Vinted selling -cheaper sister site of Ebay or not?

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Not maybe S&B but interested on comments!

I've a few bits to sell - good quality Boden, Mint Velvet, hardly worn- but the prices being asked on Vinted are so low (£5 for knitwear) it hardly seems worth the effort ( taking photos, loading, answering messages, taking to the post office etc and waiting a whole month for the payment.)

A few years ago I could make £100 quite easily on Ebay selling Boden, Jigsaw, etc. But Ebay commission is high and I don't think clothes are selling that well now.

Has anyone had any more positive experiences of Vinted where you've got a reasonable price for clothes? Or if you're a buyer, what price do you expect?

Definitely switch the email notifications off.

I think most people are shopping on vinted for clothes now rather than eBay, so it’s probably the better place to be.

You can set a higher price and people may send a lower offer.

Also if you reduce the price, everyone who has it favourited will get a notification to say it’s been reduced.

Do you wrap them once they are sold? I can't see how to sell the clothes without having a logistical nightmare

I keep all the packaging from anything I order online and reuse it - just tape it up and put the new label over the old label.

You don’t need to follow the recommendations, just put the price that you’d like to sell it for.

People favourite things so they can come back to it on payday or when they have the money to spare

I love Vinted, very quick and easy to use, the search function is great.

I recently sold a leather jacket for £100 in under five minutes from being uploaded. No haggling, straight sale and I had the money in less than a week.

I stay away from Royal Mail as not able to track as effectively as Evri, Yodel, InPost.

I buy a lot too and would say about 95% are amazing condition and total bargains.

I do it just to build a collection of things I like. When I've got some cash, I'll go through and pick up a couple of them.

I may have searched for "navy trench coat" and favourited four that look good to me. At that point I'm window shopping. But, I do want to buy one soon. When I'm ready to buy, I'll go through them and probably pick one.

I like to keep my faves tidy so I'll unfavourite the ones I didn't buy.

I like searching on Vinted more. This may change, but at this point ebay is full of cheap Chinese stuff. It's the same stuff as on Amazon, only with no reviews.

Vinted seems easier to sort to me. I think some scammers selling dross are starting to turn up on Vinted, but professional sellers aren't really allowed and they're not nearly as prevalent.

I don't search for brands. I will search for "corduroy skirt" in my size and in the colour I want. I don't care about name brands and I even think that tends to inflate prices unnecessarily. I just look at items carefully and choose.

Selling on Vinted is so much easier, that it's worth the couple of pounds less you may make (which is probably less after ebay/ paypal fees).

I have notifications turned off for everything except messages/ offers/ sales
I have turned off Royal Mail, as it was coming out at a loss (no idea if they have sorted that, the other options are easier).
I have also turned off In post locker to locker, as they lose items frequently, and are a pain to get a refund for, leaving both seller and a buyer without a refund for about 6 weeks.
I price things at a price I want, plus a couple of pounds extra for negotiating. I completely ignore the suggested prices. I couldn't care less if someone else has sold a top for £3, I have a top I paid £20 for that is still in excellent condition, I will price at £12, and send an offer for £10-11 if its favourited. About 50% of what I list sells at this. If it doesn't I either take it off and re list to bump it as a new item, or reduce it if I want the space.
I also take advantage of a wardrobe spotlight. It normally costs between £7-10 for a week, and makes a difference if you have a fair amount to list. If you do this, try to list a few items, a few times a day, and it bumps up everything in your wardrobe every time.
If you have similar items, have them listed at roughly the same time- if you list 3 size 10 ladies items, 6 kids, 4 home, 7 size 14 items and then 6 more size 10 items, the buyer is unlikely to scroll through your other items far enough to see the size 10s. Keep them grouped together in your listings if you can.

I find Vinted easier to use and the buyer covers the fees instead of the seller.

I never list for what Vinted recommended as that’s always the lower end for which the item is selling. Most things sell quite quickly and at least 50% of what I list goes within a day or 2.

sometimes I get stupid offers which I just ignore but most of the times the offers are like £1 difference so I just list slightly higher then I want and accept the offer.

kids clothes sell really well and I try and list similar sizes at the same time so more bundles are brought. However it depends on brand. i see kids clothing from supermarkets/ Primark listed for a £1 and they don’t seem to sell or are listed for ages before they do.

That's a great idea!

@threebean , I tend to 'overprice' my items because they are quite niche. An example might be something like a hard to find size in a fairly regular garment.
E.g. a size16 Seasalt dress will have more listed and more looking for it than a size 26 one, so I'd price accordingly; same with W34 L32 jeans compared to W27
L29 jeans.

If people aren't going to search for an item, it probably won't sell. Some things just won't sell. I have a beautiful, well-made vintage dress, and I inadvertently worded the listing so that it came up on a search for a certain brand. Even went to auction and got a good price. The buyer hadn't actually read the description but assumed it was that brand, and decided too cancel. The dress was worth ££ as 'brand name' but £0 otherwise. It's lovely but nobody wants it.

I haven't got the hang of Vinted. Whenever I've looked for something, the results seem overpriced.

Shoes for some reason are usually listed as worn once or worn twice. This usually means they've been once by someone who went playing football on a gravel car park then walked home through mud. Shoes often turn out to not be the size listed or are not leather but faux leather. I still seem to buy footwear but the returns are a PITA.

I much prefer vinted. It’s so easy to use. You certainly don’t wait a month to be paid. You are paid when the buyer receives the item.

It’s quick to upload to. Seconds once you’ve got photos. Tip…if you want £10 for an item list it at £12 or £13. People will always negotiate down.

