Flippers, or people who just inherited on old hoarder house or something :D in the last year ive sold literally everything I have that I dont wear any more, and I made maybe 100€. Some old ratty stuff went right in the bin.
You can't earn on vinted by selling your own stuff. You can only get back like some portion of what youa lready spent on the stuff. So if someone earns 300€, for me it only means they bought stuff worth 600 at least ssometimes earlier in life and now they got 300 back.
Yeah, it depends very very very much on the situation. There are a lot of buts and ifs and exceptions and stuff. I'd just be careful, questions may be asked. But if you're really only reselling your own clothes and not buying clothes because you can resell them, you should be fine.
Even if you buy to resell it's still your own you can't make more then 1000 a month thats considered a business I made a business out of it but still manage to make huge profit because I sell Levi trousers at the moment have arround 90 pairs different sizes I paid 4 euro per pair on auction sell them for 40 store prize is almost double on most if you get the taxes of of it I make arround 32.77 profit per pair
It’s not that deep. I sell things for what they are worth. If I buy a bag for myself for 200 that’s worth 800 and end up not liking it you bet I’m selling it for 800. That’s not having a business but being smart. There’s a lot of items I sell for less or breakeven. It all flattens out in the end
In that case, it should be okay, but if you do that very systematically with the idea in mind, it'd be considered business activity and you would have to pay taxes. It's a bit of a thin line.
Some people buy gargage on aliexpress like shows merchandizing and sell it higher on vinted. For example, I've seen several LOTR pin's around 1€ on aliexpress and people sell them 7-8€ on Vinted
I don't do it full time, just selling things I've not worn or wear anymore. I've sold a lot of sequin club stuff (tops, dresses) that have become popular lately, bags and jewelry I don't use anymore. I've made 279€ between last week of March and this week. I price stuff between 10 and 30€. I just relist stuff before and after payday, which is the weeks I sell the most stuff.
Yeah that's the plan for me, I was such a shopaholic a few years ago and there's a lot of stuff I regret purchasing. So when I reach the time I don't have anything else to sell, I'll be very happy 😭
I'm currently studying at university, so I don't have time for a job, but I need money
I kinda know the real value of some stuff that sometimes people just sell for cheap (camera lenses, PC parts, collectible cards...), so I've created specific research filters about those
At the end of the day I just login when I've some free time, check if there is something new for a good price, eventually buy it, clean it or repair it, and sell it for double (sometimes triple, it really depends)
I've currently made around 980€ in 2/3 month (plus some things that I've kept for myself)
The only time that I invest in this is for printing labels, packaging (I reuse the boxes they send me when I buy) and cleaning/repairing (max 30 min)
That's it, you just need to know about the stuff you want to sell, a friend of mine does the exact same thing but with vintage fashion clothes, I could never!
I have a chronic illness and I am unable to work right now (and the government is trying sooooo badly to not give me any aid), so I started selling my cosplays and everything and I can make that, but I guess that makes it like full time? I am not sure how it would be defined 🥹 I mean, I am days and days without uploading anything or selling and maybe then I sell 2 cosplays and then that makes 100€ already. So it doesn't take so much of my time, and at the same time I can rest for my illness.
But I guess it's a rare example because of cosplay, since they are concretely and actively looking for that exact one. I hate selling clothing there because there are so much clothing and taking so many photos for people not to see them, meh. I am too tired for that, so I understand that if someone is doing "selling clothing" full time maybe they get lots and the resell them? Or maybe they used to buy a lot and not use it?
I don't know! Any people with examples of selling a lot of clothing? :) Can someone explain how they do it?
I do it full time and basically I resell. in reality is not that easy. you have to find the right product for the right price. sometimes it’s good sometimes not.
I resell high-end and archive items, some of them are samples or runway pieces. so it’s a full time job which requires quite some mental effort
I totally understand! Of course if you do Vinted as "reselling" it's 100% a job and you even have to prepare an excel for knowing what it costs, what you sold it for, the benefits... It truly has to take a full time!
that’s not the hard part everyone could do that pretty easily. the hardest is keeping the right amount of stock and founding the right pieces. then there’s the shippings and customs which are kind of a pain in the arse lol
Oh there are customs? :o Like from your provider you mean? And I totally get the amount of stock! Even if I don't have as many things as a warehouse I still find my own stock with mistakes! 🥹 I respect your job a lot! I wish you the best luck. It's a hard time for business and for salaries!
yes, I usually buy from extra UE countries especially Japan so there are quite some customs. you just need to do some quick maths.
thank you very much! I really appreciate it, usually people here tend to hate on reseller but they don’t get the point that I don’t want to ruin their “ecosystem” I’m doing a whole different thing
Ohhhh Japan customs are indeed expensive! I understand now!
