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Daily Mirror
5 days ago
- Business
- Daily Mirror
'I sell loads on Vinted and I don't write descriptions, here's what I do'
A successful Vinted seller and mum has shared one thing that she does in order to flog her items fast and save time, and not only could it earn you money but you can also get rid of unwanted items If your wardrobe is bursting at the seams and you are drowning in clothes you never wear, it might be the perfect moment for a declutter - and selling online is a smart move. While eBay, Depop, and Facebook Marketplace have long been go-to platforms for offloading pre-loved fashion, Vinted has recently emerged as a contender. But due to Vinted's popularity, you need to be smart about how you present your items. Typically, top sellers suggest good lighting helps sell items quicker, plus being specific with materials and how the item fits will give buyers a better idea of what your item is really like. People now often sell different items such as electronics, games, and home furnishings on the app, too. However, if you have a bag full items you want to upload on to the app, it can often be a time consuming task. One mum, who is a successful Vinted seller, insists she has the ultimate hack that will "save you so much time" and help you flog your items. Aissutou, who shares tips on money and lifestyle on her TikTok page @aisstougriffin, said: "If you've got ton of stuff to list on Vinted and you're not doing this one tip, you're going to want to save it, trust me it's going to save you a ton of time." The mum confessed that she never writes her own descriptions, but instead uses an AI tool to write them for her - meaning she can get in all the details about the item in the description box at ease and at speed. Aisseutou said: "So the first thing you're gonna do is take your pictures like you always do and then you're simply gonna upload them to ChatGPT and give it this simple prompt and it is gonna write you your entire description for you." You can then easily copy the generated text and paste it into the description box before uploading your item. She noted: "I always tweak it a little bit so it doesn't sound completely like a robot, but trust me, this is going to save you a ton of time." "I've started doing that a few months ago and it's amazing," one individual commented. "That's great advice, thank you," added one other. "I've started using this, works well," insisted one other. One other agreed, and wrote: "I've just tried this, saves so much time!". While many people use Vinted to flog their items and make extra money here and there, some are making much more. In the past, Robyn Mort revealed how she pocketed £1528.01 on Vinted with her "side hustle" of quick-fire sales on the app. Plus, another seller became a full-time Vinted seller and transformed her pastime into a"six-figure business at the age of 20".
CNBC
6 days ago
- Business
- CNBC
26-year-old college dropout's business brings in $570,000 a year: 'I didn't want to have a conventional job'
When Kate Sullivan started making jewelry in her bedroom at age 19, she couldn't have imagined that her designs would one day be spotted on stars like Gigi Hadid and SZA. Today, Sullivan's online jewelry company, The Sage Vintage, brings in six figures a year, topping $570,000 in total sales in 2024. Sullivan, now 26, started The Sage Vintage as a side hustle after she took a break from college in 2017. She left the University of Colorado Boulder, where she was pursuing a degree in neuroscience, and moved back in with her father in a suburb of Chicago. To make some money while she figured out her next steps, Sullivan started buying vintage clothing from local thrift stores and selling it on Depop, a popular online resale marketplace. Sullivan's clothing business was profitable, but when the Covid-19 pandemic started, the clothing resale market quickly became more competitive, and Sullivan's sales began to fall. She knew it was time to pivot. "I wanted to do something different, to stand out and to make sure my business was successful long term," she says. Inspiration struck when she found an old jewelry making kit from her childhood, and Sullivan began to create handmade jewelry in 2020. "I thrifted some necklaces, took them apart and started making charm jewelry. And that's how it all started," she says. With the help of her father, Sullivan scoured local flea markets, antique malls and thrift stores for vintage charms and chains. She sold her first batch of charm necklaces on Depop at between $60 and $100 each. "I didn't really see a lot of people doing charm jewelry at that point. I felt like it was almost outdated, and I liked the individuality that it brought to each piece," she says. As her business grew, Sullivan created her own website in January 2020, which she named "The Sage Vintage" in honor of her dog, Sage, to sell her clothing and jewelry. "I think starting our website really made it feel real to me because I wasn't just selling on a platform anymore. It was my own thing," she says. Sullivan had initially planned to return to college, but she decided to drop out and focus on growing The Sage Vintage instead. "Once I started being my own boss, I realized that I didn't want to have a conventional job," she says. Still, she was running the business full time out of her bedroom, often working on her jewelry until 1 or 2 a.m. She also handled packaging and shipping, though she hired a contract employee in August 2020 to handle emails and customer service. By the end of 2020, Sullivan's clothing and jewelry sales generated just over $70,000 in sales. She took a salary of $12,000 after paying overhead costs. "It felt like I was pretty much just getting by," she recalls. "I was hoping to make a lot more the next year." Sales for The Sage Vintage remained flat at around $70,000 in 2021, but business took off in 2022 after a viral collaboration with Haricot Vert, a NYC-based handmade jewelry brand. In July 2022, Haricot Vert and Sullivan launched a joint collection of 30 one-of-a-kind pieces priced between $100 and $350. The collection sold out in under five minutes. "That was insane to me," Sullivan says. "I've never made that amount of money in that little of time." Her subsequent collaborations with Haricot Vert continued to quickly sell out and go viral. "Once I started seeing my own pictures all over Pinterest, I knew that it was going to be something big," Sullivan says. "I'll still be scrolling through Pinterest or Instagram, and I'll see people reposting my pictures from 2 or 3 years ago, and I still cannot tell that it's me at first." Sullivan can also count major celebrities among her customers. Singer SZA wore an abalone butterfly necklace from The Sage Vintage onstage while performing at a music festival in 2022, and model Gigi Hadid was spotted in 2023 wearing a necklace from one of The Sage Vintage and Haricot Vert's collaborations. Hadid's stylist reached out to Sullivan, who sent her three custom pieces. "That was a crazy moment for me," Sullivan says. Due to increased demand for her handmade pieces, Sullivan found herself working 14 to 16 hours a day. "One of the biggest struggles is when you're growing at such a fast pace," she says. "After our collaborations, I was having a really hard time working by myself." She decided to change her strategy: "In order to scale my business, I really needed to start making multiples of each piece, and not just one of ones." Sullivan began to purchase bulk batches of charms and worked with manufacturers to create gold-plated replicas of vintage charms. She started selling single charms and chains, as well as offering choose-your-own-charm custom options. A single charm can cost as little as $12 to $14, while a custom charm necklace typically costs over $350, Sullivan says. The most expensive piece of jewelry on her site is a 14k charm necklace priced at $1,148. She also expanded into wholesale: in April 2023, a buyer from Anthropologie reached out to Sullivan and purchased 8 handmade, one-of-one necklaces for $1,500. Jewelry from The Sage Vintage is now available in several boutiques and small businesses across the country. Today, Sullivan employs three part-time contractors to help with the logistics of running The Sage Vintage, though she still makes the jewelry herself. "I have a lot more flexibility now that I have employees," Sullivan says. "I do try to have a proper weekend now, and I really do try to stick to a 9 to 5. But again, if I do want to take a day off, I'm welcome to do that, thankfully." In 2022, Sullivan moved from Chicago to Idaho, bought a house, and began operating The Sage Vintage from a small outbuilding on her new property. Last September, Sullivan took out a $67,000 loan from e-commerce platform Shopify, which she uses to power her website, to renovate the outbuilding into a full-scale jewelry workshop, as well as to redesign her website and increase stock ahead of the holiday season. Since then, she's paid off over 50% of the loan. After years of paying herself through distributions from the business, she plans to pay herself a "proper salary" of $100,000 in 2025. In the future, Sullivan hopes to expand The Sage Vintage and open up a storefront in Chicago. Later this year, she plans to launch her own line of apparel in addition to jewelry, "coming full-circle" from her early days on Depop. "I definitely am so grateful that I did drop out and didn't continue on the track that I was on," Sullivan says.
Scottish Sun
7 days ago
- Business
- Scottish Sun
I've made £4,000 on Vinted – here are my top tips, including what to write in your product's description
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A SAVVY seller has shared her top tips for making money on Vinted, after she made £4000 from selling her old clothes. Vinted is an online marketplace where people can buy and sell second hand clothes, shoes and accessories. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 Dassie has made over £4000 on Vinted Credit: TikTok/@dassieandreu 2 She advised against sending parcels in bin liners Credit: TikTok/@dassieandreu It's completely free to upload clothes to the app and Vinted does not take a cut of sellers' profits and instead charges buyers a small fee to purchase each item. TikToker Dassie Andreu (@dassieandreu) is a Vinted whizz, and took to the video sharing platform to share the tips she uses to make quick sales. Consistency Dassie revealed that when using Vinted, it is important to upload regularly. "And I mean every couple of days," she said. Vinted orders items on its site from newest to oldest, so if you are constantly uploading items, your profile will always appear at the top of the site. Keywords In order to make your items visible to as many people as possible, Dassie revealed you need to use lots of keywords in the item description. "Don't just say boy's jumper, say boy's blue navy jumper, long sleeves, warm, perfect for the chilly season." Parcel Presentation To make sellers come back and buy your items again, Dassie said it is important to package them nicely. Sharing a clip of a parcel she collected recently from a seller, Dassie said: "It looks really unprofessional, and I probably wouldn't buy from this seller again. "There were even holes in the bag." I made £550 in 48 hours reselling clothes but NOT on Vinted - I found a platform where sellers get the full asking price - Online marketplaces like Vinted and Depop have millions of users across the UK, with the cost-of-living crisis only increasing their popularity. One in six people now say they buy used items, according to research commissioned by review site Trustpilot. So, now's the perfect time to make yourself some extra cash on the likes of Vinted. According to the popular platform, sellers do not have to pay tax on earnings they make from the site. Do you need to pay tax on items sold on Vinted? QUICK facts on tax from the team at Vinted... The only time that an item might be taxable is if it sells for more than £6,000 and there is profit (sells for more than you paid for it). Even then, you can use your capital gains tax-free allowance of £3,000 to offset it. Generally, only business sellers trading for profit (buying goods with the purpose of selling for more than they paid for them) might need to pay tax. Business sellers who trade for profit can use a tax-free allowance of £1,000, which has been in place since 2017. More information here: This, HMRC stated, is because selling personal items through platforms like Vinted is not itself taxable. ''If the money a member makes on Vinted over a year is less than the amount they paid for the items they are selling, then there is no tax to pay,'' a Vinted spokesperson explained. ''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 people who trade for profit.''
The Irish Sun
22-05-2025
- Business
- The Irish Sun
I made £450 in a WEEK on Vinted selling stuff I bought in charity shops, my tips could make you a mint
A WOMAN who made £450 in one week on Vinted, has shared her top tips for making sales. Vinted is an online marketplace where people can buy and sell second hand clothes, shoes and accessories. 2 Demi made £450 in a week from Vinted Credit: tiktok/@demidonnellyx 2 She recommended bulk buying from charity shops or Facebook Credit: tiktok/@demidonnellyx It's completely free to upload clothes to the app and TikToker Demi Donnelly is a big fan of using Vinted to make some extra cash, and recently took to the social media platform to reveal how she uses it as a side hustle. "If you want a side hustle, start reselling clothes," she said. "It is the best, easiest side hustle I have ever found." Read more Vinted stories Bulk Buy Demi revealed that to make a profit from using Vinted, she bulk buys cheap The brunette beauty, from Newcastle, added that some charity shops sell 'rag bags' of clothes that they can't sell for extremely cheap prices. "You can also buy on Vinted to resell as well," she said. "Some people like to get rid of their stuff for £1." Most read in Fabulous If you have the space, Demi advised bulk buying loads of cheap items that people are desperate to get rid of. "You'll definitely be able to make a profit on their items," she said. I've made £1.5k on Vinted - the mistake that affects the algorithm and the EXACT number of pictures to take to make cash Accepting Offers Another trick Demi uses to ensure she makes sales is to accept 95% of the offers she is sent by buyers. Many Vinted users sell items at a price slightly higher than they are happy to accept, so that when people make offers, they will gladly accept. Free Gift Savvy side hustler Demi also entices sellers to her site by offering a free gift to anyone who spends over £15. This way, buyers are more likely to remember her, and will come back in future , for more items. Do you need to pay tax on items sold on Vinted? QUICK facts on tax from the team at Vinted... The only time that an item might be taxable is if it sells for more than £6,000 and there is profit (sells for more than you paid for it). Even then, you can use your capital gains tax-free allowance of £3,000 to offset it. Generally, only business sellers trading for profit (buying goods with the purpose of selling for more than they paid for them) might need to pay tax. Business sellers who trade for profit can use a tax-free allowance of £1,000, which has been in place since 2017. More information here: Demi's ( TikTok users raced to the video's comments section to share their thoughts. One person said: "I wish I could make that in a month, never mind a week!" A second person said: "I have so much stuff I need to get rid of!" Online marketplaces like Vinted and Depop have millions of users across the UK, with the cost-of-living crisis only increasing their popularity. Financial pressures in British homes saw sales of second-hand goods jump by 15 per cent to £21 billion in 2022. One in six people now say they buy used items, according to research commissioned by review site Trustpilot. So, now's the perfect time to make yourself some extra cash on the likes of Vinted.
Cosmopolitan
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
The Knicks Celebrity Attendees Are Better than the Met Gala
We're in the middle of a historic moment for New York basketball. At least that's what I, someone famously uninterested in sports, have gathered from Timothée Chalamet's passionate pro-Knicks Instagram Stories. I cannot bring myself to care about basketball. But I do care about my Timmy and other stars like him, be they bandwagon fans or not. Suddenly, I've found myself a degree more interested in securing vintage Knicks merch on Depop than I was last week. I understand that the New York Knicks' successful advancement to the 2025 NBA Eastern Conference Finals represents something major for the team's lifelong fans, who've grown used to them coming up short. An analogy that's allowed me to understand the gravity of this moment was likening it to how Amy Adams stans will feel the day she wins her long overdue Oscar. Only then did I grasp the maniacal joy that the New York Knicks fans displayed on the streets of Manhattan after a team victory last Friday night. And while my algorithm knows I have no interest in layups or playoffs or anything of the like, New York City's team has been unavoidable on my feeds since the Eastern Conference Semifinals began. And not because of any actual game footage. First, it was because of this cinematic picture of Kylie Jenner staring longingly at her boyfriend, Timothée, from their courtside seats during Game 4. Then I couldn't escape the sheer slay that was Cardi B's relationship hard-launch (the first post-Offset). She popped out at a Knicks game Monday night with NFL star Stefon Diggs, sitting just a few seats down from Timothée. And that's just a fraction of the high-profile action that's gone down during this particular playoff series. It's not new for the Knicks to have a high concentration of celebrities sitting courtside. (Spike Lee has been a season ticket holder since 1985.) The fact that the team is based in a cultural mecca makes it easy for huge names to stop by and watch a game. But this year's playoff series has set the stage for a ton of non-sports-related pop culture lore to be built on the sidelines. The 2025 Knicks' playoff presence is more comparable to cultural events like the Met Gala than to well-attended NBA games of the past. If we're pitting the annual gala and the Knicks iconic run against one another (not a totally obvious comparison, but let's walk together), we can note that couples like Kylie/Timothée and Cardi/Stefon chose to make big public outings at Knicks games instead of the Met's blue carpet this year. And sure, we see a handful of awkward celeb ex run-ins at the Met every year (see: Sabrina and Barry, and Rosalía and Jeremy Allen White this year). But we don't get to see how those run-ins—or any other action—can go down inside the event (despite Megan Thee Stallion's best covert recording efforts). But under Madison Square Garden's glaring light, we can see the celebrity ex-reunions in their full glory, like Kendall Jenner and Bad Bunny sitting just a few feet away from each other at the Knicks game last Monday night. Any pop culture fan who considers themself committed to the game of stargazing should be fully rooting for New York City's team right now. Because players and stats aside, who else is feeding us like this? You're not getting lovable fan cams of every star imaginable—from Tina Fey to Mary J. Blige—at an Orlando Magic game (respectfully). You won't see former besties Kylie Jenner and Jordyn Woods (WAG to Knicks player Karl Anthony Towns) sharing post-Knicks win squeals during a rare public reunion anywhere else. Feels just like 2018. If you're a fan that's been on the internet for a minute, take a moment to remember the joy that those photos of Ethan Hawke trying to chat up Rihanna evoked. Each of these A-list Knicks moments has provided me with similar voyeuristic glee! A basketball game is no gala, but it's not often we get so many opportunities to watch these celebs operate in (somewhat) laid-back environments. These games bring us very necessary group chat fodder! (For example: 'Is it legal for an L.A. native like Kylie to step out as a Knicks diehard?") I am paying close attention to every beat of courtside activity happening while the Knicks do their thing this season, and for that reason alone, I need them to keep winning. Point guard Jalen Brunson is essentially carrying pop culture on his back right now, along with the dutiful Knicks fans in the nosebleeds recording all of this courtside action instead of the game itself (despite how expensive those tickets currently are). Anyone who doesn't want this celeb tea resource to dry up should go ahead and join the Knicks bandwagon. Who knows what other major pop culture moments are yet to come from Madison Square Garden...