I don’t use the post office. I use Evri who also print the label.

For anyone here, reading, what do you do if the brand you want to list isn't on their dropdown list?
It seems I can't override that but am I wrong?

Post Office is expensive but they employ people. Evri seems OK where I live, but Yodel used to just chuck the parcel into the garden.
Due to an improbable number of items claimed as not received, I send everything tracked. It doesn't stop CFs from waiting a few weeks then trying it on.

Post Office is expensive but they employ people.

You can buy Royal Mail postage online and it's slightly cheaper than buying over the PO counter. (£2.99 for a small parcel.)

You can have it collected from your home by the postie or take it to a PO for proof of postage. Postie will do an email click when they pick it up.

WRT low prices, I take the view that if you’ve decided you are not going to wear something again and want rid of it, a few quid in the bank is better than none. The original price paid is not a relevant benchmark, and neither should any seller think they should get X% back for it. You don’t want it but someone else might, and with what you get you may be able to buy something new. I like to build up a bit of a balance then spend it so it’s basically clothes swapping!

I will still pay for decent items on Vinted. I've paid £70 for some hard to get dungarees, £50 for trousers that retail at £100. But yes lots for a few pounds too. and I'm aware that unlike ebay buyers have to buy for return postage, so if I get something cheap that is not as advertised, it's easier to swallow the loss than argue for the money back.

I buy mailing bags and sticky clear envelope things (for the printed address to go in) in bulk, so it's very easy for me to send. Evri is on the way to school. So I basically go as low as about £3, that's what is worth my time to package an item up and send it. I sell lots for more than that of course!

People favourite to save stuff for later, like a watch list. I quite often do a search and there might be several options for me, so I favourite the possibles and decide later.

I use as a buyer.
But overall I'm not sure which I prefer! Vinted seems good, but it's only worth the postage on things if you buy more than 1 item from a seller a lot of the time. I.e I don't see the point buying 1 item for £1 if I'm paying £3.50 in postage.
Ebay I love kids bundles, but they're going for a lot more now than they used to, and I don't want/need/like half the stuff in it. So Vinted is great for being able to do bundles from one seller by only choosing what you actually want!
But the favouritising on Vinted I love, because I can see when something has sold and I tend to favourite things to buy at the end of the month. My loss if its sold, but great if its not. Ebay you have to bid and hope you remember when it ends and pay immediately when it ends!

I sell on Vinted, and generally have had quite a lot of success.
Despite having an E bay account for years, I find the site very difficult to navigate now. I get virtually no views plus I find the postage system very confusing. I think r bay is now the preserve of the business sellers. who have their own shops.
I use the bump facility on Vinted quite a lot. If I have a good quality, popular brand such as Cos, Toast, Brora it will sell in a matter of hours. I agree, price a little higher but be realistic too.
Describe your item well, use keywords and offer a good selection of photos. Send a thank you messsge when someone buys and keep them updated about postage etc.
All in all, I much prefer the site to eBay.

I buy and sell regularly and do really well. It’s more personal so there’s room to make offers as a buyer, and have conversations but you also don’t have to accept low prices. I usually start high-ish with wiggle room for offers. If someone leaves me feedback it seems to bump my other listings so I then quickly add a couple of new things. It creates a bit of a chain reaction. I have loads to clear out because I have too much and I’m just trying to refine. I love it.

Adding: once you build up feedback you build trust as well so people are willing to pay more. But a few bits to get some feedback going.

Love Vinted. I haven’t used EBay for buying or selling in ages - it’s all new stuff from corporate sellers now.

I’ve had some successes with selling and buying and DD sells all her own stuff to fund the next clothing fad.

I yes is great for shifting in bulk. An item is only worth what someone is prepared to pay for it.

I sold my wedding dress for £30 but needed it gone as it was just taking up space.

The most expensive thing I have sold was a livery pendant for £50.

Mostly sell thing for a couple of quid.

Vintage stuff sells well.

I always list seasonable stuff so now winter clothes, and ski gear heading into summer the summer stuff goes up. Always list on a Saturday morning.

I've made around £800 in a year on stuff that was never going to be worn again. I also do bundle discounts on kids clothes but it is a bit like boot sale prices.

Branded stuff sells well on vinted. If you put something on for a price you want and it gets a lot of likes but no buyers then drop the price. People might make you an offer and it is up to you whether you accept it or not.

Postage isn't your concern, but you do need to think that a £6 item will cost the buyer nearer £10 so buyers do factor it in to what they pay (I know I do anyway).

I have made probably £500 over a couple of years now, selling clothes, books, revision guides, jewellery, makeup, toys, shoes, bags, toiletries, anything decent that vinted will take. I leave the money there to buy things, and have just been using it to buy things for Christmas. (I just got a Hamilton book for £10 cost £35 new) so you can get some real bargains on there and of course it's not coming out of my pocket). .

I have sold stuff ranging from £1 to £10 depending on quality and wear etc of item. I never sell anything that isn't in really good quality.

Be very honest with your descriptions and put on several photos as those items seem to sell better.

I only offer Evri for postage as none of the other options are near enough for me to use and Royal Mail is a faff and the "small" option often doesn't cover the actual cost.

I reuse old packaging a lot and also buy cheap mailing bags from ebay/amazon. They are fine for clothes. I always package things properly. Just this week I was sent something that arrived as a squashed box as it was just in a mailing bag, and also a book with damaged ends as it was just in a mailing bag. I would package anything that needs protecting in cardboard.

Going against the grain here, but I prefer eBay.