SELLING your second hand clothes can be a great side hustle, but most of us struggle to get more than one or two sales.
If you are wanting to boost your bank account, one Vinted seller has revealed how she has made a small fortune using a clever hack.
While TikTok might not be the obvious place to learn about side hustles, influencer Lisa has shared the unique way she promotes her second hand clothes.
Better known as @lisaturn1poundaround on the social media app, she revealed in a recent video that she will never use the ‘showcase’ on Vinted.
For those that are unfamiliar with the reselling app, this feature boosts your entire wardrobe’s visibility for 7 days and often can lead to more sales.
Also known as the ‘wardrobe spotlight’, this handy feature does cost extra and is something that the content creator is unwilling to pay for.
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She explained to fans: “I always see people say ‘oh I’ve done really well using showcasing’. The reason they’ve done really well is because they make the most of it.”
Rather than simply paying for the service, Lisa explained that savvy sellers will often add lots of new listings and re-upload older items that haven’t sold.
The Vinted expert claims it is this extra activity that makes ‘showcasing’ work rather than the actually paid feature – as it makes your clothes even more visible on the app.
“Don’t bother paying for showcasing just do those things,” she said, adding: “Just list loads of new stuff and relist old things.”
Before you race to try this out on your own Vinted wardrobe, the content creator also had seem extra advice for her followers.
Rather than just deleting older posts and then relisting the item, Lisa suggested it was actually better to edit the photos of the clothing.
Even just giving them a quick crop.
The savvy seller also suggested uploading new photos if you have time, saying that this would prevent Vinted for uploading it in the ‘exact’ same place as before.
Though it might seem like a lot of extra work, this one change can help massively boost your wardrobe without having to sacrifice more of your hard earned money.
Lisa isn’t the only seller who has been sharing her best tips and tricks on TikTok either.
In fact, mum Nicole stated that she boosted her sales just by messaging people who’d favourited her clothes.
Before heading out to the post office, the Vinted seller would DM’ people and offer to post out the item that afternoon if they bought it – which often resulted in a sale.
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Even better, it saved Nicole valuable time as she’d make fewer trips to the post office every month.
Well, we are sold on these hacks.
New Vinted rules to be aware of
IF you fancy clearing out your wardrobe and getting rid of your old stuff on Vinted, you’ll need to consider the new rules that recently came into play.
If people are selling personal items for less than they paid new (which is generally the case for second-hand sales), there is no impact on tax.
However, 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 - generally, only business sellers trading for profit might need to pay tax.
A tax-free allowance of £1,000 has been in place since 2017 for business sellers trading for profit - the only time that an individual personal item might be taxable is if it sells for more than £6,000 and there is a profit from the sale.
However, 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.