To ask if Vinted is worth it?

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I'm short of cash and looking to make some extra money. Have some clothes I'd like to sell but wondering if it's financially viable, I mean I don't want all the hassle of posting and packaging and so on if I'm going to make £1 or £2 per item.
Just looking for any experiences.

Definitely worth it, I’ve made nearly £300 in the last week (including a big ski wear sort out)

Main things are:

1. Be realistic about prices. Vinted gives a suggested amount for similar items - use it. You are not the exception and whilst it’s annoying to sell a dress you paid £90 for £15, if it’s sitting in your wardrobe being unworn then that’s £15 more than you had before. And it will stay unsold if you try to insist it’s worth £60

2. Bundles. I also cba with £1 sales so tend to make bundles of the DC clothes with maybe 4 pairs of shorts/teeshirts or 4 pairs of long sleeved shirts/trousers and sell that for £6-8

I've been put off because the postage options are all stupid ones where I'd have to take it somewhere. (As well as being renowned as shit eg Evri). I sell stuff on ebay and the seller chooses the postage options to offer. I always choose Royal Mail 48 hr because it's about 30p more than second class, is tracked and reliable, and you can get the parcel collected from your house.

I couldn't see Royal Mail when I listed. You can get RM to collect so no need for the post office!!

I've made over £1200 on vinted since I joined a couple of years ago. I generally sell things very low prices but it adds up! It goes straight into our holiday savings.

For me, Vinted is kind of like a charity shop in itself. I love buying from it as money can be tight so its helps me loads. I'm grateful I can buy from there. It helped immensely with the school uniforms etc

I have sold about £600 worth of stuff over the past few years, just clothes I don’t want anymore (high street like Next, New Look, River Island) and bundles of kids clothes. I always price quite low because I just want rid of the stuff, I’m not trying to turn a huge profit just clear out the wardrobes. I would give it to charity but the shops around here just refuse everything (and yet when you go into them are full of ancient Primark crap that surprisingly enough no one is buying).

I only use digital InPost, some buyers moan but I’m not a shop I just do what suits me, if they don’t like it then they don’t have to buy from me, simple as.

It’s not a quick way to get your hands on money as Vinted keep the money from the sale until the buyer has accepted the offer and sometimes the couriers can be really slow.

My son made quite a lot of money from it and so has his friends. They were selling on 'cool' sports gear stuff that teenagers want. I have made almost £200 since I started about two years ago. I have noticed though people seem to want to pay very low amounts sometimes for items that I would say are worth a bit more.

Regarding postage, I save all the plastic bags from deliveries, Next etc, turn them inside out and use those to post my clothes in.

I’ve made £1,120 in about 14 months.

I make myself list about 3-4 items every couple of days, that way you stay at the top of the algorithm and your stuff gets seen.

Its a combo of clothes my son has grown out of, stuff I have that I don’t want or no longer fits, and yep I’m also one of those people that will buy something off the bargain rail in the local charity shop and upsell it for a few pounds more. My best ones include a Petit Batau raincoat bought for £2 and sold for £25, a Jojo Mamam Bebe sleeping bag with arms bought for £1 and sold for £15, things like that do well but obviously you have to put in a bit of time. The majority of my stuff I’ll happily sell around the £3 mark but it all adds up.

And I never leave more than £20 or so lying about in my balance!

So I was very late to the Vinted party as a seller and decided that if posting became a faff, as you don't make much per item I'd jack it in. I almost forked out on a small printer for this just to do my labels.

It actually worked out well. Pricing wise although I want to get rid of stuff I'll try still to get the best price I can ... when you upload an item it gives you prices for similar items in the same condition category and i tend to start just under the top so. Can drop if I need to.

Buyers will often make an offer and provided they aren't being daft I'll accept/. If they are a bit lower I'll counter by meeting at a mid point. I find most stuff goes quite quickly.

I do take time to take lots of decent pictures in good light and I'm completely transparent about flaws. I've only done about 70 sales but they are all 5* and until recently with a nice paragraph of good feedback which really makes me buzz! I'll often pop freebies in a parcel too such as beauty samples I won't use or an extra similar item if it's kids stuff.

I have a box under the bed with my stuff to sell stored in and once it's full but I've other stuff I want to list I'll either massively drop prices of what's already on there or charity an item. My rule is I must always be able to put the lid on properly!

I only use shipping methods that are convenient for me (Yodel as I go past a few drop off points most days). I also recycle all packaging we get before buying stuff especially for Vinted parcels.

It's possible to make more than a few quid per item. I draw my £ out as soon as it's paid, put it in a separate savings pot then use it to buy vouchers for my M & S Christmas good shop.

I'm definitely happy with the money I've made vs the time and effort it takes.

