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Daily Mail
24-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
Entrepreneur who made £1,200 on Vinted reveals genius 50p trick to increase sales
A Vinted seller has shared the '50p hack' that can increase sales on the fashion and beauty resale app. Zakia Moulaoui Guery has always loved vintage clothing, having spent her childhood scouring thrift shops in France with her mother. Now based in Edinburgh, Zakia, 37, uses the online thrifting app - that gained popularity among Gen Z and millennials during the Covid pandemic - to sell one-of-a-kind pieces from her own closet. Over the past two years, Zakia has earned £1,200 from the app - and picked up handy tricks to close a deal on the app along the way. For instance, if you find something is proving particularly difficult to sell, Zakia recommends reposting it with a price that's 50p lower than your original listing since 'reducing your items regularly works quite well'. This is especially helpful if you want to maintain your 'Frequent Seller' badge, she told The Sun, but don't have enough stock to flog. She explained: 'I always start by knowing what I would absolutely sell it for at a minimum, so that I can reduce the price if needed. Once it's posted online, I just want it to sell. 'So if I'm reposting, I knock off £1 or 50p. Reducing your items regularly works quite well.' The social entrepreneur, who runs a company that organises walking tours by people who have experienced homelessness, also shared some of her other tried-and-tested strategies to maximise earnings on Vinted. She recommended picking a niche so your shop front stands out to Vinted's 16 million users, with Zakia focusing her collection on 'vintage or retro-inspired pieces'. The founder of Invisible Cities also suggested looking through your wardrobe for branded items from labels like Cos or Uniqlo that don't fit your style, since these can go for a pretty penny on Vinted. Finally, she advised that Vinted isn't just for clothes; selling beauty and skincare products - so long as their unopened and still in their original packaging - can 'make a lot of money' as well. It comes after another ace Vinted user revealed the five most common mistakes first-time sellers make. In a clip titled 'How I made over £4k selling on Vinted', Chloe outlined the things you 'shouldn't be doing' if you want to make big bucks on the app. Chloe revealed her very first step is to always check the account that she is selling to or buying from as there are some 'scam accounts' floating around on the app. She said: 'The first thing that you shouldn't be doing on Vinted is not checking accounts. 'I call this 'account vetting' and if I'm buying or selling to somebody, I will go to their account and check their reviews, check their bio, check everything that there is to do with their account. 'If something feels a little bit dodgy, then I just either don't buy from them or I don't sell to them. 'This is so important because so many accounts are made to scam people now, so if they don't have any reviews, if their username looks really weird, if they have nothing in their bio or no picture, stay clear from these sorts of accounts. 'Please, please, please before you buy anything or before you sell to somebody, you need to make sure that it is a genuine account and that it is an actual person rather than a scam account.' Elsewhere Chloe revealed that you don't have to spend money on fancy packaging to send items. She said: 'Please, please, please do not buy the TikTok shop bags to ship your items in - please recycle. 'Ask your family, ask your friends, ask your partner, ask your neighbours, collect old packaging, because this is so much better for the environment and it really, really saves a lot of waste.' Chloe also stressed that it is very important to collect packages quickly and if you will be away get the package delivered to the house. She said: 'The third thing that you shouldn't be doing is leaving your parcels when you should be collecting them. 'Please, please, please, if you are a buyer, collect your parcel. 'I buy and sell on Vinted and if something is delivered to the parcel shop, I try and pick it up straight away, because I know how frustrating it is when you are a seller and you're waiting for somebody to pick up their parcel and they just don't.' She also urged Vinted sellers not to spray the clothes with perfume before they package them up. Finally, Chloe claimed it was very important to ensure that your bio was complete. She explained: 'The fifth and final thing that you should not be doing is leaving your bio blank. 'Fill in your bio, put a nice picture, put in a little bit of information about you.' Chloe said this makes sales 'a little bit more personal' and allows users to identify whether you are a real person or a scam account.
