I’ve been selling on Vinted for over a year & here’s my 7 tips…including what to do if items haven’t sold for six weeks

IF you want to start selling your unwanted items on Vinted, you’ve come to the right place.

One Vinted seller named Emma, who has been using the app for a year and a half, has revealed the simple seven tips that have helped her to earn cash quickly.

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She revealed what to do if items haven’t sold for six weeks and how to ensure that you’ll make the most money possible.

Sharing her advice on social media, she said: “I thought I would share some tips if you are setting out to sell on Vinted.

“I've sold on Vinted now for about a year and a half. I've definitely picked up some little tricks along the way to get better sales, get bigger sales.

“So number one, I would say upload your items for more than what you're willing to accept.

“If you upload a dress and you're happy to take £10 for that dress - upload it for £13 or £14.

“It allows buyers to give you wiggle room to send offers and have them be reasonable offers.”

Emma also revealed that if you want to sell your clothes quickly, you should accept early offers, as she added: “Now that takes me into tip two - if you have uploaded an item and you get an offer quite quickly after you've uploaded - take that offer if you're happy with that offer.

“The more time your item sits on your Vinted, the less chance you're going to receive more offers for that item.

“You can also send back counter offers if you're not happy with an offer that you've received, but accept these early offers.”

As well as this, Emma explained that communication is key, as she advised: “Tip three - when people favourite your items, drop them a message. I tend to just drop people a message and say ‘I'm open to reasonable offers’, reasonable being the keyword, and let them know that your you can either post it today or you can post it tomorrow.

“For a lot of people, just knowing that you're going to post their item quite quickly can seal the deal for them.”

Keywords are also really important, as Emma shared: “Tip four is to use keywords that are relevant to the item that you're uploading. Using keywords like ‘spring’, ‘summer’ will help.

“Using popular keywords like retro, vintage or Y2K. Obviously just use these keywords if it is relevant for the item.”

But that’s not all - Emma also explained that deleting and re-uploading items can help to generate a sale, and you should check out the Wardrobe Spotlight if you’re selling a lot.

She concluded: “Tip number five is don't presume that just because you no longer like something, that no one else will like it.

“One person's trash is another person's treasure and all of that.

“Tip number six is if you haven't sold an item over the course of about six to eight weeks, delete the item off your Vinted, take new photos if you're able to and then re-upload it.

“It will appear then on your Vinted at the top of your wardrobe as a brand new item and more people will then get to see it.

“I would definitely also recommend if you've got a lot of items on your wardrobe, to use the Wardrobe Spotlight.

“It can really boost your wardrobe appearance and more people will see it. Hopefully that helps!! 

The TikTok clip, which was posted under the username @eloub89, has clearly impressed many, as it has quickly amassed 40,600 views. 

Social media users were incredibly thankful for the advice and many took to the comments to express this. 

One person said: “Great advice thank you. I’ve sold loads of stuff but there are a few items that I’m now going to re-list after hearing you.”

Another added: “Great tips, thanks.”

A third commented: “Yes that’s good advice. Thank you.”

But if you fancy clearing out your wardrobe and getting rid of your old stuff on Vinted, you’ll need to consider the new tax shake-up that recently came into play.

Since January 1, digital platforms, including eBay, Airbnb, Etsy, Amazon and Vinted, must share seller information with HMRC as part of a crackdown.

You're unlikely to be affected if you only sell a handful of second-hand items online each year - but firms now have to pass on your data to HMRC if you sell 30 or more items a year or earn over £1,700.

It is part of a wider tax crackdown to help ensure that those who boost their income via side hustles pay up what they owe.

While your data won't be shared with HMRC if you earn between £1,000 and £1,700, you'll still need to pay tax as normal.

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