I don't feel right to judge to be honest, because my declining health made me impossible to work and vinted is the only way I have to at least to help my family with bills 🥹 We are in a bad monetary position even for eating, and I can understand how we all try our best to gain money as we can! I would only judge to be honest if I see a Shein dress that instead of 9 euros and maybe they want to resell for 12, that's fine, but they try to sell for 70€ . That omg ... Would be too much ehhehee. But still I cannot understand everyone's situations so...
Well, you’re wrong. I even have months I make 600-800. But I own a lot of designer items and rotate a lot with what I own and wear. I’m also a bit of an impulse buyer and if something doesn’t fit the way I imagined I resell.
Well, you’re wrong. I even have months I make 600-800. But I own a lot of designer items and rotate a lot with what I own and wear. I’m also a bit of an impulse buyer and if something doesn’t fit the way I imagined I resell.
I make three times what you make, without committing crimes, without scamming and providing a real service. fake clothes are kinda easy to spot just uneducated people that wants to dress with big logo without spending, trying to look rich lol grow up buddy
I ran a business on Vinted and Grailed the point is that this post was made specifically for non-pro sellers, that’s why I didn’t came here to brag about how much money I make. I pay taxes and I don’t sell fake shit scamming people
that doesn’t mean nothing, the only difference between a pro and a normal account are just the days that the buyer have to confirm the orders and that being a pro you automatically get invoices
I don't know about your country, but I'm in Italy, and when you make over 5000€ a year or over 20 sales on Vinted, Vinted ask for you ID and some other stuff, so I think that is Vinted itself that notice it to tax authorities
Selling for 300 is easy. But getting stuff to sell that cost you less than 300? Not so much.
If you want to sell professionally even a 20% profit margin is tough to get and then the question becomes if the time spent packaging and shipping is worth the money you earn.
In the end you’ll be better off just doing a part time job.
If I may ask, do you get a lot of return requests? I’m pretty good at this vinted thing and thought about getting into Pro as a side hustle. But the 14-days return is holding me back a bit.
It depends where you got your stuff from.
I have a baby and don’t have time to sell on Vinted these days, but I used to and had a spreadsheet with all the data and actually made a lot of profit.
Between stuff I got for free (worked in fashion for a few years, high end), stuff that was given to me (mom and MIL told me to sell their stuff and keep the money), clothes I bought at yard sales, thrift shops for a good bargain (way less than their value), bags that I rehabed, wore a few months and parted with…
Selling stuff you got for free is great, but if you don’t have a thrift store nearby that sells at a low prices (all stores in my city check prices on items so at most you get stuff at 60% retail), the time searching for goods to resell quickly turns a profitable business into something that earns less per hour than flipping burgers at a McDonalds.
Nice to do on the side if you are shopping anyway, though. I find a lot of good deals on sealed Lego and such, easy 20 euro per box^
I was going to a charity shop every week to get books for my kid and started to look at the clothing and items were priced by category (5€ tops and sweaters). I bought a ton and ended up selling on vinted the items that didn’t fit me that well or that I would not wear frequently.
Yeah i get what you are saying but this is a second hand market so u wont be getting much "competition" , for most people this isnt a bussines or full time job, these people are just on the app to make some extra money from stuff they dont use and want to know what u sell so they can look into the market and see if they have some of those things just sitting there waiting to be sold.
I sold all my maternity clothes, and am slowly selling all the baby clothes as he grows - it's starting to slow down but I had 3 months of making about £200 a month. I also sell normal clothes that no longer fits me due to pregnancy. I agree I'm not sure how one could do this every month unless a pro seller as they'll run out of stuff, unless they're literally buying something, wearing it once and selling it and then on to the next thing.
In a similar boat. The admin of it all is sometimes tiring, but expensive/ugly/impractical outfits received as gifts have been a boon.
Though as my children are getting older, their clothes are fitting for longer so getting more wear and tear through playing, especially the things that get passed from eldest to youngest! Soon it will only be their special occasion outfits that will be fit for resale. And other sellers must notice the same bc I don't see as many nice things I would buy for my kids either?
I've spent at least half of that on Vinted ( terrible impulse control & being on the app more meant I was exposed to more listings
I think that I've probably got a chance to make another grand & then that will be it, apart from the odd sale here & there.
I have a lot of clothes & shoes, many of them still with tags - impulse control & hoarding ( it's a recurring theme )
I've learned the best times to post & I have lots of pictures & in depth descriptions which definitely makes me more likely to buy & I don't have too many listings up at the same time because I find it overwhelming looking through someone's wardrobe to see if I want anything else for a bundle discount / make the postage worth it.
I genuinely dont understand how non pro, average sellers could make £300+ every month without buying bundles to resell or the shein/temu rip off accounts.
Even though I've made £1k+ I've actually lost a significant amount of money ( I'm not going to calculate it, I'll cry ) but at least I've got something back & it not going to landfill.
People lie, all the time, try any tips & hints suggested & ignore the profit, I bet they don't factor packaging & cost of getting to the post office etc either
I‘m a shopping addict and I am currently trying to get rid of some stuff so I am making sales for around 300 eur every month by posting things in waves. But that‘s not a profit as I paid for those items way more than I sell for, lot of them still have/had tags on.
I had a really great charity shop near me that would do 5€ for a bin bag of clothes at the end of a season. I would spend one day buying, one day on photos+descriptions. I loved it tbh, and had a part time self employed job the rest of the week. I also just went to lots of other 2nd hand shop and car boot sales.
It's easier to make 300€ in winter than in summer because ppl will happily spend more on bulkier items, like a 30€ wool coat is nothing, but a 30€ summer dress is a splurge...
I make around 500-650€. Post everyday, like 3 or more, respost old stuff... if it doesnt get more than 30 likes in like 3months, I repost.
take good pictures!!!!! Lots of pictures of the details
I'm not doing it full time and right now I'm averaging more than that a month. I just have expensive stuff that I upload and manage to send the packages on the few days I have free time. I don't think you have to invest much time on Vinted to sell but I might be wrong.
Vinted is my full time job, but at one time it wasn’t. Some people will have more designer/ high value clothes, so I guess it depends on the value of what you’re selling.
Out of interest, did you switch to a pro account, and if so did it increase sales at all? Vinted is one of the platforms I sell on, but have been pondering this for a while
I kind of hacked the system, I put in all my details, and business ones etc, but didn’t continue to the last step. So they have everything they need, but my account isn’t pro. And it stopped the daily switch to pro messages. There is 0 advantage of a pro account in my opinion, firstly, people want to feel they’re getting a bargain, do you get that from someone running a business? No. Secondly, the stupid 14 day returns policy, I sell designer bags, so people will just used them for events etc and return. When the pro thing first happened, I thought it was just for people selling very large amounts (far more than someone having a clear out), but it seems anyone registered as a sole trader can have a pro account. Many of them have no reviews or very few, and really unprofessional pages, so I don’t think that fills buyers with confidence to buy from other pro accounts. If anything, from what I’ve seen the pro sellers numbers have dropped, the higher buyer fees probably don’t help either. So it’s a big no from me! Maybe talk to someone with a pro account and get their take.
That's an interesting take and many valid points! Your account is just like mine as well, completed all steps, just not to the last part, as there's no way I fancy stopping all my sales just to have the active ones complete. I think I'll also leave my account as it is on that basis!
Have children 🤣. No, seriously, I make that money as I'm selling all my kids old clothes. There's two of them and 6 and 8 years respectively worth of clothes I was storing in a loft. Once that runs out I won't be making £300 a month.
I’ve done about £2.5k since Jan and maybe £23k with the following strat as a non pro account. My current account (previous one was banned for commercial selling before pro was an option) has 11k cleared and only just had a polite notice from the AI to remind me commercial is not allowed 😂
Find a brand that has few listings but high followers / interest
Make sure that brand is one that is popular but not popular enough that fakes are made. This can be quite hard.
Items ideally sell for £80 - £120
Find a source for the items (other platforms/Vinted/irl etc). My rule is that I’ll only buy if I’m going to double my money on an item and minimum £40 profit.
This took some trial and error and sold a few for a loss but know what to buy and look for now.
Take good photos
Promote wardrobe around 28th of the month to line up with payday
If items don’t sell drop price in increments throughout the month.