The Sun
19-05-2025
- Business
- The Sun
I've made £1.2k on Vinted and buyer even wore my dress to the BAFTAs – my 50p trick works every time for sales
A THRIFTY fashionista has shared her top Vinted selling tips after making £1,200 on the app - and she's even flogged a dress to a BAFTAs guest. Zakia Moulaoui Guery, 37, has loved vintage clothes and thrift shops for as long as she can remember. 7 7 7 Her passion for second-hand clothing was sparked by her mother Marie-Therese who would take her to thrift stores in France during her childhood. Zakia, who now lives in Edinburgh, said: "My mum was the best at finding treasure, sometimes matching outfits for me and my sister and stuff. "When I grew up, that was the only thing we could do really, because we didn't have the money to go and buy new clothes all the time. And we had really nice clothes because my mother was really good at this. "She loved it. So she would take the time to do it. This is the only thing I would say, it's really demanding, it takes time. If you're shopping quickly, then it's not for you." Vintage and second-hand items now make up 90 per cent of Zakia's wardrobe. She's made a commitment to stop buying brand new clothing but admits it can be tough if she needs something for work. She said: "It's really hard because a lot of the basic items that you may need are really hard to find second-hand. "So it doesn't work all the time, but I'm trying. "Like if you need something specific, like work trousers or something specifically smart for something, it's a lot easier to just pop into M&S and just buy something rather than try to search for it." And Zakia doesn't just buy second-hand and thrifted items, she sells on items from her wardrobe too. I've made £10k on Vinted in 2 years - here's exactly why your items aren't selling, and how you can turn things around In the past two years, she has flogged 48 items on Vinted - making an impressive £1,200. Vinted is an online marketplace where people can buy and sell second hand clothes, shoes and accessories. 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. Zakia chose the username @VintageMamaScot which showcases her wardrobe style and is a nod to her beloved mum, who passed away during the Covid pandemic. She said: "I only sell vintage or retro-inspired pieces on Vinted. I think unique items sell well. "If it's something you definitely cannot find somewhere else, whether it's a dress that has a particular vibe or era, that might sell a lot quicker. "But also good brands. So if you sell something that is a little bit pricey on the high street at an affordable price, that will get snapped up quickly. COS for example, or even things that are no longer made anymore. "Cosmetics as well, it's not only clothing, it's also the beauty brands and stuff. That's where you can make a lot of money." 7 7 7 She continues: "If you're anything like me at Christmas, somebody gives you something and it's totally not you. You can sell it. "As long as it's brand new in packaging, as long as it's not been used, then that's absolutely fine. I've sold perfume and creams and stuff on there and that's because the retail price is so high, so you can really make money on that. "I've also been gifted pieces from Uniqlo, which is totally not me. So that sold really, really well because I think it's a good brand and it can be quite pricey." Zakia is the CEO and founder of Invisible Cities - which arranges walking tours by people who have experienced homelessness. She travels a lot for work, which means she has the chance to find unique pieces along the way. She said: "I'm very lucky to be able to be in different places and buy different things from different cities. "In turn, that means that somebody from the UK or from Scotland might be able to buy a dress that is actually coming from the other side of the world - but it's second-hand and came back in my luggage." Selling tips But having interesting items isn't always enough to get them sold on Vinted. So Zakia has picked up some handy tips during her time on the app, and they always help her to get the sale. 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: First up, she maintains the 'Frequent Uploads' badge which Vinted gives to sellers if they regularly list five or more items, even if she doesn't have new clothes to flog. She said: "If you don't have too many things to sell, say you only have five items, there's only so many times you can post, right? "So what I do is I delete the post and then I upload it again. So Vinted believes that I'm putting up new stuff all the time." Revealing her next hack, she adds: "And then I always start by knowing what I would absolutely sell it for at a minimum, so that I can reduce the price if needed. Once it's posted online, I just want it to sell. "So if I'm reposting, I knock off £1 or 50p. Reducing your items regularly works quite well." And her most exciting sale to date? A red sequins maxi dress which she had found in a New York thrift store for just $6 (£4.49). Zakia was gutted when she realised the bargain buy was too big for her so decided to sell it instead. She managed to sell it on for £15, three times what she paid for it, and even discovered the frock had made it all the way to the BAFTAs. Guests at this year's glitzy award bash had been encouraged to "make sustainable fashion choices" and buyer Jackie quickly snapped up the sparkly dress. She was so happy with her buy that she sent Zakia a picture from the event. Zakia said: "It shows how we can absolutely make vintage work on the red carpet. "It's an old vintage Debenhams brand. So it must have been the late 80s or maybe the early 90s, I would say. "And this is just the story of this dress with two of us in it over the last three months. So imagine the stories this dress has seen from the moment it was made."
