Holly HY / 04 March 2025 / Categories: Opinions, Internet

Vinted

Shop or sell zero fees

We’re in the business of fashion so no surprise really we’ve been spending more and more time on Vinted. Vinted are an online market place who have spent literally millions on TV advertising encouraging young people to upload their shopping mistakes or clothes they no longer wear or need in a matter of clicks to sell for technically zero fees.

It’s true you can upload and sell for no fee making the offering way more attractive than competitor EBay.

The downside to Vinted is more for buyers. I also like to browse Vinted for clothes, the sellers are younger, less professional than the small business owners on EBay so you might find yourself in an unnecessary feud over a few quid or even better never getting a reply at all to questions you may have.

Also on every purchase the buyer pays a “Buyer protection fee” a percentage of the purchase price and how Vinted make money, so something shoppers need to be aware of, like VAT or sales tax in the US, the price is the price plus a bit more.

The monthly Vinted stats of how many Zara items, (currently 62 million) how many H and M items, (60 million) how many Primark and Shein items (20 million a piece) show us a rising trend in not only the number of people reselling on Vinted but also highlight the problem of actually how much fast fashion is being consumed and in circulation.

We use our Vinted account @rescueluxury to offer items that didn’t sell in the style studio or on our website to a wider global audience at an even cheaper price.