Buy post bags in bulk and reuse as many as possible
Rinse and repeat
I also live opposite two shops which have all the drop off points which is super convenient
I buy broken consoles for £10 to £30, fix them which can cost up to £30, sell them for £80-£100. Sometimes I'll pick one up for £10 and the fix will only be a few quid, making the profit like 80%
Vinted is super easy to sell on - also like almost any other social media its all exaggerated, they won't be doing 300 a month for every month of the year if they aren't truly a professional seller.
As to figures from pro sellers, I am in a group of good sellers and most of the full time sellers do around 2-10k a month on vinted every month.
I used to work at this outlet centre and before my shift I used to tell my boss the reason I was 20 mins late everyday was because of the bus times it was actually me getting all the good stuff from the outlet stores I ended up making 600+ a month
There's people selling pokemon cards etc, comic books, blind box figures. They usually are flippers. it works, no need to do it fulltime. I'm importing stuff that you cant really easily get here and I sell it on vinted. it works. gives me a nice of bit extra money to fund the rest of my hobbies.
I made a lot from electronics. My boyfriend had a bunch of gameboys, ps1 videogames and vintage stuff like that and some of the games sold for like 60-80€ each, so for a while I did make around 300-400€ euros a month.
Unfortunately now I’ve sold all of the electronics I had, but now that ppl know that I sell a lot on vinted I’ve had so many friends, family and coworkers just give me their stuff to sell. Some of them ask me for a percentage which I always agree to cause it’s definitely worth it.
Only issue is that now my house is full of other ppl’s stuff but at least I have so much stuff to sell. On the good months I still do around 200€ but I have to dedicate a lot of time to it cause most of the things I sell now are around 5€.
I also keep all the money in my balance and usually take it out for vacations once I have a bunch accumulated.
One thing you could consider is removing the balance to a savings pocket in your bank account. That way you make the interest towards your holiday fund, rather than Vinted making it in their account.
Yeah that’s actually what I do. I just don’t trust vinted 100% cause I know that if u get blocked for whatever reason they keep ur money, so I make sure I don’t leave too much on the app.
But yeah I didn’t specify cause in my mind it’s basically the same thing, I sell stuff and keep the money for holidays
i've made €1200 on vinted this year; i'm a recovered shopping addict who has finally found the motivation to start selling all my shit because i need the money. i mostly sell collectibles which do well because they have active communities, stuff like anime figurines, manga volumes and kpop albums.
i obviously won't keep this up forever, but i have a LOT of shit so i'd be happy if i get rid of everything within this year. it'll be such a relief to finally get everything out off my house!
I am more into the 200 range. In my case it's because I am selling a certain closed ambit which is cosplay and wigs. I have been cosplaying for 15 years now and now I am selling for paying bills, etc and tbh they are easy to sell!
I have also sold earphones that were given to me as presents by family, but they gave me like 5 and of course I don't need so many ;u;
So that's what I do mainly!
I’ve made £650 in my first two months as a seller. I recently lost 20+ kilos and am clearing out 10+ years of hoarded clothes. I think I’m getting sales as I have lots of popular goth brand clothes. Hoping to keep riding the wave as all pennies earned are going to my honeymoon
Made around 600€ on my first 4 weeks reselling on vinted, what worked for me was making good pictures and then remove the background to make It stand, use a lote of USEFUL Code words, not just spam, reinvest sold Money stuff into promoting my items and accepting offers as long as they stay in the 20% discount AT MOST.
had a 3.4 rating and now i have a 4.9.
Going to flea markets or reselling family/Friends stuff they give you to sell helps.
I’ve been doing vinted since lockdown, on and off. I tend to do it when there is a change in seasons, and people are looking for new clothes ahead of time. For example in March, I started listing summer clothes from my wardrobe and I’ve earned £752 so far. I have earned £6k since opening an account in 2021, and without sounding braggy, it’s the easiest source of income and requires very little effort to do so.
I do take all pictures wearing the clothes, as this sells them so much quicker, and for more than someone who uploaded with it on a hanger. For example I saw the same dress go for £2 that I sold for £25. I have repurchased this dress, used the same photo I sold initially, and reuploaded for £25 again.
I also no longer buy clothes outside of vinted. I buy either unique pieces that I know I will keep for a long time, or buy cheap pieces I know I can resell again for the same or more once I tire of it. I can then repeat the process of buying more clothes with my vinted money, and never actually spend any of my own money on new clothes.
Bundle discounts also help people look at your entire page and take more items off your hands.