It is worth it. It all adds up and is a more sustainable way of shopping. A great way to clear out without sending to landfill.
I keep the packaging from things I've had delivered and re-use those so I don't have to buy postage bags. Brown paper and tape is a good option too.
Have a look on vinted and see what you think. See what things sell for. Depending on what you're selling, I'd say clothes are more priced at £4-5-6 (think charity shop prices,) rather than £1.

One caveat - possibility that you will be reported to HMRC by Vinted after selling over 30 items and will have to do deal with HMRC and possibly do a self assessment form to prove that you are not a business seller.

Oh meant to say also regards that printer ... glad I didn't bother as it's so so easy to get it printed for me in the shop. Would have been a complete waste of money.

• buy the postage bags on amazon
• make sure your postage settings are set to only what's most convenient for you to send, while also bearing in mind whats likely to be in every town - I only send via Evri because I know there's Evri points everywhere and it's the closest to my house.
• I'd normally agree with a PP about not selling out of season, but I've actually had a lot of success doing it this month, so maybe people are just yearning for warm weather!
• don't have unrealistic expectations, and do your research first before deciding on a price. Why would I buy your item at £15 if I can spend less than a minute searching for that same item and find it for £8?
• Know and accept what's popular. You might have a lovely, incredible quality pure wool Hobbs coat that you bought for £150 5 years ago but Vinted doesn't care - you aren't getting £80 for it. You might have a chance of getting £50 if it's basically an exact replica of something that is currently in the shops or all over tiktok and it's in a popular size.
• Mention that you are doing bundles in your description, it makes people much more likely to look at your other items.
• good photos in natural daylight, I often find that items with 4 photos sell better than 1-2. If you have a good picture of yourself wearing the item then crop your face out and include that.

The one thing I've been experimenting with lately is price - the longer an item has been on, the less likely it is to sell (in my experience) so I've been pricing items £1 or £2 cheaper than my natural instinct, or how other items are priced, and I've had a fair bit of success with it - i also took down a few items that had been listed a while, took new photos (that were basically the same as the old photos) and re-uploaded at (for example) 7.50 rather than 8 and they went straight away.

I love it, in case you can't tell!

Me too! I’ve heard the customer support is poor so I wouldn’t want to be trying to get hold of someone at Vinted if there were a problem.
I always think I’ll leave the cash there for purchases, but then I lose my nerve at about £35/£40…

To the OP- I agree with PPs that it depends what you have, and how convenient the packaging and posting process for you personally.

I don't make much per item but it's added up to over £1000 in 1.5 years. So worth it for me.

I do find it better to keep posting stuff regularly. If I don't, my stuff all gets lost among all the other listings and I don't sell anything.

Depends.
£1 items will add up. You do need yo decide if the time to take good photos and list and post is worth it to you though.
However, do you have things people would like to buy?

I sell stuff cheap. I could get more for it if I was happy to have it lying about but I'd rather £5 for an item to get rid than £10 and holding onto it for months. I know some of the people who've bought my items are resellers and I do get (irrationally) annoyed about that.

I've made £300ish. The items cost a LOT more than that and as above, I cpuld have sold a lot of them for more than that but £300 is better than a wardrobe full of stuff I won't use or bags of stuff waiting to sell.

@dontcryformeargentina sorry I can google this I know but I'm knackered and being lazy and you may know the answer

But when it says 30 items do you think that's listings or total pieces, I.e 2 bundles of 15 things? Or does a bundle class as 1 item?

Problem is if a parcel gets wet on the way, which I've had several times over the years.

Yeah and if the item is damaged in transit due to packaging then vinted will automatically refund buyer.

You can edit the postage options to whatever suits you. I just offer Royal Mail and Evri.

Yes it's worth it.
Please turn off inpost locker to locker, it's convenient but honestly, it's shit, and Vinted take forever to sort missing/ incorrect parcels, it's just not worth it.

Suggestions from a buyer-

Please take photos with a tape measure next to the item.

Bear in mind the buyer has to pay postage and insurance,this really bumps up your item you've listed for 'only a fiver.'

Please leave feedback.

Always list for more than you want to actually get for something, then people will usually offer you the price you had in mind. People are really cheeky on vinted, offering ridiculously low prices etc, which is what made me stop selling.

Sometimes I’ll list a couple of ‘decoy’ items for a £1 when I know they’re worth more, then I’ll have other similar items already loaded, and more often than not the buyer will have a look through and make up a bundle.

Some buyers are so rude though. I sold a coat on a Sunday afternoon and then got a message saying ‘when u ship can u do it today I need’

I cancelled the transaction. I’m not dealing with people like that, it’s not Amazon Prime. And you just know they’ll make trouble for you the other end, or sit on the item once collected and not hit ‘everything is ok’ so you pointlessly wait longer for your money after going to the trouble of shipping faster.