To wonder why people bother selling £1 items on Vinted?

[TeenGreenBottles]

Started selling recently, and put quite a few things individually for £1 or so. I was assuming people would buy in bundles, as that's what I've always done, to make the postage worthwhile. I've done maximum bundle discounts to encourage this

However, sales are coming in fairly well, but almost all are just single items! Even with reusing packaging so minimising spending on that, it just doesn't seem worth the time and effort of putting on the listing, then packaging it up, sending etc for £1.

What are other people's experiences? Do you think it's worth selling small value things individually or do you bundle everything yourself? Do your buyers bundle things? Should I just suck it up or not bother with the low price stuff?

Trying to save things from being thrown away but it is a slog. I bought a multipack of post bags but I’m finding it a bit annoying so might just send stuff to the charity shop if it’s under a fiver. I hate waste though.

I keep packaging from things I buy online so the cost of packaging for me is a bit of sellotape. The InPost locker is on my dog walk. So it costs me a few pence to sell something for £1. If I had to drive or buy packaging I wouldn't sell things for £1. There is no one I know who would want my second hand things and to go to a charity shop would cost me money.

I don’t sell to make money, my motivation is to save from landfill / do someone less well off a favour. I keep the money within Vinted and save up to buy myself a treat

Gets rid to someone who actually wants it.
It adds up- I never take it out of my vinted balance or put in- what I make is free money to buy with.

I usually list for minimum £3 but I have sold things for less. It's not a hassle for me because I walk past the post office (Evri) and the inpost lockers most days when out with my toddler. Looking to move house next year so if I end up further from drop off places, I might not bother for really low amounts any more.

You’ve just explained why when I buy items of around £1 the sellers don’t bother to send them— it’s infuriating !

Is it not the same idea as " look after the pennies, the pounds will look after themselves" each pound is a pound in your pocket and it all adds up.

It's automatic now, so you can buy bundles straight away if you're not negotiating on price

Oh cereal boxes are a good idea. Do you put a bag round them or just in the box?

I get the not wanting to do landfill, but it's the hanging onto stuff for ages or effort for not much money that I guess I don't get. Makes more sense just to give away via FB or to a charity.

But some of you have made loads so I'm possibly very wrong!

I give away loads of stuff on Marketplace to help people out even though it can be a lot of messaging and hassle. Plus it’s better for the environment than chucking it.

I sell around 3-4 items a week on vinted, some for only £1 as it all adds up and I like the idea of someone else getting a bargain and I often buy things for £1 myself. Just this week I bought some pe kit for DC for £1 so £3.77 I think including postage and fees so far cheaper than brand new, better for the environment and although I love charity shops (and even bought my wedding dress from a charity shop) the chance of finding something exact for the DC is quite rare.

I congratulate vinted on a successful business model. They've created a marketplace where it's a race to list for the lowest price in order to sell and they must be absolutley raking it in.

Got to confess I'm a bit wary of buying something for £1 as I think how bad can the quality be that someone only wants £1 for it.
Surprised to hear some people are anti charity shop. They will have overheads to pay as well on a shop premesis. I've noticed a decline in the quality of items sold purely because I think everyone is keeping back their best donations to try and get a bit of extra cash and fast clothing chains have normalised ridiculously cheap prices for clothes (which by the way don't last.)

I like to do a bit of both. Love to donate and have a good rummage round a charity shop. I personally wouldn't list something for £1 because it wouldn't be worth the time.

I don't understand it either. When you consider the cost of your own effort, time and postage there's no way it's worth a couple of pounds.

Also the post locker / shop is only 5 mins walk away so it's really easy to post things.

You don't have to pay postage though.

It adds up!

In the nicest way possible this is a you problem.

As the seller it’s up to you what you list and for how much.

If you list an individual item for £1, it’s not a shock that people are buying the 1 item for £1.

If you would rather people buy as a bundle only, you need to sell as a bundle.

No, but you still have to drop it off. It's your own time and effort which is surely worth more than £1, is all.

Well it depends on your situation really. As I've said up thread and other have said similar if you drop it into a locker which is on your normal working route it hasn't cost you any time and if you reuse packaging that hasn't cost you anything either.

I sell stuff for £1...it gets it out of my house and it all adds up

I sell things pretty cheap, but the Inpost lockers are opposite my house. The Evri shop is next door to school. No extra hassle at all. If it was a distance or required a special journey then no, I wouldn’t bother.
I have a storage box on top of the wardrobe that my listed items go in, so they’re out of the way.
I reuse packaging and haven’t bought new ever, just some sellotape that is pennies per sale.
I’m clearing out the kids old stuff or things that I don’t wear anymore. It’s not designer or brand new. If I can get a few pounds for it that’s great. The charity shops are further away than the postage options for me, unless I get a bag through the door for a kerbside collection.
If things of a similar size don’t sell after 6 months or so, I might bundle them together and list them like that myself, just to get the last few bits gone.
If it’s a waste of your time, or costs you money, don’t do it.

Sell all my baby toddler clothes for £1-£3 and it works for me because I usually drop off a bunch of parcels at once and also collect one or two new items for the kids. I’ve never bought packaging and just re use what my deliveries come in.

I’ve made over £500. Some of it was higher value stuff like a baby bath £10 and bouncer chair £50.

it’s worth it to me to get it out the house and I like to think it’s actually being used as opposed to being in a charity shop storage

I've got a few bits on for £1 as for me it is about it leaving my home and not going to landfill than to make a fortune. Having said that I've made £1k. I have a drop off point seven minutes away so it's no big deal to drop it off when I have a couple or I am going that way to the shop.

You can buy lovely kids’ coats/football boots/gloves etc on Vinted for £5. So if you sell five little bits on there, you can use the money in your balance you buy your kid a new coat. I’m quite surprised at how people can’t see why some people would want/need to do this.