Experience with Vinted?

I had the impression that it was primarily a secondhand clothing site, but last week a friend suggested that I sell on Vinted, based on her experience selling her own original paintings there for good prices. And I’ve been seeing their ads everywhere!

Does anyone here have any firsthand selling experience? Thoughts? Tips? Warnings?

Thank you in advance :slightly_smiling_face:

Hearing some Ebay sellers sing the praises of Vinted, I did a little investigating. I too have seen the ads and suspected that their target demographic was not one which interested me.

The merchandise being offered there seemed targeted at Gen Z.
The fee structure also seemed targeted toward Gen Z, no seller fees, buyer fees identified as Buyer Protection. And some have claimed the shipping is free, but I do not see evidence of that.

If I had the products to sell to Gen Z, I would sell there, for as long as they last. I do not see enough monetization of the site to allow it to grow and thrive, and I suspect they will be unable to maintain their users when they revamp their fee structure.

A major thread on Vinted on the Ebay forum got heated and was nuked. I do not think it was because Ebay was concerned about discussion of Vinted.

I had one of my suppliers tell me I should “give it a go” last week. I also thought it was for secondhand clothing but I do have a 25-40 year old female customer base. Not sure if that was a factor in their comment. They seemed shocked I was aware of the television ads but said they personally know of people happy with it and are moving product.

I looked at the instructions for listing. Looks cumbersome to me. I need a way to upload a flat file.

Some of the multi-platform listing service providers include Vinted…which is really only helpful to you if the service allows base-level file uploads and/or will populate data from extant listings on another platform.

Both of the services mentioned in this thread include Vinted as a channel, but I’m not sure if you can do uploads.

Bumping in case this topic missed anyone who might have insight or experience to share :slightly_smiling_face: