Vinted - am I starting too high?

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I have recently started listing items on vinted but only one thing has sold so far.

I am wondering if I am maybe pricing my items too high.

For example I listed an item of clothing that I bought probably at least 5 years ago from a supermarket. Brand new, never been worn, tags still on. I paid £40 for it and have listed it for £25. It’s had a few favourites but no interest.

I really thought it would sell quickly because it’s nice (I think) and in perfect condition. Am I doing something wrong? Is it too high of a price even though it’s never been worn?

Would be most grateful for your tips!!

how do people make £00’s and £000’s when selling at such low prices? Just selling big volumes?

They are not really making profit.

People like vinted because if you are someone who likes buying lots of clothes, 10 years ago you just ended up donating most to charity shops and never saw any money back. Now you might recover 10-20% or so of what you paid - if you are someone who buys £2-3k of clothes, shoes, bags etc each year you might get back as much as £500.

Then you get people who buy second hand to start with & this is where you can really reduce what you spend - buy second hand, sell back for barely less than you paid.

Very few will make any meaningful profit.

If you really really know your brands you can occasionally spot a bargain you can sell on for more but its rare.

Honestly OP I wouldn’t pay more than £5-6 for any supermarket item on vinted

£25 in unrealistic!!

I sell most of my kids clothes like jojo maman bebe and John Lewis for £1-2 and perfect condition.

I have an awards do every year and I buy a new with tags black tie dress for around £10-£15. I can usually get £8 back for it as "worn once". It's so economical!

The yes I dont make money back I just feel I lose less and it better for the environment.

Jeans I find are really good on vinted as often you can't really tell how they will fit over a day and people wear once or twice and sell on. I do the same but only buy second hand from vinted.

Jeans are super unsustainable as cotton is a really thirsty crop.

SomeTimes I make and error and just sell it on. Sometimes I buy stuff cheap and make a little profit.

Husband is super wily bought a coat for £68 sold it for £150

Although £1600 is a holiday and that other wise would have gone to landfill or charity.

I am seeing nobody’s child stuff for over £40/50… isn’t that quite a lot ?

Somebody selling a new dress with labels on that was £75.. still selling at £40.. isn’t that too high?

It depends if it's:

• a highly regarded brand
• a rare item that was popular but made in low volumes/hard to track down

Supermarket clothes rarely sell for much.

If you all like saving money, instead of buying £2,000 of stuff every year and selling it to recover £400, try only buying £1,000 worth year instead.

But wait. The vinted maths doesn't work there does it. Because you'll only sell on your smaller haul for £200 and so are somehow worse off.

I would say average 10-20% of original sale price is realistic. New with tags sometimes slightly better though not always I sold a brand new never worn bridesmaid dress that cost £85 for a tenner.
It's alot of trial and error I find certain brands eg River Island sell instantly. If I still have something on after a few weeks I drop the price for me it's decluttering and added bonus of making some cash I've made just under £500 in a year majority of my stuff is under £5

I've sold a few items for more than £20 but they were top end of high street (Hobbs , Nobody's Child, Monsoon, Hush) or Nike/Adidas trainers, most things i've priced at £1-4, I usually do the kids old clothes in bundles. I sold all last year's Halloween stuff in mid September and brought all this years stuff with the money from those sales!

I don't buy from anyone with no reviews, there's loads of scam accounts. You might need to buy a few things to get a few reviews or sell a few things off cheaply to get the ball rolling before selling your better items.

I sold a north face and a super dry coat at only £10 each. Both worn maybe 4 times each.

£25 for a coat is a lot

Well it hasn't sold if it's still selling therfore the price is too high.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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"

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.