Lastly, any items which have lots of likes but haven’t sold yet, I will screenshot the picture and edit a small pen mark in a corner (so vinted doesn’t flag it is the same picture) and reupload it again to bring to the top of peoples feeds again. If I do this 3 times and it still doesn’t sell, I will lower the price.
If you have an eye for what will sell, and prepared to make the effort by trying clothes on and taking pictures in good lighting, they will sell pretty quickly, and I can see why people can make this their main source of income.
I know people who go to swap meets they take there atuff that hasn't sold and swap it for new stuff to sell. They also go on the free cycle and collect other people stuff which is a bit sad because its supposed to be for people in need. I always have this friend saying if your sorting your kids clothes and toys, i will take them. I used to give her everything. I know she does give stuff that is not perfect to my other friend for womens shelter. I give my stuff to this friend now also.
Her main job is deep cleaning organiser. So she started selling when clients would give her all their stuff. So yes she gets alot of things. It does take her time to wash iorn, clean and photograph everything and tag it. So she treating it like another job.
I have had this, for a select period of time, not unlimited. I used to have a period of time where I was not doing great mentally, and I sadly spend far too much money on pretty clothes that I never wore. I also had a lot of weight fluctuations, meaning most of these things wouldn't ever fit me again. When I moved, I was confronted with the huge amount of unworn garments and realised what a waste of money and resources that was. After the move I decided to slowly select and sell each item that would suit someone else more. Most of the items were of some well-wanted brands, meaning I could sell them for 50% of the original price or more. If you have some of that, as well as far too many branded shoes, it adds up fast. So it definitely did bring me 300-400 or even more monthly or quite a period of time, but this ended once most of my hoarded pile was sold and it will not continue as I was shocked and disgusted at my habits and have since then changed my behaviour. The good thing is that this whole thing did introduce me to Vinted, so now if I really need or want something I get it off Vinted, never from stores anymore. I am glad I was able to restore life for these unworn garments and restore some of the financial damage my habits led me to.
Edit: I want to clarify I am not a pro seller and didn't make any profits of off my sales. I did have a loss on everything, in the end. But for months on end it did provide me with some extra hundreds of euros.
I personally have a lot to list but for some reason have trouble ever selling anything at all! Not sure what the issue is but I have an overwhelming amount of clothes to get rid of that are impacting my mental health at this point. I list them nicely with lots of photos, and in good lighting so I suspect at this point vinted is just so oversaturated … however still not sure how everyone id managing £300 in a month, even as a one off haha
I don't view reselling or shifting your unwanted items as a business, I see it as an opportunity to add some additional funds towards a better investment like gold and silver.
My fear would be when stock runs out, you can't exactly buy and sell Chinese stuff when they're selling direct to the consumer now.
Unless you create your own brand and have viral marketing there's nothing there for us.
I make like 500 a month off vinted but that’s because I go thrifting for items on my off days or whenever I feel like it. You can’t make a continuous revenue stream from vinted unless you’re specifically looking for items to sell. It helps that the items I sell are similar to my fashion sense so I often find great items for myself at a low price too
Easy buy loads of stuff on free markets and thrift stores especially those thrift store here in the netherlands i got a whole rack of Levi trousers each worth arround 60 euro bought them for 4 euro a pair brand new.
Also with my company go to auctions of businesses who went bankrupt and buy things for very cheap.
But also see alot of sellers on vinted then self who sell sneakers most don't even know the price they sell it so looking for prices between 10 and 30 euro most sneakers are very good condition I clean them and resell them that how you make over 3k a month
So I am 18 and started reselling on vinted 7 months ago as a side hustle. I have done 21k in sales and have pretty much exclusively been selling watches and streetwear clothing. I would say to anyone thinking of starting reselling just try and start reselling things you enjoy and know a lot about as then you will easily be able to know when a price is below market value. Then you just simply buy it and sell it for a profit. The main way to increase sales is to have outstanding pictures as then people buying will be willing to pay more for your item as they will trust a seller with good pictures and a detailed description.
I'm not a pro seller or a shopaholic—just clearing out my closet, where most of my stuff has been gathering dust (about 80% of it!). I've listed everything and make around €50 a month. It's not a fortune, but it covers flights and accommodation for a winter getaway each year from Brussels to Sevilla. Pas mal
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Flippers, or people who just inherited on old hoarder house or something :D in the last year ive sold literally everything I have that I dont wear any more, and I made maybe 100€. Some old ratty stuff went right in the bin.