I make £300 a month selling on Vinted after years of being an impulse buyer – my three-step method makes it a doddle
SELLING your pre-loved clothes can be a great side hustle, especially if you have people regularly buying items.
One woman has revealed how she keeps on top of her Vinted orders, with a three step method that take the stress out of selling.
If you aren’t already following Kate Abbie on TikTok, you might want to start.
The self-confessed ‘Vinted guru’ has tons of tips and tricks on how to make the most your sales, with her regularly making between £78.50 a week on the app.
For those that haven’t done the maths, she makes over £300 a month just by have a sort through her wardrobe!
The content creator even joked that reselling clothes has become her ‘second job’ - especially as she is an impulse buyer.
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She told her fans: "I've just got too many clothes and I don't wear half of it. I am an [also] an impulse buyer...I love the TikTok shop."
With so many orders to sort out, it is no wonder that the savvy seller has a three step method for keeping everything organised.
Rather than keeping Vinted items in her wardrobe, she uses a nifty under bed storage bag which collapses down when she’s not using it.
The fabric bag even has a clear cover with a zip, so she can see which items are still in stock and keep them clean before they sell.
However, this is far from her only hack though.
Instead of taking each individual package to the Post Office, Kate will add them to a clear container and makes sure she has made up several before sending them out.
She even will store a wad of new parcel bags in the container, so she can send out any last minute purchases with minimal fuss.
Having shown off her well-run side hustle, her followers couldn’t get over how simple these solutions were.
One even joked in the comments: “I wish I was this organised.
Another was in awe of how neat the mum’s parcels were, saying: “Mine are all in ripped bin bags where I’ve scrambled through them to pull out sold items.”
Meanwhile, others just want to make as many sales as the mum.
“My clothes don’t sell I deleted relisted but no luck,” complained a third.
If you are wanting to make a little extra money on Vinted, there are some easy hacks that will help you boost you bank balance.
One seller even claims that she has a fool-proof way for getting more sales with a simple phrase (yes, you read that right).
According to Vinted seller Nicole, sending a message to people who’ve favourited your clothes and telling them she can send the item that is often result in a sale.
Rather than typing out every message, she will often copy and paste them with her usually getting a response before she heads to the post office.
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With summer also approaching, now is the perfect time to clear out yours and your kids’ clothes to make a bit more spending money.
Sounds like a done deal to us.
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.