider if its actually the best way to make a bit of money.

Dfriend sold about 40 things post Christmas, brought in about £180 quid. But actually the amount of time she spent ironing, photographing it all, posting it on vinted, packing it up to sell, posting it etc? It was most of the weekend! She could have earned the same from 2 shifts in the local pub. Some of it was clothing that had cost her quite a bit too.

What i find weird is why do people have so much barely worn stuff to sell?

I get it when its an occasional item - a ball gown or whatever, or something that was quite a shortlived trend. But if you are selling multiple barely worn items a month, surely you are just pissing money away on clothes you don't wear & then sell for barely a third of what you paid.

It surprises me how many people take one photo of something and you can't see what it looks like, or it looks filthy and creased. Or people say things like, 'there's a mark on it but it will wash out' - er, so wash it then you dirty skank. Or, 'it's a bit creased as been in a bag with other stuff' - so screwed up in a pile with other stuff you don't give a shit about.

However I have had something lovely things from Vinted (and ebay) and most people are lovely to deal with.

Yes I agree - people who say there is a mark that will come out in the wash - if that is true surely you would wash it yourself before you try and sell it 🤔

I sell a lot on Vinted and the key is it being desirable brands in good condition at low prices. Usually in bundles, if it's High Street brands.

I also take into account the postage costs and try to make it so it's nearly a round -5 or -10 after postage costs and fees. So if I'd pay £10 for something, I put it on for £7-8.

I sell quite a lot, I don’t really bother with low price items (under £5) and only sell good brands (everything else goes to the charity shop). Most of my items sell within a day or two. People always try and knock my prices down so I start them slightly higher than the price I want.

Not necessarily. I've had things I've sold like this. They have been washed and I've tried my stain remover on them without success, but I know others are much more knowledgeable and skilled at it. I list things like this honestly and cheaply, because it feels wasteful to chuck an otherwise decent item and I am happy to see it live another life with someone who gets a bargain from using their skill set. I was on a Facebook group for Frugi (and other organic baby clothes brands) and some of those ladies could remove just about any stain going. There is also quite a market for certain brands in 'playwear' condition for wearing to nursery.
It is similar to the bed frame I bought for DD2 on eBay: it had been up for ages and wasn't selling due to extensive cosmetic damage. However, I knew it was a well-made brand (ie solid wood not unrepairable chipboard or MDF) and how to repair it. It cost me £10 for the frame, £30 in materials and about 5hrs of my time over a few evenings. It looked 'as new' once I'd filled, sanded and sprayed it. Brand new they are near £1000, and even the second hand ones were selling for upwards of £150 at the time. She's had it for 4 years now and I'm very glad they didn't chuck it thinking it was beyond repair!

I don't have any issue about people selling items that have a mark on, as long as they state that there is a mark. I don't think anyone has any issue with that.

It's the "mark will probably wash out" that clearly either means I tried to wash this mark out and failed but you will probably succeed (extremely unlikely in reality).

Or it means this item got a mark during wear and I haven't washed it since I wore it (a bit grim).

I have an issue with it if it says it will wash out. Bloody well wash it then.

I saw a dress today-crumpled as a used crisp bag-and the seller had remarked...just needs an iron.

If that was true, why didn't you iron it because even a cat would know that if it's ironed, it will look better and as if you have taken care of it and surely, as a result, it will sell better.