Vinted pro reveals 'sneaky' trick to help flog clothes you're struggling to sell

Daily Mail​

2 days ago

A professional Vinted seller has revealed the one nifty trick she uses to help flog hard-to-shift items on the app.
Caroline, who hails from the UK, boasts 213,000 followers on TikTok where she regularly shares her top tips for aspiring vendors.
The 49-year-old, who has made thousands on the app, introduced the video by describing the 'genius hack' she uses to cash in on unsold items.
She explained at the beginning of the clip - which now has 15,000 views - that she had already sold three pieces that day and was preparing to send them.
But before making her way to the Post Office, she will periodically scan the app to see if any of her listings have been favourited.
Then she will contact interested buyers to see if she can entice them into making a purchase, telling them she can post items imminently if they buy.
'I will write a message saying, "I will be doing a parcel run this afternoon. If you are still interested in this item, I can post this out to you today so you'll get it super quick",' she explained.
'Then, I'll copy and paste that same message to everyone else who has favourited items yet to be sold.'
The nifty trick helps her nudge transactions which would have otherwise gone unsold, Caroline claimed, adding that it was 'highly likely' that at least one person would bite.
In previous videos, the thrifty seller said she once made £400 on the app in just one day.
Several commenters agreed with the advice.
'I've done exactly this for about a month now,' one said.
A second chimed: 'Great idea! Sneaky, but great!
Others remarked that they also used the trick, with one gushing that they had sold five items doing so.
Meanwhile, not everyone agreed, with one saying that they developed the 'ick' after sellers contacted them about a favourited item.
Another admitted that they couldn't 'think of anything worse'.
Caroline isn't the only successful secondhand seller to have cashed in on the Vinted train.
Maisie, from Yorkshire, has amassed thousands of pounds selling garments and trinkets she's discovered at cat boot sales, charity shops and online pre-loved websites.
Although it started off as a side hustle, she has now made reselling her full time career last year after earning £18,000 from flogging clothes.
Now, she has helped others by telling them how they too can make a wage from the app - and according to her, it's very simple.
Maisie said: 'I absolutely love buying on Vinted to resell on Vinted. It's so easy and it just goes to show the difference that a good quality picture with good lighting and a good background can honestly make.'
She says that you should always list similar clothes sizes at the same time on Vinted, as people may browse your page and find other items that they like, resulting in more sales.
Several commenters agreed with the advice
'They're more likely to get their money's worth by buying a bundle from you so it will boost your sales and your profit at the same time,' Maisie added.
'You're only having to ship out one parcel and the buyer is only having to pay one lot of postage and fees.'
The seller said wannabe sellers also have to be careful about how they draft listings on Vinted - as sometimes a post can appear as though it was shared earlier than it was.
In another clip, the reselling expert explained: 'If you draft something and then a week later you decide to hit live and publish it, it won't show as a new listing. It will show when you drafted it, which was a week ago.
'It will come up older in the listings, it won't show up at the top, it will show up as being a week old which will affect how people are looking at your listings because a lot of people will search for newest first.'
Recently, Maisie revealed how she sold a dress for more than four times what she paid for it.
She purchased a WoolOvers boho linen dress for just £3.30 on Vinted as part of a bundle from a seller.
Maisie then ended up reselling it on eBay for a whopping £20.46.